Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 254, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 October 1915 — Page 2

Tales of GOTHAM andother cITIES

Philadelphia Ghost Has Fondness for Jewels PHILADELPHIA.— An old, ivy-covered mansion in Philadelphia, which for years has borne the reputation of being haunted, has once more come to the front as the council chamber for wanderers from the realm of spirits. Miss H. Maybard White, an artist,

••han’t” robbed Miss White of fI,OOO in Jewels. Miss Barry Insists she heard the ghost walk, heard the swish of its garments. With chattering teeth, she fell limp in a chair. A few minutes later the noises died away. When Miss White arrived she made search and found that her jewels were missing. Miss Barry Is confident the noises she heard were not those of a human being. Four times Miss White has been robbed and each time her heirlooms and Jewelry seemed to attract the eye of the burglar, whether he be a “spook,” as supposed, or a masked human robber. Years ago an unhappy girl, a bride of but a few months, shot herself as she sat in the spacious dining room of this house. She had been a “sacrifice upon the altar of love.” Her parents had forced her into a loveless marriage with a rich man aqd she sought death for freedom. Now, the story goes. Just as the last stroke of twelve booms across a sleeping city, a tall, stately figure clothed In white, exhaling an icy breath, appears In the dining room.

Why New York City Has So Many Wealthy Waiters

NEW YORK.—This city is the greatest dining-out place In the world. Every diner has his favorite place to go, and above all, his favorite waiter. To the regular patron this model Bervitor Is the paragons of aU the virtues of

walterdom. He knows what you like and how you like it and recommends some special dish to your jaded palate In such a confidential way that you can almost taste it before it’s served. And while you are eating, this softvoiced, clever-smiling servitor is always sympathetic when you tell him any of your troubles. He laughs at your jokes, pets and pampers you. He is always right at your elbow to attend to the hundred little things

you may need. “The best dinner in the world,” the diner will tell the waiter when through. He has lost his grouch and is ready to look at the world with a smile. The waiter knows the trick of reaching a man through his stomach. That is why you hear of so many rich waiters. All these favorite bill of fare jugglers have salted their little roll and every one of the well-known restaurants have from half a dozen to a dozen thrifty waiters who own choice real estate. Apropos of this an interesting story is told that happened at Delmonico’s. Seven or eight financiers were dining there. During the course of the dinner the host told his friends about the difficulty he had experienced in securing a vacant lot which Joined his house on one of the side streets off Central Park east “I don’t know who owns it,” he went on, “but I’ve offered the real estate broker $55,000 for it.” “Beg pardon,' whispered the old gray-haired waiter who had been serving them; "beg pardon, but I own the lot you refer to. My broker never told me about any such offer, and if I can see you tomorrow I guess we can come to some agreement”

Des Moines Experimenting With a Housing Plan

DES MOINES. —A practical demonstration to prove that individual apartments with modern plumbing, sanitary conveniences and absolute privacy for each family can be built to rent for from $8 to $12.60 per month and yet

feature of the property is the provision for the children. About 8,000 square feet of ground in the center of the block will be used for & playground. The rent collectors are trained social workers and will volunteer to start the playground activities. - The investment will reach nearly $60,000, which is represented by capital stock and a mortgage which pays 4.4 per cent a year. The investment will yield a gross income of 10.9 per cent per year to the association, and a net income, after deducting taxes, insurance, water rents, cost of collection of rents, social work, depreciation, etc., of 5.7 per cent. The Des Moines venture is a test case to prove that the unsanitary and bad housing conditions which prevail for the low-salaried workingman are criminally unnecessary. It is Voicing an unanswerable protest against the crowded tenement, the dilapidated and unsanitary house which is virtually the only kind offered to the man who must pay less than sls a month rental. The association now owns or manages 353 dwellings, housing 2,500 people, has never failed to pay 4 per cent a year to its stockholders.

Nothing Under Father Knickerbocker’s New Dome

NEW YORK. —If somebody said to Father Knickerbocker: “There’s nothing under your dome," it wouldn’t be slang and it wouldn’t be a lie. It would be the truth. This big and foolish city recently spent $16,000,000 on

a 40-story municipal building. It cost about twice as much per cubic foot as the handsomest private skyscrapers. Long after it was started, work on the higher Woolworth building was begun; and long before it was anywhere near completed, the Woolworth building was humming and bussing with busy clerks and stenographers, bank presidents and lawyers. Moreover, the municipal building isn’t completed yet and apparently never will be. The upper 15 stories

are an utter waste, abandoned to bats, rats and stray felines. Father Knick, indeed, has nothing under his Wg, ugly dome with the gilt angel at the top. Be can’t find the $5f,000 to $90,000 it would cost to put this 15-story trifle in order. , , .. With the budget up to $212,000,000 no place can be found for this item, although there are several municipal offices in private buildings in the neighborhood, for which the city is paying good rentals. The 15 stories form the tower above the larger main structure. They ■were originally intended for the standard testing laboratory of the city. But the intelligent gentlemen who located the laboratory here forgot the well* known fact all high buildings vibrate and sway. The teeters, when shown their assigned quarters, simply laughed and asked for the cellar. They couldn't have the cellar because the hew subway was running

who has lived there Just to show that she does not believe in ghosts, has never been able to keep colored help because they said they saw night prowlers gliding silently across shining floors. Persons whom she had there as guests have quickly gone home after hearing strange noises like the slow tramp of hundreds of persons and the wail of a child. Her latest guest Miss Netty Barry, deserted the mansion when an unprincipled

yield a reasonable profit to the builder is being made here. The Octavia Hill association, which has already won renown in solving housing problems, has worked out the plan to the smallest detail and is building the model houses. Forty-five families will be provided for in the first block now under construction. The houses, which are of red brick, are simply finished, with sufficient trimming to keep them from being severely plain. One important

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Outfitting the Youth for Winter

It is not difficult to dress the young lad correctly, for in his case, as in that of men, a few good styles are given the stamp of approval early in the season and dutifully followed until its close. Men are less independent in dress than women, and the boy also wants to be dressed like his mates. His desires having been fulfilled in this regard he is unconscious of his clothes once they are acquired. A sensible outfit for the schoolboy from eight to sixteen is shown in the picture above. It consists of knickerbockers in gray or brown mixture dfid a Norfolk coat. These are worn with a so ft percale blouse with soft turnover collar and cuffs and an inconspicuous four-in-hand tie. The short topcoat is made of a heavy woolen material showing an indistinct plaid. It is double-breasted and finished with large flap pockets, very substantial and firmly sewed down. A woolen cap, strong ribbed stockings and calfskin laced shoes carry out the appropriate details of the outfit. For school, woolen gloves or those of dogskin are in keeping with the coat and cap. For formal dress a lad from ten to

Featuring Novel Ideas in Trimming

It is true that a hat of almost any Bhape may be found among the newly arrived fall millinery and worn with entire confidence as to its good style. For hats are of all sizes and shapes, and the mode demands only that each one be good to look at, not that it shall be similar to others. There are a few novelties in shapes that have made themselves prominent like the Puritan, and adaptations from it—the Puritan sailor, for instance. There are high-crowned sailors, of any desired width of brim, and many wide-brimmed hats. But one may choose a small, close-fitting turban, a tricorne or a quadrangular shape, or depend upon irregular lines and eccentricities of brim for effect Three attractive and conservative hats are pictured in the group above. They demonstrate the diversity in size and shape that one may choose from. The picturesque hat at the top is one of many wide-brimmed hats. It has a flexible brim, very becoming to youthful wearers, and depends for novelty on its trimming of heavy woolen yarns. A spray of leaves made

seventeen wears a black Tuxedo of soft finished worsted. The lapels of the jacket are faced with grosgrain silk, and the straight trousers are knee length. Buttons are small and cloth covered. With this suit a soft silk blouse and Eton collar are worn and a black four-in-hand tie. The vest is of white pique, cut high. For the most formal of occasions, when fiill dress is required, a vest of white corded silk or of a creped silk may be used. In all cases the vest fastens with small pearl buttons. Fine ribbed stockings and patent leather pumps complete the youth’s full dress. The topcoat is of dark oxford or dark blue cut knee length.

Save the Edges.

One woman’s unfortunate experience will prove of help to thousands of her sisters, for she passes along the following information: To prevent the edges of an afghan from wearing, and in time raveling, feew inch-wide ribbon all around the corner. Let the color of the ribbon match the most prominent color in the afghan. When the ribbon becomes soiled it can be very easily replaced.

of yarn is embroidered on the side crown and brim, and the brim-edge is bound with a strip of woven angora. An exquisite hat at the left of the group is made of silk laid over a familiar sailor shape. It is a brocade with flower motifs in silver and gold threads. As in fie big velvet hat, a concession to the demand of the season for simplicity in trimming is evidenced in this band of black velvet ribbon about the crown. It is finished with two loops and two hanging ends at the back, with the velvet cleverly shirred into ball ornaments to weight the ends. This is a shape that is worn by maid or matron, with the management of the trimming adapting it to the age of the wearer. The same thing is true of the turban at the right It has a soft crown of velvet and a coronet covered with a band of novel embroidery, made of silk and little sequins. For trimming, a tall ear of velvet springs from a small circle of ostrich fibers, and is mounted on the crown at the right side toward the back of the shape.

JULIA BOTTOMLEY.

Gathered Smiles

BU3INEBB EFFICIENCY. "Young man," said the village merchant, "you can’t unload any of your substitute stuff on yours truly,/ I know what I want." "But, my dear sir,” calmly replied the knight of the sample case, "I’m afraid you are not wise to the advantages of our educational campaign. We are spending half a million annually for the purpose of teaching the public to buy what we have to sell."

Those Wooden Shoes.

Bacon —I understand France makes pnd wears 4,000,000 pairs of wooden shoes every year. Egbert—When they see a man going down street carrying a pair of wooden shoes in his hands, 1 suppose it is hard to tell if he’s going to the doctor to have a splinter taken out of bis foot, or to the carpenter’s to have ’em halfsoled."

PEEP AT ROYALTY.

“Did you ever gaze on royalty?” “Just once. It cost me $3.75 and the chap who held it drew two cards, too.”

Alas.

Fate plays on mortals divers tricks And keeps'them always guessing. A chap a “good housekeeper” picks And finds her forte is dressing.

An Amateur.

Polly—He doesn’t know anything about the little niceties of paying attention to a girl. Dolly—Why, 1 saw him tying your shoestring! Polly—Yes; but he tied it in a double knot so it couldn’t come untied again.—Judge.

Present Chances.

“That fellow who butted into me as I was trying tp get Miss Mamie to dance with me 1b a subordinate officer in the Marine corps.”’ “Then why didn’t you return the butting by the proper maneuver?**“What was that?” “Ramming the sub marine.”

Charge Explained.

Judge—What’s your charge against the prisoner? Complainant—Burglary. He stole $5 from me at the station. Judge—But for burglary there must be a breaking. Complainant—Well, your honor, when he took the five he broke me.

Kept Busy.

Miss Yellowleaf —I frankly admit I am looking for a husband. Mrs. Guzzler —So am I. Miss Yellowleaf —But I thought you had one. Mrs. Guzzler —So I have, and I spend most of my time looking for him. —Judge.

ANOTHER GRAFT NIPPED.

“Well, how are things coming Jocko?” “Bad! I use ter be able to knock down a cent or two and send something over to my folks in Africa, out it’s all off now —since the boss put this cash register on the organ.”

Versatility.

“The pretty trained nurse 1 engaged made my little boy cough up a brass tack.” “She can do even more. She made a young doctor at the hospital she’s engaged to cough up a diamond ring.”

In Jail.

Lady Philanthropist—l am sure want, not crime, brought you here. Were you not pinched *by poverty, my poor man? Convict —No’m; I was pinched by a cop.

Selecting a Vest.

"Haven’t you any larger checks?" “No,” said the tailor, "these are the largest I have." “I fear you have not a very extensive line of cloth.” “These are about as large as check* come in cloth. I might possibly make you up a vest out of lineoleum."

Wonders of Nature.

“Nature provides,” declared the editor of the Plunkville Palladium. “What’s on your mind?” “The horses used to eat the grass that grew in our streets. When automobiles came we thought the grass would get the best of ufi, but the gasoline drippings kill It off.”

Living In Hope.

“There is nothing annoys me more than family arguments," said Mr. Boblings. “But how on earth can you avoid them?” asked Mr. Blabswaite. “I can’t avoid them on earth,” replied Mr. Boblings. “That’s why » cling to the hope of a hereafter."

Their Name Is Legion.

Little Lemuel —Say, paw, what are the three graces? Paw^—Faith, Hope and Charity, son. Little Lemuel —And what are the disgraces, paw? Paw —Oh, they are too numerous to mention.

A Sharp Fellow.

The weather man’s a crafty one. And though we seldom heed him. He works on such a clever plan. He makes ns think we need him.

Inefficient Efficiency.

"Dismiss that new efficiency expert," thundered the corporation president. “Why?" queried the managing director. “He’s insisting that we save money by not having wrecks rather than on the wages of switchmen."

Very True.

“There is one thing you cannot deny that is crooked about the medical profession.* "And what might that be?” “When it comes to a skin game you doctors are grafters.”

WHAT ELSE.

Reginald Pierpont Darling—Er-ah* bahtendah, what have you in cawktipped cigawettes? “The Red Dog" Bartender—Terbaocer, y’ tenderfoot chump, you, terbaccer!

Might Take the House.

“How do you like built-in furai* ture?” “First rate. In fact, it has one great advantage.”. “And what is that?” “Installment men can’t come and move it out.”

Had a Substitute.

Mr. Mushmouth —Why ain’t yo’ all workin’, Mistah Flatfoot? I Mr. Flatfoot —Workin’! What yo* all s’pose Ah done got married to’, las* week—huh?

You Bet Paw Knew.

Little Lemuel —Say, paw, what is a stag party? Paw —A stag party, son, is one to which the little dears are not admit* ted.

Not Paying.

“When the doctor had relieved uer pain she thanked him with her eyes.’* “Well, I shouldn’t care for that kind of an eye-deaL”

Interested Affection.

Some mercenary folk draw near And gayly pause to warble thus: "We deeply love our land so dear Because It’s lucrative to us.”

According to the Cards.

Bhe (at the wedding)—The bride looks like a queen. He —Yes; and the bridegroom looks like the deuce.

Underwear for Father.

“No. that ain’t loud enough. I want the loudest underwear ever made!” “What for, no one ever sees it” **i want it so loud that I’ll be able to find It mornings when It’s got my wife's and all the children's clothes piled on top of it.”

Any Old Excuse.

mi/ V/»W “We’re having ji great boom in the sale of suburban property In Chicago,” said the man from the West. “I see,” replied the New Yorker; "anything to set out of Chicago.”