Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 224, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 September 1914 — Page 2

INTERESTING ITENS FROM THE CITIES

Bootblack Warbles Arias as He Polishes Shoes

NOW YORK.—Art&B from the operas go rippling along to the stroke of the shoe brushes of the eminent Pasquale, artist, whose studio' for shines is In Broadway, near One Hundred and Third street. He Bang blithely the other

musical bootblack hummed softly to himself, while the Brulante simmeied out of the machine, and set his hands and feet to hesitating as he toiled. "You no understands da wolds?” asked he, "and I slngaj for you alone, Wgnorina; for your ears alone.” "Cut it out, Wop, cut It out,” interjected the gentleman whose oil shine was soaking into the upper register. “Forget It.” But art claimed the voice of Pasquale. He brushed up his music. He sang the tenor from the quartet in “Rigoletto.” He was in happiness supreme. "And you aska me, Signorina,” he said, "if I would not rather sing than maka the shoe shine? Ah, it is quite so. I maka the much hap. I sing like the bird.” And sometimes when there is a dull shine required Pasquale puts In a dirge. For tan polishes he has tone poems. For oil shines the music glides In the tempo of the hesitation. When the gilded youth arrive he turns on “Get Out, Get Under” and polishes up leather by the yard. He seDds "The Cottage in Broadway” through the machine and when summer attire appears he causes the record tc evolve “Apple Blossom Time in Normandy.”

Cat Swims and Shuns Rats; Hobnobs With Canary

CHICAGO. —Mike Is a black and brown tortolße-colored alley cat with tinusual ways. Among - the modern and civilized things that Mike does is to take a swim In the bathtub each morning, act as a playfellow to the canary

bird, and race with the swiftness of a Nancy Hanks after its owner to work up an appetite for breakfast In the year’s brief span of life neither a rat nor a mouse has crossed Mike's path. The alley cat has been so hopelessly lost In civilization that a rat could pass by unrecognized, without arousing the feline Instinct for destructiveness^ Mrs. Pauline E. Willlson of 128 East Grand avenue found Mike, nine days old, in an alley with many broth-

ers and sisters. She brought Mike up on a bottle, she said. "When a kitten I threw Mike Into the bathtub for a swim,” said Mrs. Willlson. "Now I cannot leave a basin of water around, for Mike just loves to stand In a basin of water. In warm days the cat swims in the bathtub three times a day. At the bathing beach I tie a string around his neck to keep Mike from going too far out from the shore. Sitting under a hose 1b the cat’s delight. «, "Mike never has had any antipathy for Teddy, the canary, either. One of the cat's pastimes is to doze with one eye open while the canary hops about on a pillow or sings on the back of a chair. Sometimes the bird brushes Mike's seven-inch whiskers, but there Is no disturbance between the two at all.” The cat sits up like a dog and enjoys being treated roughly. Although Mike weighs 1? pounds, nothing can be more agile than the erstwhile alley cat , Alderman Hugo Krause of the Anti-Cruelty society approved of Mike’s sanitary way of bathing and Bald the beaches should be open to animals as well as human beings.

Finds Two Stout Hands Where One Was Claimed

SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. —"Dear Doctor —Before taking your water cure I had only one hand, my heart was weak and I was a victim of several other evils that flesh is heir to. Now I have both my hands and feel so well that

“Let’s see,” said Detective Charles Welling, as he grasped Atkinson’s aim and turned back the sleeve, disclosing a hand that a “White Hope’’ might be proud to own. Atkinson was arrested and arraigned before Judge Fisher. He said he was forty-two yearß old. "Why don’t you w r ork?” the Judge asked. “Becatise I am an orphan and have a weak heart,” Atkinson replied. Dr. Henry Steiple, police ambulance surgeon, was ordered to examine Atkinson. He did so, keeping him at arm’s length. "He doesn’t need medicine," the doctor reported. "A good hot bath, with plenty of soap, will cure almost any ailment he is suffering from and will make his hand visible. That is not his hand we are looking at, but something on the outside of it. The real hand is underneath." “Ten dollars and costs," said the Judge, and Atkinson was led away to be sent to the bridewell, where his first experience will be a hot bath.

Now Policemen Will Take Their Meals at Home

tv ETROIT^MICH. —The Supreme court has ruled that fruit stands in De1/ triot must go. This is a severe blow to the proprietors of these deciduous and picturesque institutions. It is also a severe blow to Invading excursion-

ists, ferry boat patrons, newsboys and poUoemen. Tears ago, the street fruit stand was considered the policeman’s chief friend and ally. Art lßt * o° the comic papers used'to draw funny pictures of fat officers purloining fruit from the corner stands. That was considered part of the graft It flourished in Detroit until one day a policeman with an acute penchant for peanuts, got shot In the vest by a zealous Sicilian, who was trying to save

money to bring his folks over from the old country. This sort of discouraged free and unlimited patronage of corner stands by those in authority and many policemen began taking their meals at home. i A year ago the board of health, the common council and the police .department started a vigorous campaign against fruit stands and since then there has been a lot of legal work done about the matter. Some of the proprietors folded up their stands and quietly stole sway, but a good many of them had a lot of fruit still on hand and decided to fight It out Justice Steere handed down a formal statement the other day and this seems to end all dispute. The Judge minces no words. He not only calls • fruit stand a public nuisance, but he adds that It is a public offense.

day, as he invoked the Heavenly Maid. She had come in to have her shoes blacked. Her name was Cecilia Pasquale knew in the twinkle of an eye that there was music in her sole, the moment that he saw that. Just because she could not help it, she tapped a tango tune upon the footrests. ■ “Ah! and you lova da moosic,” quoth Pasquale. “I turn on the reoord granda.” 30 while he plied the brushes the

I am taking light exercise every day.” This testimonial should be signed by William Atkinson. He stood at the Southern Paciflo terminal the other day with a handkerchief stuffed In his sleeve where one of his hands should have been. He displayed this to passersby while he extended the other hand for alms. “Help an old railroader," ha whined. "My hand was cut off In a wreck.”

THE EVENING REPUBLICAN, RENSSELAER, IND.

THE most prominent feature in all authoritative displays of new styles in gowns is the basque. It is shown In several developments, including models which hang straight from the shoulder to the swell of the hips. But this model is not as graceful as those which follow the outline of the*flgure. None of them is tight fitting. They fasten either in front o/ the back.

A gown designed by one of the foremost French costumers is shown in the picture given here, ft is an excellent combination of the new basque and plaited skirt in a one-piece garment. Where the basque and skirt join, a narrow girdle of the material of the dress Is sewed down and finished with a small bow at the back. Fancy buttons are set on, but in reality the basque is fastened with hooks and eyes. i The front of the garment is cut like the back, in a “V’’ shape at the neck. This gives opportunity for the introductipn of white next to the face. A . J i i

Ostrich Plumes and Fancy Feathers

NOTHING is so noticeable in the most elegant millinery prepared for the fall season as ostrich feathers. Short, broad plumes and tips lead in popularity. After them ostrich feathers developed in fancy forms have demonstrated the ingenuity of manufacturers in copying flower forms and in originating all sorts of new decorations. This fancy ostrich is to take the place of prohibited aigrettes, much to the satisfaction of all right-thinking people. America having taken the initiative in doing away with the aigrette, French and other designers have replaced it with ostrich and other fancy feathers quite as airy and beautiful. , Many ofHse new shapes are widebrimmed, and wide brime always mean long and short plumes. Three hats are shown here In which the use of ostrich plumes hi the best of mountings may be studied. It will be seen that one may hse a single plume of medium length, or two long plumes, or many short ones, with equally artistic effect. But for some time the simgjeet forms of trimming have characterized th,e work of the greatest designers, and a single plume of finest quality mounted on a velvet hat leaves nothing to be desired in the way of art and elegance. The black velvet hat (shown lit the picture) having a narrow brim at the right side, which widens and lifts to the left, is decorated with a single jrbite plume.

The Basque’s the Thing

guimpe with flaring collar made of fine organdie fills in the open space. The basque hangs straight from this bust at the front. The Shoulders and body are cut in one and the shoulders are very long. In this, as in other basque models, long sleeves are ( shown. They taper in toward the waist, and cuffs are worn with them. In the gown pictured the cuffs are of organdie, but stiff linen cuffs are very smart, worn with black satin gowns.

Women will welcome the return of plained skirts. The plaits are pressed down and the skirts at most are two yards wide. This gives room for a comfortable stride, but preserves the effect of a narrow skirt.

A very new basque has been made in which a straight panel is set in down the back. The underarm portions are gathered and joined to the panel with a piping. Pipings, in fact, are much in evidence on many of the new gowns.

This plume is mounted on the underbrlm, and its full, broad end, or “head," falis across the hair and back brim. The beautiful picture hat, having a wreath of ostrich tips about its brim, with ends curling upward toward the crown, is finished with a half plume on the bandeau and underbrim at the left. To ad<J any further trimming to this modql would be as foolish as adorning the lily or painting the rose. A wide-brimmed hat, in which e single magaiflcenMfrume is mounted on the crown at the right side, is most original and daring in its use of ostrich. The end of the plume is cut off at the' beginning of the flues. The plume le laid upon the crown and sewed down in two places. It is left free to curl and curve at its own sweet and graceful will. A narrow band of handsome moire ribbon, tied in the simplest of .bows at the left side, finishes the hat. In this model the body of the hat amounts to simply a potting for the plume, which is featured by the manner in which it is placed. Ostrich plumes and tips in fine quality make a good investment because no matter what the vagaries of fashion they are never “out." JULIA BOTTOM LEY. It is sad to see family relics sold at auction, but the most pitiful thing under the hammer is generally your thumb nail.—Ldndon Tit-Blta.

GATHWRES SMILES

BILLY’S COMPLAINT. "Men are queer animals.” “I know it; bus what prompted you to make the remark?” “You know Buttles, don’t you?” "Billy Buttles? Sure.” “He was complaining this morning —complaining bitterly.” “What’s his trouble?” “He paid SSOO several years ago for MO shares of mining stock which has turned out to be utterly worthless.” “Well, that’s enough to make almost anybody complain.” “But it wasn’t the worthlessness of the stock that he complained about. It seems that he had been renting a safety deposit box in which to keep the stock and the fact that it had cost him the price of two tons of coal made him bitterly declare that he was sorry he had ever made the investment.”

The Morning Program.

“Miss Vanessa, have you got your hair and tomplexion fixed for the day?” “Yes, sir.” “Got your chewing gum going nicely?” -r" - Vr ; ,■ • “Yes.” “Read the morning installment on the daily love story in the paper?” “Yes.”' “Then take this letter, please.”

Modes of Expression.

“Oratory isn’t what it used to be,” said the veteran statesman.

“Well,” replied Senator Sorghum, **our modern life tends to discourage oratory. If -a man finds he has material for a good oration, the probabilities are that he can do better with It by turning it into a lecture or a magazine article.”

HER GAME.

Maisie —She .always plays safe in the game of love. Daisy—What do you mean? Maisie —She never turns a%ellow down until she gets the engagement ring: | *

Good Ones, Too.

“Don’t you want to put in a talking machine for the amusement of * your customers?” asked the agent. “What would I do with another one? Haven’t I got four talking machines here already?” replied the barber, with a gesture in the direction of bis assistants.

A Space Killer.

“Did you read my new book?” asked the Literary Cuss. "I did,” replied the Grouch. “What do you think of it?” asked the Literary Cuss? “The covers are too far apart,” replied the Grouch.—Cincinnati Enquirer.

A Paradox.

“Are you still talking about your income tax?” “Yes,” replied Mr. Dustin Stax. "I can’t get my mind off it. It*s sure to cause dissatisfaction. I’m resentful because I have to pay so much and yet I’m sorry my assessment isn’t larger.”

Exactly.

“Why are you so opposed' to our daughter’s marrying such a promising young man?” "Because a promising young map is not always a paying investment.”

Popular Appeal.

"The Declaration of Independence is a noble document.”

“Yes. But a lot of people have failed to memorize It. Don’t you think Jt would have been more effective if it had been set to music or illustrated with comic pictures?”

High Pitched.

Willie—Paw, what la the JWgher criticism? Paw—That’s what a woman gives her husband when he gets home late, my son. * ’ .1, HI .MUM lll■■■ Ml ■-

Generous Theory.

"Two rude men stared at me!” exclaimed Mrs. Flimgilt. "Perhaps they didn’t mean to be rude,” replied Miss Cayenne. “Maybe they were assessors trying to estimate the value of your Jewelry.”

An ill Wind, Etc.

“The best of us have to be hypocrites at some time.” 1 “How now r “I was Just condoling with my neighbor oyettlip lo*t. of. his graphophone. It got smashed last night” #

A FEW.

Mr. Henpeck—Oh! well, anyway, some men are smarter than women. Mrs. Henpeck—And who are they, pray? Mr. Henpeck—Bachelors.

One Good Point.

“My motor car set fire to the garage and then went out and struck a man,” said Mr. Chuggins. “Arson and assault!” exclaimed the lawyer. “Yes. It seems to have all the vices. About the only thing I can think of in its favor is that it doesn’t use profanity.” - *

Heroic Treatment.

“Doctor,” said the druggist, “this is a bitter mess you have ordered for Mr. Wombat.” “I know it is.” «

“What are you trying to cureT* - “Trying to cure him of calling me put in the middle of the night when there’s nothing the matter with him,”

Unreasonable Demands.

“How much is radium worth an ounce?” asked the man with an arithmetical mind.

“That,” replied the practical person, “is an idle question. After you get through imagining an ounce of radium, you haven’t imagination enough left to imagine the price.”

The Important Consideration.

“Are you fond of horses or dogs?” “What difference does that make?” exclaimed the timid man. "When I get into the company of a horse or a, dog my entire interest is centered on the question of whether he is going to take a fancy or an aversion to me.”

Not Difficult.

“I suppose preparing the first meal for John was tjuite a problem,” said a friend to Mrs. Youngwife. “No,” answered Mrs. Youngwife, "it was quite simple. I sent him down the street to a delicatessen store after it and all I had to do was to unwrap It.”

Impressions.

“What poet said ‘Things are not what they seem?’ ** “Are you sure it was a poet?" responded the man who was reading statistics. “Mightn't it have been an expert accountant?”

Tame Stuff.

“I admire the way that soda water clerk mixes drinks.”

“But think how much more pride he would take in his work if he were mixing something that had a punch in It.”

ANCIENT ART.

Dorothy—That quaint Miss Past looks like an old portrait, doesn’t shes Marion—Not exactly. She reminds me more of a mural painting. Dorothy—How’s that? Marion—She'S a perpetual wall flower. V

They Still Get Left

Bacon —I see the governments of Italy, Belgium and Uruguay have officially adopted 24-hour time. Egbert—But I suppose some of the slow people over there have discovered that It doesn’t give them any more time to catch a train.”

When They're Dangerous.

“Do you carry a pistol?” "I do not’’ "Aren’t you afraid of highwaymen?” , v “Yes, but not nearly so much as I would be if I carried a pistoL”