Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 January 1915 — Page 2

TALLS OF GOTHAM AND OTHER CITIES

Beggars’ Feud Breeds Riot Among Chicago Cripples

CHICAGO. —Probably the oddest procession of customers In Chicago passes nightly below tbs bugs wooden "schooner” which proclaims to passers-by that the "Largest 5 Cent Beer In Town" may be had In the saloon of Isaac

bolds title to the west sidewalks by right of conquest. Down on Fourteenth street stands John Finley, whose business assets consist of the loss of one arm and deafness. The other morning McGuirk was told by one of his regular patrons that he had just given his daily nickel to a one-armed man at Halsted and Jackson streets. The loss of the nickel rankled in Bill's bosom all day. He arrived at Bobinaky's earlier than usual, and waited for the trespasser to arrive. Finley edged his way through the swinging doors at seven o’clock. A wooden leg grazed his head by a few Inches. His friends, who were waiting for an opportunity to crush the czardom of McGuirk, rallied to his support. Others aligned themselves with their old leader, Bill. A few minutes later a call was turned in at the Maxwell street station. When the police arrived they found the floor strewn with canes, crutches, artificial limbs and roller skates. A man leaned against the bar with a sign on his chest bearing the inscription: "I Am Blind." "I didn’t see nothin’, but I heard an awful lot," he said:

Drink Out of Fashion in the Capital of Missouri

IFFKRSON CITY, MO.—Drinking is going out of fashion among Missouri’s men of affairs. Here is an incident that shows how drinking has lost favor among the classes that used to transact much of their business around the famous Madison house bar.

The general counsel of one of Missouri’s largest railroads asked an acquaintance to go in. and have a toddy, (And the Madison toddy has had a reputation in its day.) "Sorry, not drinking any more,” the scqnsintance replied. "You’re the fifth man I’ve asked in the last hour to go in have a drink who has- refused ‘because he isn’t drinking any more,’ ” the counsel said. "Sit down. Let’s see how many

go into the bar. The two sat down and watched for a half hour. Ten years ago the crowd wouldn’t have been in the lobby. It would have been at the bar. Five years ago, even, the bar would have been the favorite congregating spot for such a gathering as that. The half hour passed. Not a single one of all the crowd went into the bar. The men did their visiting and their "milling" In the lobbies over their cigars. They had left J. Barleycorn off their visiting list. That condition wasn't true just of the famous old Madison bar, which has seen politics and politicians since time without end. It existed at all the bars of the capital city. So lamented the men who had been mixing “presbyterians" and ‘‘southeasters” for Missouri statesmen for a generation. Am the general counsel remarked after his half hour vigil over the barroom door: “Times certainly have changed—even in Missouri.” They have. J. Barleycorn still has his politicians, scores of them, but as for personal acquaintance—even in Missouri—they are striking him off the approved visiting lists. / . * ; ;n -

Courtship Center Is Started by Boston Church

BOSTON.— A simon-pure, true-blue courtship center, where Boston’s young men and women of marriageable age can gather and become acquainted with a view to matrimony, has been established by Mrs. Rumsey Jenness,

announces itself to be. More than one hundred young men, including a large number of Tech and Harvard boys and more than one hundred girls, numbering among them many from the Emerson College of Oratory and the New England Conservatory of Music, are already attending the courting meetings. Mrs. Jenness’ motto is, “Give the young people a chance." “I believe in bringing them together and then in letting propinquity do the rest," she says. Cupid in the church is well placed. Where could there be a more fitting place for young persons to carry on their love affairs ? "We have introduced a great many young men and young women, and each of the five hundred active workers of the church has been invited to come to the ‘-chocolate pot’ gatherings and bring a friend.” The courtship gathering idea, according to the minister’s wife, is only one of a number being planned by the original pastor and his wife for making the Methodist church center a center of community interests for the ten thousand persons within the Tremont Street church district.

Penny Lunch for Poor New York School Children

NEW YORK.—The “penny lunch* furnished by the school lunch committee of the New York Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor, of which Edward F. Brown is superintendent, is probably the most wholesome

event in the life of half the children on the lower East side. Seventeen schools now have this penny-an-article lunch service. In 1915, and in time to provide lunches this winter through the municipal aid granted, this service will cover 28 schools with a register of 44,000 pupils. The board of education provides facilities for serving the lunches—idtchen and place for the children to

eat —but the maintenance of the work

is entirely from private contributions. Every article on the menu is the result of scientific study. The bowl of soup the wee urchin carries so careSfUlly on his tin tray is of concentrated strength., The two slices of bread he buys for his penny ate made with milk and the best flour. The “water roll” be probably had for breakfast was of the two-for-a-eent variety, but contained leu half the nourishment of the "school bread." For two cents the average poor mother of the tenements provides a wretched apology for a meaL For two cents at the “school lunch” a kiddie gets a percentage of calories that will keep him going for six hours. Pennies, to be sure, are scarcer than ever this winter. The lunch committee served on an average 406 children a day last year, against SSO this. The answer? Unemployment, business depression, war, high prices. And so, back of each hatchet-faced, thin-legged child who brings hla penny tc school for a howl of sodjpi there is a distinct nodal and economic .' : '' "■ * -

Boblnsky on South Jefferson street They are the lame, the bait and the blind. Bill McGuirk is one of the most successful of Bobinsky’s patrons. Bill claims to have only one leg, and the police have found no cause to doubt his word .during the three years he has collected pennies from passers-by on Halsted stireet between Madison and Twelfth streets. Bill claims an option on the east side of the street between these bounds. ‘'Blind Joe”

wife of the new pastor of the Tremont Street Methodist church, iu the parlors of that edifice, at West Concord and Tremont streets. The courtship meetings are held usually 'Wednesday and Sunday evenings. They are made more interesting by a so-called "chocolate pot,” that is, chocolate is served to the young folk, and also a light supper. This courtship center is the very latest thing of its kind in Boston, if not in the world. It is just what it

THE EVENING REPUBLICAN, RENSSELAER,* INP.

Handsome Midwinter Coat of Fur-Cloth

AMONG the coats displayed for wear in the depths of winter, there is nothing handsomer than those of black, or very dark brown, fur-cloths which imitate so closely the natural skinß after which they are called. Next to fur they are the warmest of garments. The new fur-cloth is not bulky but possesses the sort of weaving that makes for comfort. Lined with silk and snugly adjusted to the figure about the shoulders, neck and chest, the fur-cloth coat adapts itself to all degrees of winter weather. Not being heavy or bulky, coats of this fabric, unlike fur, are not too heavy for moderately cold weather. And when the thermometer plays hide and seek above or below the zero mark the pliable fur-cloth garment allows of re-enforcement against the extreme cold. Knitted vests and jackets, those cozy garments that hug the figure so closely, worn under the furcloth coat give wearer delightful comfort Another point of advantage possessed by these coats lies in their very excellent wearing qualities. Rain, shine and constant wear seem to have small effect upon their surfaces of uneven pile.- When coupled with this is the item of low cost (very low as compared to fur coats) the popularity of fur-cloth is easily understood. One of. the newest models is pictured in the handsome garment shown here. The full ruffled skirt and straight-hanging lines, with ample width around the bottom, place the

FOR street wear, just now, smart gloves are made In two-button lengths and in heavy and medium weight kid. Equally well-liked fabric gloves, patterned after the kid ones In style, are made of double silk, ch&moisette. and suede lisle. They are found most practical for those whose glqves must stand daily wear. To these may be added the always fashionable gloves of chamois skin that are as washable as those made of fabrics. Preferred colors in kid are black stitched with white, white stitched with black, and tan gloves with selfcolor stitching. Stitchlngs in heavy lines are featured, and machine stitching which outlines the fingers along all seams, with thread contrasting in color with the kid, is an item not to be overlooked in selecting smart gloves. This decorative stitching is featured on silk and chamoisette gloves, ss well as on th'jse of ldd.

To the tourist or the business woman whose gloves see daily service and are often put on and off, fabric giovea give the jgreatest satisfaction. It Is economy to buy several pairs, throe at least. In well-made lUk or., ohamoisette, and alternate in wearing them as one alternates the wearing of street shoes. It Is an easy matter to waah these gloves, and in the better grades

Gloves, Smart and Practical

design in the front row of novel ideas in coats. There are not two opinions as to the style and beauty of this striking wrap, which, by the way, is an American production. Occasionally one finds a sentiment at war with the use of skins. Moreover the supply of fur, unequal to the demand in normal times, must send prices upward. If they are out of reach, or the' fur garment cannot be worn with an easy conscience, furcloth is the best of substitutes.

When You Set the Table.

The question is often asked about the placing of silver. At the right of the plate and next to it the knife for the game; next the soup spoon and the fork for oysters. At the left of the plate is the large fork, the second size and the salad fork, with the napkin beyond if there is room, or it may be folded on the plate, and the dinner roll is enclosed in it Other knives, forks and spoons may be added as the meal progresses. Bread and butter plates are not used for dinner, but may be used for luncheon. In serving a meal a serving table is of great assistance to a maid, and is almost invaluable to the hostess, if she has no maid. If it Is placed at her leff*withln easy reach it may hold a large number of small dishes, plates, knives, forks, spoons and save the hostess from leaving her place at the table. When the dishes are passed by the maid a small silver tray covered with dainty doily Is used. ,

no fault can be found with their wear* ing qualities., _ For warmth combined with good looks, the glove of -double silk has everything to recommend it. ▲ good quality costs a dollar and a half, fits the hand beautifully, and is much warmer than kid. It is a little more expensive than gloves of chamoisette. The latter range in price from fifty cents to a dollar. They are well made, with all the marks of the smart street glove, and have made an undisputed place for themselves as & practical solution of the glove for the woman who is looking for good appearance and good service.

JULIA BOTTOMLEY.

German Almond Cake.

Yolks of six eggs, 1)4 capfuls of sugar, three-quarters of a cupful of butter, one cupful of almonds chopped; one tablespoonful of cinnamon, three cupfuls of flour. Beat well, drop small spoonfuls on a well-greased pan and bake lightly.

For Grease Spots.

Bucalyptqs oil will remove grease spots' from any kind of material without injuring it. Apply a little of the oil with A dean piece of flannel, and rub the material gently until the stains disappear. a * '. \ • ’

GOOD JOKES

THE ONLY COMPETITION. "Bob.” Jones, the eloquent southern evangelist, was condemning New York. “The only difference I can see between New York and hades,” said Reverend Bob, “is that New York is surrounded by water. “Why, even in your New York offices you don’t work. Look at your offices —crowds of young men in pink silk hose, crowds of young women in low-cut and transparent. blouses. “I said in a New York office the other day: “ ‘ls there much competition here?* “A pretty stenographer, swinging her foot in and out of her slashed skirt, laughed and answered merrily: “‘Oh, yes, there’s lots of competition —between the office mirror and the office clock.’” —St. Louis GlobeDemocrat,

SURE THING.

Dealer —Has Jones enjoyed his automobile since he got it two weeks ago? Auto Fiend —He should have. He’s run over three men, six dogs and ten cats.

A Horrible Possibility.

"Railroads have already begun to put up the price of tickets,” said the apprehensive citizen. “Yes,” replied the patient person; “but I’m not going to kick. They’re entitled to credit if they don’t fix up a system for standing in with ticket speculators.”

A Pretty Deception.

Crawford —So you found a package of old love letters you wrote your wife years ago. What did you do with them? Crabshaw —Changed the dates and sent them to her while she was a\?ay. in the country.—Puck.

Domestic Amenities.

Husband (at breakfast table)—Oh, for some of the biscuits my mother used to make. Wife (sweetly)—l’m sorry you have not got them, dear. They would be Just about stale enough by this time to go well with that remark.

Serious Case.

Wise —You must send me away for my heal{£ at once. lam going into a decline. Husband —My! My! What makes you think so? Wise —All my dresses are beginning to feel comfortable. ~r —~ -

Didn’t Apply.

“I believe in the motto: ‘Never put ofT until tomorrow what you can do tqday.’ ” "Pay me that five dollars, then.” “The rule doesn’t apply; that’s something I can’t do today.”

ACCOUNTED FOR.

Hewitt —How did Graet get so nearsighted? Jewett —Trying to see his own Jokes.

Loss of Appetite.

A man put ou a mournful look. • High living made him boiler. For nearly every bite he took Would coat about a dollar.

The Old Way.

Crawford —You can’t reason with * woman. Crabshaw —I never try. it’s much easier to Jolly her.—Judge

Pardonable.

"You told me it was one o’clock; s ft just atiuek three,” with mutters. "But. dear,” he said with aching head. "You know that old clock stutters.”

Keeping Swell Trade.

''What’s yours?” "Coffee and rolls, my girl.” One of those iron-heavy, quarterinch thick mugs of coffee was pushed over the counter. The fastidious person seemed dazed. He looked under the mug and over it. "But where is the saucer?” he inquired. "We don’t give no saucers here. If we did some low>-brow’d come pilln* in an’ drink out of his saucer, an’ we’d lose a lot of our swellest trade.”

Why He Noticed It.

Here is another' story that can be pinned to Whistler: " He was dining at a London home when a titled guest leaned forward to address him. “I saw one of your works in Paris, Mr. James McNeil Whistler,” be said. “Indeed! May I ask what drew your attention to it?” “Your name, Mr. Whistler. It was the longest one in the list of artists."

Overtaxed Vision.

“You say you have difficulty in readying?” said the optieian. “Yes; I need something restful. All I want is a good minifying glass.” “A minifying glass?” “Yes; I want to be able to hold the paper off and read- the war news headlines without having to crane my neck as if I were looking at the tan buildings.”

Awkward Beginning.

“You say the man who robbed yous house introduced himself as a piano tuner?” "Yes.” “Didn’t you suspect that he was a .thief?” “No; but I thought it rather Btrange that he tried to get into the piano with a crowbar.”

Why Minstrelsy Is Dying Out.

Sambo Mister Interlocutor, can yoah tell mah whah de standin’ armies sit down when dey’s tired? Interlocutor —No, Sambo, I cannot. When do they sit down? Sambo —On de seat ob war. We will now sing dat beautiful ditty, entitled, 7 “Nebber Mind de Cotton Crop, es da Chicken Crop Am Good.” *

AT THE COUNTY FAIR.

Reuben Fax —Yonder’s a farmer that raised a pumpkin so big that when it was cut in two his twins each used half for a cradle. Cityleigh—That’s nothing. In our town we often have. three or four fullgrown policemen asleep on & single beat

Improvement.

' “What are your constituents going to do about sending you back to congress?” “Most of them favor the idea,” replied the statesman. “They say that I have shown a willingness to work in Washington that nobody ever suspected in me at home.” -

Aft Impossible Undertaking.

“Shall I summon your husband’s spirit Yrom the vast deep?” ’ “Wouldn’t be no use tp try,” declared the lady with the massive „Ghin. “My husband never had no spirit.” 4

The Following Step.

*T am looking for an opening in politics.” “When you get it, the next thing you will be looking for is a way to get out of the hole.”

For Support.

“How is it that Jims is going to give up working? Is he able to re tire?” “No, but he is going to get married.” v - ■ ■■• fr/

Emphatic Designs.

“Therel” exclaimed the enthusiastic salesman. “Look in the mirror. That 1 • overcoat, fits yon like the paper on the waU!” “Yes,” replied the small, timid man.’ “And, by George, I believe it has hearly the same pattern!”

Putting It Plainly.

"Can you support a whole family, young man?” „ -.X: .. * • . “Why, certainly!” • “Think It over carefully—there pie ; 12 of us.”—Man Lacht (Berlin). *