Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 January 1913 — HAYTIAN GIRLS RIDE ASTRIDS. [ARTICLE]

HAYTIAN GIRLS RIDE ASTRIDS.

Costume Resembles Trailing Gown et • Mediaeval Noblewoman. It is of little Importance to Hayti and Its people what the other Pojen think of it The little black republic goes right ahead with its voodooism, idol worship and other strange customs without regard for the feelings of the missionaries stationed there. Naturally enough the civilized custom of a woman using a side saddle for horseback riding does not appeal to the semi-savage nature of the Inhabitants. Of course, not many Haytian* are prosperous enough to own horse* for use solely under the saddle. But those who do dress their women In the strangest riding habits yet devised. As the riders are Ignorant oi such an invention as the side saddle, their riding habits are built to fit th< lines of an ordinary leather saddle. In effect those garments are simply *- baggy pair of trousers, ending at th* ankle In front but hanging In many folds almost to the ground at the back. Seen a slight distance away, however, the costume resembles the trailing gown of a mediaeval noblewoman when riding, and Its picturesqueness Is enhanced by the Haytian style of headdress. Loser Should Pay Finder 10 Per Cent "If you lost a watch worth SIOO what reward would you give the finder for Its return?" "Oh, $lO or $20." “Ten per cent, eh? Well, that Is about right,” said Lecocq, the detective. “It Is more, though, than the average person would give. “Here in America, In lost and found cases, there Is no recognized percentage of reward, but In England there is such a percentage—namely, halt a crown to a pound—that Is to say, about 10 per cent Ten per cent Is what the finder must be paid In England, provided he takes'nis find to a police station or to Scotland Yard. He always does so, as otherwise the owner is apt to give him less than the legal 10 per cent “I lost In a London cab a kit bag worth S2O. The kit bag was returned by the cabby to Scotland Yard and I left there for him gladly a reward of $2. If the bag had been worth $2,000 I’d have been charier of handing out S2OO, but that Is what I’d have had to do before the Scotland Yard folks would have given me my property. “When you lose anything be prepared to give at least 10 per cent to the finder. Ten per cent Is the recognized reward in lost and found cases abroad and it should be the recognized reward here. That Is little enough and they who give less are, to my mind, dishonest” —Chicago Chronicle.