Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 161, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 July 1913 — Page 2

The Daily Republican Ktwr D»y Kac+pt wuwUy HEALEY A CLARK, Publishers. RENSSELAER. INDIANA. Now H is the "individual drinking cup” for the horse! It is embarrassing to borrow money from a deaf friend in a crowd. New York is to have stepless cars The much-maligned hobble skirt did i What will the government do w’th all the microbes it washes off the currency? Still, “refined boxing” is not likely to become a popular parlor entertainment. » Despite the old adage, some people have married at leisure and repented in haste.

It is natural that general optimism should increase with the abundance of cherry pie. Let us quit railing at the motorcycle. It ranks among the utilities that have come to stay. Cautious owners of motor boats will take along a pair of oars and keep within sight of land. , - Europe would be still more disquieted if it had two baseball pennants to worry about. Will the government experts who are to investigate the oyster beds be classed as chambermaids? Press dispatches say there is a rev olution in Venezuela, but fail to state whether it is yet or again. Fourteen thousand books are turned out in this country a year, and only six of them become best sellers. At 51,600 for four pounds of Pomeranian dog, the prevailing high prices for cattle and hogs seem dirt cheap. • Wisconsin has a law prohibiting gossip. But 1b there a man in Wisconsin who can tell what gossip is? A Cincinnati woman wants all her sex to wear a badge reading: “I kiss not" The answer to that is: “I guess not” New York is to have not only the largest court house in the country, but the largest church. It needs both. The older generation is unaffected by the Immodest fads which modern society sanctions; but what of the young? The difference between your own child and your neighbor’s is that youF child Is a cherub and your neighbor's Is a brat.

Now It Ib discovered that the earth wabbles. This will furnish a new and effective excuse for those shaken by this wabbling from the straight and narrow path. * We have seen men sneer at futile feminine fashions and then go into a furnishing store and use good gray matter deciding upon the color of a new pair of garters. They say. photography iB useless in portraying feminine fashions for the reason, which men can readily believe, that such figures as women would like to haye do not exist Now that goat meat is being substituted for mutton, a bright remark such as “you generally get the butcher's goat when you ask for spring lamb” is quite permissible. A newly-married pan in New York has been held up and robbed of his money three times in three days. But by the time he has been married a few months he will be used to it. The girls in one senior class In a high school in Ohio were graduated in dresses that cost them only $1.90 apiece. And it is not recorded that they knew less in those dresses. “How many millions make a billion inquires a correspondent. Billion in America, is one thousand millions. Billion in England, is onl million millions. We should worry! ,i . A rich woman in California bought a whole township’site v to insure herself privacy and quiet This is one way of getting rid of the noises of civilization, but it is not apt to become popular. According to aßociation of commerce estimates, Chicago men pay annually $6,000,000 for 6.000,000 hats. But wbere can one find that kind of hat? Perhaps the asociation of commerce judged by appearances. The minister who says that great wealth keeps away religion seems to have bold of an idea that was being talked of about 1,816 years ago. An exchange wants all bonebead plays In baseball tabulated by themselves The request cannot be com-, plied with In all leagues in all cases. “Mon have more beautiful! figures than women, and they are-more graceful." You are given one guess as to whether th« speaker was masculine or

GRACE AND HENRY

The Whole Village Knew They Were in Love When They Married.

By MAUDE J. PERKINS.

That Henry Walters and Grace Brown were in love with each other when they married there could be no sort of doubt. The whole village of Davisburg would have sworn to it. “Why, I saw ’em hold hands over an hour, and they did not let go once to scratch their noses, though I know they itched," said little Mrs. Watkins. “And right with me looking on,” added Mrs. Flint, “he told her that if she caught the mumps and died he’d commit suicide!" No, there could be no question of their loving, and it seemed a safe thing to predict a happy future for them. Henry was a carpenter, earning good wages, and though Grace knew little about housework, she was ambitious to learn. What brought the clouds after a few ’few months? Isn’t it odd that lovers have no philosophy about them? They do not look for any change as time passes. There will be no cross words or falling off in demonstrations of affection. Behold them! Henry smashes his thumb with the hammer one day, and he goes home thinking what a fool he was to hit his thumb instead of the nail. He found his wife in bed with a headache. She was vexed about it. Why hadn’t the ailment come to some one else! Why wasn’t Henry at home to put a wet cloth on her forehead and utter words of sympathy? "You are an awfully careless man," Bhe said as he entered the house holding his bruised and bleeding thumb. “If you hadn’t got your feet wet or something you wouldn't have a headache,” was the reply. These were the first cross words and queerly enough each one was rather glad of it It was a change from the honeysuckle program. Grace had never thought that Henry could Btrlke his thumb with a hammer, and if any one had told Henry that Grace would ever have a headache, he would have opened bis eyes very wide. There was a whole month in which he could do no work. The wife whined over tno loss of income Just as she wanted it for summer clothes, and even hinted that her husband was content to loaf. There had been nothing, however, that a few kisses and kind words could not have dispelled had the outsiders kept outside, but they Their gossip and criticisms and advice kept the pot boiling until each of the principals got the idea that he was a martyr and the other was wholly to blame. *

Grace told the whole village that Henry boxed her ears. Henry told the whole village that her cooking made him ill, and that her temper had become so Satanic that he was really afraid to sleep in the house. Grace warned the neighbors that if she was found chopped up with the ax some morning to see that Henry was promptly and properly hung as high as Mr. Haman’or Captain Kidd. It was more exciting than a dog fight for a time, and there was talk that a boom In real estate would follow. Then the affair began to weary folks, and there was talk that the law ought to be invoked. Such a dog-and-cat couple ought to be made to get a divorce. Such a bickering must lead to murder after awhile. It was Deacon Frazer who suggested a remedy. He was a good man, though the remedy he brought forward was rather heroic far a -churchman. An anonymous letter was received by the quarreling couple. It was to the effect that if they did n6t at cease cease their bickering or apply for a divorce, something very unpleasant would happen to them. “You can see what you have done!” said the husband after reading his letter. “And you can see what you have done,” was retorted. “Nothing can happen to me. Everybody knows where the blame reßts.” “Surely they do, and you can’t find a person who does not pity me. I tell you, Henry Walters, you have reached the limit, and that letter means tar and feathers for you!” “It means a ducking In the river for you, and don’t you forget It!” There was, less quarreling for a week, and then it broke out again. Then came a second anonymous letter.

“The committee of good order will Boon wait on yon,” was the threat. “This is the Becond and last warning. It will come prepared to deal with your conduct as It deserves!” “Tar and feathers for you,,’ whispered the wife.“A ducking for you,” whispered the husband. “And don’t expect any sympathy from me!” “And you needn’t expect any sympathy from me!” As a matter of fact, neither was alarmed. It was a village where law and order reigned.. The minister and two or three others might call In thq evening, and read husband and wife a lecture on the sin Of quarreling and endeavor to patch up a peace, but there would be nothing beyond that “And their talk wll 1 do no good with me," said the husband. 1 “Nor with me either, unless you are to be taken to an Insane asylum,” answered the wife. An hour after midnight one night nine men wrapped in sheets and having pillow cases drawn ever their

heads walked abroad in the village streets. f One walked in advance, and the others followed two by two. The village slept and there was no one to observe them, "but they did not speak to each other and they walked softly. Moses Granger’s bulldog could lick anything on four legs in the country, and had geen known to tackle a thunderbolt He was roaming around when he caught sight of the ghosts, and the way he ran home was a caution. The nine paused in front of a cottage. Its inmates were snoring in peace. .1 ■ V - . -\i. The nine passed through the gate and drew up in before the door. Then one of their numbbr knocked and fell back. After a minute a halfdressed man opened the door to ask: “Who are you, and what do you want?” “This is the committee of order. We sent you two warnings and you did not heed them.” “What is it, Henry?” asked the wife as she was aroused. “They have come for us!” “Is it tar and feathers for you and a ducking for me?" “It looks like it!” “Come out and get your punishment,” said a voice outside? “Hen-Henry, I am sorry I have been mean to you,” sobbed the wife. "I have been the meanest of the two,” was the reply. "I was loving you all the time I was quarreling with you." “Same here.” "We will give you one minute more,” came a throaty voice from outside. “Oh, Henry, it will most kill me to have ’em tar and feather you!" moaned the wife. “And think of their'.ducking you!” “My darling.” “My own!" "Time’s up! Come to your doom,” said fbe nine ghosts in chorus. Henry seized a hard wood chair and smashed it on the uncarpeted floor, and handing one leg of it to his wife he seized another and bounded out of the door. Crack! Smash! Crack! The nine ghosts had not anticipated nor prepared themselves for resistance, and the attack came with great suddenness. Three or four went down like cowsheds in a cyclone, and the others made their retreat in tremendous haste. None escaped without at least one. good whack. The wife used her chair leg with the vigor the husband did his. It should also be said that Moses Granger’s bulldog, discovering that he had men Instead of ghosts to deal with, pursued the fleeing legs and left his marks on three of them. “What do you think!” shouted Mrs. Hastings next morning as she burst in upon her neighbor, Mrs. Drew. "Somebody’s cow dead?” "No, Bir. The Walters have made up!" “It can’t be!” “But they have. I was in there ten minutes ago, and she was sitting on his knee, and they were So busy calling each other darling and dear that the ham for breakfast was all burning up, and the coffee pot Was boiling over." The statement not only'turned out to be true, but It was proven that it was the last quarrel to be made up. And yet the gosslpß were not happy. They said: “Isn’t it simply disgraceful the way Henry Walters and his wife love each other? Really, there ought' to be something done about It!” (Copyright, IMS, by' the McClure Newspaper Syndicate.)

WAKES PROFIT ON TINFOIL

Owner of Tobacco Btore Saves Discarded Wrappers and Sella Them —Library aa Trade Stimulus. “I am not ashamed to pick up a penny whenever and wherever I can,” said the proprietor of a small tobacco shop In New York. “There are lots of people who think It Is a sort of stigma upon their ability to pay so much attention to small sums. Not I, however. One scheme has netted me a very nice little profit every year. I run a small circulating library and I offer one year’s subscription free for a $2 purchase. All my subscribers agree to return the book promptly after a week has expired or pay a fine of three cents a day. ‘Those people are more indifferent about pennies than I am and there is hardly one of them who does not keep a book one or two days longer than he should. Not only do the sums 1 collect In fines pay for the books 1 purchase, but they even make a profit for me, and, what is more Important, th'4 library Bcheme helps to attract customers. “Then, too, I manage to make several dollars a year by collecting thq tinfoil used In wrapping up plug tobacco and cigarettes. I usually find a good deal of it lying about on the floor and since I sell it for about 20 cents a pound whatever I get for It Is pure profit.”

Frog Skin to Heal Wound.

W. A. Speck, a farmer, living near Ames, la., had a- growth that extended almost across his back a year, ago, and It warn thought he had only a short time to live. He is well today, but the place where the growth was is covered with the greenish skin of frogs. When the growth was removed in a Des Moines hospital it left a large wound. The amphibian epidermis seems to be a success.

Striving to Oblige.

Angry Diner—Waiter, you are net fit to serve a pig. Waiter —I am doing my best, sir,— Judge.

FROCKS FOR SUMMER

CLEVER SHOPPER CAN FIND GOOD BARGAINS NOW. I ■ ■— Reception Dress of Crepe de Chine Combined With Chantilly Lace Makes Charming Costume— Smart Designs in Cotton. The woman who ha§ been slow about securing her summer outfit has a tempting array of bargains to choose from now, and the clever shopper may find in the tumbling prices compensation for loss of the choice novelties. The most exquisite of the season’s laces, embroideries and other trimmings were picked up early in the season and the same is true of dress material, hats, robe patterns, but there are enough lovely things left to satisfy even a fastidious woman and many of these lovely things are being offered at prices far below those asked two months ago. The coat and skirt street costumes, usually the earliest Items of the spring wardrobe are conspicuous among the sale bargains. One may be still in

Crepe de Chine and Chantilly Lace.

need of fluffy summer frocks and willing to pay good prices for them; but save iu exceptional cases, the woman who is willing to pay well for her trotting frocks was long ago supplied with All such costumes needed for the season. Attractive Afternoon Gpwns. If the street frocks left upon the importer’s hands are to be sold now they must be sold by virtue of striking reductions in price, and values really remarkable may be found by the shopper who Is willing to make the rounds. The same house showed attractive evening and afternoon wraps, reception and visiting gowns and lingerie gowns and blouses all marked at a figure far below the original price. There was a stylish reception dress

USES OF CREPE DE CHINE

Chief Reason for the Favor It Enjoys Is Because It Drapes so Admirably. There is- a strong liking for crepe de chine, and this material has made Its outdoor appearance in Paris much earlier in the season than usual. Probably the chief reason for the favor it enjoys is that it drapes so admirably either in the cross-over drapery, which may simulate a panier in front and is then caught up in the center of the back toward the hem of the skirt, or in the looped-up skirt effect, which is so picturesque. Crepe is no longer confined to gowns; It Is used to make up costumes also, and there are also frocks which adapt themselves to outside wear by simulating a cutaway coat or basque.

Gift for Bridesmaids.

One little bride, with more ingenuity than money, made photograph frames from material like her wedding dress, placed therein her portrait and that of Her fiance, then had the whole thing mounted under glass with a small gilt rim of picture frame molding. Her maids were delighted with the gifts.

Identification Tag.

A very simple means of providing this useful article Is to get a disk of metal a Utile smaller than ft fiftycent piece. Have a hole drilled througn It far the purpose of attaching to ft piece of ribbon or tape. A hardware dealer will, for a few cents, punch on the disk your name and address.. Wear round the neck.

of crepe ae chine combined with chan. tilly lace. lace formed the overbodice with peplum at back and bottom of the skirt There was also • charming little -afternoon frock of green charmeuse trimmed with chiffon embroidered, with jet beads. Smart Designs in Cotton Materials. At another shop there were bargains to be had In two good looking but more simple frocks of cotton materials. One was a crepe in a delicate shade of pink. It was trimmed with border bands of the material finely tucked. The skirt front was cut away at the bottom in pointed shape showing an underskirt of fiale cream batiste and lace. The V at the neck was also filled in with batiste and lace. The sailor collar was hand embroidered. A narrow black and white patent leather belt completed this dainty costume. The other frock was of plain white eponge and basket weave. The jacket and lower part of the skirt were of the coarse basket weave material edged with heavily embroidered scallops. There were also scallop edged revers, hand embroidered. The girdle was of a deep bluish purple silk. MARY DEAN.

NEW COATS TOR midsummer

Are Made Much on Same Styles as Earlier Spring Coats Were Fashioned After. i Wraps and coats for midsummer are made much on the same styles the earlier spring coats have been fashioned after. Many of them are trimmed with fancy collars and cuffs of printed silk and some are trimmed with velvet ribbon and a few fcave lace collars and cuffs. The most pop-* ular colors seem to be black, navy, taupe, gold, Saxe blue and sand. Brocaded charmeuses, crepe de chine and other novelty brocades are all being made up-into wraps suitable for Warm weather use. A few fancy linen coats In white, rose, tan and Saxe blue, in the new three-quarter length in cutaway effects will be worn this summer, and these are sometimes trimmed with cluny or ratine lace, or have embroidered collars and cuffs in Cubist or Balkin designs and colorings. ' However, the silks seem more popular, probably because they, are newer and, prettier.

Damask Charmeuse.

A new feature of -the season is a fabric known as damask charmeuse. It is used for all kinds of costumes, and is draped into the smartest evening and afternoon gowns. In the one coloring the new material is woven in pattern like an ordinary table cover, and very striking it looks made up with ninon in the same hue. A damask evening gown seen re* cently is worthy of note. Made with a long length of the material draping the figure in Grecian style, the 3kirt opens up in Ahe front over an underdress of accordion plaited chiffon, and at the back of the darpery went off to form a pointed train after looping over at the side life a tunic. Fine lace over fresh pink tulle adorned the corsage, which was studded with quaint little jeweled buttons.

Coat Effects on Gowns.

Coat effects on gowns give a pleasing novelty in summer fashions. No matter how unconventional one may decide to be, few women have the courage to go about In town without some sort of outside wrap. Sometimes these coat tbps are very marked and are exactly like the various bloused coat models, except that they are a of the dress and can not be removed. Then again they are simply indicated by the manipulation of the draperies and trimmings.

Shrink Lace Before Using.

It is much safer when sewing lace to thin fabrics to haye the lace washed and shrunk befsre putting it on. There will be no danger then of puckering when the garments are washed.

SUMMER FOOTWEAR

One likes to have cool white footwear to slip into after a day’s sightseeing, and the easiest sort is the pump or slipper. Buttoned strap slippers of white buckskin are pictured, together with smart yet sensible walking oxfords or patent and a comfortable buttoned boot of patent leather with top of diagonal cloth.

Round Tables for Luncheon Parties.

For small luncheon parties the round table is again becoming popular This shape Is now favored for the family dining table, too, and all the daintiest table linens that are tempting the would-be bride come In circular patterns.

Small Patient'S Status.

The nurse on duty hi a hospital whs giving- the little ones their last meal for the day. All save one were patiently awaiting their turn to be served; the one in question being a rosy cheeked convalescent who was lustily / calling for her portion. The nurse was an English girl who had not yet become quite sure of her aspirates. “Haren’t you a little himpatient, Florence?” inquired the nursd, with just a tone of correction in her voice. “No, I’m a little her patient!”

Willing to Oblige.

“While,” says a New Yorker, “the Gotham car conductor is generally rude, sometimes he is witty. “Not long ago, on a Broadway car. a woman said to the conductor in a voice of command:. * r “ ’You will let me off at 931.’ * - “The conductor regarded her curiously for a moment, while the other passengers grinned; then, quite submissively, he answered: * “‘Yes, ma’am; what floor, please, ma’am?”’—Judge.

Knew the Remedy.

Returning from business one evening laßt spring I slipped on the ice before my home and turned my ankle. In consequence I could not stand on my feet for several minutes. My wife and son, seeing my predicament, came out to aid me, each taking hold of one of my arms. Just then a small freckle-faced boy ran over and said to my wife: “Mlssie> give him some black coffee you gets him inside. My mudder always does that when my sadder comes home like that”

Logical.

Little Robbie had been refused a second dish of ice cream. His grandma had told him that it would cause him a pain in the stomach. While out walking with bis uncle one afternoon they chanced to see a horse that had been taken sick. Robbie was informed by his uncle that the horse had a pain in the stomach, y Gazing at the helpless animal, the boy asked: “Uncle, did the horse have two plates of ice cream T '7" ~~’ i'

Important to Mothers Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORJA, a aalp and sure remedy for infanta and children, and see that it Signature of In Use For Over 80 Tear*. Children Cry for Fletcher’s Gastonia

It's Quality.

"I noticed in the department store this morning there was a big crowd about the perfumery bargains." “Naturally, the perfumery would be the scenter of attraction." Some people think it queer that we have no female afterdinner speakers, but there is nothing queer about it. Women tell all they know before dinner is half over.

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Wise Precaution.

“Jones always uses honeyed speech to every one.” “Then he ougtn’t to mind If he evej has to eat hip words.” Marrying a man with an lmpedl* In his speech is right, if there is no impediment to the hand that reaches for his pocket book. People are always accusing an "oldest inhabitant” of remembering things that never occurred.

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