Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 121, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 May 1911 — Page 3

AROUND THE CAMP FIRT

ROUGH RIDERS AS RUSTLERS (General Wheeler Says They Were Also Known as Biggest Thieves in Camp—His Horae Stolen. When I joined the Rough Riders in ■the field I had nothing but my oldest suit of clothes and a good six-shooter, writes Edward Emerson, in Collier’s 'Weekly. “Haven’t you anything of your own?" asked Colonel Roosevelt, after -a pitying glance at my bicycle slippers and straw hat. “I have some extra eyeglasses, sir,* •I said. “Well, you’ll have to rustle for a uniform and equipments,” remarked the colonel, “but you’d better be caretui how you do it.” At the next inspection I was arrayed ; in-a First Regular cavalry hat, a shirt from the Ne.w York Seventyfirst, Spanish trousers, a navy revolver, in a German cavalry holster from the Prussian military attache, a

Where Did You Get the Clothes?

Cuban machete, a Red Cross blanket, •nd a mule-driver’s poncho. “Where did you get the clothes?” asked Colonel Roosevelt, adding i quickly, “I won’t ask. As long as you have a uniform you’ll do." With this encouragement from a high quarter I was duly started on my military career, and it was not my ifault if I lacked for aught hencefor'ward. Yet I learned that the thing could be overdone. That same night there was a terrific row because some 'Napoleonic genius succeeded in filching the only package of sugar in the icutfit, just after the captain’s orderly had formally donated It to the troops. Every man’s hand was lifted against the other, and the quarrels and recriminations became so fierce that several of the former cattlemen six-shooters dangling at their ihlps. Next day I was ordered to report •t division headquarters, across the IhilL While I was standing at attentlon I heard the following dialogue between General Wheeler and his adjutant: “I have found ' your saddlehorse, sir.” “Where was it?” “In the Rough Riders* camp." “Well, I’ll be d—d! How did it get there?” “They stole it, sir.” “Where Is it now?” "It Is still over there. They claim lit is their own and refuse to give it up. Thev say they found it grazing 1n their trenches four days ago.” The old general arose in his wrath, wxclaiming: "Is there anything those tdevlls won’t steal? Report the facts to Colonel Roosevelt with my compliments, and. tell him that I must s insist on having my horse returned.” The adjutant departed and General 'Wheeler turned to me. As he recognized the cross sabers and number on imy army hat his face clouded and he isajd: “So you are one of the Rough Riders. Well, you may be good fighters , —in fact you have shown yourselves Ito be good fighters—but for downright thievery you are the worst I have ever known. Why, your camp Is known all over the army as the den of thieves. It is a wonder to rhe how some of you managed to get out here 'unhanged.” “We have the sheriff of Cripple Creek to keep us straight, sir,” said !I, saluting. and was promptly sent (•way on detail. When 1 got back to our camp I found the general's horse still grazing iat its place, while the general's adjujtant was making excited expostulations In front of Roosevelt's tent.

Soldiers to Be Chauffeurs.

Motor cab companies hare expressed their willingness to employ exsoldiers after putting them through a course of motor driving. The names of men desirous of taking advantage of this offer should be forwarded to the secretary, National Association lor Employment of Reserves and Discharged Soldiers, 111 Victoria street. 'London, 8. W.

WOMAN BUYING SHOES

THAT IS WHEN FAIR CREATURE IS MOST EXASPERATING. After Trying on All the Footwear In the Store She Finally Decides That She Will Look Elsewhere. See, children, the lady Is buying a pair of shoes. She has been buying a pair of shoes for an hour, as you can ’see from the signs. The salesman waiting on her looks as if he had been run through a wringer, and his collar Is wilted. About the floor, on the perforatedbacked benches and on the wide shelf below the stock shelves are many shoes and many boxes. The lady has one stockinged foot on the near-leather stool' and looks ■ pleased, because she has tried on every shoe in the place as nearly as the salesman can figure. To begin with, she wanted high shoes with light soles and cloth uppers, and though they found a pair that fitted her exactly, she decided on tans instead.

The tans were too small, but the clerk didn’t say so, merely observing that they were a little short for her. Then she decided on gun metal oxford ties, and the clerk swarmed up the rolling ladder and got down seven boxes.

One pair of those fitted her exactly, but the unfortunate salesman had told her they were only $3, and she always got $4 shoes.

Then, having been fitted in gun metal oxfords, she changed about and decided on high shoes with cloth uppers, but with heavy soles. Having accomplished a perfect fit In these, and having revolved the matter In her mind, she decided that she didn’t want high shoes at all. Spring was coming on, and she had seen a beeyutiful pair of high-heeled slippers In the window. Would he get them out for her? Sure.

But she didn’t like these on close inspection, and preferred a shade of tan. But tan wasn’t so fashionable, and she looked at the black. Then another salesman came on the scene and assisted, and the proprietor came and announced that he knew just precisely what the lady wanted. They were ordered from the east — might even be at the depot now. Could she come in tomorrow?

And now observe —the lady is telling the proprietor she will come in tomorrow and departs. The proprietor knows where she is gofog, and knowing it, sees no use in having her followed.

She is going to another shoe store, because she, having decided she needs new shoes, Is In a panic lest she will not get them at once. And she will get them, too, because such a thing as a lady postponing getting shoes when she has once started to buy is absolutely unheard of. And in the shoe store the proprietor sighs and points • to the scattered shoes, and boxes, and tissue paper, and shoehorns, and two salesmen sigh and begin restoring things to order. They say nothing, for there’s nothing to be said. It’s all in a day’s work, and they’re sorter used to It. — Galveston News.

The New Neighbor All Right.

A young couple newly married had just moved into the house next door, and through an open window Mrs. Bonnamy, screened fronj view behind the curtain of her own window, was watching the young wife at work straightening things In the sittingroom.

“Good!” she exclaimed, turning away at last. “That girl has been properly trained. She'll do." “What have you found about her?” asked Mr. Bonnamy. “I’ve found that she knows how to use a broom." “How does she use it?’’ "Every three or four strokes she makes with it she turns it in her hand." “Why does she do that?" / "It’s just like a man to ask that question. She does It to keep the broom from getting lop-sided. Wears it out evenly; last twice as long, don't you see?" "Why, I didn’t know—” 9 "No, of course you didn’t. Neither do half the women,” said Mrs. Bonnamy, almost spitefully.—Youths Companion.

Real Tip-Toppers.

Senator Brown, apropos of the marital misadventures of a young multl4iillionalre, said at a dinner in Washington: “The trouble is that too many of our idle rich young men think -that among their many rights is Included the right io do wrong. They are, in truth, as foolish in this respect as the maidservant who said: : “ ‘l’ve got a place among the tip-top-pers for sure thia time. They’re bangup aristocrats I live with now.’ ** ’What do you mean by bang-up ar istocrats?* a friend asked. “ ‘Oh,’ she replied, ‘I mean places Where they have three kinds of wine and the ladies smoke and the men swear.* ’’

Healthful Advice.

Doctor—You’re very run down indeed. You mustn’t take any violent exercise of any sort. For instance, you mustn’t er—er—what are you? Patient—An anarchist. Doctor—Well, you mustn’t er—er throw any bombs for a long time.

WHEN MARK TWAIN WAS A BOY

Trip of the, "Innocents Abroad’’ Compared With the Cruises That : , Made Today. i . When Mark Twain, in company with about 100 other “innocents,” made his famous cruise abroad, their progress from port to port on this novel, floating hotel, .was followed with interest by the entire country. At present half a dozen great steamers, each carrying from two to five times as'many tourists, are on cruise in different parts of the world. This attractive method of travel has become a fixed Instltutipn. It Is curious to contrast the arrangements of this first cruise of the “Innocents Abroad” with those of today, nearly half a century later. The Quaker City, the side-wheel steamer on which the first cruise was made, carried a few more than 100 passengers and offered only the most essential accommodations. The first Mediterranean cruise cost <1,250 per passenger, with many extras. The advance In safety and luxury of steamers has been marked by a corresponding decrease in the cost of transportation. Today one may encircle the globe for less than one-half the fare paid by the “Innocents,” while a long trip to the Mediterranean, exactly duplicating that of the Quaker City, with a hundred added luxuries, costs only about onefourth as much. Ther are at present four large steamers, on a single line, carrying together 1,400 passengers, cruising in the Mediterranean, South the West Indies. Each of these ships is in daily communlcatlcn by wireless telegraph aid cable with New York, while the dally newspaper, printed aboard, keeps the tourists constantly in touch with the latest news.

Mark '"wain, it will be remembered', grew eloquent in describing the din-ing-room, 50 feet in length, which seated more than 100 passengers, and the melodeon used for concerts and religious services. Today, however, half a thousand tourists can dine together in a palatial cabin/ to the accompaniment of a stringed orchestra and enjoy a cuisine and service equal to that of the best. hotels ashore. Despite the limitations of the Quaker City, the cruise proved the most satisfactory of all methods of travel and foreshadowed the popularity it would enjoy in the future.

Women Will Work for Peace.

The determining part to be played by women in the war against war is clear. The militant women we know today are the mothers of the women of tomorrow. These womeh will no longer be merely the “ministering angels" of the past to nurse the wounded in battle, to weep for the dead. They will make their Influence potent In the conduct of the nations, and that Influence will be for peace. But how? Never forgetting their ultimate, aim, always realizing that they must oo cupy a place In the councils of men, as equals of men, let women lay to slumber their Individual present aspirations and widely awaken their broader humanitarian aspirations for an achievement Infinitely longed for, not alone by them, but by all humanity alike.

Henceforth, in the home, the school, society, women must advocate with all their powers the union of nations in a compact that shall usher in the dawn of a lasting universal peace. Through all mediums let them work, into all existing institutions let them inject that spirit. Let them create Institutions if those that exist do not suffice.—Madeline Black.

Something of a Task.

The officer manager turned to the new boy. “Here, George,” he said, “go Into the next room and look up ‘collaborate,* I’m not quite sure about the spelling.” The boy disappeared and didn’t return. The manager put the letter aside and took ,up some duties. Presently he remembered the boy and went out to look for him. He found the lad studying the big dictionary with great intentness. “What are you doing, George?” he asked.

The boy looked around. * "I forgot the word you told me, sir,” -e replied, “ap’ I’m lookin' through the book to find it" The manager gasped. "How far have you got?” J “I’m just finishing the second page, r.” i "That’ll do. George.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Disqualified.

One boastful woman who thought herself an ardent suffragist was surprised to learn that other members of the sisterhood did not share her opinion. “Why do you doubt my devotion to the cause?" she asked. “What have 1 done to make you think me less earnest than the rest of you women?** Theft answer was a letter which she had written to headquarters the day before. “You wrote on your busband’s stationery.” they said. “No suffragist who Is worth her salt will write a personal letter under her husband’s letterheads.’*

Expert Opinion.

The Angler—ls this public water for fishing? The Native—Oh, aye! The Angler—Then it won’t be a crime to land a fish? The Native—No; it *ud be a blooming miracle! —The Taller.

RE-ELECTED PRESIDENT GENERAL OF D. A. R.

CHICAGO. —Mrs. Matthew T. Scott, vho was re-elected president genera’ of the Daughters of the American Revolution at the recent meeting of that society in Washington, is very popular In Illinois, her home state, and her victory over Mrs. William Cumming Story of New York, therefore, was most gratifying to her friends here.

WEARS HAREM SKIRT

Connecticut Corset Saleswoman Has “Made Good.” Garment Does Not Expose Hosiery Like Hobble or Tube and Is Most Practical Dress for Woman, She Declares. Chicago.—Miss Pearl E. Ziegler, a corset saleswoman from New Haven, Conn., who has “made good," has appeared in Chicago with a harem skirt suit which she says is the proper dress for a business woman. “No one knows that I wear a harem skirt," said Miss Ziegler at the Hotel Sherman. “It does not show one’s hose when one steps on a street car, like the vulgar old tube skirt or the hobble skirt.' It is the most practical dress there Is for women. I have been wearing it two months, ever since I stumbled over a curb in a hobble skirt. “I have a special desigrf I had made in Cleveland. It haa a pocket for change and the llkej and the panels come ■ together so neatly in front that nd one could tell it was a harem skirt. It affords freedom in walking and grace in stepping on and off street cars, and conceals the hose. Each pantaloon is as wide as the average tube skirt “I would wear the old-style plaits if I had to give up the harem skirt “There is no reason why a woman who must make her living cannot be a thorough business woman, practical In everything, but always feminine. I don’t believe In votes for women or anything like that, but I see no reason why I can’t be a good business woman, and I am now working to have a general agency of my own next year. "Buyers are Impartial; there is no sentiment; all Is business with them and with me. lam not the sort of a girl who dresses In frills and decorative things. "There Is no sham about me, no puffs, rats or jewelry, except a watch and chain which I keep concealed. I wear no rings. I wear a coat all year around, and see no reason why' women shouldn’t, the same as men. A tailormade suit is always dressy. “There is no excuse for wearing a shirtwaist On my business calls I wear a collar and tie.

"I never wear picture hats, plumes or things of that character in calling on my trade. I dress as simply and neatly as I can. "It takes me twenty minutes to dress, where it takes the average woman two hours. This is because I have no frills to put on. “It is not every woman that is suited to traveling. Some would grow lonesome, but I keep too busy for that I travel from coast to coast, making only the big cities. "My chief asset, I think, is the fact that I have not been angry in two years, or since I started out I believe in haying a smile ready at all times; by that I mean one should always bo pleasant Anger never sold goods. “I never was refused an Interview with a buyer. I think that is about the only advantage I have over a salesman. When they refuse to buy, I do not persist I smile and trust a future visit may get the business. "It takes the merit of the goods to sell them, and one can’t sell unless one has good goods. I merely present the merits of my line tn a businesslike way. "A business woman should be simple tn her dress and manners. I think the

old-style skirts are ostenstatlous, therefore I abandoned them for the harem skirt.

“Men don’t run after a girl dressed without decorations and frills. They always pick out the dolls, whether It is in the street, at a theater, a restaurant or in a parlor. • “I think a corset Is the foundation of all good dress for woman. She will wear it always and would look ugly without it I wear long-hip corsets for my harem skirt because they give it better lines. “I have worn a harem skirt two months, but no one noticed it until I reached Chicago. I have had to fight off reporters ever since I have been here. I am afraid to go out any more, because of the reporters.”

95,884 Die In Month.

London.—The official figures of the ravages of the bubonic plague In the central provinces of India show the appalling total of 95,884 deaths from the disease in March. The fatalities during February were 43,508.

$3,300 for "Crusoe.”

New York.—Walter T. Hill of Chicago bought “Robinson Crusoe;” printed in three volumes in 1720 and bound in red morrocco, for $3,800 at the continuation of the Hoe library sale the other night

MAN IS WITHOUT A COUNTRY

Indian Picked Up In New Mexico Speaks an Unknown Tongue— He May Be an Aztec. New York.—The prototype of Edward Everett Hale’s "Man Without a Country" Is In Brooklyn. In his lonesome condition he goes even further than Hale’s character, for he is not only without a country, but without even a tribal affiliation. This Individual Is known as Standing Bear, but whether that Is bls name is not known, because no one has been found who can speak his language. He is living with Sidney Marlon, 568 Washington avenue, Brooklyn, who brought the Indian north from New Mexico. Mr. Marton said:

"I had been traveling and on reaching El Alfonso, N. M., I became acquainted with members of the Ararious tribes that lived in that neighborhood. Ono day I heard that there was a lonesome Indian living apart from the rest in the outskirts of the place. The stories they told me of this poor outcast moved me and I determined to investigate for myself. As soon as I announced where I was going the Indians with whom 1 had become friendly warned me that the outcast was a bad man and that he would shoot anyone who attempted to go to bls camp. “I didn’t take much stock tn their talk and rode on. When I came to the outcast’s camp ho was at first inclined to be hostile, but a few gifts and an intimation by signs that I was friendly won a greeting. “While In New Mexico I had learned a little of the language of many of the tribes, but in none of them could I make myself understood. None of the other Indians could understand Standing Bear, as we have named him, and he could not understand any of the others.’* Mr. Marion became so interested In the outcast that when he came north

GHOST IN NEW JERSEY TOWN

Apparition Keeps Nervous Residents Homs st Night—Spectre Described as Boy With Limp Head. Beverly, N. J.—Brldgebord, tbs home of wltchlore and ghost scares, had another sensation which the residents take seriously, and after nightfall the streets are deserted. John Johnson and a party of friends, passing what is known as the Paxson pita a few nights ago,-were confronted by a dwarf, which, they declared, climbed out on a pit. For a minute it lingered, and then, giving a screech, vanished into the woods. Other witnesses, farmers of unquestionable veracity, substantiate Johnson’s story. The old residents say that years ago a reserved man who lived on the outskirts of the village, and whose name never was learned, as the family would not mingle with the villagers, had a deformed son. The man was driving along the country road, when the carriage was supposed to have overturned and the child fell into the pit and broke his neck. The version of the accident was accepted, but wild rumors were afloat at the time. Those who have seen the specter describe it as a boy, whose head'seems to hang limp upon his chest

RACING FOR THE SOUTH POLE

Much Interest Taken in London In Expeditions Headed by CapL Scott and Ronald Amundsen. Copenhagen.—The race between ths Antarctic expeditions under Captain Scott and Capt. Ronald Amundsen for the south pole is attractlong much attention here, and is the subject of considerable comment in the press of Scandinavia. Dr. Rensch, president of the Norwegian Geographical society, speaking with regard to Amundsen’s chances, states that he can surmount the difficulties of reaching the pole if he is able to get his dogs safely over the equator. This is the main point, but he must start also under the same conditions as those found by the expedition under Sir Ernest Shackleton and Capt. Scott. Prof. Mohn, a great Polar expert, agrees with Dr. Nansen In thinking that it will certainly be Impossible to reach the south pole from Cape Adare, and that Amundsen has made a mistake in not going by some other route than that followed by the British ant> arctic expedition.

WANTS LIBRARIES IN JAILS

Best Current Literature and Readers for Prisoners Is Advocatede by Aiderman White of Gotham. New York.—Apart from the voluntary contributions of newspapers, books and periodicals which are sent to city institutions and jails, Aiderman John X White, successor of "Little Tim” in the board of city fathers, wants city-maintained libraries for inmates in all city-conducted institutions with a competent staff of readers, librarians and attendants. To that end he introduced a resolution at the meeting of the aldermen the other day. "I would have each institution equipped with a fine library of newspapers and current literature for the edification of Inmates,” said the aiderman. Newspapers keep us all abreast of the times. We have the material for fine libraries and library attendants on the Bowery. The Bowery boys and girls are not all dime-novel fiends."

he brought Standing Bear with him. Marlon said he had tried to find some one who can speak the Indian’s language, but although persons speaking various dialects have tried. Standing Bear has as yet been unable to make himself understood. Marlon Intends to communicate with the Indian bureau In Washington, hoping that through It the mystery of his "find” may be solved. “In the country where I found him," Mr. Marlon said, “there are numbers of Indians who live among the caves • In the cliffs, as did the Aztecs, as we read of them, and I am wondering If It Is possible that he Is a descendant of this long lost branch of the early civilization of the new world.”

Ice Cream Treats Barrod. Lawrence. Kan.—Gone are the days whqn the women students of Kansas univqralty may on weekdays go strolling in the bright moonlight, sit on the front porches of the rooming house, or chat with men students in the toe cream parlors near the college grounds. Members of the Women’s Student Government association, and several sororities are responsible for a new rule prohibiting such pastimes. It is believed that many women students have been neglecting their work in order that they might entertain friends. Since the new rule went into effect there has been an unusually large demand for library books. Home for New York’s Needy. New York. —Work will be commenced here shortly on a million-dob lar home for the needy, the gift of Henry J. Baker, a drug importer, who died two years ago leaving a large fortune. The home, a memorial to his parents, will be “for all needy persona who have passed the half-century mark." ■■ ' -■ ‘ ' >■ .