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An effort is being made to increase
QUALITY the number of city gardens throughout
NDER the country. Mr. H. S. Osler,- County
Agricultural Agent, in an interview
with The Daily points out the neces-
'ess) sity of using every back yard and va-
R. Howard, cant lot to ward off the coming food
n Farm Bu- shortage'.
d today that Mr. Osler says: "Today a home gar-
the nation den is a defense against famine. The
elow normal -shortage in farm labor, the reduction
roduction in. in crop acreage and live stock, and a
25 per cent paralyzed system of distribution
shfould be a warning to everyone who
of labor and has an area of land to make the best.
acilities, are use possible of it during the coming1
s condition, season, to grow food.
"The food outlook for next fall and
edy winter is worse than any time during
nodity which the war. The shortage of coal will
his year, ac- prevent many canning factories oper-
crops made ating this year, or compel reduced ca-
Every im- pacities, unless the situation improves
would show within a few weeks. Don't depend up-
Lr. on the professional vegetable garden-
anything to er, for his acreage is greatly reduced,
s, he said. his fertilizer supply is limited and
ing made to high priced. He needs help. The call
, he did not to plant a garden is a call for service
auch benefit and such a summons should meet a
their plans hearty response on the part of the
his season's people of Ann Arbor unless they risk
prospect of going hungry net fall and winter."
To Sail From Seattle May 25; Will Go
to Important Center Embracing
City of Han Yang
Omaha, May 20.-The beginning of
vigorous Catholic missionary work in
China by American Catholics is fore-
cast in the sailing May 25 from. Seat-
tle of a party of Catholic priests,
which according to the Rev. Edward
J. Galvin, includes the first large
group of Catholic missionaries to be
sent from this country to China. The
Chinese Mission Society, which Rev.
Mr. Galvin founded in 1916, has re-
cently purchased 250 'acres near Oma-
ha with the purpose of erecting there
a college for the education of priests
for mission work in China.
The delegation going to the Orient
this month is sent to an important
center embracing the city of Han Yang
to which'.theAmercan society was ap-
pointed several months ago by the
Holy See. The Rev. Mr. Galvin will
accompany the party to China and
have charge of the work there. The
delegation consists of 11 priests from
St. Columbian College, Galway, Ire-
land, the mother house of the mission,
and thq remainder from Omaha, where
the mother house for this country is
situated.
TOLEDO AS "CITY OF TE1NTS"
MEETS WITH INITIAL REVERSE
Toledo, O., May 20.-Mayor 'Cornell
Schreiber's move to make Toledo a
city of tents to take care of ther hun-
dreds unable to find homes, has met
with a reverse due to the refusal of
the governmnent to supply the tents.
The mayor received a reply recently
saying that the government has no
canvas that can be used in such a
manner.y
Folk Theater
(By Associated Press)
Newv York, May 20. - Foreign-born
Americans with a love for the drama
of their native lands are to have a
Folk Theater of their own, the pro-
ject of Burton W. James, a local com-
munity worker, who has directed Rus-
sian and Italian as well as English
productions in New York.
The theater, in which, it is said,.
"the plays of all nations" will be giv-
en by amateurs and professionals will
be one of the tiniest in the city. It
will seat only 299 persons but the
plans contemplate that it shall be
complete and modern in every way.
The site selected is on the upper East
Side.
Crowds Entertained
Russians, Italians, Czecho-Slovak-
ians and many other former Euro-
peans for years have presented grand
opera, comedy and tragedy written by
masters whose work has never been.
seen by Broadway theater-goers. Mr.
James, who is enthusiastic about his'
venture says that the primitive love
for acting is very much alive in New
York and that the zest for self-expres-
sion which persists among'These one-
time immigrants even in small dingy
public halls with wretched stage ac-
coutrements will never die.
"Night after night, all over New
York," said Mr. James, "amateur act-
ors of foreign nationalities entertain
crowds of their countrymen with bet-
ter plays than Broadway usually sees.
Less than five percent of them have
ever been inside a Broadway theater.
When they do go to American shows
it is necessarily to the cheapest kind.
The influence of this is manifested in
the taste for art which their children:
the pleasures they were used to in the
develop. But the parents never forget
'old country.'
Many Inicluded
"This is what I mean: A town that
I know of in Bohemia, of 7,000 inhab-
itants, produced 'The Flying Dutch-
man' for their own entertainment. It
must have taken every member of the
community to put it on. I have some-
times offered the tiny stage at the
Lenox Hill Settlement where I direct
dramatics, but when I say to an ex-
cellent group of Bohemian amateurs,
'come and play for us' "the Bartered
Bride," by your famous countryman,
Smetana,' they answer: 'Our orchestra
would leave no room for the audience!
And with such a small stage and no
dressing rooms it would be impossi-
ble'."
Interest in the Folk Theater has'
been taken by Hunter College which
will celebrate its 50th anniversary
here tomorrow with a festival includ-
ing a benefit performance of "The Two
Orphans," a play just a half century.
old itself. The box office receipts will
be used as a nucleus for Mr. James'
theater enterprise. The Bohemian art-
ists, Mitetka and Myresek, who have
sympathized with the dramatic efforts
of their fellow countrymen, have of-
sfered to co-operate, it is said, in the
decorative arrangements and prepara-
tion of scenery.
Indianapolis to Observe Centennial
Indianapolis, Iod., May 20.-Indian-
apolis will observe the centennial of
its founding on June 7. Celebrations
of the event will be held over part of
a week,
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IN LRUN Ut UUI MNI
Reports of the special Building com-
mnittee which have been sent by the
Board of Education to all the voters
in the Ann Arbor school district show
that the University is not the only ed-
ucational institution in this city which
has suffered from rapid increase, and
lack of proper equipment. The re-
port of their needs is accompanied by
an appeal for the voters' support when
the $750,000 bond issue is to be voted
on.
These bonds are to be expended only
as the money is absolutely necessary,
rather than all at once. Four new
buildings, with the necessary equip-
ment are to be built with this money,
besides some necessary improvements
and property additions. Two of the
buildings will be started next fall if
the bond issue is successful. There il
no more doubt that the grammar and
high schools need room than that the
university is over-crowded.
,The average number of pupils in a
school-room should be 30, and under
existing conditions there are more
than 40, while it is not at all uncom-
mon to find more than 50 in a room.
According to the plan now under con-
sideration there will be 77 class rooms
for the grammar grades besides audi-
toriums, physical education rooms,
rQnms .for domestic science and mang
ual training, necessary offices, rest
rooms, and other facilities for com-
munity work.
larg
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UNION PACIFIC EMPLOYEES
START CO-OPERATIVE STORE
Tas very good, buitJunction City, Kans., May 20.--A co-
found nothing fav- operative general store has been open-
report. g ed here by employes of the Union Pa-
hogs have resulted cific railroad company. The organi-
weather, he added. zation is capitalized for $5,000, two
ood sows any way, hundred shares at $25 a share having
an normal. been sold.
ansas farmns at the - Officers of the 'new enterprise say
,use of inability to they expect to cut the cost of mer-
President Howard chandise at least ten per cent by sell-
100,000 worth. The ing their wares at wholesale prices to
ation chief has just the stockholders, plus overhead ex-
an extended trip penses. Any profits accruing are to
and middle west. be divided among the stockholders.
Are you following the big lea
this season? A special wire enc
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Branch"of Detroit Creamery-One of Ann Arbor's Newest Businss Enterprises
As a means of providing prompt and ade-
quate service to dealers in Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti
and vicinity, who wish to handle Velvet Brand
Ice Cream, the Detroit Creamery Company re-
cently opened a branch in this city. It occupies
the entire building corner of Detroit and Kings-
ley Sts., running through to Fifth Ave. It is
the intention of the Detroit Creamery to estab-
lish a permanent business here and trade is be-
ing accepted on a guarantee of giving year-round
service.
buy the same Velvet Brand Ice Cream which
in Detroit reached the amazing output of over
2,000,000 gallons last year.
Vanilla cream.
They brought out the innova-
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A Sanitary Plant
:ade
Up the Stairs
Velvet Brand Ice Cream is made in one of
America's largest and most modern plants.
Strict sanitation is the rule in every department
of the Velvet Brand factory. Only the finest,
materials are used-sweet rich cream, pure fla-
voxs and selected fruits, etc.. It is a pleasure to
eat ice cream that you are confident is perfectly
pure and clean. There is a special delight in
eating wholesome food. In the Velvet Brand
factory is a modern laboratory where every
"batch" of ice cream is scientifically tested for
purity and butter fat. Velvet Brand quality is
standardized-it is the same rich, delicious ice
cream every day.
tion of a special brick in a different combination
of flavors each week. These special bricks are
tremendously popular wherever sold. Among
the flavors recently produced were: -Peach
Mousse and Pineapple Ice, Vanilla and Straw-
berry Cream with Orange Ice, and Special Va-
nilla with Assorted Fresh Fruits., Next Sunday,
May 23d, the special will be Delmonico Pud-
ding, made of Fresh Vanilla Cream with Sul-
tana Raisins. Druggists and Confectioners in
Ann Arbor' who handle Velvet Brand Ice
Cream will have a supply of this Special Brick
and it would be well to leave your order in ad-
vance as the demand will be great.
Manufactured in Detroit
Have You Tasted.The Good
At The ARCADE?
at low prices, prepared by experts.
displayed' on our forty-foot steam and
what appeals to your own individual
No Ice Cream is manufactured at the Ann
Arbor Branch. Every day a supply is shipped
here from the Detroit Creamery's immense plant
in Detroit. The local branch however, is fully
equipped to carry a big supply of Ice Cream
and make prompt delivery. Although estab-
lished only a few weeks in this city, there is al-
ready a big demand for Velvet Brand Ice
Cream, and Druggists and Confectioners who
handle it report that their customers are ex-
tremely well pleased with the cream. In fact,
many consider it a great privilege to be able to
An Obliging Manager
Special Brick Ice Cream
from our own ovens.
h rich Jersey cream.
and good service prevail here.
Ann Arbor people can also now enjoy Vel-
vet Brick' Ice Cream. The Detroit Creamery
was one of the first concerns in the business to
discard the old idea of making only French
Brick composed of Strawberry, Chocolate and
The Detroit Creamery has placed Mr. Ross
Moore in charge of their Ann Arbor Branch.
He is a very efficient and obliging young man
whose one idea is to give Service to his custom-
ers. A telephone call regarding service will re-
ceive quick action from Mr. Moore. The num-
ber is l 768-J.
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