Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 134, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 June 1914 — Page 3

HAPPENINGS in the BIG CITIES

Wandering Girl of Eighteen Is Taken as a Vagrant -j; ; -.---;_ g%v-' M "" 1 " *’ ■' *: *?&£ —---*.. ST. LOUIS, MO.—Marie Smith, eighteen years old, of Monica, ill., described by the police as a “girl hobo,” was a. few days ago held in the central district matron’s room while her only outfit of clothing was being .washed.

was going. “Up on Olive street,” she replied. The usher called a policeman, who took her to central district station. There the young woman told the police that she was one of eight children and" that her mother, a widow, found it hard to support the family., „ “Two years ago I decided to start out and look for work,* she said. “1 walked twenty-nine miles to Peoria and worked in a laundry there about font months. Then one night I crawled into a box car and beat my way to Chicago. After staying there eight months I came to St Louis. "I went to Tower Grove station about ten days ago and a Frisco freight conductor agreed to let me ride in a caboose to Carthage, Mo. From there I rode on a freight train to Joplin. V “They arrested me for vagrancy in Joplin and I was fined (25, but the matron had the fine stayed. Then I beat my way on a freight train to Monett There I pawned a ring and bought a passenger ticket to St. Louis. It was the first time I ever rode on a. passenger train.” •

Strange Garb Startles San Francisco Dancers

SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.—The last Monday night affair of the Impromptu club, an exclusive dancing organization, whose members comprise men prominent in tbe business and financial world, and their wives, was marked

by an incident which will live long in the memory, of those who attended. When the wooing of Terpsichore 'through the medium of the tango, was at its height the gay revelers were startled by the appearance of a figure, which, after some moments of investigation, developed into that of Rearden T. Lyons, clubman and star bililiardlst, and known in the realms of I business as the manager of the Frank 'Wood trust Lyons was attired in an •array of garments far removed from

• the conventional dress. Over bis glistening white shirt he wore a ragged Jumper, many sites too big for him, and the hat which be doffed, was a strange relic of a past dynasty. It appeared that earlier in the evening he told his wife over the phone 'that he would go to the club direct making up for the period which he would occupy in the overrush of work, with his six-cylinder. En route, in the vicinity of California and Montgomery streets, a tire went flat and the clubtman, removing his overcoat in which he had just invested $66, and one of 'those thoroughly up-to-the-minute green keltlee —and making the customary ‘remarks—was soon busily engaged in remedying the puncture. While this was going on a waif of the night slunk upon the scene and made himself the possessor of the o’ercoatlngs and the hat Rearden had to get to the club, at least in time to escort his wife home, and so in one of those lofty buildings down in “the street" he petitioned a friendly janitor to -help him out

Widow Buys House at Auction Sale for $3.50

KANSAS CITY, MO.—a picturesque group of men and women gathered on a hillside near Thirty-first street and Colorado avenue the other morning. They were there for house bargains the city auctioned off to make way for

for a bid she offered $3.50. She looked apprehensively to see If her bid was going to be raised. It was all she could afford to pay for a home. One man was ready to bid $25, when he notioed his competitor for the house. The auctioneer looked at him inquiringly. “No, I don’t want it,” he said. £ « That was the sentiment of the little crowd of bidders. Three times the auctioneer called for higher bids, but got no response. “Sold,” the auctioneer finally said, and the old woman’s face beamed as abe handed him the money. ; r “What are you going to do with the house?” Mrs. Price was asked. “A man is going to move Jt for me over there on the hill.” she answered, pointing eastward. “He isn’t going to charge me anything for the work. You see, I haven’t a lot, so I’ll put it where anyone will let me. I live alone, as my husband died of heart disease several years -ago." Mrs. Price did not know how old she was. “Pretty near fifty,” she believed. She looked to be well past seventy years.

Naming of Babies Reduced to an Exact Science

|| BW YORK. —Names are no longer to be applied by chance. Mother and f| father should not argue whether the little “what is it” is to be plain “John” or "Clarence De Puyster.” Mrs. Aeo-Neith-Neypa-Cocbran has it all

reduced to an exact science. She is: "The Author, Pounder and Teach«r of the Aao-Neith Cryptogram; a Science of Numbers and Letters.” Bo her business cards. To a caller in her University Heights fiat Mrs. Cochran explained it all. The sexes tin suspended between the nebulous peaks of the two externitles by a certain geometrical sign or symbol. This sign is expressed by a digit number. The digit numbers exclude nine, ■aid Mrs. Cochran, for nine is simply

• number one with a sera riding on Its back. Nine begins and ends a cycle, . You see? My. how stupid! Every digit has its own individuality, characteristic and temperamental musical tone Find the tone and learn your being. Life harmony consists in adjusting one’s being, one’s cosmic urges to vibrations which give forth a concord instead of a discord. If the vibration number of your name and your birth date form a harmony—ls they coalesce -you’ll be happy. If they form a discord-you will be wretched while others - ' I

The matron sent a garment at a time tp the laundry in a progressive effort to improve 4he girl’s personal appearance so that she might look tot work without being arrested as ,a vagrant Miss Smith was taken in custody at Union station at 1:15 a. m., after she had alighted from a Frisco pas* sepger train. One of the station ushers, who noticed that she had no bag gage and that her clothing waa soiled and wrinkled, asked her where she

the extension of Llnwood boulevard. M. Stern, as the auctioneer, represented the majesty of the law; A wave of his arm a deal was made. Perhaps one of the most interesting sales was that made to Mrs. Mattie Price, a “squatter,” who lives in ashack near Thirty-first Btreet and Brighton avenue. She bought a-house for $3.50. She is a widow and lives alone in her little hillside home. When M. Stern put the house up a _ _ am - • An « m «

. THE EVENING REPUBLICAN, RENSSELABR, IND.

Well Equipped for a Long Tour

NOW that the season lures everyone to the out-of-doors those fortunate ones with cars and time at their disposal think of touring the country over. And the young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of crossing a continent or so, accompanied by his enthusiastic women relatives. For no journey is too long for those who love the open country. For a long tour, or a short one, the plain-ample coat shown here may be accepted as the best effort' of a Paris house, of unquestioned authority. It could not be plainer in finish and is cut with a view to the comfort of the wearer and elegance of line. There are many fabrics suited to a cote of this character. Water-proofed worsteds, pongees,. Sicilians and cheviots are available. The weight and

MIDSUMMER hats, gay with flowers, are worn at a tilt gather they are posed at the right and lifted at the left with upturned brim or they Incline over the eyes end are high at the back. Flowers fill In the brims and spaoes at the lifted portions of the brim. Or they are used in other positions on the hat with ribbons filling In at the side or back. glowers are pre-eminent in summer millinery. Roses of silk or muslin or ganxe vie with those of the garden in bMnty. Two examples of flower-trimmed hats are given here that are distinctive and tasteful enough to command sdtnivifip jgahijtoa in any gathering. They are medium in rise, and beautifully shaped. Not all shapes can be worn, at the saucy angle which Is so dsttvitbuf on youthful wearers and unless the hat la made with this’pose In view, the titt is out of place and At the top and right of the picture the same hat is shown in two views. It is of leghorn straw, with brim rolling up at the left side- The entire crown is covered with lovely ganse roses In

Hats Worn at a Saucy Angle

warmth are matters' for the individual to settle. The coat is double-breasted, fastened with bone buttons.' It reaches from the neck to the floor, escaping by only on inch. The plainness of the coat is relieved by a short scarf of figured-silk, which is an accessory and not a part of the coat The bonnet, of crepe, fastened with a buckle of chiffon, is draped with a very long veil of washable chiffon, which falls nearly to the bottom of the coat It is finished with a narrow hem at. each end, with the selvage edges left unhemmed at the sides. . "Such an .outfit promises the greatest degree of comfort and a neat appearance for the longest journey. It is refreshingly simple and pleasing to the eye.

white, with a~blusik of pink toward their centers. At the left four ruffles of lace, edged with a narrow atrip of leghorn braid, are placed against the crown. They repeat the line of the brim and add the requisite height to the crown. There ta a drape of blue velvet rib bon about the crown, with a bow at the side. In this particular hat the bow la placed at a daring angle gisß> dom found In the graceful millinery of the season. A pretty hat, covered with moire, is shown in the second figure. It is the simplest of round sailor, trimmed with platting* of moire ribbon and a wreath of roses, forget-me-nots and wheat. The long flower wreath is carried ever the brim, to the bandeau and terminates at the back. A long sash of moire fails from a bow <m the bandeau. ; - tJ< : - She who aspires, to wearing a hat much toted to the side must he very sure that her style win carry it off. A little tilt la becoming to almost every wearer, but a pronounced angle is out of the question for some- faces.

JULIA BOTTOMLEY.

GATHERED SMILES

BOTH STUCK.

She —I never would have married you If I’d known you were a poor man. He —I notice all my friends say “poor man” whenever they see me now I’m married to you.

Tied Up.

She waited at the church in vain. Where could the bridegroom be? “I fear this wedding will go oil Without a hitch,” said she.' —Columbia Jester.

Wouldn't Work Twice.

“Hello! Just tbe man I wanted to see! I was just telling my friends, or trying to tell them, that story you told me last week, but I could not begin to make it as excruciatingly funny as you made it Come on, tell it to them." 7 “I cannot tell that story again until—” “Until what?” ' “Until you have repaid the $5 you borrowed from me the last time you laughed at it”

From Bad to Worse.

“Oh, my poor friend! All my sympathy! What misfortune to find, onb fine morning, that your wife is gone!” “Yes; but how much worse it is to see her return three days later!”—La Rire (Paris).

MEANT HIS AUTO.

Mr. Jinks (meaning gossiping)—l never run down people behind their backs. Mr. Winks —No; your auto is such a rattle-trap that nobody ever need be unaware of your coming.

Foiled.

The early bird sot up one morn And then bewailed hie luckless fate. Which left him hungry and forlorn— The worm, it seems, was sleeping late.

The Browning Club.

“I want you to join our Browning dub.” “Really, I’m not cultured enough for that highbrow stuff.” “Oh, aU we do is to dance the tango and go to musical comedies once in a while.”

High Cost of Living.

Clerk —Here’s a book just out: "How to See Europe on Two Dollars a Day." Married Man —Huh f What I want is a book on “How to Exist at Home on Two Dollars a Day.”’ . "V, l • ' • *. ,

Too Risky.

BUI—Go in an’ tqU de bartender dat if he don’t give yer a drink you’ll drop dead. Red—l dasn’L If he did I would New York Gtßbe.

The Real Wonder.

"Edison says we sleep too much." "He’s the man who invented these pesky graphophoneg* that our neigb hors operate. It’s a wonder that we sleep at all.”

Ancestors Burned.

Bacon —He says his ancestors were all cremated. * Egbert—Why, I thought cremation was a method of recent years? t “It is. His picture gallery was burned up only a month ago.”

The Individualistic View.

”1 suppose you hope for universal peace?” "Tea," replied the vindictive man. "But I don’t want it to happen until I Dave settled one or two old scores that 1 have had in mind for some time."

WHAT DRIVES PAPA WILD.

No matter how smart and intelligent your little boy is, be is sure to drive you mad some evening with the toir lowing sort of thing: “Papa!” “Well, what on earth do yon wank now?” "Papa, didn’t Adam have more than one name?” t r' r " “Of coarse, he didn’t have more than ene name. Now, please don't bother me any more; I’m reading. One more silly question, and you’ll go to bed. Do you understand that?” "Yes, of course. But can’t I ask you something about the same question?” “Yes; what is it?” “Was Adam his first name or his - last name?” —Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Faithful In Adversity.

James (who is broke) —I have one faithful friend left. Hulks (also broke) —Who is it? James —My pipe. I can still draw on that.—Stray Stories.

HE NEVER CALLED AGAIN.

Mr. Bore —i m rather late in leaving. Miss Caustique (yawning)—Better late than never.

All Scratched Up.

The busy hen comes down the pike. Persuades yopr fence to yield, And makes your garden plot look like A Turkish battlefield.

Misunderstood.

'Tve come,” said the woman politician, “to ask you to support me.” 'Tm sorry, miss,”, replied the man, “but you’re too late. I’ve been married for years.”

Some New Disease.

Doctor—And, now, what do you think is the matter with you? Would-Be Fashionable Patient —I hardly know. What is new?—London Opinion.

In Front of the House.

Foote Lights—l understand he has given up the stage and has become a ticket speculator. Miss Sue Brette —I always said be would get to the front some day.

Not Alarming.

“I received some blackmail this morning—” “Good heavens! Who was it from?” ‘Uncle James’ widow. She uses mourning stationery.*'/

Concentrated Effort.

Cynieus—lt seems very hard for a woman to make up her mind. Witticus—lt might be easierjf she did not spend most of her making up efforts on her face.

Not Patriotic. .

Bacon —1 see it is stated that tho public debt of this country per capita at its last calculation was $10.74. Egbert—Weil, some men don't consider they owe even, that much to their country.

Inspiration.

“Is the doctor taking the proper interest in your case?” "I think he is doing bis best. I told him there was nobody to pay untoss I got well.”

Slow Progress.

BUI—I see a Philadelphia scientist is on his way to the Hawaiian islands to spend three months studying the habits, evolution and variations of tree snails. Jill—Oh, well, they'll wait for him.”

A Natural Obstacle.

'Your honor, it ia a physical impossibility for my client to have uttered these forged notes.” "Why so?*’ "He can’t utter anything. He's dumb."

Striving to Be Cheerful.

"I understand yon were crippled in Wall street” “Quite the contrary,” replied the man who jokes about serious matters. “When I went into WaU street I had a hunch. I got rid cf it” J ■■■■«■ ' nn*""»»w \

Soft Job.

"What are you doing now, BUI?” “I’m coUectlng.” "Collecting what?” "My thoughts.” “Gosb! you always were lucky h| ! striking an easy job.” ■ . ... ...