Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 135, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 June 1911 — Page 2

TALES OF GOTHAM AND OTHER CITIES

Horse Stealing Reduced to Science

NEW YORK. —Not the wild and woolly vest, but New York city with its great police powers and its highly organized civilization is the most fruitful field for horse thieves in the country. The amount of property stolen by horse thieves in the country’s metropolis in one year probably exceeds that stolen in Kansas. Nebraska, Colorado and Texas in ten year a This crimeis so easy of execution and so hard of detection in a great city like New York that detectives have been able to make but little headway in checking it and recovering any of the stolen property. On an average five horses and wagons are stolen in the city every business day. To place the amount lost every year is difficult, but it is estimated that property valued at from $1,000,000 tp $1,500,000 is stolen. Ordinarily the theft of a horse from the streets attracts little attention. The thieves

Teaching Parents What Toys to Buy

CHICAGO. “Parents of Chicago boys and girls do not know how to, buy toys for their children." It was upon this assumption that the committee on homes of the child welfare exhibit.had on exhibition at the Coliseum a- child’s “play shop." In it there was on display an endless variety of toys, but foremost of all were the -new “do-with” toys introduced for the first time In Chicago by Miss Caroline Pratt, who had charge of the toy exhibit. Miss Pratt was in charge of the same department of the exhibit in New York. “Chicago parents are as deplorably ignorant In the matter of buying proper toys for their children as parents the country over,” she told a reporter. “They don’t know the first thing about it What they do in most cases when they go shopping in the toy department of a store is to buy toys that they like to play with themselves.” “That of course, is the reason we have a ‘play shop’ exhibit The exhibit is planned for the* education of all the parents of Chicago—but, by the way, it is the well-to-do fathers and mothers who are most ignorant es all along this line. What we expect to teach them is the real merit of a *do with’ toy. “A ‘do with’ toy is one that will teach the child how to do things. With It a boy or girls can carry out definite play schemes. It should be simple.

Solve Mystery of an Ancient Ghost

BOSTON, Mass.—The supernatural noises. Intonations and weird sounds which for years have been the cause of many young lovers retreating from their trysting place in great haste, in fear that some white garbed ghost was chasing them, was explained when a giant elm was chopped down in a lot on Adams street near the Cedar Grove cemetery In Dorchester. The explanation was an owl and family of chipmunks. Por twenty-five years strange noises have been heard at all times of the night in that section, and the lot being so near the cemetery many people believed they were voices from the grave. The police have investigated nightly and some of the more curious neighbors have spent many long vigils in am attempt to solve the source of the weird noises. The solution of the

Kansas Pupils to Have Paper Towels

rIPEKA, Kan. —Paper towels for the use of every child in the Kansas public schools probably will be installed before the next school year begins. E. T. Fairchild, state superintendent of public instruction, and Dr. 8.-J. Crumbtne, secretary of the state boned of health, are watching with interest the experiments being car rted on Is several Kansas schools with the paper towels. If the experiments are successful an order may be issued abolishing the common roller towel in all public schools and this will mean that each pupil must furnish his own towel or the school board must supply the individual paper towels. The state board of health abolished the common drinking cup two years ago and there has not been a single epidemic of diphtheria in the state si nee. and very few Isolated cases. The board also prohibited the use of the common drinking cap in railroad trains and stations and the common drinking cups have been abolished in h;

have a way of changing the appearance of both horses -and wagons and the task of recovering the stolen property is rendered extremely difficult. No man’s horse Is safe in the streets of the city. The horse of the big department store Is as likely to disappear as the horse and wagon of the small grocer or butcher. Detectives say that the theft is easily covered up. Within six hoars after the horse and wagon disappear a transformation is made, which is so complete that few owners can identify their property. The horse Is shorn of his mane and tail, white legs are dyed a color corresponding with the body of the horse, and cares havo been known where a stolon horse was described as having a bobbed tail, where the horse when finally recovered was found to have had a very beautiful tall, attached to the former stub. The same With the wagon. A gayly painted wagon 1b soon transformed into a dilapidated peddler’s wagon. The top is removed, dashboard knocked off, and a dirty drab or brown coat of paint reduces the wagon that cos* from $l6O to s£oo to one that, wfi«« the thief sells It, will not bring mon than SSO.

It teaches the child by stimulating its imaginative nature and Inventive sac ulties. Such features are lost alto gether in the elaborate mechanics. 1 toys that leave nothing for the child to do but press a button or release a catch and watch ft go. “Children of wealthy parents art not happy with their playthings. The little fellow who cannot take a step in the nursery without having to dodge an electric train or take a chance of having a toy flying machine hit him on the ear has not the opportunity to learn how to play. The playing lr all done for him by the inventor who made the toy and by his doting papa or rich bachelor uncle who bought the expensive toy for him and taught him to run it. Tho child is neglected." “What we are trying to do through our exhibit is to teach parents that their children have a normal play impulse which can be more easily gratified with a few simple toys that tead to inspire the child’s Imagination and inventive nature than by all the complicated and mechanical toys in the world.”

strange thing came about when the giant elm in question, probably more than 100 years old, was felled at the instigation of the public grounds department. When the big elm fell it was dla covered that about thirty feet of its top was hollow, and Inside was found an owl of the bald-headed variety sleeping as quieUy as though nothing had happened. The inside of the tree was found to be filled with egg shells, corn cobs and various other refuse which the owl had from time to time taken there. While the owl occupied a conspicuous place in the tree, calmly nestling in a heap in the bottom of the hole, there was a mother and father chipmunk with twenty-five little ones. People of the district who have resided there for twenty-five years are glad that the mystery has been solved. They have been trying to discover for years the cause of all the nightly gruesome noises which have on more than one occasion frightened the women of the district who have been obliged to return to their homes after dark.

all hotels The next move will be to abolish the roller towels in railroad trains depots, hotels and the school houses of the stste. Several cases of infection of different diseases through the use of the roller towel are known. It la believed that the paper towel will not be much more expensive than the roller-towel laundry bills The towels are 10 inches wide and 18 inches long. They are heavy, absorbent tissue paper. One will dry the face and bands easily. A set of fixtures and s roll of 1,000 towels costs from $2 to |3 and extra rolls cost 50 cents tar each 1,000 towels When used the towels are to be horned.

Dainty and Modish Hood

THIS new, pretty and modish hood is made of white chiffon mull, shirred as shown In the photograph. The borders of the tie are of Persian liberty silk. The hood

FLOWERS TO MATCH THE EYES

New Freak of Fashion Altogether Charming When Carried Out With Due Consideration. The touch of velvet near the face, matching the color of the eyes, has long been popular with the women who study their own good points, and this has been easy to manage in these days of quaint little hows and pipings. Of late, however, the women of the smart set have taken to wearing flowers which carry out the color, too. There are pansies that are for the brown eyed girl, forget-me-nots for blue eyes and orchids for the maid with hazel eyes. The girl with gray eyes is the only one who has any trouble, for all she can find to match her eyes Is the humble dusty miller leaf. - * Sometimes she fancies her eyes, however, are “gray blue” or “green gray,” so she varies her color scheme with orchids, mignonette or a dull blue blossom. If she is quite convinced that her eyes are really “matchless" she contents herself with the feeling of superiority arising therefrom and lets the Jewels of her face sparkle unrivaled or wears the modest violet, which would never presume to resemble the eyes above them. When natural blooms are not procurable the woman with an eye for flowers buys artificial ones of the required tint. Parisian ingenuity has gone one step further in this art and provides for its leaders of fashion real flowers dyed with chemical dyes In any desired color or shade. Hardy flowers, such as camelias, carnations and all varieties whose stems are good absorbers, are placed In the liquid and allowed to stay there until exactly the right amount of color has been absorbed.

To Keep Furs.

Every housewife knows what a great worry furs and woolen garments are during the summer months, when moths are so ready to destroy any within their reach. Take 'a five gallon crock and after sunning and brushing the furs place them In a the crock, then cover with a heavy |>lece of wrapping paper which is glued last to the crock, making It absolutely ah- tight and there are no crocks or crevices for moths to enter. This can be kept In a dry cellar all summer, or If you have no cellar or clothes press get a large tin lid to fit the crock and make a cover of cretonne and use for a corner Beat In any room, and save all worry over moths for the summer.

Novel Breakfast Cap.

The new nets, flowered in oolora, are being turned into fetching break* fast caps for the girl who loves the picturesque. One of the new models has a deep Tam O’Sbanter crown fitted Into a crinoline hand an inch and a half wide covered with, folds of gold tissue ribbon. Over each ear is draped a pointed Jabot effect of lace to match the net that fell to the shoulders and framed the face on each side like a sixteenth century headgear. Over each of these points was a single pink rose or a bunch of pink apple blossoms.

Popular Trimming.

Lice 1 is one of the most popular trimmings on the new spring styles, being used on hats, frocks, for any time of the day and even the suit of cloth, and of all the laces Irish ts perhaps the favorite. Irish lace coped from Venetian designs is a new factor in the fashions, and has been widely taken up for the collar and cuff sets for est her blouse or cold,

is a fetching means of protecting the hair from the dampness of the seashore or lakeside. It is particularly charming when worn with a lingerie frock. •

ELASTIC SIDE GUSSETS USED

Boon to Those of Stout Figure Are the New Corsets of Very Long Hip Cut. Elastic side gussets are introduced on corsets of very long hip cut, as shown in our illustration, and stout figures especially can be assured of added slimness in those shapes, which particularly give flat hips. A reduction in the circumference of the figure of from three to five inches is an important consideration to the smart woman, even if she now does not exceed an average build; every garment, as she well knows, looks .and wears so much more advanta-

geously on a slim figure, provided that the rounded lines are preserved and the whole is well proportioned. There is no reason in these days why grace, increased support and comfort to the figure, extra slimness and consequent additional smartness should not all be achieved at the same time by the wearing of good though not necessarily expensive up-to-date corsets. The big, heavy woman, however, will do well to wear the special belt corsets which have reached such perfection this fteason. These are most comfortable to wear, besides making the figure inches smaller; therefore they will be found invaluable to those of corpulent or inclined to that build. The particular feature of this season’s corsets, however, for ordinary figures is, as our illustrations show, their straight fit over the hips and abdomen, but their construction and style of cutting make them "sit” most comfortably, while aSording extra abdominal compression and support

Pins Handy.

Many dressmakers have a long, narrow pincushion fastened around the waist oh a belt; bat a better plan, says a Ladles' Home Journal, is to have a small round cushion and attach to it an elastic band from one side to the other, just large enough to slip comfortably over the hand and hold on the left wrist The pins are elin eighty by this method and easy to take out”"

Anthracite Beads.

Near beads are made of porcelain, wood and even rubber, but latest of all is the black anthracite bead, which Is the mbst beautiful of all. says'an exchange. As the light glances on these, one sees flashes of blue and red.

THE ADVANTAGES OF A COLLEGE EDUCATION, “Do you farmers believe in sending your sons away to college?" Inquired the stranger. - f . ij “Some of tuTdo, an' some don’t,” replied the farmer, who, years ago had given his two sons a college education; “but I notice some on us ’re proud t’ be th’ fathers o’ college sons as kin entertain th’ neighbors with hair-raisin’ stories an’ lively songs o’ old college days daown in th’ kitchen, after their farm chores ’re done fr th’ day!” A Warm JRetort. At a dinner party an officer of the guards was placed with his back to the fire. He stood the heat for some time, but at last was obliged to ask for a fire screen. “A British soldier should always be able to stand fire,” said the boat, a pompous old - squire who thought everything belonging to him was perfection. “But not at hie back, sir.” was the witty reply.—Answers. ■ The Usual -Charge. He had been the star at a farewell dinner, because he had “accepted position in New York.” When he returned, six months later, because he *had failed to make good, he said: “Oh, I couldn’t stand the town. It’s too un-American for me. The luckiest thing I ever did was to refuse to Blgn a five years’ contract with the people who got me to go there.” Difference Between Fire and Water. “Hurry, dear!” exclaimed the husband. “The fire Is gaining. We must get out. Haven’t you got your clothes on?” “Oh, I can’t go out this way.” she screams. “I Gouldn’t find anything to put on but my bathing suit, and I’m not going to face all that crowd in it!’’—Life. Always in So. She —I don’t see anything pretty In the new spring hats He ——I do. He —What do you see worth looking at in them? He —The faces. AFRAID OF A BATH.

Weary—Say, Tim, dis is er good place ter hang up fer de night. Tim—Not on yer life. Hdon’t stop near any river. I did once, and got up in my sleep an’ walked right into it A Catastrophe. Gayly she Joined In the mazy dance. And woefully to her hurt. Bitterly she regretted the step— For It burst her hobble skirt! He Had the Habit. English Tourist —That fellow over there la the most wonderful guide I ever saw. I was with him in a caravan that was lost in the desert for ten days, after which we put this fellow In charge, and in less than two minutes he set us down in a big puddle of water. 1 wonder who he is? American Tourist —I know him.. He used to be a New York street car m» torman.—Puck. Her Awful Secret. “Yea," said Little Blnks, “Mias Paynter is a handsome woman, but sometimes when I look at her she seems to me like a woman who has a terrible secret." "She has,” said Whlbley. -"I was sure of it," said Little Blnks. "Have you any idea what it tar , "Yee," said Whlbley. 'She's fortyeight years old." —Harper’s Weekly. , Got an Opening. "1 have a note to meet next week and I’m afraid 1 won’t have the wherewithal." “Well, don’t borrow trouble." "No; what I want to borrow la a' little money. Could you spare a ten?" v Aa It Should Be. Newed —Don’t you •• think a man should always listen to his wffe’s advice? Oldwed Tee, Indeed —then he should proceed to act according to his ewu judgment. Aa Reminded. Weggs—There goes Sapleigh la a new salt of clothes. Do you know what be reminds me off Waggs—Of a pretty label on an empty bottle. ~-

SMILES

THE HIKERB. . We moved In last November , And distinctly 1 remember •Twas the steam heat that she wants* And she said: - ...... She was crazy In addition For a dining-room in mission And the den was simply perfect. Being red. Now she’s weary of the mission Dining-room. It’s her ambition “S?. ; . To serve ham and eggs in one with Paneled walls; And she wants a bedroom pink, ; ~ " And a wider kitchen sink. And some blue and yellow paper In the halls. V-v ' .- Every autumn, every spring. Just like birds, we’re on the wing. Fpr a change In decorations We go hiking; /■'* _ - ~V‘ And I'll gamble when she dies That her mansion in the skies Won’t be finished Just exactly To her liking.

Higgs—There are times when ft man has to lie to hife wife. Jfggs—And worse than that, ther* are times when he has to tell ths truth. interrupted Wooing. He sang about his dream girl. With passion most intense; Her bulldog made a flying leap And caught him on the fence. Smooth of Him, Anyhow. “He is in bad, isn’t he?" “I don’t know whether they will be able to make a case against him oe not” “What were the circumstances?” “He handed his mother-in-law a handful of matches au« told her to go down the cellar and find the gas teak while be went out and got a gasfitter ” 1 Too ShprL “You’re not going to put up the big office building you are talking about?" “No; the land deal fell through.” “What was the trouble?" “The owner of the lot refused to sell It outright All "he’d agree to do was to lease it to me for 999 years—and I wanted to put a permanent structure on it you know.’*

The Rule. My son, I’ve traveled round the world And many maids I’ve met; There are two kinds you should avoid— The blonde and the brunette. -Ufa Regretted the Incident. “Nan, what has become of your hatpin?" “I left it sticking in a masher’s arm an hour or two ago." “My. my! What an unpleasant experience you must have had!" “Indeed it Was. It was my most expensive hatpin." Not Her Kind. “Have you heard?” asked Mrs. Oldcastle, “that Grace Moneylove has married an octogenarian?" "Mercy aakes!” exclaimed Mrs. Justrich. "Is that so? Well, he may be all right, hut I’ve never seen a man who wouldn’t eat. meat that Td live with."—» Judge. MELODRAMATIC.'

Miss Vassarward —And wasn’t the professor awfully, awfully provoked when be caught you in the very act of painting his door with nasty, black, sticky tar? Yaleton —1 gudss be was pretty mad about It He told me to never darken bis door again! Aims and Alackl Although the maid la fair to see And worth a lover’s, »lah». ' Her Illy hands will never bo - Adept ot making plea. •till Life. "No. Herbert." whispered the maid; "you mustn’t put your arm around mer We are watched." Herbert looked around the dimly lighted parlor. "Oh, yee," he smiled; "I see there's a rubber plant at the other end of the room.** • 'Bh! There’s another one that you don’t see Johnny’s hiding there!"

JUST SO. ,