Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 264, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 November 1913 — Page 2

STORIES From the BIG CITIES

Lacerta Carnegiensis in Water Pipe Two Years

DETROIT, MlCH.—Everybody know* what to expect when the ground hog comes out of his hole on Feb. 2 and sees his shadow, but what does it mean when a red alligator somes out of a drain pipe in October, and growls at you? That is what Nick Dippong, a laborer, is anxious to find out. Nick was employed on an excavation job at 32 Monroe avenue. He uncovered a small tile and broke it open with his pick. “Look out;" he yelled. “It’s coming out of the sewer.” Nick didn’t stop to explain what “it” was, but just breezed out of that basement. Other workmen decided Nick’s actions deserved an explanation, and they sought it in the basement. There was no mystery about it, however, for there near the tile lay the cutest little red alligator they had ever seen — not that they had ever seen one before, for they are all sober, industrious men. About this time Nick returned with

Spoke German at the Rate of 92 Miles an Hour

KANSAS CITY, MO.—Over at the City Center bank they plume themselves upon the ease with which they speak German. Indeed, there is a sign upon the window, announcing to all and sundry that “Deutsch” is “gesprochen” here. The real German sharks are the president and a young woman bookkeeper. The jocund cashier also speaks a little German sometimes —he can order a beer in German with ease, but when it comes to more complex matters he proceeds somewhat slowly In the guttural tongue. The other day the president and the German-speaking bookkeeper were both out at luncheon and the J. C. was in charge. To the teller’s window came a man who began to rattle off the kaiser’s language at the rate of ninety-two miles an hour. The jocund cashier raised one hand. “Nicbt so schnell (not so fast),” eaid he. , , And the German customer slowed down to ninety miles an hour. The cashier was able to catch references to the sign on the window about “Ger-

Diserimination in Favor of Women, Says Witness

HOUSTON, TEX. "Land sakes alive! Ain’t we men folks got no right at all?” said a bystander who watched the proceeding. “All day long fair damsels parade the downtown streets in flaming sunlight and flimsy gowns and it don’t take no Solomon to understand why they are so attractive. No one complains. They may slash their skirts as they wish and yet Just because one poor, exuberant mortal of man only took off his hat, coat, shirt, necktie and undersh—no, he didn’t quite get it off—women were ptartled, men ran around in circles and the poor gink was thrown In-

Have Kansas Girls a Way to Make Dad Happy?

TDPEKA. KAN—If father shows a disposition to throw things at the children, or to swear at the family horse, or slap old Bossy over the back with the milk bucket when Bossy switches him in the eye with her tail, it is all because he hadn't had a dainty breakfast or because there wasn’t a pretty, fresh flower beside his plate. That is the Kansas idea. anyway, and the Kansas girls are being taught that the way to avoid bad humors at breakfast, or shortly afterward, is to provide an exceedingly good breakfast and have it served in a dainty rnsnpcr with the proper scenic investiture. "Breakfast is really the most impor tant meal of the day,” said Miss Alma Harm'd, a graduate student of domestic science at the Kansas agricultural college. “It Is the ‘disposition’ meal of ibe family, and a good or bad break SZS&XZX2ZZ

the “boss,” William J. Keegan, the contractor who had the excavating in eharge. Keegan has spent some time in Florida and knows all about alligators. Hence he was quite interested in a'red one that growled. One of the workmen with mors temerity than the others thrust a pencil at their strange find and promptly conceived a deep admiration for the animal’s dentistry, for the pencil was bitten squarely in two. “What have you got here, boys?” asked Keegan. “A—a —er, a—darn it—a red alligator,” answered he of the broken pencil. \ “A what? Well, 109 kat that! Wouldn’t that give T. R. a fit?” Keegan began humming softly and stretched out his hand. The alligator closed his eyes. Keegan picked him up gently and laid him in the palm of his hand, the while stroking his head and back. "You poor little cuss," he said-i “What you doing ’way up here?” "Carnegie,” as he was named that' on the spot, opened one eye and! showed his teeth in a slow grin. It has been recalled that a guest at a hotel about two years ago had two> young alligators and that one It is believed that “Carnegie’s” preß-> ence in the drain pipe can'be accounted for in this way. His unique color —a dull, brick red —• is explained by his two years’ resi J dence in the tile. •

man spoken here,” and he gathered that the customer wanted to know why it wasn’t being spoken. So he explained, with some deliberation, and feeling for the right German words, that Herr Long*was out at luncheon, and so was Prauleln So-and-So; that he himself spoke only a little German, but he’d do bis best. The customer shoved his hat back on his head. “Well, I’ll be derned,” he remarked with an unmistakable brogue. "I see the sign on yer windy, and in I comes to be getting a bit practice in,German, and I find ye don't speak it at all, at all.”

to a cell at the police station, charged with intoxication!’’ The poor man strolled along Congress avenue about 8 o’clock to take a look at the crowd that had gathered to watch the downtown fire. He stopped at several places along the way. When he reached Main and Congress he tilted himself forward' and backward on the curbstone. “Now look,” he said. Some wcmen pushed into the crowd just then and looked. The man tossed his hat into the gutter, then his coat, yankfefl off his necktie and collar and shirt any one could stop him. Policeman Altofer was close at hand. The men in the crowd put the man’s clothes on him, but had a hard time keeping them on. Policeman Altofer tried to lead the man to the police station, but it was like carrying a bundle of lath. No one happened to have a barrel 1 handy, so the roliceman put the prisoner into the next best thing, the patrol wagon, and took him away.

ily for the rest of the day.” Some of the girls have reported that they laid a pretty little home-grown heliotrope or some pansies beside the plate Of the hired man, that It caused the hired man to rise in his wrath and demand the substitution of more salt pork for flowers. Thin slices of bread and dainty table linen and matched silver do not fit very well with the horny son of tol’. and so far as the Investigation showJ tlic.se things didn’t stop dad or the hired man giving the cow a good round smash with a board when the cow stepped into a bucket of milk.

THE EVENING REP

For the Indian Summer Weather

ONE of those pretty outer garments (made of brocaded crepe or charmeuse or other soft and supple fabric) of which so many styles are worn, is just the thing for year during autumn. Indian summer days are too warm for heavier wraps and too cool for none at all. The plain coats with tailored suits are always practical, but by way of variety and to be a little more dressed up a coat like that pictured here is a pleasant change. The liking for mole-skin gray or “taupe” color as it is generally called —has brought out a great number of these coats developed in supple materials in taupe. In some of them the figures are in raised velvets. There are, of course, very rich and they are expensive. Like so many of our fashionable o«t----er garments, this coat is cut with a klmona sleeve. A heavy cord covered with the fabric is used for embellishing the coat and accentuating certain lines in it. They keep it shapely. Without them the coat would not hang well. As in the present styles it is the banging and not the fitting which is of paramount importance, such cords, or something to take their place in providing weight, is necessary in making up the clinging and light* weight materials. This little coat is provided with a plain sailor collar in the Bame material as the body of the coat. At the front fastening two shirred puffs are placed, one at each side. They are made by shirring two strips of the material, leaving a ruffle about a half Inch wide at each side of the puff. To protect both the coat and the neck of the wearer, a little plaiting of fine net is worn. The net is plain and knife-plaited. Nearly every garment to be worn during the coming season, including coats, plush and fur neckpieces, waists and dresses, is provided with a washable plaiting. Wo-

PRETTY NECKWEAR ELDERLY WOMAN WILL APPRECIATE

ABIT of neckwear, especially suited to elderly women, will prove a pleasing gift to somebody’s grandmamma. This Jabot is made of black taffeta silk and lace in a deep cream color. It is not as simple as most such pieces. Shaped pieces of

silk, cut double, and sewed together In a narrow seatn, leaving an opening through which to turn them right side out The edges at this opening are then carefully blind-stitched together. Older women appreciate fine sewing, and st .pleases them to see painstaking work lr the gifts they receive. The two riangular piecet of silk prepared In this way are Joined by a

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men will appreciate this, for furs become soiled or the dye in them rubs off and it is impossible to keep the neck clean without a protection of some sort. .J Fine, washable laces are used for this purpose, especially in gowns, and are wired at the back to keep them upstanding. ' > This coat fastens with small hooks and eyes at the front. It slants away from the bust line. The small hat worn with it is of brilliant corded silk in the same color. It has a drooping brim with puff of velvet about it. A Numidi feather in the natural color is mounted in rather eccentric fashion at the back. It may be placed at the front and be equally fashionable, for those who would like it better there. A wreath of tiny velvet roses is placed about the crown, with velvet foliage. The corded- silk is laid in plaits about the crown, and the raw edge turned under. The rose-wreath defines the line at which the crown and brim meet. This hat is made on a lightweight Buckram frame. It is one of the hats which the home milliner may undertake and accomplish successfully. A fabric like* that in the coat, or matching it, may be used over the crown, instead of the corded silk. As the weather grows colder this coat may be used by wearing a warm jacket under it and a fur or plush neckpiece with it. The hat is suitable for the entire season. It would be a pretty development to make a muff matching the hat, using the same velvet and silk, as there is a fancy for odd neckpieces worn with hats and muffs that match. No one should face cold weather without a muff ,of some sort, or wait until the last moment to make one.

JULIA BOTTOMLEY.

narrow band of the silk about three inches long. This band supports the plaitings of fine net or all-over lace which Is sewed to it. This ruffle is edged with a plaiting of lace at the bottom, made of edging throe inches wide. The ruffle of all-over lace is a little less than six inches deep, apd the lace plaiting Is set on at the extreme edge making the jabot between eight and a half and nine inches in depth. Shadow lace is selected for the Jabot in either deep cream or butter-col-or. As a finishing touch the smallest rhinestone buttons, set in black enamel, are used on the lower points of the triangular pieces. The combination of lace and black silk is not the only one in which this pretty surprise can be ‘ developed with pleasing results. The lavender and purple tones and certain shades of green and brown with cream or but-ter-colored lace make jabots suitable to older women and quite as effective as black and white.

JULIA BOTTOMLEY.

Mending Corsets.

Often corsets, otherwise In good condition, will break at the hips. To make them as good as new, cut strips of featherbone about four inches long, finishing the ends the same as for collars, and stitch these over the broken steels. When a large steel is broken, double the featherbone to make it more durable.

Children's Coats.

Woolen ratine and velvet are combined in children’s coats In different ways. One coat, of rich brown velvet, shows a belt and collars and cuffs—collar, buttons and belt of black velvet

GOOD JOKES

FAVORITE FICTION. “Is Dr. Rybold in the Audience? He Is Wanted Immediately.” “By Request Miss Pownder Will Now Favor the Company With an Instrumental Solo.” "Gentlemen, I Have the Pleasure of Introducing the Hon. John Smith, the People’s choice for Next Governor.” “I Smoke Occasionally, Doctor, but Never to Excess.” “Gentlemen of the Jury, I Have Perfect Confidence That Your Verdict Will Be in Accordance With the Law and the Evidence.” “I Have the Best Husband in the World. But—” “I Shall Occupy Your Attention Only’ a Few Moments.”

CROSSING THE CONTINENT.

Hodge—What’s the porter passing around? Dodge—Schedules for our trip across the continent. Hodge—Schedules of what? Dodge—Showing in whichnstates it is illegal to smoke cigarettes, take a drink, play cribbage, and so on.

A Stage Celebrity.

Her mind is not So very quick, But she gets on, ’Cause She can kick.

Suggestive.

Percy—l wish to buy some paper. I am bashful and am .going to propose to a young lady by letter. Clerk—This is a stationery store. I guess you’re looking for a hardware store. Percy—A hardware store? Clerk —Yes; you need sandpaper.— Judge.

Even the Bull Knew.

The New York girl, spending her vacation in the country, was complaining to the farmer about the savage way the bull regarded her. “Well,” said the farmer, “it must be on account bf t that red blouse you’re wearing.” "Dear me,” said the girl; “of course, I know it’s awfully out of fashion, but I had no idea a country bull would notice it!”—New York World.

Helping Along Duets.

Bacon —An Ohio inventor has brought out a laundry machine that bleaches clothing by electricity at the same time they are being washed in < hot water. Egbert—Very good so far as it goes, but what we really need is a scheme that will allow mother to assist daughter at the piano while the clothes are being washed. -

Indeed Not.

Yeast—They say a fish never does stop growing. Crimsonbeak —Well, it hasn’t anything on a fish story, at that.

ONLY IN DREAMS.

Kind Old Man —But did you never feel as though you’d like to work? Tramp—Once, but a couple of minutes afterward 1 woke up.

Two Uses

Though money lan’t everything, A* wise men oft declare. It makes the prlma donna alng And buya the clothes we wear. “Are you sure that the man you helped to elect waa not at one connected with.a powerful lobby?" "Positive,’’ replied Farmer Corntossel. "There never w.as anything that came np that he knew enough about to lobby for.”

Tinned Flowers.

Mrs. Bensonhurst —She has no artistic tastes. Mrs. Flatbush —Why? "Look at all those empty tin cans In her back yard. Not a flower in one of them!".

But This Really Happened.

“Son,” said the man In the automobile, stopping in front of the farm house, “is this the right road to ville?”“Yes, sir," answered the farmer’* boy. “How far 1b it from here?’’ “Well, sir, if you keep on goin’ I reckon it’s*about 24,998 miles, but if you turn back an’ go the other way lk ain’t more’n about two. You musk have slipped through it without—" “ !” bellowed the automobilist, starting his machine again and turning ground in the road. “You’re welcome,” said the farmer’** boy. {

Woman’s Way.

“Can you read my thoughts?” They were near the cold, gray ocean with its eternal pulsation. His ardent glance rested upon her glorioaa, face. “No,” she answered quietly, “I do: not care for light reading.” A bittern rose. near .them, emitting a loud shriek as it took wing.—Puck.

Who Was Good?

“Mamma tells me you have not been spanked all day, Jane,” said the father upon his return home. "So you’ve been a good little girl all day?” < “It isn’t that. It is mother who has been angelic all day.”—Ladies’ Home Journal.

Lacked Nerve.

“I met Jack a few hours ago on his way to propose to Miss Richleigh. There he is now and by the expression of his face he got the cold shoulder.” - “No; I was just talking with him; what he got was cold feet.” ■ <

Scarcity of Excitement.

Tipple—There does not seem to be much excitement for you girls down here. Sibyl—No. Fourteen of us are engaged to the hotel clerk, and the rest are waiting for the proprietor, who is ijl in bed. —Puck.

UNIVERSAL DISCONTENT.

Visitor —How’s the climate around here? Farmer—l reckon it’s purty much like other climates. It ain’t much fur I iddy comfort, but it’s mighty convenient an’ reliable aB a means of takin’ the boarders’ v ijiinds oft’n their other troubles.

Women and Hats.

Tou may talk about women, Of thfeir style and all that, But the smaller the woman The bigger the hat.

Ways of the Palm.

Church—Europe is extending tb® open band to us. Gotham —Yes; nearly everybody over there wants a tip.

Guarded.

Jane —And you didn’t annex a single summer engagement at the seashore! Wbat was the trouble Mayme—JYhy, you never saw anything like it! All the really eligible boys brought their mothers along to take care of them!

Just What Did She Mean.

Miss Naberly—How long were you In attendance on Mrs. Smith before she died? Young M. D. —Fourteen months! Miss Naberly—Dear me I The old lady must have had wonderful vitality!—Puck. ,

Consistent.

‘‘That woman is an expert in the art of Bmall talk.’’ “Yes,” replied Miss' Cayenne; "she is a consistent bargain hunter. Sbe won’t even exchange ideas unless she has the best of the trade."

In the She Class.

Bill—l tee by this paper tjiat a ship’s life is 25 year*. Jill —Well! you know, the other “ahes” never go beyond 28 years.

Both Brave.

"I don’t believe there are germs in kisses,” said the young man. “For that you may have a kies," said the girl. “Nor do I believe there are bacteria in ice cream." Then it waa his move.

Getting Together.

Church—Thia paper says the, sausage eaten in this country 'in the course of a year would encircle the earth more than six time*. Gotham —That is to say, they would link the earth.