Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 310, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 December 1913 — Page 2

HAPPENINGS IN THE CITIES

Foolish Doings on the Roof of a Big Building

CLEVELAND, O.—“From.the window by my desk,” said the man whose office is numerous floors above the Street. “I can look across to the roof of a Euclid avenue building that must be about ten stories higfi. There is no

horror and disgust One boy was amdsing anothejK with impersonations of great ball players. He" imitated a pitcher winding up and hurling ’em over. Then he went through the motions of a time at bat. that 116 did a little . base running and it struck him as an intelligent and appropriate thing to do to show Jackson or Cobb slide to second. I “I don’t know whether the roof was more slippery than he thought or he merely wasn’t capable of thinking. But he slid right to the corner df the unprotected edge. I turned my head, as I wouldn’t care to see even a ©lamed idiot killed. A few seconds later t£ie youth was safely back in the middle of the roof. He and his companion seemed to think that was enough exercise in tl*3 open air for qpe noon. “But the next day they,* or others, were at it again. They do it every day and their favorite diversion seems to be sparring, or a good-natured and mild imitation of rough-and-tumble fighting. I suppose one of them will sidestep off the edge some day and then his parents will sue the building company for $50,000 on grounds of negligence. I only hope I don’t happen to be a witness.” ,

He Was Just Over, but He Will Learn in Time

PITTSBURGH, around the Pennsylvania station are laughing over the story told by one of the conductors on a through train who had a little experience with a young Englishman on his w T ay to Mexico the

othe’r morning. Reginald was typically British and evidently off his native heath for the first time in his life. He had landed from the liner in the forenoon, in New York, and was taking the first evening train for the southwest. Therefore he was not in the least familiar with the intrica- 1 cies of the up-to-date steel sleeping car. “Rummy little diggings” was what he said when shown his berth, and the net for his clothTng ! catching his eye, he “lawfed” and exclaimed: . “Clever idea; to catch me if I fall out of bed, | what?” But it was in the morning that his troubles be- ! gan. Like most untraveled Britishers, he did not like to ask questions and he did not want to make a fuss so, when he awoke and found that he did not .have much time until the train would be in

Pittsburgh, he tried to figure a way to make his toilet in his “rummy little diggins.” He found it impossible. Like Columbus! breaking the egg to stand it on end, he cut the Gordian knot by stepping boldly into the aisle in hU sleeping clothes and started to dress from his sox upward and outward. Most of the other passengers were up and sitting around and the calm indifference of the Britisher, stripped almost to “the buff” in the midst, caused a little whirlpool of panic—especially among the women. One woman wanted to know, rather aggressively, what he means. He smiled affably through the neckband of his shirt, as it slipped over his head, and asked: “Well, by, Jove!» Tell mo how you put on your trousers in your berth?” This answer resulted in a call for the conductor who tells the story, out, by the time he arrived, tbe Britisher was more than half dressed and fairly presentable.

He Wrapped Watch Chain Around His Big Toe

KANSAS CITY, MO. —Although he lost all his money, and is a sadder, wiser man, Jerry Killigan of Tarkawa, Olila., has taught the world a new trick in the way of preserving valuables. The coin is gone, forever, perhaps, and

rected to the new-fangled municipal activity, the city pawn shop. “H«jw in the world did you keep your watch when everything else was stolen Ralph Perry, officially in charge of the city’s three-ball palace. “I wrapped the chain around my toe and then pulled my sock on over the watch and chain. I slept with it that way. But,” and here the sockful Jerry almost wept, “I forgot to do that with my money.” The sorrowing Kerrigan was allowed $9 on his timepiece and chain by the city’s “uncle,” and with that was able to make his way to Tarkawa in first-class shape, providing he loses his appetite.

Mouse Multitude Released in “Movie” Theater

MILWAUKEE, WIS. —Liberating a multitude of mice in a moving picture theater caused much joy to a gang of 15 boys, but little hilarity on the part of the proprietor. In a spirit of deviltry the boys caught more than 200

field rodents in a North side vacant lot and went with them to the Queen moving picture hbuse at Thirty-third street and North avenue. The mice were there released l»t© in the afternoon. The show was to open at 7 o’clock in the evening. When Mrs. Margaret Klofta, charwoman, arrived to do her work, she found the lobby alive with small rodents which upon her appearance scampered in every direction. Contrary to feminine,precedent, Mrs. Klofta, instead of screaming or seeking the safe altitude of a convenient chair, took a commanding position and applied a broom with deadly, effect. Having slaughtered many and driving the rest of the mice to the basement, Mrs. Klofta turned on the youthful perpetrators of the alleged joke.

A handy pall of water In Mrs. Klofta’s hands sent them flying. Later Ruaaa Sharp, Walter Dunn and Roy Fremond, aged eighteen years, were arrester for disorderly conduct. Sharp disclaimed any intent to flood the theater wltt mice and cause a probable panic in the evening. “Someone kicked the pail and the mice oame out,” he said. “I had thre% on a string. They ran in the labby and I went after them.” “What did you catch them for?" inquired the city attorney., "To frighten women to death," volunteered Judge Page as he fined thf lads *5 each t

inducement to look; quite the contrary. For every noon there are fqelish doings on that roof. “I suppose they are boys, junior clerks and other youngsters who work in the building. After lunching they seem to feel as playful as kittens. At any rate, they go up on the roof every noon and cavort around. They go in for any sort of horseplay that occurs to them. Sometimes they give imitations of a ball game; other times it’s a prize fight. r-, “Now there’s a low ledge ajong one side of the roof and a taller building oh the other. But at the back there’s a straight droop of several stories with no more guardrail than an eave'trough. That’s where the boys find it convenient to do their acrobatics and dramatics. . “The Other day I was watching then? in mingled

there was $54 of it, but Jerry has his watch safe and sound, all because he played a new variation on the “First National Bank” wheeze. Jerry came to the city to view and buy tin? latest sartorial effects, for lie wanted to get himself “all togged out;“ he’s authority for that. He had the $54 and a yearning to convert every cent of it into beautiful wearing apparel. Dressed in his old regimentals," He departed for home yester day, however. The prospective fashion plate arrived in the evening and went to a rooming house. His room was entered, his $54 taken and his confidence in Kansas City lodging houses shattered to bits. He reported his loss to the police, and asked where and how he might obtain money on his watch to defray expenses back to Oklahoma. He was di-

THE EVENING REPUBLICAN, RENSSELAER, IND.

Blouse of Moire Silk and Fur

THE blouse of moire shown here is the bodice of a gown of this material which is made with a plain skirt of the same fabric, caught up in front and finished at the bottom with a band of skunk fur like Th'aT"wHTch“appears on the sleeves. The belt is of the moire, fastened with two covered buttons of the same. Two- ruffles of chiffon give extra width to the hips, one of them starting at the waist line and the other beginning just under the hem of the first. The bodice is interesting because it embodies a new way of arriving at the fullness desired in such garments by means of the manner in which it is cut. It has the effect of the fdmona sleeve in the regular kimona pattern but gets rid of the fullness on top of the shoulder and provides for that over the bust. It is cut to allow for drapery, which falls away fyom the opening at the neck and blouses over the belt. Fashionable waists are apt to be hard to manage for the full figure. It is to avoid the cumbersome appearance of the regulation kimona blouse on a stout figure that an arrangement like that shown here has been devised. Straight folds of the material —a rich and supple moire poplin weave—-

EVENING COAT IS FASHIONABLE AND COMFORTABLE ALSO

A SIMPLE and comfortable coat for evening wear is shown here. Its lines are long, its sleeves and general fit roomy and full. The finish is very pretty and it is made of any of the soft cloths or silks that will fall in clinging lines. It is one of those models which do not strive to be fashionable first and practical afterward, without being able to quite attain the latter desirable attribute. It is practical first and it succeeds in being attractive and stylish. The coat is a loose straight garment with some fullness gathered into a shallow yoke at the back and fulling from the neck and shoulders at the front. The sleeve is set on to the body of the coat in such a way as togive ample room for any sort of drapery on the bodice of the gown. A shaped border of velvet defines it where it is set in and a wider border finishes it A band of velvet supports the gathered fulness from the shoulder to the bottom of sleeve. At the front the coat is cut away in a slight curve at the bottom, and one side is laid in three plaits under an ornamental fastening. This laps bver the other side and fastens with a loop of silk cord which slips over an ornament provided for it The coat is lined with soft satin In one of the popular weaves. A scant puff of chiffon finishes the sleeve out the under side. Chiffon broadcloth and any of the other supple cloths will develop -well In this model. There are numbers of brocaded fabrics to choose from also,, when one is looking for a suitable,

provide the support for fullness in the bodice which is to be placed at the proper places. Besides the plain band of moire which extends alongthe surplice front and about the collar of the blouse, there are bands extending from the neck down the top of the sleeve to the njiddle point of the arm above the elbow. The bodice and upper sleeve are cut in one and fulled in shallow folds into these straight bands.- The wide, flat girdle is‘placed at the normal waist line and lengthens the waist, allowing a slight fullness in the front and back to fall over it. Except for the band of skunk fur which encircles the bottom of the upper sleeve there is no trimming qn the bodice. Theineck is finished with lace edging with a little fullness at the back, which is wired with a fine thread-like wire to make it stay in place. There is a plain fold of chiffon at the throat under the opening in the bodice. The pretty hat worn with this very up-to-date gown is noteworthy. It ia of velvet with a soft crown and trimmed with band and standing ornament of the same kind of fur as appears on the gown.

JULIA BOTTOMLEY.

fabric. If silk is chosen, an interlining of outing flannel, or something similar, must be provided for warmth. A collar of chinchilla fur is shown in the model, which is novel in cut, but not so comfortable ang not so

luxurious looking as the ordinary shatvl collar (or the. neckpiece) ol fur. This coat will be worn without fur, and it is better to finish it with a shaped border of velvet at the neck and wear a separate neckpiece and muff of fur when the weather demands them. The decidedly oriental turban which appears in the picture is of chiffon outlined with pearls. . Airy as it is, it manages to support a long and heavy ostrich plume. More true to the original tnodel and more effective, a standing fan of feathers or an orf* ental looking ornament might finish the soft headdress appropriately.

JULIA BOTTOMLEY.

GOOD JOKES

r PASSED THE PLATE. It was a street car donductor’S duties In the church of which h.e was a member to take up th% collections one day; and, as it happened, his first experience of such duties. He was a little nervous as he started down the center aisle, but that soon wore off, and he began to feel almost at home. There were sevral children in the first pew. Each put in a penny. The people in the next pew also contributed something each. A big, glum fellow sat alone in the third pew. The new collector passed Kim the plate, but the man shook his head and stuck his hands deep into his pockets. s . Thereupon our friend the conductor stopped, put up.his hand as if to jerk the bell cord, and said: “Well, you’ll have to get off.”—National Monthly.,

A NON-EXPERT OPINION.

Peter—l say, Jimmy, what do they mean by “fearsome” in this here game of golf? Jimmy Don’t know, Peter, unless it’s the wky some folks play. 7

A Lost Heirloom.

“There is no gout in Sir Percy’s family, is there?” “Not now; there was formerly. It was introduced into the family by Sir Roland Highliver, but they have been so miserably poor for » the last 200 years that they couldn’t keep it up.”— Puck. '

Not Like His Grandfather.

—“Doctor, I’m getting tired of this everlasting dunning. You i ought to have more respect for me than that. My grandfather was one of the earliest settlers.” “Well, I wish you had inherited that quality, and would settle early.”

Too Ostentatious.

The Tall Blofide“—Absence makes the heart grow fonder. The Short Brunette —But the Lima, Ohio, “than who shot off fireworks when his wife went away on a vacation made a vulgar display of his affection. —Judge. *

His Reproof.

Mrs. Voteleigh (coming home at 11) —Are the dear children all right? I haven’t set eyes cn them since morning. Her Husband I—Huh! 1 —Huh! You go about airing your views; better you’d, stay at homeesaid view your heirs.

Where He Obtained Knowledge.

“I don’t see any sense in referring to the wisdom of Solomon,” said the man smartly. “He had a thousand wives.” “Yes,” answered the woman tartly, “he learned his wisdom from them.”

BAD SEASON.

The Critic —Sorry I missed seeing that mob scene in your last production. The Actor —To which, mob scene do you allude? The one in the play, the one in the audience, or the one on salary “day? s

On Leap Year.

Weary wouldn’t have many national holidays if I "“had my way—only 365, that’s all. Grayed Philip—So yer’d make us pore fellers work one day every four years, would yer, yer slave driver!

Technical Enough.

Benign Old Gentleman —Poor little chap! Where did that cruel boy hit you? Tommy—Boo-00-oo! We were ,’avin’ a naval battle, an’ *e torpedoed me In the engine-room!—Tit-Bitsi

“Somehow,” said the genial station official as he seated himself beside the traveler, “there are some things which lead people to appreciate our wonderful improvements for their convenience and comfort” “Oh, don’t worry,” laughed the jolly traveler. “There are soihe things about your line that are always in the public eye.” ; > “I’m glad to hear that, sir. And would you mind naming them?” “Cinders, sir—cinders!"

Mrs. McGuire —Is you ould man any better since he wint to th’ doctor’s, Mrs. Finrfegan? / Mrs. Ffcnegan—Not wan bit, Mrs. McGuire. - Sure, it’s worse th’ poor man is wid his head whirlin’ aroun’ tryin’ to discover how to follow th’ doctor’s directiohs. Mrs. McGuire —An’ what are th’ directions, Mrs. Finnegan? Mrs. Finnegan—Sure, they do be to take wan powder six toimes a day, Mrs. McGuire.

Any Old Grounds, Nowadays.

“If you can sho% sufficient cause, madam, I am sure you will be able to obtain the divorce you seek. Upon what grounds will you sue?” asked the lawyer. * “Incoifipatability.” “Ah, very good. What appears to be the trouble?” “No matter what I do or say, my husband never fails to reproach me with ‘tut, tut.’ ”

“If you’ll notice this year you will see that there doesn’t seem to be as many canoe-drowning jokes as there were last season and the season before. How do you account for it?” “I dunno; maybe once in awhile a humorist tips over and isn’t heard from any more, same as anybody’s else.”

Baseball Pitcher (walking the floor with his youngest) —If the manager could see me now, I bet I’d get soaked with a fine. Wise —Why so, dear? Pitcher—l don’t seem to have any control of the bawl at all.

TOO ILL TO LOOK WELL.

Mrs. Goodhart —Couldn’t find work. Perhaps you didn’t look well. Dusty Rhodes—No, mum, I didn’t look well—because I was ill.

“You must remember not to forget the folks back home,” advised the veteran statesman. “There is small chance of my having a chance to forget them so long as there are jobs to fill,** replied the now. representative.

“Has your wife found a house that suits her?” “Well, yes. It suits her. All but the kitchen range, the closets, the j cellar, the front parlor, the vestibule, the lighting arrangements and the diningroom wall paper.” .

Though thereunto ,by gentle suasion sped, He may the reservoir approximate. You cannot force the equine quadruped The aqua pura to Ingurgitate.

“I should think it was a pity Noah and his sons didn’t know anything about poker. It would have been such a diversion in the ark.” “They couldn’t have played it with any success, because' they never had more than two of a kind.”

“My father kin lick your father” said little Tommy Snagg to little). Bobby Bluster. “Mebby he kin,” said little Bobby Bluster, “but he ain’t a-goin’ to do it, ’cause my father is your * father’s boss.”

The Hobo as a Teacher.

The Lady—Look here, you said that if I’d give you your dinner you’d mow the lawn for me. Tfle Hobo —I’d like to, ma’am, but I gotter teach you a lesson. Never trust th’ word of a total stranger. K .

She —I suppose ybu ire familiar with Longfellow’s poem: “To Stay at Home Is Best.” He-*-Yes, and I think he must have written it just after returning from a summer, outing. ■- ”

In Public Eye.

Perplexing Prescription.

Eliminative Processes.

No Control.

Statesman’s Trials.

A House That Suits.

Puffed Proverb.

His ‘Fortunes

Unanswerable.

Had a Poor Time.