Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 104, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 May 1915 — Page 3

INTERESTING ITEM FROM THE CITIES

"Virginia Olive Oil” That Roused Dry Tennessee NASHVILLE. TENN.—That bromide expression of earnestness and satisfaction, “Ah! That’s good whisky; it tastes so rich and oily;” not unusual when heard in publie places when liquor is dispensed in wet states, nc

that had in some mysterious way sprung a leak. Applying his nose to the hole in the can, he became solemnly impressed with the fact that, instead of containing “pure olive oil,” the contents were made up Wholly of brandy. The inspector brought the can to Nash Ville and turned it over to District Attorney Lee Douglas. * The can reached the town through the medium of the parcel post, and was branded “Virginia Olive Oil, Made From Selected Olives," and guaranteed under the pure food act. Just how long the manufacturer has been doing an “olive oil” business in this state is, of course, not known, but it is positively knpwn that there was no oil in this particular can. Neither Is it known as a matter beyond proof that the brandy is “oily,” for none of the officials In the federal building was willing to sample the stuff, though all of them expressed a desire to take a sniff at the bunghole just to satisfy themselves that the contents had the same old smell that it used to have before state-wide prohibition went into effect. According to their combined testimony, there was no reason to doubt it, and it was unhesitatingly pronounced brandy, or whisky with a brandy odor.

Artists of New York to Have Palatial Quarters

NEW YORK. —Studios and living quarters more luxurious than ever artist in his most inspired moments dared dream of many perhaps become a reality. In West Sixty-seventh street, between Central Park West and

Columbus avenue, New York’s principal art colony, another co-operative building is planned by a group of artists and writers, of which Penrhyn Stanlaws is the leader. The prospectus of what the structure will be reads like a page from the “Arabian Nights.” For instance, there will be no preparation of meals to worry about A central kitchen will be installed, with dumb waiter connections to each studio.

There will be no servant problem in the new abode of genius, either. A staff of maids Is to be maintained, who know how to clean a studio without deliberately removing the artistic atmosphere by tidying It And the iceboxes! Each one is to be fitted with an electric apparatus for making ice on the premises, in cubes small enough to fit the daintiest high-ball glass if desired. The conglomeration of wonders, to be known as the Hotel des Artistes, will be 17 stories in height, of Gothic architecture. Penrhyn Stanlaws calls it a combination studio building, hotel and apartment house, with the advantages of all three types. Authors are to have the south front, where the sunshine may stream in to brighten the pages of best sellers in the process of evolution. The opposite side where the even north light will penetrate the studios, will be given over’to the painters. Altogether there will be about one hundred duplex studio apartments, small and large, but each is to have an 18-foot ceiling and a mezzanine floor with

Sad Face of Lad in Chicago Is His Fortune

CHICAGO.— A moment before the Maxwell street court had bussed with appreciative laughter as Judge Cavelry impatiently and artistically disjjosed of a low comedy case. Of a sudden there was a swift psychic change in the atmosphere of the courtroom.

met this man who now stands at my side as my codefendant. He said his name was Frank Schaefer. In response to a question I informed him I had come here to look for work. “‘Work?’ said he. ‘My boy, you need not work. Your face is your fortune. It is the saddest face in the world. Have you neter noticed that people are sad and gloonfy when you are about?’ “So I went with Schaefer. He bought some packages of court plaster and sent me through an office building. The packages had cost less than a ■dime a dozen. I had no difficulty in disposing of them at ten cents each. I did not even have to speak. When I entered an office and held out my wares it was enough.’’ * The boy with the saddest face in the world shook his head and folded his arms. His chin fell upon his chest. He did not lift his head when he heard the judge discharging him and fining Schaefer >IOO.

Syracuse Man Discovers That Food Is Needless

SYRACUSE, N. T.—“Fbod is a thought,” says Burwell Ronayne, “and eating is merely a habit. Break yourself of the habit by putting your system in tune with your Creator, and you’ll find it quite possible to subsist on a diet

of pure air and fresh water.” Mr. Ronayne, as thin as the proverbial rail, but with an intellect sharpened by 19 days of fasting, explained his ■theory for putting the food trust- out ■of business and solving the problem of the high cost of living. During the 19 days he partook of :the following meals: Breakfast—Seven glasses of wa-. ter and seven electrical, or intellectual, breaths. Luncheon—Three glasses of water

and three azothel, or cleansing, breaths. Dinner—Five. glasses of water and five magnetic breaths. . "I worked hard and never felt so well in my life," he explained. O 1 course, I lost 28 pounds, but ®Y physical condition wasn’t good. I certainly belfe™ that I will be able to go to a much longer period soon, and within seven years, if I succeed in attuning my system with that of my Creator, 1 will be able to subsist on air and water, or possibly air alone. “First, we must live a wholesome life for about seven years,” said Ronayne. Then we must know just how to breathe so as to obtain the proper ethers. “Now, in the morning I take seven intellectual breaths, but I must be careful not to take too much. The. air is fun of electricity, and if I charge my system too strongly it may cause trouble.” .

doubt is heard in dry Tennessee now —in private, of course —judging from a recent and oily discovery. Somebody, somewhere, is shipping intoxicating liquors into Tennessee in half-gallon packages labeled “pure olive oil.” While a post office inspector was looking things over in the post office of a town near Nashville, his olfactories were assailed by the odor of brandy, and, further prosecuting his examination, he discovered a tin can

Two new defendants had been brought before the bench. One of them —the one wfto had checked the merriment —was a little young-old man in whose forlorn face the sorrows of the ages seemed written. “What is your trouble —my friend?” asked Judge Caverly. “My name is Delma Guerin, judge, and my story is short,” answered the defendant. * “A month ago I came to Chicago. In the terminal station I

THE EVENING REPUBLICAN, RENSSELAER, IND.

Practical Model for the Schoolgirl

Cotton fabricd are wonderfully diversified in weave and coloring this year. Any sort of fabric, from the sheerest laces to those resembling corduroy in surface and weight, may be had in cotton, and therefore its usefulness Is increased. But the standard weaves are unaffected by the new ones, so far, when it comes to quantities used. Ginghams, Chambrays, dimities and lawns make up the bulk of wearing apparel for children. Ginghams and chambrays, in everyday wear for children, deserve all their popularity. The ever-present plaids and stripes have been most tastefully wrought out. They seem to have lent some inspiration to those who design dresses for the schoolgirl. The plain colors are liked for little girls and boys alike, and many combinations are notably good in which plain colors are used to decorate the plaids or stripes, or this is reversed and the body of the garment is of the plain fabric with the trimming of the figured. In the striped patterns the management of the stripes is cleverly contrived to make trimming effects, so that the garment is all of one kind of goods.

New Bits of Headwear'for Little Miss

Sometimes the little miss is bonneted before Easter arrives and sometimes she takes her turn after the .more insistent older girls have settled the all-important matter of new spring millinery. Usually she is prepared to meet the arrival of May day in a newly acquired bit of headwear in which she takes a most whole-hearted delight. It is safe to say that there never was a spring in which so much thought has been given to children’s hats as in this particular season. The variety in shapes is about unlimited, but the pub He has shown a decided preference for those with round crowns and narrow drooping brims, of which three good examples are given here. At' the right is a hat of chiffon and tuscan straw which is childish in design and good looking. It has the additional merit of very moderate price to recommend it. For trimming, a wreath of silk conventional roses, in a light tint of pink, is set close to the croyu. A. bow of wired rjbbon is

A very excellent model in striped gingham, trimmed with a plain color, is shown in the - dress for the little miss, which appears here. It is a twopiece frock, very plain and easy to launder. The long-walsted bodice fastens down the front under a plait made of the gingham with stripes running crosswise. The skirt is laid in a shallow double box plait at the front and back and hemmed with a four-inch hem.

The sleeves are three-quarter length, finished with turnback cuffs of plain chambray. This is decorated with a narrow flat braid in white. There is a small sailor collar to match and a narrow band at each side of the waist of the plain chambray. Instead of a girdle there is a set-on piece of the chambray cut in two points at the front and straight across the back. This is furnished with two very practical little pockets. The dress fastens with small buttons and buttonholes set on under the front plait. But flat pearl buttons, in groups of three, make the neatest of finishing touches, placed on the front of the plait.

perched 'at the left side in the same color as the flowers. In the center a pretty little ehlp hat is shown, the pressed shape showing a helmet crown and prettily curved brim. This is made in light brown king’s blue and other colors rather deeper than usual in hats for little people. It is trimmed with a scant wreath of grasses, occasional wild flowers and berries and finished with broad ties of ribbon. Very much like models made for larger girls, the bell-shaped hat at the left is adapted to the little miss by its odd and childish trimming. It is a pure white chip trimmed , with narrow faille ribbon in black. A single strip of ribbon extends across the crown from front to back. At the edge of the back brim it falls in two loops and two long ends that reach to the waist line. Four small clusters of red cherries, set in their leaves, are placed about the crown.

JULIA BOTTOMLEY.

GATHERED SMILES

MONEY TO BURN. “Economy has Its pains as well as Its pleasures,” says a Washington preacher, “if the experience of an old darky of my acquaintance in Virginia counts for anything. “One spring, for some reason, old Mose was going round town with the face of dissatisfaction. When questioned, he poured forth a voluble tale of woe in these terms: “ ‘Marse Tom, he come to me last tell an’ he say, “Mose, dey’s gwine to be a hard winter, so you be keerful, an’ save yo’ wages fast an' tight” “‘An’ I believe Marse Tom, yassuh. I believe him, an’ I save, an’ save, an’ when de winter come it ain’t got no hardships, an’ dere I was wid all dat money just thrown on my hands!”*

Care Free.

“You seem to be enjoying this banquet" “Yes; I am." “I saw you at several affairs In November and December and you wore an apprehensive look.” “It’s this way. I’m trying to stretch my overcoat through tljls winter. But winter is coming to a close and I don’t care much if the old coat is stolen now.”

An Early Publicity Artist

“Where’s your lantern?” “I don’t peed it any more,” replied Diogenes. “Aren’t you looking for an honest man?" • "No. I’ve got all the advertising I need out of that idea. I’m going ahead now and prepare my lecture.”

Stimulating Interest.

The Rector—Don’t you think you could interest your woman’s club in the Bible? Mrs. Wayupp (absently)—l’ve tried, rector, but it’s no use. It would help wonderfully, though, if you could get the author to come here and give a few readings— Puck.

THE DIFFERENCE.

"In the winter 1 go out to play poker and my wife stays home' for bridge."

"And tn the summer you stay home for poker and your wife goes away for bridge."

Extreme Compliment.

Has baby an angelic smile? The family shout. "Well, rather!" And then they shout in solemn style, "It looks just like its father."

Saving Hobo.

"HI give you something to eat if you’ll chop wood for ft.” "Yes lady; only it will be cheaper to feed me in advance. Choppin’ wood gives me a terrible appetite.”

Lurid Scene.

“Her father said she was playing too much bridge and threw her cards into the fire.” “What did she do?’

"What could she do? The girl stood by the burning deck.” Louisville Courier-Journal.

His Fate.

"Dubsworth seems to be the sort of man who likes to hear himself talk!"

“Quite so. And I seas that his whole life long, in that particular at least, he will be hopelessly in the minority."

An Irreverence.

Our legislature passed some laws Unthought of by our dads; A lot of ’em’« N. G. because • They’re nothin* only fads.

Too Old to Learn.

"Sweet are the uses of adversity," quoted the confirmed quoter. "I believe it," retorted the dissatisfied one, “but somehow or other I don’t seem to be able to cultivate a taste for it."

More Than That.

"I do not claim to be perfect, my dear,” said Mr. Taukaway. “I will admit I have my peccadilloes.” “Peck!” snorted his aggrieved spouse. “Peck! You’ve got a bushel of ’em." I . ■ j- .J- ;• '■_Ar •

Literally So.

“When they called Connecticut the Nutmeg state—’’ “Wen, what of itr . --4 “Oh, nothing; I was only going to say tt must have been a grate occasion."

As Modified.

The usual crowd of loafers were seated around the stove in the village grocery. "Tell you what,” began one of the bewhiskered bunch, "I never lied to my wife in my life —’’ At this point be was interrupted by a unanimous laugh that was loud and long. ” —that 1 didn’t get caught at It," continued the speaker after the laughter had subsided. Whereupon silence reigned supreme for nearly twenty-three seconds.

THE REASON.

He —What made the bridesmaids look so happy? She —They had each refused the bridegroom. .

Preference In Fowl.

The Dove of .Peace for praise Doth vainly beg. We crave the goose that lays The golden egg.

Harking Back.

“Would you convict a man on Circumstantial evidence?” "No I wouldn’t, although when I was a small boy I was frequently convicted on that sort of evidence." “You mean?” “Wet hair —swimming pool—hickcry limb.”

Not Enough Cards, Maybe.

"Will nothing improve my game?" asked the impossible bridge player, in despairing tones. "Nothing, I fear," answered her teacher. "You think I have my limitations, then?” , “Yes,” answered the diplomatic teacher, "but I’m sure that’s because a deck of cards also has its limitations.” «

The Real Thing.

“You talk about neutrality among nations. Bah!” "Why the scornful attitude?” "You haven’t seen any real neutrality until you see the way a married man acts when his wife and her mother are having a quarreL"

Exasperating.

“The phrase 'He hates himself” is intended for sarcasm when applied to an egotist, I believe.” “Quite right, but it’s the unvarnished truth When applied to a man who starts to ten a funny story and forgets how lb ends.”

A Trade Mixture.

"There is one very unbusinesslike trait about persons who love to retail gossip.” “What is that?” “They generally do it wholesale."

A TOILET SECRET.

Harold —Put your head on my shoulder and let me lean my head on your pompadour. It’s such a lovely pompadour. Beatrice—All right, but be Just a little careful. There’s a wire mattress in IL but I’m not quite sure how strong it is.'

Bearing Up Well.

"Just think! The Gadleys are compelled to go West this year instead of touring Europe, as their custom is.” "Going to see something of their own country at last, eh?” “Yes, that’s IL But they’re cheerful enough. They have decided to call II a pleasure trip?

Not Unusual.

“Dubkins tells me that his brain is not working weU today.” “1 don’t see any cause for remark, when a man’s condition is normal. j. *