Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 287, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 December 1912 — Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Women outnumber men in both New York and Philadelphia. Concerning that Red Sox victory, why not drop it? Snodgrass did. That restored Venus of Milo proves They say the new ten-dollar bill is a work of art, but it can’t be at that price. A baby was hnrn In New York on the elevated. Starting life pretty high. A London swindler sold dried peas for liver pills. Probably just as affective. “Women’s dresses are to become tighter.” Roller skates next and a boy behind to push. London is shocked over the way the British nation is taking to gum chewing. But they stick to it. Medical science is constantly discovering hundreds of new reasons why people should call in the doctor. Before ordering your split pea soup you should patriotically inquire if the pea was split in Germany or America. ' © A London -specialist says that modern dress is killing women. Yet most women desire their gowns to be killing. According to a scientist, all men will be baldheaded in 500 years. It’s a cinch they will if they live until then. Somebody claims to have discovered black snow in the Alps. But any winter he can iind a lot of It in Pittsburgh. Plants and are to be raised by electricity. As far as fruits are concerned, we already have electric currents. A New York man was robbed of his pearl necklace, worth $30,000, on an ocean liner. Where was his chaperon? Women certainly are obstinate creatures. One in Boston is contesting the dictum of three courts that declared her dead. Our pupilß are found to be weak in the three R’s. The old-fashioned spelling bee might profitably be revived, it seems. Kissing is forbidden In public places In Switzerland. Undoubtedly on the ground that there is more than enough danger there without it An eastern man wrote a tragedy and the manager turned it into a comedy. It is but a step from the sublime to the ridiculous, after all. “t Chinese women are said to have the most beautiful complexions in the world. Still, it depends on whether It is orientally considered. i Now the German scientists have discovered a meanß of producing artificial milk. "Why not Invent a way to grow eggs on the egg plant “Resolve to live a hundred years and you can do it.” says a St. Louis physician. But the majority of good are broken in a short time. There used to be made in this country copper-toed shoes that the small boy could not kick out in one month. Ah, those were happy days for parents! ' L - Infantile paralysis has appeared among the Eskimos in Alaska. The backward races must often sit down and wonder whether civilization really pays. v Physicians are now discussing whether incurables should be killed. Which brings up the question: “How can physicians agree on who are incurables?” An eighteen-pound lobster has been caught in Long Island Sound. Still, a chorus girl can catch a bigger one than that qn Broadway any day in the year. In Baltimore a police justice has arranged mirrors in his court room bo that drunks and disorderlies will have to see themselves. Justice should have a little pity. , To be simple and to be without guile is to triumph over aIL Is there not the case of the young woman who when congratulated upon the quality and strength of her perfumery said that she was glad he had noticed it? A London gentleman, opposed to tipping, let his whiskers grow rather Shan bestow a honorarium upon the tonsorlal artist Wonder if the new style whiskers have anything to ■fa wttL this latter day crusade against tips? |t |g doubtful if Andre de Fouqul•ree will succeed In his announced purposevto persuade us to dress after the French fashion, since American HMKthave a rooted prejudice against wearing corsets and boopsklrts with v their frocji coats.