Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 88, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 April 1913 — Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

The Daily Republican Every Day Except Sunday , HEALEvT CLARK, Publishers. * INDIANA. A good many women would rather o Join a suffrage hike than wash dishes. In an ago of artificial ice is it not wasteful to keep on discovering poles? _ Seems as though nobody was to be safe. It is now proposed to take the tariff off lemons. , One of the new dances is called the "jelly wabble." Perhaps you learn it out of the cook book. History has never recorded an instance where the world has failed to mourn the loss of brave men. How much prettier a woman looks when photographed in the act of skating than when committing golf ! A noted New York Physician advocates open air schools for all children. Not a bad idea by any means. One of the biggest questions confronting' the hotel men of the country Is running a hostelry to suit every patron. China, It Is now reported, is going to have an aeroplane fleet for police use. This will put the force In the air. - Even If cockroaches do not produce cancer—a German scientist says that they do—why should anybody cultivate them? Next year the ,100th anniversary of the treaty of Ghent is to be celebrated with five minutes of silence. Glorious and unique!

Bow-legged men have just cause to be peeved over the report that fashion ordains men to wear garments of a clinging variety. A Harvard professor has discovered that a domestic pigeon leads an intellectual life. Then why can’t it talk pigeon English 7 Bricks are now being sent by parcel post, but this will not increase the facilities of those people who are fond of throwing them. Why do the advertisements for southern resorts depict people sitting in perambulators? Is something the matter with their legs? The young woman who says she prefers death to a kiss can scarcely * qualify as an expert, since she admits that she has tried neither. Nothing recalls the mind of the married man to the joys of single life so vividly as to find that the baby has been eating crackers in bed. Intimation that a lion attempted to eat up a moving picture actor suggests the need of laws for the protection of cinematograph heroes. Some of the popular magazines will have to be printed a year or two ahead in order suitably to advertise the advanced styles in automobiles. A projectile has been Invented in Germany which will not only pierce a war balloon but will actually set it ablaze, a high test for results.

A philosopher says: “Whistlers are always good-natured.” Everybody knows that It is the folks who have to listen to the whistler that gets ugly. Boston is using a new word, “fudgy,” to express team work. We place the wrong construction on it if we said that the ball club showed great “fudgy.” A Brooklyn judge ruled that a broomstick is not a deadly weapon. An irate woman can wield it just as effectively as a bludgeon, is the general belief. The married cadet at West Point will not be allowed to stay. This is in line with the usual army policy of not allowing a divided command over its members. *-• Even if the boast of the Chinese that China is overtaking the rest of the world is justified, China need not feel entitled to any sprinting medals on that account Wives should take note of the fact that if the operation of grafting a dog's brain onto a man’s head proves successful, they will have regular fireside companions. A Chicago magistrate makes auto speeders take the pledge. The idea of putting offenders on their honor is new only in this particular respect, but if temptation proves too strong pledges and pedestrians will have to take their* chances.

The era of superstition seems to be weakening when a steamship company makes its day for sailing on Friday. But It is not averred that even the big company can make passengers occupy staterooms numbered 18. A Denver legislator proposes to compel surgeons to exhibit the alleged diseased appendixes they remove, and If there is nothing wrong with any of them, send the experimenter to jail. The doctors regard this as hostile legislation, calculated to interfere with prosperity.