Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 263, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 November 1915 — IN THE CITIES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

IN THE CITIES

Lady Nicotine, of Chicago Wins an Oklahoman

CHICAGO. — **A woman is only a woman,” quoted EM ward A. Kaselle of Tulsa, Okla., from Kipling, “but a good cigar Is a smoke.” “That being the case,” replied his friend, Clifford Outhouse of the auditing staff of the

Hotel Sherman, “come on down and I’ll buy you a good one." Of course he meant a cigar. So the twain descended to the cigar stand, which was presided over by a blonde Lady Nicotine, whose real name is Mayme Hoskins. “What’ll you have?” queried Outhouse. But the mind of Kaselle had strayed from Havana to Arcadia at sight of Miss Hoskins. He mopped his fevered brow with the quarter

cigar Outhouse had purchased for him and essayed to smoke his handkerchief. Every day after that he earned the respect and admiration of “Front” and his brethren by the princely manner in which he purchased cigars and cigarettes. Finally Mr. Kaselle told of his affection and promised faithfully if she would say “yes” he would keep the smoke out of the curtains. And Miss Hoskins could not gainsay her cavalier. But, alas, the money he had spent in the purchase of cigars and cigarettes since he began his suit had eaten up all his available cash. So Young Lochinvar, who had come out of the West like the original, had to go back to recuperate his broken fortunes. For several months he toiled and spun and smoked “three-fer” stogies. Then fortune smiled on him and he struck oil on an Oklahoma farm. The other day Miss Hoskins received the following telegram: “Come to Tulsa right away. Bring a box of my favorite cigars. Well get married right away.”