Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 72, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 March 1915 — Page 3

How New York’s Subway Guards Earn Their Wages

NEW YORK. —The New York subway company selects Its burliest and hoarsest employees to act as platform guards. It might be thought a waste of good money by some to pay $lO to sl2 a week for uniformed ushers

Is supposed to and does earn just 60 cents for the subway company ' whenever he slams a door. * Unassisted, the passengers would only crowd ipto the door until they filled the space, touching each other solidly on every side. Then from the rear comes a guard, roaring, “Step into the car! Move inside!" About the door Is a fringe of those who would get in but cannot. Into them the guard catapults. He spreads his arms wide, and by some inconceivable summoning of brute force, he jams ten persons through the door. Some of those already in slip up and slip down, and perhaps a few dislocate a shoulder or so. But holding his victims in with one arm, the guard haniw the door with the other. Perhaps he finds he has gone too far and the edge of the door blackens the eye of some tired business man who is h»if in, half out. Then the guard seizes one or two of the outermost passengers, cries "Don’t be rough," and throws them back on to the platform. In these rare cases it is usually found the. guard has made a; mistake and shoved in twelve or fifteen instead of the regulation ten.

Fire “Fan" in Chicago Is Host at His Own Blaze

CHICAGO. —William P. Stewart is a fire fan. So is his wife. A big fire brings them out almost as surely as it brings the engines. There being no fires of importance to occupy their attention, Mr. and Mrs. Stewart

motored to the Stratford one night recently with a party of dancing friends. When they left the hotel and piled into Mr. Stewart’s machine the early morning air was filled with familiar, stirring sounds—whistles, wallings, puffings, and pantingn. “Fire!’' announced Mr. Stewart genially. "And In the loop, too. What luck! We go?" "Of course we’ll go,” chorused the guests in the tonneau. Mr. Stewart

Jerked a lever and up Michigan avenue fled the touring car, hood and hood with a motor Are truck. At Randolph street the truck slowed and turned west In front of a building opposite the public library it stopped, Joining a fleet of other apparatus. With rather more than his usual interest in such proceedings Mr. Stew* art watched the plpemen while they hooked up a line of hose and carried it Into the building. Then he turned to his guests. “I came to look on,” he said, “but it looks as if I were going to be part of the show. That's my buildings that’s burning—7o East Randolph street.” A “4-11" and several special calls for more apparatus were sent in, but It was hours before the blaze was under control. Mr. Stewart made some hasty calculations and announced that the building had been damaged to the extent of about f 175,000. “I am sorry it had to be my building,” remarked Mr. Stewart to his fellow fans as. he turned the motor homeward. “But—didn’t it make & dandy lire!”

Why San Francisco Girl Tied Up Street Traffic

SAN FRANCISCO. —She would not let the policeman touch it, nor would she let her escort touch It; a woman offered to help, but she also was waved aside, and as a result traffic was halted at Broadway and Seventh

face »Tid she came to an abrupt stop. A motorman on a street car clanged Mi gong, but the young lady refused to move; a “jitney” bus skidded to the sidewalk In an effort to keep from striking the girl, who stood like a statue. ' Then Officer’ Buchanan came to her assistance with an offer of help, which was Indignantly refused. While the officer was wondering what to do next to relieve the f&stgitrwlng congestion of the street, the young lady dropped her bundles, stooped down and removed a small foot from a dainty slipper,: the heel of which had been caught in the “frog” of the street car track. On one foot she hopped to the corner drug store while the policeman followed with the ■Upper. To one of the girl clerks in the store she confided that there was a hole in the heel of her silk hose, and that was the reason she declined all help.

Baltimore Provides for Thirsty Cats and Dogs

BALTIMORE. —This city has erected and recently unveiled a beautiful decorative fountain at the intersection of Fallaway and Guilford avenue, In commemoration of the covering of Jones Palls, the building of the Falls-

.way and the redemption of the land. This fountain Is possibly unique, in that It has provision for thirsty cats and dog& in the shape of a small trough just above the level of the walk that surrounds the structure. It has a large trough for horses and a bubbling fountain for human beings. The provision for cats and dogs was made at the suggestion of a fashionably dressed woman who walked into the office of the chief engineer when Plans were being prepared for the commemorative fountain.

“1 understand It will be for horses and pedestrians,” she said, *hnd I came to ask you not to forget the cats and dogs.” She refused to give her name, but the suggestion has been carried out. The fountain is adorned with the figure of a tn a sitting position. She holds an urn and from this the water is kept continually flowing, n»tnny to the minds of generations that old Jones Falls is still running beneath the FaUsway. The decoration was designed by Hans Schuler. The figure is seven feet high. The fountain was designed by Andrew J. Fietch, the architect It bears the names of all who were Instrumental in the establishment of the Fallsway.

IN THE CITIES

to trains, when the passengers could just as well step into the trains and find seats for themselves. But such a thought could only find lodgment in the brain of some denizen of Medicine Hat, whose opinions on many subjects would be much more reasonable than those of the conceited, dyed-in-the-wool “subwaiter." The latter may be densely ignorant and believe the world ends in a roid Just west of Hoboken, but he knows that each platform guard

street, and for a time it looked as though Traffic Officer Buchanan would have to send in A-riot call to clear the crossing of stalled “jitneys” and one hundred or more staring males who were waiting to see what the outcome would be. This all happened when a young woman stepped into the maze of traffic at the- corner. Aa she ran across the street ■ seeking to dodge skidding automobiles and hurrying pedestrians a look of pain spread across her

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What They Will Wear for Easter

THERE is such a diversity of styleß offered in the realm of millinery that no one will be unable to find a hat to suit her face and her type. For once the individual may set forth in quest of Easter headwear with the expectation of finding a real expression in millinery of her own *ideas of fitness and beauty. It is to be hoped that the coldrless personality will conceal that fact with a hat that will lend her tone. For this is not a season of meager ideas. Hats are shapely, they are intricately made, they are gay in themselves, bright with flowers and small fruit, ribbons, and all sorts of odd and ingenious trimmings. They seem all to be designed for women with ideas. They are full of feminine allure, and made for people who wear clothes instead of merely carrying them about. Here are three, in a group which embraces the simpler designs in good examples. There is the turban at the center, the pretty and picturesque shepherdess shape at the left, and the flaring-brimmed sailor at the right. These are types to be found in every collection of new millinery, and they are rather more plain and less trimmed than the mode demands. The small turban, of soft hemp braid, has a plain crown Bet in of .crepe Georgette. A crepe-covered cord extends about the coronet, and a wreath of bright cherries set in their leaves hangs enticingly over the braid. The body of the hat is a linen color. The shepherdess shape shows the same combination of braid brim and crepe crown. A band of velvet ribbon extends about the crown, with hanging streamers tied in a long loop and

Easily Made Bloomers and Night Robes

AS a substitute for the underpetticoat, to be worn for additional warmth or for freedom in walking, bloomers of crepe de chine, or other wash silks prove-acceptable to women. They are sensible and they are also dainty and attractive looking, a combination that spells success for them. -, What are called “hike skirts" for walking, made of fairly heavy suitings, are made np with a plain pair of pants of the same material as the skirt, to be worn with them instead of a petticoat. These skirts usually are open down the front and provided with buttons and buttonholes which fasten thtem. When mountain climbing is to be undertaken, or a long tramp, this combination proves Us merit * But for warm weather, the pants of suiting material are too heavy. Bloomers of silk, worn with the short full skirts that are fashionable, promise to displace long underpetticoats with all skirts made of suitings. Combinations of bloomers or short pants and corset cover, made of crepe de chine, and lace trimmed, are worn in the same way as the bloomers and separate corset covers —that Is, they replace the underpettlcpat when the outside skirt is a not Mo thin fabric. A pair of these bloomers Is shown in the picture. The fullness at the wadst and knees is taken up on an band run through a narrow

ends at the back. At the front is a rather tight cluster of Bmall fruit and a 4arge pink rose and foliage. The sailor at the right is a pressed shape faced smoothly with silk. A ribbon band about the crown, a smart rosette of plaited ribbon with a long, stiff' quill thrust through it, trim it most appropriately.

Needles and Thread.

An experienced needle woman suggests a list (which gives the various numbers of needles and cotton) to follow when sewing by hand. She advises a No. 9 needle for 70 and 80 cotton, when hemming and tucking; a No. 8 needle for 50 and 60 cotton for plain sewing, overhauling and overcasting; a No. 7 needle for 40 and 60 thread gathering. When gathering or working buttonholes rub the thread over with a piece of beeswax. This will keep it from knotting and also help it to resist strain.

Dark Serge and Plaid.

A combination of dark blue serge and wool plaid makes good scheme for a new gown or a - made-over one. The underskirt and waist sure of the plaid, with sleeves, shoulder straps, tunic, and wide corselet belt of serge, adorned with tiny black velvet but| tons. ,

Cosmetic Used by African Women.

Women of the Portuguese province of Mozambique, in Africa, make a white cosmetic by grinding a certain kind of wood in water. They assert it removes wrinkles and prevents eruptive blemishes.

hem. There is no trimming on them except a little rosette of narrow satin ribbon sewed at the outside seam of each leg. A pretty design for a nightgown of either batiste or wash silk is shown at the right of the picture. Its new feature is the sleeve of elbow length terminating in a double ruffle of lace, gathered into a band of wide beading. There is a group of fine tucks at the front, and the round neck is decorated with rows of dainty insertion and heading Into which narrow satin ribbon Is run. The body and sleeves appear to be cut in one but are in reality set together with a strip of lace insertion. And a second strip is let in the body of the gown, following the curves made by joining the sleeves to the gown. It is a simple and pretty model. Those who sew at home will find these bits of new lingerie eftay to make.

JULIA BOTTOMLEY.

To Set Stencil Colors.

If you will press a hot flatiron over a pattern that has been stenciled, you win find that it win make the color fast so that it cannot be washed out when the fabric is laundered. If you have mixed too much oil with the nalnts and smeared the fabric, place a blotter over the smear and press with a. hot flatiron. The oil win have been absorbed when the blotter Is lifted so that It Is not noticeable.

GARHERED SMILES

LIKE A PERSIMMON.

Tom —An actor is a good deal like a persimmon. Bessie —-How do you make that out? Tom —He is never at his best until alter he has encountered a few hard frosts.

An Easy Mark.

’Tis a saying trite and true That pride goes before a fall; ’Tls easy quite to trip a man Who thinks he knows it all.

Specialization.

"Are you willing to work?” "Yes,” replied Plodding Pete. "But I’ve got to know what I’m expected to. do before I start.” "There’s an ax and a woodpile right In front of you.” “Dat’s fine. I’m a watchman by profession, Fur a couple of sandwiches an’ a cup of coffee I’ll sit here all afternoon an’ see dat nobody steals ’em.”

Getting Along.

“Lemme see, how old is your daughter?” "I always have to stop and think. Anyway, she must be getting on. Yesterday I heard her contemptuously refer to the youngsters at a nearby preparatory school as a parcel of little boys.”

His Talents.

"What makes yop think Dauber will succeed as a painter?” "He has the soul of an artist and the perseverance of an agent”

TOOK ADVANTAGE OF IT.

Mrs. Dixon—Why do you let your husband growl so much when you have company? Mrs. Vixon —That’s the only time he gets to gnlmble.

Alas! Too True.

Dame Fortune Is a fickle jade. That all men try to win; But prim Miss Fortune Is more staid. And ropes more of 'em In.

Why He Ate at Home.

“Hello, is that you, dear?" asked Mr. Rounder over the phone. "I called you up to tell you that I will not be at home to dinner. My friend, John Brown, is in town.** ; “I’m so glad,” replied Mrs. Rounder. “I was afraid you might be home tonight. My friend, Tom Jones, is in town. Good-by, dear."

Not True to Life.

Exe —What ridiculously impossible things these fashions are. * Mrs. Exe- —I know they used to be, but today many of them are engraved from photographs. Exe —Well, this one can’t be. Here are two womgn going in opposite directions, both with new gowns on, and neither looking back at the Other-

Sob Stuff.

Society Daddy—My son, it is the dearest wish of my heart to see you divorced and settled down before I die. Society Son—But, dad, I could hardly do that on my income, with alimony, as high as it is now.—Puck.

A Possibility.

“Suffragettes hissed congressmen who opposed them." • “Yes. Do you suppose, if they ever get the ballot, slaps op the wrist will be substituted for strong-arm methods at the polls?"

Juvenile Logic.

“Why is procrastination said to be the thief of timer’ asked the pedagogue. “ ’Cause it takes so long to say It,’* answered the bright youngster at the pedal extremity of the class.

SEEING SNAKES.

Yeast —I understood you made a bet today with your brother about a snake he saw last summer? Crimson beak—Yes, I ntd. I bet him ten dollars he couldn’t tell wbat kind of a snake it was he saw. “I don’t think that’s exactly right.” “Why not?" "Because to make a bet like that with a man who drinks as much as your brother does looks as if you were taking an undue advantage of him."

Difficult Situation.

“Do you know the number of th®' automobile that hit you?'* r "No,” answered the man who had lust recovered consciousness. “Very careless of you.” “I suppose so. But after it hit me I couldn’t see well enough to read the number. And if 1 had taken the time to run around and read the number before it hit me it wouldn’t have had a chance to hit me.”

HIS MIND RELIEVED.

Guest —Any danger of fire ih this hotel? Elevator Boy—No, sir; not unless you pay extra for it, sir.

Working Both Ways.

Oh, Science toils both day and night To put the wicked germs to flight; Then turns before this task Is done To build‘another moe ster gun.

Clever Boy.

She had shown him the family photo album, as was her custom, when he spoke up and said: “You know some people think an album is old fashioned, blit there are features I greatly admire in this one.” "And what are they?” she asked. "Yours.” He clinched her on the spot.—Columbia Jester.

The Retort Courteous.

"Ha, ha,” sneered the lawyer hi court, “you doctors are all alike. Your operations are always successful, but your patients die." “Sometimes that happens,” said the doctor calmly, "but we doctors have nothing on you lawyers. You win great victories for your clients, but you get all the money.”

A Matter of Sentiment.

“The artist who painted that picture never could have gotten such a price from you as you paid the deal6T. “Of course’not,” replied Mr. Cumrox. “I have some professional pride of my own. If somebody gets a good bargain out of me I at least want the satisfaction of knowing it was another businessman.” , 1

A Close Observer.

Wife—l’ve noticed an odd thing, John. When you go to light the gas in the next room you invariably take two matches. Huh —Yes, my dear; I long ago di* covered that if you carry one match it will go out, wtyile if you carry two it won't.

Such Cases Are Known.

“I can say this much for Cupid," remarked the sentimental man. "He doesn’t use dumdum bullets.” ( . “Perhaps-Pot,” replied the confirmed cynic, “but a dumdum bullet brings a speedy death, while a person who ia struck by one of Cupid’s darts is apt to linger on for years.”

Like All the Rest.

“By George, but this is a beautiful day!” said Squidgeley. “Makes ms feel like a billionaire.” “If that’s the case,” said Bilks, "d® you think you could lend me a dollar?” * “No, Bilks.” said Squidgeley; “no billionaire ever thinks in any such piking sums as that." —Judge.

Some Hint.

"Hello. Blank! Where are you go-, ing in such a hurry?” - • “To the post office to put up a kick about the wretched delivery service,’* “What’s the trouble?” “Why, that check you promised to send me ten days ago hasn’t reached me yet.” ‘

Measures of Value.

Knicker —Is hia word as good as hi* bond? Well If Isa m fffifiA Atit & short term note. - ' - -