Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 283, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 November 1912 — Page 3

Cales of GOTHAM and other CITIES

Returns to Church Money He Stole When a Boy

NEW YORK. —In the mall of Rev. William B. Wallace, pastor of the Baptist Temple, Schermerhorn street and Third avenue, there came recently a letter in a strange hand. The ■writer had a story to tell which interested the pastor greatly. Years and years before he had stolen some money from the Sunday school fund of the church at the time it was on Nassau street Now he wanted to restore It Nearly forty years had elapsed since the writer, then a 15-year-old boy, had pilfered a small sum of money from the funds of the church. Most of those who attended the church at that time have long been in their graves. Dr. Wallace has been in charge only twH or three years and the incident was new to him. At the regular monthly meeting of th.e board of dea-

Merchant Who Manages Well Without Eyesight

Philadelphia. —Here’s another wonder of the world —a blind man at Sixth and Chestnut streets Who captures thieves, detects counterfeit coins and breaks up the gangs that manufacture and traffic in bogus money. Besides doing this, famous “Blind Al,” (who has been in the neighborhood for many years, sells newspapers, candy and fruit; goes to market in crowded Dock street all alone —and never has he knocked a basket over. He shaves himself and without a looking glass, too; blacks his own boots, sews his own buttons on and is always ready with a cheery wofd for his multitude of customers who buy at his stand next to old Congress Hall at Chestnut and Sixth. “Oh, yes,” said he, "some people try to cheat me yet, but I usually catch them; I’ve caught 221 of them in the 33 years Pve been blind. If they cWeat me once they usually come and try it again, but I soon discover something wrong and some of my ‘trusties’ on the watch and it’s not long before •the folks who pay for one apple and take three or for one peanut bar and take two find that they’re caught themaelves.”

Mules Object to Service in Army and Desert

SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.—Seventyfive mules, comprising the more energetic part of a delegation of three hundred of their kind that have reached San Francisco for the purpose of adding glory and efficiency to the "United States army, suddenly decided not to enlist. As a result squads of cowboys, platoons of cavalrymen from the Presidio and deputies of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals passed a whole day galloping madly through the thoroughfares of the Mission district attempting to capture the deserters. f The three hundred mules were shipped into the city under consignment to the army authorities at the Presidio and were turned into corrals at Sixth and Berry streets to await the coming of the soldiers who were

Wooing of Prehistoric Age Wins a Fair Bride

CHICAGO. —The cave man of an eon ago, who did his wooing with a club and won his bride by Stunning her and dragging her to his lair by the hair, was reincarnated the other night into the being of Dominick Provenzans, who, until the change, was a man of meekness and the keeper of a shoe shop at 2020 Roscoe street. Provenzans wooed hut failed to win Santa Donandola, a 17-year-old Italian girl who lived with her parents at 1110 Milton avenue and dreamed dreams of being courted by a prince. What cared she for the sad-eyed pleadings of Dominick? Huh! Her husband must be a man of daring. And the other night Dominick qualified. With the spirit of his cave men ancestors suddenly awakened, he visited his brother-in-law, Samuel de Pasquala, forced his aid and then with a brandished revolver grimly led the way to the home of the unsuspecting bride-to-be. * Then with a savage cry the lover sprang toward his beloved, drove a handkerchief into her mouth with one hand and with the other lifted her from the doorstep and ran with her down the street.

' cons, held last night, he asked the members of the board if they remembered anything about it, but none did. Dr. Wallace wrote his unknown correspondenttoday that the matter of restitution was something which rested with his own conscience. “In the dayß when the church was on Nassau street,” explained Dr. Wallace the qther day, “a boy took a small sum of money from the Sunday school funds. That was in 1873. Nothing more was heard of it until five days ago, when I received a letter in which I was informed that the boy had Bince grown to man's estate; that his conscience had troubled him and that he wished to return the amount that he had taken 39 years ago. is a powerful sermon in the facta if they are correctly told. “I know nothing about the theft or how much it was. The man had no fortune. He is a person of moderate means, as I understand it, and simply wanted to make restitution of the amount missing. The man has been converted within the last two or three years and his better nature has moved him to take this step. I wrote to him this morning to act according to the light of his own conscience,”

“Blind Al” has eyes in his fingers; in the keen powers of smell he haR developed and in the redoubled acuteness of bis ears. By these “detectives’* he has corralled 18 counterfeiters and put the authorities on the trail of three bands who were making the spurious coins. “I can almost always tell if a person is giving me bad money,” said he. “The coins are always greasy and usually lighter than real’ ones; when I get them I keep them to take them out of circulation and then make the buyers give me good money.” Every day he fingers all the fruit with his brainy finger tips to tell if it is softening and just where the decaying spots are; then he puts it here or there according to the price to ask for it.

to be sent for them. They stood the confinement without protest for a few hours, but things were not very lively in the neighborhood, and, besides, the reception committee had deserted them and it didn't seem just right for so many strangers in the city to spend their first night penned up in a corral without a chance to see th 6 sights. It was some time after midnight when the fun* started. A few well directed blows from the determined hoofs, and a breach was made in the fence surrounding the corral. Five minutes later seventy-five mules were scampering at top speed through the Mission, the clatter of their three hundred hoofs startling householders in quiet streets from their sleep and bringing frightened faces to windows of the houses they passed. With utter disregard of city ordinances, the visitors trampled over gardens and lawns and demolished everything in their path. In the course of ten minutes the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals received nine telephone messages of complaint regarding the mules. Deputies were tumbled out of their beds and sent in pursuit.

In his wake came the faithful broth-er-in-law, and in the latter’s came a mob of howling witnesses of the kidnaping. De Pasquala held back the mob until he was beaten down, but the lover escaped with his prize. Straight to the shoe store rushed Dominick. When the door to the shop finally was broken open by the police they found the girl, still gagged and now bound, lying on the floor and staring with wonder at the threatening face of the man. The gag was removed and then a strange thing happened. “I love you!” she shouted. "I will marry you tomorrow! I—l didn’t know you were like this.” So the police released the man and the girl went to her home to prepare f6r the wedding. > "i

1. Sealskin Lined With White Velvet. 2. Ermine Scarf. 3. Moleskin Trimmed With Chinchilia Squirrel.

There doubtless has been an unusual amount of fur sold this season, for the fashion oracles have decreed that this shall be a fur season. In many respects models for this winter vary but slightly from those of the preceding season, but this is to be expected, for much of*the beauty of a fur garment depends upon the quality and color of the fur and the fine workmanship displayed in its fashioning, rather than.upon originality of line or trimming. The most beautiful furs are at their best when severely handled. No applied trimming or bizarre cutting can improve Russian sable or silver fox, and, aa a rule, the better grades of long-haired furs are more effective when merely self-trimmed. Scarfs of one variety of fur are much in evidence, too, this season, even in, the short-haired furs, such as seal, ermine and chinchilla. Many of the scarfs are three-quar-ters or even a yard wide, and proportionately long, being lengthy enough to drape around the body and fall almost to the floor. Ermine is usually left unadorned, save for a fringe of ermine tails. And, incidentally, it may be noted that the fashion for scattering tiny splashes of black and! faint yellow over the surface of an ermine coat, scarf or muff no longer prevails. PrefV

HAVE A NOVELTY IN GLOVES

Something Decidedly New That Is a Welcome Addition to the Fashions. T 6 discover a novelty in gloves is a feat worth chronicling. The newest gloves bear the name so familiar this season —Robespierre. These kid gloves are given the novel touch in the turnover cuffs which display a lining contrasting in color to the glove. A tan glove, for instance, will have a red or a king’s blue lining, while a white pique will be made very pretty with a Nile green shade or a soft lavender tint. For very dressy wear, these turnover cuffs may be lined with lace, just as were the gloves of the dandies of Louis XVII.'s time. To complete the velvet suit when calling or “teaing” these new gloves are most attractive. To stick in them, by the way, there are dainty little glove handkerchiefs, either embroidered or with colored borders to match the turnover cuffs. Only a few inches square, to be sure, yet these handkerchiefs are wonderfully useful to touch the lips after a cup of tea. So soft and fine are they that one almost forgets them when they are tucked in the palm of the hand.

Merit of Neatness.

There are many girls who, without being at all good looking, always appear neat and smart. They may only have a small dress allowance, but with it are able to appear more attractive than girls who, with twice their amount of money, often look overdressed or dowdy. What la the secret of this? Surely it is due to the neat girl’s taste; she always puts on her clothes with care and makes a point of her appearance being neat! and tidy. She keeps her wardrobe Orderly and has a place for everything; her ribbons, gloves, handkerchiefs, eta, are never bundled into a drawer Just to get them out of the way, but are carefully put in their proper places.

NEW MODES IN FUR

erence is now given to tailless or white ermine, with the black tails applied as fringe or in ornamental clusters. Entire coats of ermine are frequently seen! Sometimes the pure white fur fs trimmed with the black and white tails; again black and white ermine is primmed with black fur, such as the finest breitschwanz, silky caracul, black fox, etc. These fur coats are ample, luxurious and full length, the right front crossing far over the left, but so cu that the coat is drawn in toward the bottom to give the approved narrow silhouette. Of fine seal, breitschwanz, moleskin and sable coats, there is apparently no end, and these furs are made up into coats ranging from the conservatively practical coat for street wear to the sumptuous evening wrap.Sealskin is perhaps the smartest fur for street or evening wear, and one of the sketches in the large drawing shows an extremely chic model for afternoon or evening wear, made of sealskin. The coat has a high turndown collar at the back, and at the front there are long revers, the right revers crossing over to the left and fastening at the left side. The back of the garment is also cut in point shape, the point crossing over to the right side* The coat is lined with white velvet

NATTY WAIST MODEL

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This very dainty waist of white crepe de chine trimmed with bands and points of beautiful lace. It crpssea slightly in front over a tucked chemisette of white mousseline de sole, the collar of which is trimmed with lace. Bands of lace finish the kimono sleeves and the undersleeves are of the mousseline de sole. The girdle Is of ribbon or velvet ribbon prettily knotted at the side with a bunch of little roses.

Small Women Modeil Again.

According to a report by lea Grandes Modes de Paris the small figure is fashionable. During former seasons one could find a large number of tall and stately mannequins in the dressmakers’ ateliers, while nowadays only women of small stature are chosen to show the fall and wliter styles.—Women’s Wear.

Gathered Smiles

MUFFLED KNOCKS. “You’re such a plain, old-fashioned girl. Miss Mellon, that it’s so restful s to talk to you.” “You played that Jumble of discords vso dexterously, Miss Poppinjy, that I feel sure you could play a real tune if you’d try.” “Pshuckß, old chap, I always go to the theater when yon play ; I want to be sure that you have one friend in the audience, anyhow.” “You mustn't mind Bobby staring at you, Uncle Thomas; he’s never seen anybody eat pie with a knife Wore.” "If you had been about 50 years younger, Mr. Sheldon, I should have been seriously offended when you tried to hug me.” "You pitched a splendid game, old boy, considering that you don’t know k curve from a right angle,”

How He Made Good.

“Women,” said the impassioned sociological orator, “prefer the cave man.” There was much confusion in the hall and some hissing. Then a lady of problematical years arose and faced the speaker. “I should like,” she severely said, “to ask the age of the women to whom you have Just alluded.” The speaker realized that he was on thin ice, but his nerve did not desert him. He hesitated just a moment.— “The stone age!” he roared, and went on with his lecture.

THE KIDS KNEW.

Swipsey —Is Jimmie’s old man really so bald-headed? Mickey—Sure! Why, he has to tie a piece of string around his head to tell how far up to waßh his face.

His Greatest Moment.

The lion tamer’s wife Ma)tes him walk a narrow line. But wheiu he goes Inside a cage His attitude is fine*.

Little Surprises.

“Hello! Is that the janitor? Please shut off the heat! We’rp roasting up here?” “A few words more, my friends, and lam dbne. I thank you.” “We have other brands of tobacco, sir, but they’re not as good as the kind you want.” “Binks, I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s wrong to bet on ball games. Here’s the inoney I won from you yesterday.” “No, maw, I don’t want any more pie.”

Knew He Had ’Em.

Schoolmaster Now, Tommy Squibbs, tell me how many bones there are in your body. Tommy Squibbs—’Undreds,, sir! I ’ad herrin’s fer breakfast!—Comic Cuts.

Commanding Popular Attention.

“What are you going to do next?” asked the anxious campaigners; “you have instructed the public on every possible topic pertaining to art, morals and political economy.” “I don’t know,” replied the industrious candidate. “We must keep the people interested somehow. I guess I’ll take up the latest fad and deliver a course “of lectures on how to be beautiful.”

Once.

"Have you ever posed in the ‘altogether?’*’ asked the artist. “Once,” replied the new model. “I went over to Europe last summer and when 1 returned the customs officials at New York seemed to think they had reason to believe I was trying to smuggle something in.”

He Explains.

“These doughnuts— ’’ began the man. “What’s the matter with them?” demanded the Vere de Vere behind the lunch counter. “I think their inner tubes are punctured.”

Literally True.

Father —My daughter tells me you have all kinds of money. Suitor—Tea, sir. Father —May I ask what your business is? Suitor —Vju a coin collector. — Judge.

A Terrible Truth.

"Why do you wish to bury yourself In the army? Promotion is very slew.” “Promotion Is much more rapid since the aeroplane corps was established.’’ _ '

TOO MUCH.

Kitty—lt’s hard to believe that she’s 1 as Intelligent a woman as they say she Ib. She's going to marry a Jap,, you know. Peggy—Well, love is blind, they say. Kitty—Yes; but there’s no excuse for its being color-blind.

Taken at His Word.

He said, “I’ve never kfssed a maid— I simply couldn’t brook It.” And those who heard him talking sayed. “By Jove! old chap, you look It I”

A Serious Proposition.

“Is you de S. P. C. A.?” asked thw colored man with his arm in a sling. “I am a member of the society,” replied the earnest-looking young man. “Well, I wants to repo’t my mule to you. I has been arrested twice on his account an’ I ain’t gwine to hab no mo’ words wif ’im.” “Has anybody hurt him?” ■ “No, boss. But look at me. J has been kicked, tromped on an’ cussed in mule talk. If I’s got to be kind to dat animal, I wants some understandln’ dat will compel reciprocity or, at de very leas’, arbitration.”

His Examination.

“So you want to marry my daughter?’’ “Yes, sir.” “Got any money saved up?" “Yes, sir.” “Could you let me have $5,000 on my unsecured note?” “I could, but I wouldn’t” “I guess you can take care of her all right. She your’s, my boy, andi here’s a flve-cent cigar.”

Suggestion.

The superintendent asked the Straday school: "With what remarkable weapon did Samson slay the Philistlnues?’ “For a while there was no answer., The superintendent, to revive the children’s memory, commenced tapping his jaw with the tip of his: finger, at the same time Saying, “What’s this?” Quick as a thought' a little fellow replied quite innocently: “The jawbone of an ass, sir.” National Monthly.

Snub for Snub.

"I don’t see why women get into a statO of mind that causes them to turn their backs on one another and refuse to speak,” said Ur. Naggies. “And for my part,” replied Mrs. Naggles, “I never could see why so many men in politics are always refusing to shake hands with somebody.”

Favoritism.

“The trouble is that my boss has favorites. You can't deny it” "I won’t deny it. But have you noticed that his favorites do all the hard work about the place V

WHERE?

His Mother—Did you get any marks; in school today? "Tommy—Yes’m; but you couldn’t; see ’em unless I went in swimming.)

A Lazy Fellow.

He looked on life And thought it good. Until his wife Said. “Chop some wood.”

Keeping Them Off.

w 9 “Do you consider Buch a marriage as that of a man iso confirmed a drunkard as Jaggs to a circus performer, » fitting one?” “A perfectly fit marriage. She’s * snake charmer,”

Does Seem Strange.

“Went back to one of my old flahin* places today.” S “Ketch anything, grandpop?” * They used to bite well ■****, years ago.” *; ... • • -