Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 303, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 December 1910 — Page 3

HAPPENINGS IN THE CITIES

Costiy New York Living Apartments

lIEW YORK.—In the city of New York, where millionaires seem to |* lrlve like mushrooms In a cellar, *®®re is being constructed an apartment house in which a suite of rooms »H 1 rent for $25,000 a year. Probably rental is the highest that has ever ®een asked for an apartment, even such as will be foun'd In this house, a series of 18 rooms and so many baths that one would be able to use a different one every day in the week and two on Sunday without doubling on “Is trail, it is the apotheosis of luxury; -the last word, bo far as the hui®*h mind of today can imagine, in scandalous magnificence. In other words, the builders of this house have set a new pace for spendthrifts in the way of living. A yearly rental of $lB,000 is the highest that has ever before been asked for unfurnished housekeeping apartments in New York city. The new apartment house will have 17 apartments—one on each of the 17 floors— and five duplex apartments in addition. The eleventh and twelfth floors will be devoted to apartments which will occupy all the floor space, and these will rent for $25,000 a year. The apartments which Share a floor with half of a duplex apartment will rent for SIB,OOO. The architects have arranged the suites so that each of these big floors shall have more and larger rooms than

This Murderer 36 Years in One Cell

BOSTON. —Bent and marked with prison palor, Jesse H. Pomeroy, serving a life sentence In Charlestown, Mass., has written his own story of his crime and his efforts to better his conditions shut away from the freedom of the world. He Is now 60 years of age and was convicted of a double murder when he was only fourteen years of age. All these years have been spent in solitary confinement and the prisoner declares he has never felt a touch of human sympathy or kindness and no effort has ever been made to better his condition. “I have no friends," he writes. "I cannot get a hearing from the governor. I have been left to my own devices In my cell all these years.” > Pomeroy killed two children, a boy and a girl, after treating them with barbaric cruelty. He inveigled other small children Into Isolated sections, stripped them of their clothing, tied them to trees or upon boards and then

Chicago’s Clubs for Working Girls

CHICAGO. —In Chicago there are what are called Eleanor clubs, where girls of all sorts and conditions find homes. Among them are office clerks of all descriptions, telephone operators, milliners, bookkeepers, department store and other clerks, music and art students. These latter are encouraged to live, a few at every club, since it helps the clubs and the club girls in general. At these clubs the weekly board rate pays for two meals, breakfast and dinner. If a girl wishes to take her lunch with her she pays five cents for three sandwiches and either fruit or cake, for which downtown she would pay about fifteen cents. There is the laundry also, which saves money for the girls. For its use, with tubs, hot water, irons, starch and bluing, the

Women Sweep the Streets of Atlanta

ATLANTA, Ga.—Atlanta’s society leaders and club women put on white aprons one day recently and armed themselves tyith brooms to lead a militant crusade against dirt in the city’s streets and back yards. They raised a prodigious dust, and found the experience no less interesting and no more strenuous, than their accustomed bridge parties or dances. Incidentally, they accomplished a real good, for they obtained the assistance o< five or elk thousand housewives, each of whom agreed in advance to set apart the day for a general cleaning of their respective premises. Tor this one day the municipal street

can be found in a private city dwelling occupying the regulation city lot, and the number of houses in New York that occupy more than one lot even in “Millionaires’ Row” do not exceed a score. The four principal rooms of each apartment—the salon, diningroom, living room and gallery—cover 2,500 square feet, and they are so arranged that they can be turned into practically one immense room for entertaining. -Each apartment will have at least three or four real fireplaces where real logs can be burned; an incinerating plant for the disposal of garbage; vacuum cleaning system extended to every room; the latest heating, ventilating and refrigerating systems, and both electric and gas ranges. In the basement there will be, besides the individual laundries for each apartment, large washing and ironing rooms equipped with laundry machinery. There will be wine vaults, cold storage rooms and two large storage rooms for each apartment as well. Two floors below the ground will be devoted to these and the power plant which will heat and light the building. In addition there will be machinery to manufacture ice for use in the kitchens of apartments. Those who have studied the conditions of Manhattan island, and who have been most emphatic in predicting the era of overcrowding, will take this sumptuous tenement aB a real sign, of that ultimate time when they believe only business houses and the homes of the rich will be left in Manhattan. Other students of the city life will see in this effort a sign of that time often predicted when all city dwellers will live in co-operative apartments.

beat them until they were unconscious, stuck pins into their tender flesh and stabbed and jabbed them with knives. When this boy with the demon heart was finally run down and forced to confess he barely escaped lynching. Only his youth saved him from the hangman’s noose. Pomeroy's letter to the public .In general and to the governor of Massachusetts In particular is a lengthy document. He cites many reasons why he believes he should not have been convicted of murder and concludes with an appeal to the governor. In his plea he says: "I respectfully suggest that this prisoner may have some encouragement in doing well. He is no worse than his neighbors. Kindness Is never lost on anyone, and this prisoner has all his life Bhown himself responsive to kind treatment. Public feeling against me Is responsible for the deeply rooted and persistent newspaper misrepresentation all these years, and that public feeling was due to newspaper exaggeration and notoriety In 1874. Of course it cannot be denied that the crime was dreadful and that public Justice required satisfaction; but the truth is, no effort has been made from that day to this to better this prisoner’s condition."

girls pay five cents an hour. This does away with washing In the rooms and may save, if the girl Is clever with shirtwaists, whatever her laundry bill would amount to, minus the nominal laundry fee to the house. There Is no dormitory system, although in a few large rooms there may be three or even four single beds. Most of the rooms, however, are for two, and there are a number of single rooms in every club. Maids do the chamber work and the general cleaning, for the housework there is no co-operation, some girls must be at their desks or their shops or their counters early. There is also a sewing machine in every club for the free use of the girls. In these Eleanor clubs the young women have much of the freedom of home, perhaps all that would be possible in so large a family. They have the parlors and verandas for receiving their friends and, so far as possible, the clubs are ruleless. The household bills are posted every month in each club, for, as the girls’ own money pay them, it is only fair that they shall see where and how the money goes.

cleaning and sanitary department turned over hundreds of men and its teams and wagons to the officers of the Federated Women's Clubs. These women, with the assistance of able lieutenants, chosen from among the belles of the city, directed a 12hour campaign, which had for its object the cleaning up of odd little cor ners and out-of-the-way streets which had not always come in for their full share of attention under the routine dispensation of the forces. Other officers and members of the federated clubs, brooms in hand, showed by their individual examples how much could be accomplished by Individual effort, and when the sun set it was upon a brighter, cleaner city. So effective was the onslaught that in the first few hours more dirt and trash was carted off to the city dump piles than had ever, been carried than* within 48 hours before.

Two Useful Coats

WO useful styles are illustrated here, both suitable I for cloth, serge or tweed. The first is a semi-fitting coat for a girl of fourteen to sixteen years; it is sin-

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gle-breasted and has wide revere and Collar trimmed with Russian braid; the cuffs and pockets are trimmed to match. Hat of stitched velvet swathed with soft silk. Materials required: Four yards cloth 48 Inches wide, one dozen yards

ARRANGE FLOWERS TASTILY

A Little Thought and* Time Alone Necessary to Produce An Artistic Effect. A knack for arranging flowers may be developed into a great gift by the girl who wishes to. add to her personality the charm of varied accomplishments. Even In elaborate establishments the most exquisite and expensive hothouse blossoms are often poorly arranged. They are left to servants who are ignorant of artistic effect, and so lose half their beauty. If a girl has a pretty gift of this sort she may often have* occasion to use it at week-end parties and so lift a large item of worry from the harassed mind of the house party hostess and at the same time gain for herself the reputation of being a most satisfactory guest. At country houses where flowers are brought every day from the hothouses only a little time every mornlng need be given to seeing that the vases are freshly filled and taste displayed in their arrangement But if one is staying in a simpler house then more time is required for the exercise of this happy gift, as the flowers must be picked as well as arranged. If there is a clock and pair of candlesticks or vases of bronze on the mantle, surround them with ivy or a groundwork of caladlum leaves, filled in with the clusters of pink dahlias, which must be put into small bowls of water that are hidden by the greenery. Or, remove the ornaments and have seven white candles graduated in pyramid fashion, the tallest in the center. Each candle must be stuck firmly into a small can filled with sand and hidden by the foliage. The floral arrangements should conform with the candles, graduating in pyramid style. This arrangement has a striking effect at night when the same flowers are piled in like manner on the dinner table. A more simple idea can be carried out by filling a shallow pan with wet sand and imbedding the candles in this. Then fill the pan with flowers or merely asparagus fern in the center with a border of white, pink or yellow chrysanthemums, set singly and primly in.

Cheap Cuff Links.

Cuff links of good quality are f..r from inexpensive, and the inferior ones mounted in brass are apt to stain ones linen. A good substitute is to purchase the pretty pearl buttons which sell two for five cents; choose either the kind with shanks or with holes. Whatever style is chosen, bind them in pairs with a loop of silk cord to form sleeve links. They will be found* serviceable and neat. Buttons that have been tubbed are not so desirable. as washing destroys the luster of the pearl.

To Fasten Flowers.

To wear a cluster of lowers or a single blossom on a taller-made coat, sew a little loop of heavy braid underneath the collar lapel w ! th the ends sewed together at the outer edge, just under the buttonhole. In tills way flowers car- be attached without sticking a pin «'nto dMicate cloth Just where it will show most. It Is a plan adopted by men also for their bouttonleres and a very useful wag." ---- r ■ ■ ■ r—— V ‘ • • f

braid, two dozen buttons, four yards silk for lining coat to hips. On the right- is a lady’s coat, and would look well in serge or cloth. It has a panel back and front, and fastens below the re vers, which are faced with material; small buttons and loops of braid trim these, also ‘the cuffs. Hat of soft felt trimmed with feathers. Materials required: Four and onehalf yards serge 48 inches wide, 1% dozen buttons, 4% yards silk for lining .ta hips. r 1

DRESS FOR THE HOUSEWIFE

.Recently Devised Garment That Surely Has Many Points of Excellence. Women generally might be interested in hearing about a work dress that is evidently convenient. : It is made like a coat, is fitted in the back, while the fronts are cut so large they fold over as far as the underarms. Just at this point a short belt iB sewed to each front and corresponding slits are left in the underarm seams. The dress is cut square in the neck and has long sleeves. It 1b open all the way down the front and put on like a coat. The fronts cross and the belts pass through the slits, buttoning in the back. Only a few minutes are necessary to adjust the dress, and for slipping on to get an early breakfast or over a good gown to get dinner at night it cannot be excelled. —Again, us— are double, when the one front becomes soiled the other can be placed over it and conceal the, soil so that the frock in«t» twice as longTas the usual model housework dress.

PRETTY CAMISOLE.

Made from a piece of wide flounce embroidery threaded with ribbon, which forms the shoulder strap.

To Make Stockings Last.

In order to make new stockings last beyond their time one clever woman rubs paraffin on the heels and toes before putting the stockings on. They wear wonderfully under this treatment. Another woman who considers this method uncomfortable (though, really, it is not so) runs a stocking darner into her new hosiery and darns it round and round at heel and toe with fine darning cotton. Done once, it never seems to be needed again, and the stockings last practically forever. Some of the new traveling coats have pockets almost as big as handbags.

Good Jokes

DEPEW ON TIPPING EVIL. "Tipping gets worse and worse on tUp other side,” said Senator Depew in a recent interview. ——— “A New Mexican told me that at the Savoy in London he went to bave a wash before luncheon, but saw a placard on a mirror saying: “ ‘Please tip the basin after using.’ “This-made the man so angry that he rushed from the washroom muttering: ‘“No! I’ll go dirty first.’ “The New Mexican added that, after he got his lunch, he tipped the waiter. the waiter’s two helpers, the man who gave him his hat and gloves and the man who whistled fonfc taxi. The vehicle rolled out into the Strand, and our friend leaned back with a slfeh of relief, when he was aware of a boy in buttons running along beside the window. “*!frell, what do you want? said the New Mexican, savagely. “‘A few coppers, sir—accordin’ to the usual custom, sir,’ the boy panted. “ ‘Why, what did you do ?’ snarled the New Mexican. “ ‘l* you please, sir,’ said the boy, ‘I saw you get into the cab.’ ”

TOO MUCH OF A BAD THING.

Judge—You are regarded as one of the shrewdest confidence men in the country, and yet you are here. Prisoner—Yes;l guet* TWT case of over-confidence, your honor.

Excessive Punishment.

From Manuel’s Gilt throne they yanked him. When at the worst They should have spanked him.

The Professor's Plan.

"I think I should like to have a college degree," said Mr. Dustin Stax. "Have you been engaged in any great or important work?” asked the professor. “Indeed, I have. I've been going over my enormous pay roll.” “Ah? Perhaps we might take some recognition of your proficiency in the hire mathematics."

Getting an Education.

“Has your son learned much since be went to college 7” asked the new minister. “Naw,” replied Farmer Oatcake, “but I hev, by hen!”

Might Have Been Kelly.

Priam, king of Troy, had come over to the camp of the Greeks, praying to be given the body of his son, slain by Achilles. The occasion appealed to Odysseus’ strong sense of humor. “Has anybody here seen Hector T' he warbled. If Ireland had been known in those days it is shrewdly conjectured that Hector’s name would have been Kelly, and on that supposition the refrain endured till yesterday, when it became extinct.—Puck. - —■' ■ •

PLEADS IGNORANCE.

Judge—How did you come to get drunkT Defendant —Faith, yer honor. Oi’m not to blame. Ol didn’t know what Ol was doin’. Judge—You didn’t? How was that? „ Defendant—Well, ye see, sor. Ol was under th’ influence of liquor whin Ol shtarted.

And They Probably Will.

Dogs as bridesmaids! Bow-wow-wow! They should lead A dog’s life now.

Same Old Bluff.

The notes she wfftea are tull of bUas That seldom comes to mortal’s let; But when she says shS Sends a kiss It means she’s mads another blot. v

OH, WHAT'S?

"Oh, what’s the use of sighing?** The cheerful people say. In truth, there’s no denying. * *Tis seldom found to pay. ’•Oh. what’s the use of growling?* The optimists Inquire. T jL« chaps who’re always scowling Their friends and neighbors tire. Oh, what's the use of looking < Upon the darker side? The ship of Hope Is booking— Come on, let’s take a ride'

Overcome.

—"I understand. Pippa fainted deed away in a restaurant yesterday morning.” “So he did.” “What was the cause?” Pipps had Just ordered an orange and a cup of coffee for his breakfast* when he overheard a man at an adjoining table ordering an extra sirloin* French fried potatoes, three fried eggs* sliced tomatoes and a plate of hot rolls.”

Pride of Ownership.

“There’s something wrong in th* perspective of this picture.” “Yes." “The house in the foreground lopks like a mountain and the mountain in the background looks like a molehill.” “Oh, that’s due to the relative importance of the house in the eyes , off the artist. That is a picture of bin new bungalow.”

Get Busy.

In this space. We wish to say Christmas Is Not far away.

A Bad Loser.

“Johnny, what alls your little brother?” “Aw, he’s a bum sport.” “What do you mean?” “I wrasseled with him tq see which of us would have the candy you gave him, and he lost; now he's puttin’ up a holler!”

Remedy Worse Than the Diseased

Mr. Chinn—l’ve Just been readings my dear, of a new cure for - nervous prostration. The patient isn’t allowed to talk for weeks. _ Mrs. Chinn—-Huh! I’d lust as soon die from prostration as from exasperation.

FIRST THING.

First Reformer—lt’s about time for your committee to begin Its campaign against vice. Second Reformer—Oh! no; they haven’t had all their pictures In the newspapers yet

Its Requirement.

“An automatic piano must have a tendency to make its owners conceited." “Why so?” “Because generally they do put oa» such airs."

Bhocked.

Mrs. Bacon—l see it is said that certain species of fish generate measurable quantities of electricity in their bodies. Bacon—Yes, I believe that is so. "Were you ever shocked by a fish you caught dear?” V "No, but I’ve been shocked by some of the fish stories Pve heard,” —Yonkers Statesman.

She Was Willing.

Ho (timidly) —Miss Peachly— «r Clara, do you care if 1 call you by your first name? She—Oh, no—and—er—l don’t believe I should care if my friends 1 the right to call me by your lest name.

Their Freshness.

‘These eggs don’t seem to be real fresh,” objected the man from Philadelphia. “Well. It’s your fault, then.” snapped the Cincinnati waitress; “they were fresh when I brought them on. bnt you've been half an hour openlfcg ’em.**

Trouble Brewing.

"See here. Mr. Yankem.” said the landlord, “patience has ceased to be a virtue in your case.” ’Why, what’s the trouble?” queried the dentist "Weil," replied the landlord. “yooH either have to move your 'Painless Dental Parlor’ somewhere else or make your patients stop hollering. Th* other tenants won’t stand for it any