Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 119, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 May 1914 — HAPPENINGS in the BIG CITIES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HAPPENINGS in the BIG CITIES

Mayor Shows Acrobatic Prowess Before Children

CLEVELAND. OHIO. —“Come on, pop, an* show us how to skin-the-cat.” “Sure, I'll show you how to skln-the-cat,” quoth Joseph Schauweker, broker, who lives at 1847 Crawford road, a fashionable boulevard. . At 1851 Crawford road lives New-

ton D. Baker, mayor of the Sixth City, and in the rear of Mr. Baker’s back lot are trapezes and other paraphernalia for skinning-the-cat and other youthful acrobatic stunts. So the balmy air of Sunday morning, which had enticed Mr. Schauweker into the open, found him a few minutes later skinning-the-cat in the mayor’s back lot for the edification of the respective younger generations of the Baker and Schauweker families.

‘ - Now Mr. Schauweker isn’t exactly venerable, but what hair he owns on the top of his head is no longer lustrous. The sight of a dignified member . of the stock exchange skinning-the-cat in the back yard was highly edifying to Mr. and Mrs. Baker. Besides, there’s something about skinning-the-cat in the back yard on. a balmy Sunday morning that is irresistible to anybody who has ever in hfls lifetime skinned-the-cat. From enjoying the sight from one’s window to taking a hand in the sport isn’t such a wide step. It’s both exhilarating and conducive to forgetfulness of' the cares of office. - Mayor Baker joined Broker Schauweker. It was an hour later before Mayor Baker discovered their little pastime was being played to an audience of some two hundred or more residents of nearby apartments, whose porches and windows were lined with appreciative skin-the-cat fans, every last one of whom would have jumped at an invitation to join the sport. “How ’r’ y*u feeling ’smorningf” said Joseph Schauweker of 1847 Crawford road Monday morning. “Three ‘Charley horses’—two lame arms,” confessed Newton D. Baker of 1851 Crawford read. ✓