Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 226, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 September 1912 — Page 2

HAPPENINGS IN THE CITIES

Tale of Treasure Trove; Hans Sure Was a Bird

VSW YORK. —Here Is a tale of treas--11 ure trove. Not the treasure trove of pirates bold, but & yarn of the sea, just the same. . The good ship Cincinnati set sail at one o’clock the other afternoon from her pier at Hoboken. On the second class deck at the rail stood a comely German woman. She was Mrs. Anna Luepp of Wilkesbarre, Pa. On the dock stood Rudolph, her husband. Fifteen years ago they came to this country, and by their thrift and industry amassed a snug income, and now the wife was returning for a visit to the home of her girlhood. . Their happy union had not been blessed with any branches of the family tree. Longing for prattling babes at the hearth, they compromised on the adoption of a green parrot. They called the big bird Hans, and that he is a bird, all right, all right, you shall see. . Mrs. Anna couldn't think of parting with Hans, so it was decided that she would take Hans across the sea. As she stood at the rail, a wet handkerchief in her right hand, —she swung Hans over the rail in a newly gilded cage.

John Yonker Is Official Neighborhood Chaperon

CHICAGO. —Hamilton park, one of the prettiest public playgrounds on the extreme south side, claims among its other attractions a model policeman. His name is John Yonker, and •all the hoys and girls of that section •of the city swear by him. A policeiman who Is popular among children •has a pretty good certificate of efficiency. Although nominally a patrolman, [Yonker really has half a dozen other jjobs. He is arbiter In chief of all •the youngsters’ disputes of the neigh•borhood, director general of their isports and umpire and court of last •resort to their games. Hut the " job rwhich requires the most tact and (diplomacy and which has won him his •chief fame is that of official neighborhood chaperon. 1 Rules of the park require that no remain there after 9 o’clock Sn the evening. It is Yonker’s duty to S3ee that this Is enforced. The business of getting children to go home to •bed is a delicate one, but Yonker succeeds at it without exciting enmity. * Little girls are prone to linger in the park after hours just as much as boys. If the night is dark or raic.y and the little girl lives a long way off in a lonely neighborhood, Yonker takes

Athletic Cat Visits an Ohio Temple of Justice

CLEVELAND, O—a Maltese cat, with a mangy, rat-bitten tail and a hankering for the beautiful in art ahd architecture, entered and upset the tranquillity of the county’s $5,000,000 courthouse the other day. The cat made a hasty but complete lour of the building, led Custodian Clay’s guides and subguides a merry chase through marble corridors and closed the performance with a “leap of death" act from the marble railing which overlooks the forum in the center of the building. The guides dared not. follow. How the cat entered the building is a mystery. Guides on the lower floor and at the entrances denied that

Pop Bottle Answers to “Oh, You Beautiful Doll”

DETROIT, MICH—To inculcate music into unresponsive souls of some of the folks of Cork town is a thankless. if not hopeless task, as Louis Fuciu, who plays the bass Addle in the German band experienced the other night. There he was, and bis four fellow artists poured forth- their sweetest Strains at Sixth and Abbott streets. With dreamy eyes Fuchs had Just finished the Intricate movements of Kascagni’s immortal Intermezzo and fend with ecstatic mien gone into the depths of Beethoven s divine Moonlight Sonata, when shouts of derision unnerved his aesthetic ear. Even that brilliant little musical gem, “Oh, Yon Beautiful Doll," which Is n** to hare moved Mozart to tear* avail in his grave, struck an unresponsive chord in that unmuAnd when the little fellow with the aeoood fiddle passed the hat, he col-

“Goodby, papa,” she cried, and waved to Herr Leupp. “Goodby, papa,” repeated Hans, who talks English with a slight German ac cent. As they were about to cast off the stern line, Frau Arraa got mixed in her gesticulations. Her right hand “was raised to her eyes to dash the tears away. She forgot that she held the parrot, and disengaged her left hand from the cage to help her right hand out. With« fluttering feathers and indignant screams Hans went tumbling to the dock In his gilded cage. • Conner and blitzen!” yelled the enraged bird. t - ‘ Two longshoremen put a pole through the ring in the top of the cage and hoisted it to a porthole. Just as somebody was about to drag the cage through the porthole the cage slipped and down came the bird to the longshoremen. “You tam fools,” roared Hans. “Donner und blitzen!” A rope was thrown frbflk the ship, a knot was passed through live ring of the the latter went crashing against the ship's side aa the stern line was cast off. “Donner und blitzen!” yelled the bird again as the cage was dented in against the ship’s side. “Pretty Hans,” cooed Frau Leupp, stretching forth her hands. “Pretty h —*—!” returned the pious bird. “Donner und blitzen! Goodby. papa! Goodby papa!” “Goodby, Hans,” shouted Rudolph. “Goodby, Mamma.”

her home. This often keeps him working over hours, but the “model policeman” seems to do it cheerfully as part of the day’s work. ' There are six baseball diamonds at Hamilton park. On a Saturday afternoon teams of boys are playing all day on these diamonds. Yonkers presides over these activities. He knows the baseball rules as well as Johnny Evers, and when a dispute arises that proves too much for the boys Yonkers settles It by the book. Incidentally, Yonker Is a bureau of information. He answers a thousand questions a day. How he stands It without becoming a confirmed grouch no one knows. His good humor Is perennial. However, there are occa sions when Yonker has to make it known that he Is “a limb of the law.’’ Many a "tough” boy has felt the weight of Yonker’s hand and learned not only to respect it but afterward to like Its owner.

it passed them. Chief Watchman O’Connor found It reclining against a bunch of grapes wbtch form part of the $90,000 decorations on the upper floors of the building. He approached with caution and a volume of Ohio state reports. The latter he held behind his ba*:k. The cat scented trouble and vanished. O’Connor spread the alarm. Guides responded from all sections of the building. The chase was on. It took in offices and courtrooms, In terrupted trials, scattered Jurors and frightened court witnesses. Then pussy, after touring the two upper floors, decided to parade around the marble railroad which overlooks the forum. It was high and. dangerous. The guides called foul, but the cat paid no heed. O’Connor volunteered to crawl out and capture it. He traveled with more caution than speed. The cat traveled ten feet ahead of him for a while, then leaped to the floor below and disappeared.

lected jeers instead of shekels. Truly, the lot of a wandering min* strel is a thankless one in this twentieth century. The orchestra moved away, seeking more congenial audiences. Just then somebody hurled a pul> bottle. It struck Louis Fuchs’ bass violin in its vital part, smashing it In the region of the bridge. There was an uproar in a minute. Orpheus soothed and tamed tb# wild beasts with his lyre, but to calm this crowd with even a hand organ was quite impossible. And so the street artists beat a hssty retreat*

SUPREMACY OF FEATHERS

It Is the day of feathers in the realm of millinery. That is, in a season when all sorts of trimmings are in vogue, they easily lead as the most favored of decorations. First the graceful and expensive paradise feathers in unheard of quantities, then wings and after these all the wonderful natural and “made” feather ornaments are used on new fall headwear in a profusion not to be equalled except in Indian headgear. There are two methods of mounting paradise that are especially effective on large shapes. Where there Is a sufficient number of sprays It is used to spring from the base of the crown and sweep over the top from front to back or from side-front to back. A maize colored felt hat faced with black velvet is pictured here. There is a tint of yellow maline about the crown and a big bunch of paradise In the natural colorings mounted at the left front. Another exquisite feather is the “goura” shown In the velvet turban with velvet crown. This airy and delicate looking plumage, like the paradise, Is expensive but beautiful

COMMON SENSE IN CORSETS

Stout Woman Must Sensibly Adapt Herself to Increasing Lines of Her Figure. “Of course it goes without saying that It is the fat woman who has the mcst troubles. This much-harassed woman must learn that flesh has got to be accepted. She cannot push It aside, because that only makes it the more prominent in a place where it ought not to be. However, there really Is a place for all flesh, but all flesh mUBt be kept In its place. Be sure to remember this when you start to reduce your figure. Don’t try to move your abdomen up and then compress it in a place where it does not belong. The flesh is adaptable in its place, but it is more than perverse and obstinate where it does not belong. “Then, above all else, every stout woman must stop thinking that she can wear a corset two or three sizes smaller than she needs by actual measurement. What earthly difference does it make whether a large, wellbuilt woman’s waist measures 26 or 30 inches? It is how she looks in her corset, and how she feels in it, that counts. Let me tell you tha.t the fat woman looks much better in a corset an Inch or so too large for her, where her fat can sink down into It,, rather thah in a corset two or three inches too small which presses her fat up and out until it appears In many unsightly bulges and bumps. A safe rule to follow Is to wear a corset In a size three Inches smaller than the waistband of your dress. For instance, if your waistband measures 32 Inches, you can safely and correctly wear a corset size 29. I am referring, you see, to the stout wpman."— Woman’s Home Companion.

Cleaning White Hair.

Grandmother’s white locks show the dust very plainly and she often is perplexed about keeping them clean. Too frequent washing is dangerous, for she must he in fear of taking cold. There is a way, however, of keeping the hair clean without washing. Get a package of absorbent cotton at the drug store. Strip a layer from It and lay it over the bristles of a wire hair brush, pushing it down unr til the bristles penetrate the cotton and it lies close to the brush. A few strokes of this over the hair will reveal how large a quantity of dust can be taken up by the cotton, leaving the hair soft and clean. It should be done every night before retiring.

Petticoat Problems.

Save for an occasional glimpse of white lingerie petticoats are not at all in evidence. It does not follow, of course, that they are not worn, for short skirts give no opportunity for their display; but the aspect of the women outdors is so svelte, not to say maigre, that it is easy to assert that their skirts are an unknown quantity. Yet the petticoats of this season have been irresistible things, and even the last of the season sales have fascinating things to show. Silky satin fabrioe, clinging to the figure and made with little to spare if the way of width, are still the popular tine, and It Is too early yet for winter lingerie novelties to put in their appearance. '

and durable. It is used in the nap tural blue-grey colorings as a rule and is not so beautiful in any dyed color. It could not be used more effectively than in the example shown In the picture. The shorter feathers form a band about the face with a Pocahontas coronet standing and extending around the head. The lovely fanlike crest of the bird is mounted, with a little flat satin bow, at the right side. The long auger quills and pheasant feathers, with their incomparable markings, are used in their natural colorings mostly. They are marked with cream color and all gradations of brown down to a shade that is almost black. These are dyed into good blue, green or red colors,, but the wonderful shading of the natural feather 1b sacrificed, although the dyed feather still remains quite beautiful. A world of fancy feathers, made by manufacturers, are as pretty as can be and are inexpensive also. Nearly all kinds are made. There Is an endless variety In these. JULIA BOTTOMLEY.

LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE

What the Fashion Papers Have to Say About Materials to Be Worn This Winter. Soft taffeta, silk voile and supple satin will be worn this fall, says La Mode pratique, ip conjunction with figured and beaded gauze, metallic lace and brocades with groundwork of velvet and satin, as well as dainty laces of every description. Radium and tulle are expected to be popular for this season. Radium is a kind o? light satin with a very brilliant finish; the light colors will be most in evidence in this material, white, cream, ecru, barley tinted with blue, pink and green. It Is often figured with various designs, such as long garlands which cover the fabric with their flowers, or .perhaps tiny bouquets some little distance apart. The designs are in old tones which are extremely delicate. The vogue for tulle has not abatedone whit, many dresses are now being worn In this material over satin foundations. La Mode says that among the many panier styles there are some which show a gathered effect very low on one sido only, exposing the ankle. Others fall much lower, on one side than the other; another variation of the panier, that is to say, of the long drapery effect which has evolved from it, la that which extends the full length of the skirt and then loses itself in the hem.

DRESS FOR SMALL GIRL

A pretty little dress of cambric embroidery flouncing is shown here. The skirt is gathered in at waist mid the bodice is ticked on each shoulder and cat Magyar, so that the fancy edge of flouncing comes at lower edge of sleeves. A strip of insertion to match trims centre front of bodioe, the square neck is outlined with narrow? insertion to match. Materials required: 2% yards flounoing 27 inches wide. 1% yard wida and % yard narrow insertion.

SMILES

WENT PREPARED. “Why is Mrs. Bonton angry at you?” "I haven’t the slightest idea. I am sure she has no reason to be.” “Perhaps you have done something to offend her?” “Not a thing In the world. I attended a little gathering at her house the other night and since that she hasn’t spoken to me.” “That’s strange!" ‘‘Yes. The invitation read: ‘Come prepared to eat watermelon.’ ” “And didn't you?” “Of course I did. I wore my bathing suit.”

The Unit Rule.

Mrs. Henpeck—What is the unit rule they talk so much about in the political conventions, Hiram?” Henpeck—Why, my dear, it’s where delegates from one state vote together, as a unit, you know. I can illustrate it by a request I’d like to go fishing tomorrow. If ydu vote with me on the proposition— * Mrs. Henpeck—But you can’t go fishing Hiram! —Judge.

Still Popping.

They tell a story about a naval lientenant of the old school who, after a very wet evening—an evening noisy with the popping of champagne corks —awoke the next morning in the midst of a battle. He listened, smiling, to the bangbang of the guns, then shouted: “Hi, steward, bring me three or four bottles before those pigs finish them all up!”

What He Earned.

“What was the largest salary you ever earried?’* asked the beautiful girl. “About $8 a week,” replied the retired politician. “How could you ever save enough out of that to get a start in the world?” “You asked „me what was the largest salary I ever earned.”

WISE ONE.

Kind Old Gentleman—l suppose drink was your downfall? Beggar—Yes, sir, it was. I took a drink ot milk that had microbes In It, and It damaged my health so much that I can’t work.

Her Ultimatum.

He said he loved her as of yore, He’d gladly kiss her and make up; But as they’d scrapped about her dog She said he’d have to kiss the pup.

Just the Opposite.

“And you are going to have the hero and heroine of your story ‘live happily forever after?’ ” “No, just the opposite.” “Just the opposite? How so?” “I’m going to have them marry one another.”

The Voice of Despondency.

“What makes you so sure that man will be elected?” "He hae*all the qualifications for great responsibility.” “Yes, but those are just the things that are liable to make him as unpopular as a baseball umpire.”

Consequently, Little Practicing.

“My husband always practices what he she said with a weary sigh. “You don’t seem to be very happy ov°r it,” her friend replied. "No, I’m not. He does very little preaching."

Qualified.

“Sometimes I feel sure,” said Bilkins, “that I once sat on a throne and waved a scepter.” “And now,” remarked his cheery wife, “yon are going to stand on the back porch and wave a rug beater.”

His Time Limited.

“Your beau,” remarked the first summer girl, "doesn’t seem to care to spoon in secluded nooks.” "No,” responded the second summer girl, “the poor gink only has four days in which to acquire a coat of tan.”

Willing to Accommodate.

Mistress —I want you to understand. Anna, that I will not have that big policeman in my kitchen! Anna—All right, ma’am! I know a smaller one. —Judge.

The Baser Way.

“Why do yon let that policeman gobble your peanuts?” ‘1 don’t want to be murdered,” answered the New York vender, with a grin.

The Recall.

Hanging around In the western city, the tourist discovered a former mayor dancing a jig. “You seem in fine spirits,” he suggested. “I am,” answered the other. “I have just been recalled.” “I don’t see anything complimentary about that,” said the tourist. “Oh, yes there is,” the westerner insisted. “This;!* the second recall.'' “How it that?” ' “Well, you see, I was recalled, and then they recalled the recall.”

TOO BUSY.

Miss Howe —I suppose you visited all the points of interest while you were abroad. Miss Wise —No; we were so busy addressing postcards to our- friends that we hadn’t time to do much sightseeing.

Ask Father.

The summer belle at home we find With twenty-seven trunks. She left some broken hearts behind. Also 800 plunks. V Clever Host. Wise —We had quite a prominent actress as a guest at our house the Other evening. Ascum—Gracious! Didn't you find it hard to entertain her? Wise —Oh, no! She amused herself for hours. We just handed her a bunch of photographs, among which were several of her own.—Catholic Standard and Times.

No Chance.

“Do you think we are likely to have a revival of Shakespeare this season?’’ “No,” replied the tragedian, Tift afraid there’s no chance for It. Th# managers all seem to be opposed to Introducing the bunny hug or ragtimo in a Shakespearean production.”

Not as It Used to' Be.

"You seem rather elated,” said tbs friend. “I am,” replied Dustin Stax. “My high moral character and disinterested motives have received an indorsement for which I scarcely dared to hope. A candidate has permitted me to contribute to hiß campaign fund."

A‘Bad Finish.

"Did- that magician have a succesiv, ful engagement In Crimson Gulch?” “Well,” answered Piute Pete, “the show was well patronized. But after doin’ a lot of tricks with cards he made the fatal blunder of tryin’ to sit Into a poker game.”

NOT A COMPOSER.

The Villager—When my father Aral settled here he could have bought thii town for a mere song. The Visitor—Why didn’t he? «The Villager—Father never had an# ear for music.

Second Offense.

A woman wrote a naughty book •No maid would read to mother;* And when ehe #4w how well It took. By Jove, she wrote another.

His Value.

“I would like to get that popular tenor for our charity conoert, but I am afraid bis prices are too high.” ‘1 should think you could get any tenor for a song.”

Their Grip.

"There is one thing consistent about these dinging styles the woman wear.” | “What Is itr -They hang on.”

Logical.

"Hava yon tried the vacttum boat* neBB •»* “Yan—nothing in if