Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 111, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 May 1914 — Page 2

TALES OF COTHAN AND OTHER CITIES

Peacock Alley Gets Its Annual Spring Cleaning NSW YORK. —When George W. Boidt of the Waldorf-Astoria decided several years ago that he would put an end to the business of numerous individuals who were fleecing his patrons out of several millions a season, - he did

were soreiy nemea at oeing prevented lrom consummating a plot to aell stock in an imaginary gold mine for SIO,OOO. A week previous one of the Smith women agents, passing herself as a shopper who took tea in the Waldorf frequently, observed Kitty, “Lord Harry” and three others, two women and a man, very active in entertaining a wealthy patron. They had the plot so far along that the victim was about to consult a “lawyer.” She satisfied herself that the lawyer the wealthy patron would consult (of his own volition, as he thought) would be a confederate of “Lord Harry," he of the mauve spats and English walking suit and the elegantly gowned Kitty. Joe went into his office and studied the Waldorf collection of 5,000 photographs. These show faces of confidence persons, hotel thieves and international crooks, and Joe has been 20 years in assembling them. He also looked over the imposing finger-print art gallery of the hotel secret service, consisting largely of interesting duplicates from the police headquarters of the metropolises, ry Kitty was there, and so was Harry. A few hours later a captain of waiters removed from the table at which the confederates were dining a set of glasses of which they had just time to take one sip. He used gloves. The glasses were soon in Joe Smith’s studio. They were dusted with a prepared powder and photographed. Joe smiled. That afternoon Joe, who is a polished gentleman in appearance as well as In reality, strolled up Peacock alley and met Kitty of the $l5O Paris hat “Madam,” said the Scotland Yard man, quietly, “the management would Uke to know your precise business in this hotel?” “What have you got on me?” she replied, descending to the vernacular. “A photograph and two fine sets of finger prints.” 1 Peacock alley had had its annual spring cleaning.

$11,000 Found in “Hump” on a Beggar’s Back

* ■ - SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. —William Kahler, an old hunchback beggar, who has toddled these -twenty years or more along the streets of San Francisco with the aid of a cane as old and battered as himself, stepped the other night

from his lowly estate of a mendicant into the class of capitalists. For more than twenty years Kahler had kept pretty much out of everybody's way, gathering a nickel here and a dime there from the good people who took compassion on a feeble old cripple with a grizzled, ragged beard, dressed in tatters. The police never troubled Kahler unless it was to throw him a coin. Then Kahler was arrested —by a mistake. 'iThe man who arrested him

did not know Kahler. Desk Sergeant Dunne at the central police station was about to chide Policeman Oliver Cox, who made the arr est, and then Dunne thought Kahler would be just as well off a cell as sleeping under some sidewalk or in some tumble-down barn. Being a methodical person, Dunne, from force of habit, started to search Kahler perfunctorily. ‘ The desk sergeant’s hands struck something hard under Kahler's ragged vest. Dunne passed his hand over the beggar’s back. It was hard. He rapped It The hump sounded like a tin pail. Kahler was divested of the rag that once was a coat and of the aged vest, shiny with dirt, ahd wrinkled and misshapen to fit the deformity of its owner’s back. When, the vest came off there was disclosed a neatly made artificial hump of tin, strapped to Kahler’s body over his shoulders and under his arms. It opened with an ingenious clasp at the top. Dunne opened it, and when he and Cox looked, they nearly fainted. ; / • ■___ Within were layers on layers of greenbacks of all denominations, from $5 to fSOO. The policemen started to count They found just SII,OOO, and discovered that Kahler was as straight as an arrow,

Wife Tells How Her Husband Made Spurious Cash

ST. LOUS, MO. —Mrs. Lula Bush of 366 Carrie avenue told Police -Captain O’Brien the other day of watching her husband make counterfeit money almost nightly for five months in their home. The husband, William C. Bush,

Bush denied knowledge of the mold or bad coins. Pribble took Mrs. Bush to Captain O'Brien. She gave a detailed story of her knowledge of the counterfeiting. She said that she did washing to support herself and the two children, a sixteen-year-old boy and a baby girl, and that her husband had not worked for six months. a “I warned him against making the money,” she said, “but he told me to mind my own business. He said it was an easy way to get money.”

Story of How Ticklish Angler Lost Big Pickerel

CHICAGO. —A sergeant of police at one of the stations is reputed to be the most ticklish policeman in the Chicago department. No one can touch him in the ribs without having him almost turn a somersault. He Is pestered to

death by the other members of the force at the station, who delight in seeing his contortions. Recently this policeman went on a Ashing trip with a friend. The two passed a couple of weeks at Pelican lake, Wisconsin. It was the last day of their sojourn that they had the, experience of their trip. They were in a boat and the sergeant cast a line to which was hooked a frog as bait, when a large pickerel . Mixed the frog and Jumped about three feet out of the water. The

angler became excited, stood up In the boat and shouted for help. His partner, who had Just completed a perfect cast, reeled in his line with all speed and In turning to put his rod down in the boat accidentally poked his friend in the ribs with it. ’ .... It was too much for the police sergeant. He started to laugh and before friend knew what was happening, the policeman, who weighs close-to 200 > pounds, performed the prettiest “Brodie” that had been seen in those parts and disappeared after the escaping Ash. He came to the surface and heard his comrade shouting. Disgusted, he swam to shore. The fish got away. —* - '

things thoroughly. He hired Joe Smith of Scotland Yard, and told him it was worth $25,000 a year to have the famous hostelry cleaned of vermin. Joe Smith organized a squad of ten _ men and women, known to Mr. Boidt and himself about the Waldorf, where they circulate in Fifth avenue clothes. Mr. Smith and his squad have Just finished their annual spring clean-up. Kitty Quick, “Lord Harry” Havens, and a third suave gentleman were at the head of the procession of ejected.

was arrested after a policeman had found a mold for making counterfeit half dollars-, two spurious half dollars and one spurious nickel in the Bush home. Bush’s home was searched by Policeman Pribble after an informant had told him there was a counterfeiting plant at the Carrie avenue address. The mold, made of wood and consisting of two pieces, was found in a bureau drawer. The counterfeit coins were under a carpet near the bureau.

THE EVENING REPUBLICAN, RENSSELAER, IND.

Spring Dress of Taffeta for Ten Dollars

SINCE fashions for spring place much emphasis on short, easy-fitting jackets and on draped and overskirt effects, flounces, ruchings and all sorts of furbelows in trimming, the way of the home dressmaker is made easy. The bugbear of fitting the form is done away with. Clothes are loosely adjusted and may be successfully cut from patterns and made at home. There is an unlimited variety in drapery to choose from, and fashionable fabrics keep pace with designs in the matter of variety. First among the materials for spring, taffeta lends itself to the flouncings, ruchings and ruffles and draperies that are features of new skirts, and especially well to the short jackets and full wraps that will do service for outdoor wear during the coihing summer. The taffeta gown shown here is made of plain king’s blue taffeta, with overskirt of crossbar taffeta in blue and white. The fullness in the overskirt is laid in Inverted box plaits to a depth of six inches below the waist. The lower part of the overskirt is turned under and sewed to the underskirt. The stiffness of the silk makes it stand away from the figure, in the “minaret” style which survives from the passing season. The small jacket is cut with kimono sleeves and laid in two deep plaits over the shoulders. It is shorter in the back than in front and flares away from the waist line. There is a turnover collar and cuffs, with points turned back to the sleeves. The set-on belt suggests a short basque. It is extended beyond the waist or coat to the left side, where it fastens under the bust line with hook and eyes The underskirt fastens at the left side with a little drapery arranged by means of plaits let in to an overlap-

Hair Coiffures and Flat Ringlets

AMONG the revivals of old and curious fashions that have made a decided succees, the old-fashioned flat ringlet is very much In evidence as a striking example. The two coifTures pictured here illustrate the return to the high coiffure 'in simple arrangements and conservative style. In the first picture the hair is waved loosely, rolled Into a French twist at the, back, and finished with a puff on top of the head. In the second picture there is an older style revived, with the hair waved in the largest and loosest of undulations. It is pompadoured at the front and combed up to the top of the head a r the bark. The ends are

ping seam. It is a little less than two yards wide. A similar arrangement of the overdrapery shows the overskirt hemmed at the lower edge and falling free. Another pretty arrangement is made by trimming the lower edge in points and binding them with narrow bias strips of the silk. The overdrapery is more graceful when it slopes downward toward the back. The break between the upper and lower skirt is also softened in many cases by a ruffle about eight inches wide set on to the underskirt just under the edge of the overskirt. Yard-wide taffeta cuts to better advantage and hangs easily for dresses of this description. In this width it is easy to calculate the amount of goods required. For the underskirt one must have twice Its length plus seven inches. The seven-inch allowance provides for a three-inch hem with a half-inch turned in at the top. The average figure will require two yards and a half at the most. The same amount must be allowed for the bodice, making five yards of the plain mar terial. * ."7* Of the crossbar a little less than three yards will make the overdress the belt, collar and cuffs. Nothing further is required except the silk thread for stitching, a yard of crinoline for supporting the cuffs, belt and collar, and the hooks and eyes. These findings and a paper pattern will cost not over 50 cents. > Allowing a price of one dollar a yard for the taffeta, eight yards will cost eight dollars. The silk and findings, therefore, amount to lessjthan ten dollars. The materials for tie white voile blouse, worn under the jacket, will about use up an allowance of ten dollars.

arranged in a coil with an upstanding puff at the center. Small shell hairpins are used for coiffures of this kind. . i Except for shell pins, medium and Bmall in sise, hair ornaments just now are Conspicuous by their absence. The appearance of colored wigs for fancy dresß (of green, jwrple, pink and other impossible colors of hair) brought out shell combs set with colored stones In colors to match. These proved bo attractive that they are being worn, while the fancy colored hair Is simply a freak that serves as an advertising feature in the-dlspUgr of present-day fashions. JULIA BOTTOMLEY.

SMILES

TAKING THE COUNT- ' A doctor in an lowa town had been very busy for several days, and was worn out and sleepy when he got to bed one morning about two o’clock. Just as he dropped off a summons came from a house half a mile away. The lady of the house, the call said, was dying of a heart difficulty. The sleepy got into his clothes somehow and went to the house, where the patient—a very stout woman—was in bed, breathing stentoriouely. The doctor could find nothing specially wrong, but the woman was panicky. “Cough!” he ordered. She could not Then he put his ear over her heart and said: “Count slowly.” Next thing he knew he woke to hear the woman counting faintly: “Ten thousand and forty-seven—ten thousand and forty-eight.—”—Satur-day Evening “Post .

His Humility.

Abner Appledry—Jay Green ain’t got no more pride and independence about him than a rabbit! Aaron Allred—Say he hain’t? Abner Appledry—Nah! Whenever he takes a ride on the cars he never stamps up and down the aisles or stands out on the back platform, to Bhow everybody that he knows his rights, but juqt sits still in his seat like he was in church! —Puck.

Following Instructions.

“I don’t quite understand that portrait,” said Mr. Walletson. “I painted it according to your wife’s instructions,” replied the artist. “But it makes me look as if I were asleep!” “Yes. She insisted that I should modify the facial expression so as to avoid that of a man who is eagerly pursuing money.”

THE REASON.

Mrs. Highminde—l’m completely disgusted and I want to get a divorce. Lawyer—What has your husband been doing? Mrs. Highminde—Nothing.

Easy.

The easiest philanthropy This world will ever view Is telling how things ought to be An’ what folks ought to do.

Turn About.

“One of our prominent musical comedy producers declares that he will not require any actress to wear a costume which could not appear in a drawing-room.” “Dame Fashion ought to return the compliment and not require any society woman to wear a costume which would not be allowed on the stage.”

Not the Same.

“Pop!” "Yes, my boy,” “Are there many wooden legs made In Oregon?” * "Why, I don’t know, my son.” “Well, this paper says Oregon has a great many feet of standing timber.”

Can’t Keep Up.

Church —How’s your boy getting on In college? Gotham —He’s getting some pretty hard knocks, I understand. “What’s he studying now?” “Skating.”

A Vociferous Vocation.

Smith —I saw my first tango yesterday. Brown—Well, what’s your opinion of It? Smith—A sort of a hip, hip, hurry dance.

Dismal Diagnosis.

“How Is your motor car doing?” “Pretty badly. Everything about it is out of order except the horn. And that very appropriately sounds like a shriek of pain.”

The Office and the Man.

“The office ought to seek the man," said the patriot. “Perhaps.” replied Senator Sorghum; “but when an office has to seek the man the ,salAry Is generally so small that it makes the office look like a downright mendicant”

Hard to Say.

“My teacher got mad with me today, dad.” “What was that for, my son?” “Just because I asked her if a Dead Bea apple had a marine corpa.”

DID NOT IMPROVE WITH AGE.

Tess —Why of course you can’t kiss’ me. I’ve only known you for a week. Ted—l was afraid you wouldn’t allow it if you knew me better.

Dangerous.

Should I propose to Dinah Smith, I confess that I’d be frightened; For in her answer «he might lise Dynamite or Dinah mightn’t.

HE LEARNED HIS VALUE.

A tourist in Scotland came to a wide ferry. It was stormy and the wind was constantly increasing. The Scotch ferryman agreed to take the tourist across, but told him to wait until he had first taken a cow across. When he had returned and started across with the traveler the latter became curious. ‘‘Will you tell me why you took the cow across and made me wait?” he asked. “Weel, now,” explained the ferryman, “you see, the coo wur valuable, and I feared th’ wind wud increase so th’ boat might upset on th’ second trip!"—Youth’s Companion. \

Pat’s Plight.

“Mrs. O’Rooney,” Bald Father MoMurphy, “why do I never see Patrick at church now?” Mrs. O’Rooney shook her head sadly. “Is it socialism?” “Warse than thot, your riverence.” “Is it atheism?” “Warse, your riverence.” “What is it, then?” "Rheumatism.” —London Tit-Bits.

A Novice.

“They told me to übs a live frog for bait,” said the stranger, “but I’ve been here all day" and haven’t had a bite yet.” v “I reckon not, Buh,” said the old darkey. "De frog has swimmed ter a log wid yo’ hook an’ line, an' is settin’ cross-leg on the log a-lookin’ at you!”—Atlanta Constitution.

Winning His Way.

“There’s a young man who deserves a great deal of credit.” “For why?” “Notwithstanding the fact that his father is a millionaire steel manufacturer he entered the shops at the bottom and spent three weeks working his way to the top.”—Courier-Journal.

When Women Rule.

The newly-elected presidentress was talking to one of her henchewomen. "Now, Gertie, how would you like to be ambassadress to China? They may bestow the peacock feather upon you there.” “I don’t know about that. Where do they bestow ostrict plumes?”

AND THE SENTENCE.

Depositor—Will the cashier be awa j long? Paying Teller—lt depends entirely on the judge.

Big Business.

“Big Business” makes another start. They say it will reverse. And struggle to be big of heart As well as big of purse.

Could Do Her Part.

Mistress—Bridget this pie is And you told me you could bake ah good pies as any cook in Boston. Bridget—So I can, mum. But all the ladies I evor worked for mixed the plea themselves before I baked ’em, mum.

Long Ones.

“Have a stormy trip over?" “Yep. Didn't eat a single breakfast. Nothing but coffee and rolls.” “Did the steward furnish the rolls?* “No, the ship.” yjg