Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 260, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 November 1914 — LaVerne Hopkins Returns From Vaudeville Engagement. [ARTICLE]

LaVerne Hopkins Returns From Vaudeville Engagement.

LaVerne Hopkins, who has been engaged in training dogs and formulating vaudeville acts for some time, returned today- from a five weeks’ engagement in Toledo, Ohio, where hi® act was well received. He had a dog’s pleasure park with merry-go-round, roller coaster, ferris wheel and many other contrivances and the dogs did all the performing. Mr. Hopkins states that he sees many opportunities to further improve his act and while at ihome he will devote his attention to making it a still better attraction. He enjoyed a very good financial success and expects to start out again before very long.

The war in Europe will not cut off the supply of diamond engagement rings in (the United States. In, addition to a large stock on hand the imports oG precious stones, mostly diamonds fbr 1913, were valued at $45,431,998, the largest for one year in the history of the industry. Most of the Bouth African diamonds are cut in Amsterdam.