Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 78, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 April 1914 — Page 2

HAPPENINGE in the BIG CITIES

Just a Little Incident of Real Life in ’Frisco

SAN FRANCISCO—LittIe incidents of real life, as this one was, provide entertainment for the most blase of crowds. And the mere fact that a crowd of theatergoers bound to their homes in the Richmond district were of this

\ be seen at a glance, for beftterehe had been in the car five minutes her head sank to one side, her eyes closed and she slipped off, into dreamland. Beside her was a stalwart young man who gazed with some consternation , and embarrassment at the slowly approaching head of the girl next to him. Just then the car gave a lurch, and, without awakening, the girl allowed her head to tilt farther and farther until at length it was resting snugly on the young man’s shoulder. Now this young man didn’t belong to the girl, and the girl didn’t belong to the young man, and by the youth’s actions this fact was as plain as day. He squirmed and looked uncomfortable, perspired and mopped his brow, and half rose when the name of his street was called, only to lean back again with a groan. The passengers chuckled, smijed and then giggled outright, while the young man darted daggerlike glances of annihilation about him. At length the martyr could stand it no longer. He had already gone three blocks past his stopping place, and human endurance has its limitations. With a gentle shove he set upright the cause of all his troubles, and rushed down the aisle toward the car door, while two blonde hairs trailing out behind his black suit changed the giggles into a roar of laughter that verily shook the car.

Alligator in Gas Heater; Porter Breaks Record

ATLANTA, GA. —And the puzzling thing about it is, How did it manage to get there? It’s an alligator, an honest-to-goodness alligator, a baby thing with tail and head and jaws like a lizard, and they found it in a barber shop.

The shop is operated by L. M. Brady. Tom Echols, who shines shoes while lie isn’t sweeping out, went back to light the instantaneous heater for a customer who was going to take a bath, and as the gas flared up something leaped from the tank, sprawled upon the floor and commenced kicking about. Echols,, who is black and superstitious as well as easily frightened, darted for the street He made the distance in time that amounted to just a.

little bit less than nothing, screaming and striking terror to the souls of a half dozen customers and fully that many barbers. Upon investigation Brady discovered an alligator crawling forlornly be neath the gas tank. It measured about six inches in length, and was the size of an overgrown north Georgia lizard. It was the “hellbejjder”~size, 4G~use -a scientific term, and can be carried in the hand or pocket with safety. How the thing managed to get into the Marietta street barber shop is a scientific mystery. Some say the sun absorbed it with an amount of water from the flow of the Nile, away over there in Egypt, carried it in the clouds until it became a burden, then dropped it into a north Georgia stream, from whence it flowed into larger streams which carried it into the Howell mill reservoir of the city, from which it was sucked into the water mains of Atlanta, later being deposited into a feed pipe of the barber shop, which carried it into the instantaneous heater tank.

Picking Up a Living on the Streets of Gotham

NEW YORK. —He was a charter member of the Amalgamated Associates Who Get a Living Without Work. He never ascended to “second story” robbery dr descended to pocket picking. Both were too risky. Quick as a trout after a

Handbags will pop open, particularly If properly pressed by an adept. That helps when business has been bad with the accumulator of unconsidered trifles. ' "I literally pick up a living, and an honest one,” he explained, when asked why he did not return a bundle to its owner, instead of trying to get it into his pocket unobserved. “Findings is keepings, I was taught when I was a kid, but I always advertise them first —if they’re worth it. Good rewards you get sometimes. If I make a good find around the big hotels and it’s advertised, especially when it says, 'No questions asked,’ and it’s a watch or jewel that’s listed in all the pawnshops, I return it" - ' - It turned out that the accumulator had been an exercise boy in a racing stable, steering suckers against handbooks, capper at auction rooms, and finder and feeder for street fakers at intervals.'

Fat Man’s Sigh Bursts Button, Blinding Diner

PITTSBURGH.— Sighing with contentment after he had finished an excellent dinner, J. E. Jones, a wealthy real estate man, weighing 250 pounds, forced a batton from his waistcoat with such force that it split in two. One of the

pieces struck in the eye his friend, Christopher Smith, with whom he was dining, probably destroying the sight. The other piece caught Mr. Smith on the cheek and opened up a deep wound, which required three stitches <to close. Mr. Jones now admits that it is not always wise to express with a sigh one's satisfaction over * fine meal, especially if one be of wide girth. Mr. Jones and Mr. Smith had just finished dining in a Diamond street

restaurant when the accident happened. After the repast was finished they had settled themselves back for a smoke, when Mr. Jones heaved the momentous sigh. There was a snap and before Mr. Jones resized what had happened there was a wound under his companion's left eye, while the eye (itself was tightly closed in pain. Medical attention disclosed the fact that Mr. Smith will probably lose the eight of his left eye. ■ Mr. Jones is a member of the Academy of Science and Art He is iprominent in business circles.

sort did _not in the least keep them from chuckling to themselves quite as animatedly as the shoe store clerk who was on the same car. Near the downtown terminal the car had been boarded by a winsome little lass of the “Interesting” age, whose real blonde hair she had allowed to become mussed while working over some dry-as-dust matters in the office where she was employed. She. wasn’t used to being out that late, this could

fly, slippery as an eel just out of Hudson river mud, and with sight as alert as that of a crab after carrion on the river bottom, he skims the tidal flow of New York’s shopping eddies and gathers in what he may. That gathering is good when all New York is shopping—shopping strenuously—but tethered helplessly with its skirts so tightly wrapped about its legs that to stoop over and pick up a dropped parcel is a physical proposition that must be passed up.

THE EVENING REPUBLICAN, RENSSELAER, IND.

Tailored Costume for Spring Days

ONE of those coatless cloth dresses which are comfortable for outdoorwear on mild spring days is shown here. Its construction suggests the coat-dress idea, which was introduced last year, but its arrangement of drapery is entirely new. The bodice, opening over an underwaist from neck line to waist, is bloused over a sash at the front. It appears to merge into an extension of the skirt drapery, which is so arranged that it looks like the skirt of a coat at the back. The material, a chiffon broadcloth in this instance, is laid in three deep plaits at each side of the front, under the sash. At the sides and back it is brought up over the girdle and terminates above the normal waist line, where the bodice blouses over it. The sleeves are long and plain, with ample arm’s-eye. Shoulder seams are moderately long. Although the design is plain the clever arrangement of drapery makes it distinctive. Worn with it is a millinery set, hat and parasol made to match. These matched millinery sets often include a handbag or reticule made of the same silk as that which appears in the parasol, and in the crown of the hat They are very smart and striking; Among the most noteworthy are narrow brimmed square crowned hats of shepherd’s plaid taffeta with parasol to match, having a wide border of plain silk at the edge. Black

Pretty Spring Sailors and Other Hats

IT will be a dull eye indeed that does not brighten at sight of the adorably pretty new sailors which have bloomed out In millinery show rooms. In all the bfight colors of spring flowers the hats are attractive and becoming in themselves. No season has presented more tasteful trimming or so high an average of quality in materials. The last statement may be qualified by observing that millinery trimmings have every appearance of good quality, at least, which is much to the credit of manufacturers, for the problem of meeting the advance in popular taste which constantly runs ahead of the increase In average income, keeps the manufacturer wearing his thinking cap overtime. Two of the new sailors are shown here, and one of those graceful, fancy shapes, with chin strap of velvet, which set off a pretty face so well. The sailors are of hemp with oblong crowns and curved brims. There is a little variation in the brims; some of them are more nearly straight than others, but a little curve is found ,in the majority. Crowns are nearly all of only medium height Those that are round are used with wider brims and for hats of lace or net ’ It would not ba easy to find a more

and white in a half-inch check with a border of plain black about the parasol afid a severe made ornament of ribbon on the hat, has made onefashionable city show window a center of attraction for several days. A dark clear blue appears in the parasol pictured here, bordered with a jcerise satin ribbon and further embellished with ornaments made of the ribbon. These are simply short lengths of cable cord wound with the ribbon and terminating in small bows. The body of the hat is a cerise hemp, in this with the rich blue of the parasol appearing in the ribbon and flower trimmings. There are any number of beautiful ideas in color combinations carried out in these millinery sets, and it is safe to predict their success with the snjart set in every locality. Figured chiffon over white silk foundations give the effect of painting, and lovely sets are made in which the handbag and parasol are draped with flowered chiffon, which reappears in the puffed crown of the hat Hats and neck pieces to match, made of taffeta and chiffon, are among the most practical of new millinery offerings. In black or the darker plain colors three-piece sets, hat, ruff and parasol are very effective. But in the brighter and showier colors it is best to omit the neck ruff and substitute the retl-.

JULIA BOTTOM LEY.

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effective trimming than the velvet band with wreath of foliage and fruit posed over it which adorns the hat at the left. Quite often the trimming of fruit or flowers is in tints -and shades of the color which appears in the body of the hat A band of jetted net finished with pompons of black mallne Is used for garniture on the hat at the right This decoration is quiet and is effectively used on many of the new colors in straw shapes. The brilliance of the jet and the light gay colors of the shapes go well together. It is a simple matter to place the trimming on hats of this kind. The hat at the top of the picture is an admirable shape made of Milan straw. Its proportions are beautiful, and the careful management of the curving brim shows how mucb the maker of shapes can do toward the success of a hat. It is trimmed with a band of wide velvet ribbon with small bouquets of flowers set against it, and a rosette at each side. The chin strap of velvet fastens with a snap at one side just at the head-size. This is a modern hat—an original conception—and a credit to whoever thought out its well-bal-anced and becoming lines.

JULIA BOTTOMLEf,

SMILES

MAKING IT POPULAR. The puzzled Mexican looked at the crisp bills which had just been handed him for his horse feed. “Wh-where did these come from?” “From my printshop,” replied the jovial Villa. “I had ’em made.” “Are they g-g-good?” The eminent leader slipped his sixshooter from his belt “Are they good?” he satirically repeated. “Say it again.” “Of course they are!” the frightened man admitted. Then he dropped the roll in the crown of his sombrero and pulled the latter tightly on his perspiring head. “I don’t seem to find any trouble in putting this new issue In circulation,” chuckled the fighting chief. He shoved the gun back in its holster and strode away.—Cleveland Plain Dealer.

His Chance at Last.

The busybody was circulating a petition calling upon the powers that be to abolish something or other. “It will be presented at the next meeting,” he said, “and a copy of it will be printed in all the papers.” The struggling young author made haste to sign. “What’s it all about?” asked a friend. “Oh, I don’t know,” said the struggling young author, “but I couldn’t resist tKe temptation to see my name signed to something that will appear In print.”—Judge.

ASTRONOMICAL.

First Boarder—This is the third time the actor over there has .dipped up a saucer of cream and strawberries. Second Boarder-t-Yes, he is the star boarder. , First Boarder —Ah! I see; the Big Dipper.

Pedal Pedantry.

Every girl who rides a bike On country road or street. Always has two ends in view; Those two ends are her feet.

A Frank Talk.

"Wombat, 1 have always been a true friend to you. I have spoken nicely of you behind your back as well as to your face. And yet you have always been suspicious of me.” “I admit it, old chap. You act so different from my other friends that I have never known what to make of you.”

His Experience.

Shoe Clerk—What size rubbers do you wear? , Uncle Josh —I dunno. I guess when you buy rubbers you have to take your choice between ones you can hardly get on at all and ones that’ll slip off as soon as you begin to wear ’em.— Puck.

Might Be Arranged.

The Luncher —Look here, waiter. I’m very sorry, but I’ve only just sufficient money with me to pay the bill, and nothing left for a tip for you. The Walter (confidently)—Would you mind just lettln’ me 'ave another look at the bill, sir?—London Sketch.

Dramatic Progress.

“What became of that play you wrote five years ago?” “The managers decided it was too daring to produce.” “Send it on again.” “I did. They say it’s too tame now.” —Pittsburgh Post.

Don’t Try.

“Isn’t there any way of stopping these cyclones?” asked the Eastern man. , “No,” replied the Westerner; “the best way is to go right along with 'em.”

It Certainly la.

Patience —Do you ever look back over the past? Patrice—Why, that’s the only way one can look at the past

Waste of Time.

"My efforts to keep a diary convinced me of one thing.” "What’s that?" “That there are mighty few days in the year on which a man does anything really worth recording."

Faulty Construction.

Bacon —Who is the bowlegged man? Egbert —Oh, he’s one of our selfmade men." "Well, say, itsn’t there any law •gainst faulty construction in your town?"

WOULD GLADLY DO IT.

“Mother writes that she is coming to pay us a visit” - “Tell her I will give her a receipt In full, without her paying IL”

When She Smiles.

A woman always has a grouch When thinking of her fetters. But she Is sure to smile the day The postman brings her letters.

Weak Man.

At a New Year eve supper at the Players’ club in New York, Witter Bynner, sonneteer, remarked: “A New Year resolution is the only thing on earth that is stronger at birth than at any time." At this witticism the eyes of Butler Glaenzer, essayist and critic, snapped behind the lustrous pince-nez, and Mr. Glaenzer said in his calm, fluent voice: “And of New Year resolutions, above all other things, it is true that the good die young.”

Ghost of a Smile.

Rosemary—Have you ever been impressed by the mystery of Mona Lisa's smile? Tfiornton —No. She looks to me Just like some woman who is coing her best to laugh at one of her husband’s jokes.—Judge.

A Good Drive.

“Did you enjoy your drive in your new electric?” “Very much. I annoyed three traffic policemen, held up two aut) trucks and kept a whole string- of gasoline ,cars driven by men waiting ui til I said good-by to a friend.”

COULDN’T WAIT.

Green —Oh! well, I believe Shallowpate is pretty sure to get ahead in time. Wise —I know, but he needs one right away.

Somewhat Mixed.

"You would scarcely believe," said* Silas, “what an effect vision at a distance has on sex. Last summer I' went to Boston with my two uncles and we visited Bunker Hill monument. They were afraid to go up it, but I did so while they waited below. When I got to the top and looked down, I’ll be blowed if my uncles didn’t look just like ants.”

The Law of Chance.

May Klssam —I’m afraid papa would make a scene if he came home and found you here. Jack Willing—l just left him at the club; he won’t be home very early. May Klssam —How do you know? Jack Willing—He was 200 in the hole when I left. —Punch.

Place for Everything.

“Where shall I put this copy of 'Pilgrim’s Progress?’” asked a domestic who was assisting her newly married mistress to arrange a new library. "Why," replied the young housekeeper, “of course that goes with the books on travel."

Wave of Crime,

“I have a fine idea for a crime play. 1 * “Go to it." “There is just one point to consider.” “What is that?” ’ "Would I have to pay any royalties to the county if I dramatized the proceedings of the grand jury?"

Perfectly Agreeable.

She (to rejected suitor! —I'll be • sister to you, Alphonse. He (briskly)—All right Come, kiss your brother.--Judge.