Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 January 1916 — Page 2

INTERESTING ITEMS FROM THE CITIES

Semiannual House Cleaning of Lobby Squatters s*?«>' ,v .’ '.' i -• ■ , ' i NEW YORK. —They held their early -winter house cleaning at the WaldorfAstoria the other day, and a particularly good time was had by House Detective Joe Smith- Twice a year, in the late spring and’early-winter, it

Perhaps some of the patrons of the hotel observed Mr. Smith about the middle of the afternoon gently ease down the corridor that leads to the men’s safe and bar Baron Heinrich Schmidt (at least that’s what the individual calls himself) the baron through the revolving-door, giving upon Astor court. Perhaps some lookers on heard the baron’s high indignation drown the mutter and hum of taxi traffic, for the baron threatened Mr. Smith with the vengeance of the kaiser and promised personally to command the firing squad that would some day back Mr. Smith up against a wall. More than half the men who were compelled to leave have pretended to be war brokers anxious to make big deals with manufacturers stopping at the hotel. Several of them displayed papers purporting to be credentials from England or France or Russia, documents that were obviously forged. Their method was to make useful acquaintanceships lead up to the topic of how quickly large fortunes were made in these days, if one were on the inside of things, and then offer to swing a big contract for war supplies or munitions. Others of the evicted ones were just cheap grafters, loafing about fn the hope that someone would buy them a drink or a meal or lend them $5, or that Mercury, god of the thieves, would send them a victim ripe for plucking.

His Many Weapons Didn’t Daunt Chicago Robbers

CHICAGO. —When Francis Emanuel Wettberg, professional pedestrian, trudged into Chicago the other night he looked like the avatar of preparedness or the Spirit of ’76 with modern improvements, Mr. Wettberg

was jpot up similar to a shipment of munitions . for the allies. An ax and a knife bayonet were fastened to his belt, a repeating carbine was over his shoulder, and a full cartridge holder crossed his breast. The true situation could not have been apparent to three young man who stood at Chicago and Milton" avenues, for there is a sparse sprinkling of lights in that neighborhood. They probably thought Air. Wettberg, tin-

kling along through the night, was ■ . some sort of automobile, and when he got closer mistook him for a tinware peddler or a citizen with a load of Christmas presents. At all events, they led him down a side street and conducted an inventory of his "pockets. Half an hour later Mr. Wettberg fumed into the East Chicago avenue police station. ‘■Dug gun ’em,” Mr. Wettberg said, ‘‘the tricky rascals held my arms, and I couldn’t get any of my weepons. The only thing they got was the check for my -baggage from St. Paul. .They scampered out of sight before I could limber up my shootin’ vehicle.” _ The express company was notified not to give out the baggage on the check, and the police are searching for the irreverent Uneven with no respect for armament. / • - .. “I’m walking nn a bet.” said iMr. Wettberg, who is sixtj seven years old. “Two wealthy men in New York made the bet. I’m to get $5)0(10 if I make New York before the last of January. I left New January 15, 1914, and walked to San Francisco. Now I’m beating back.”

Blood Donating an Odd Profession in New York

NEW YORK—Many are the strange professions practiced in New York, but the weirdest of them all, perhaps, is the one which has become known as “blood donating.” Seven years ago it was unheard of, but now, to • ' the medical it is quit© com.--

own. When I want one I Just telephone to the physician who keeps the list. They take very good care of themselves, do these blood men.” But the field is limited, according to the physicians, and the men are assured of a monopoly, for it is not every one who makes a good “donor,” as they are called bv the doctor?. The professional considers his fluid as worth Its weight in gold. Out of 200 applicants, as an average, only one will be found with the right kind of blood; two is like a “strike’ in the Klondike and three is—well, they never find three. There are not more than <5 professional blood donors in New York. Most of them select their jobs, carefully choosing the rich patient* in preference to all others. After the transfusion is over they carefully keep track of the patient’s, convalescence, and when he is well enough to sit up d.rop in to see him in a casual way, not forgetting to display prominently their bandaged arm. “Ah,” says Mr. Richman, gratefully, “you are the fellow who saved my life. Here is a check for $500.” Such generosity is frequent, according to prominent physicians.

Philadelphia Dentist Held Negro Prisoner by Teeth

he awaited t£e arrival of the police whom he had summoned secretly over the telephone., Dr. Leon Sarjeant, a dentist, at 4519 Fairmont avenue, held a negro robbery suspect prisoner by means of a

pair of forceps gripped on the man’s molars. The negro, who gave the name of James Collins,, fifty-due years old, of Bryn Mawr, was held jn SBOO bail for a further hearing by Magistrate Boyle. He 1b suspected of having been the man who came into Doctor Sarjeant’s ofi'ce a year ago and attempted to hold hips up. When Doctor Safjeant recognized his caller he left the room, went to a telephone apd notified the pofidfe of the

Twenty-ninth district. He then re- - turned and engaged the negro in conversation. The negro , talked about a letter from a woman which had been sent him in care of the dentist. Sarjeant suspected that this was a ruse to hold his attrition, and decided to get the negro where he could hold him. Accordingly ne invited him to Bit in the chair and have“ Tis teeth examined. The negrd Qonsented, Bht became uneasy when his suspicions were aroused at the long examination, jinH attempted to jump from the chair. The dentist snatched up a pair of for< eps, gripped a molar in his mouth andfthreatened to yank it out if he did not remain still. ■ • • _ , In this manner Doctor Sarjeant held his prisoner until District Detect tvet Wootten and Seals of the Twenty-ninth diatridt anrivea and. placed hi® under arrest. : "", v

becomes necessary for George C. Boldt to remind undesirables that the Waldorf does not provide nice big leathei chairs exclusively for the comfort of persons with designs upon the cash of respectable beings; that Peacock alley is decidedly more than a clearing house for bunco artists, and that while the Waldorf is always hospitable it insists upon the privilege of choosing its company. It was all accomplished smoothly and quietly, with no scandal or uproar.

monplac’e. Since blood transfusion has come into existence men who sell their blood as an industry have- systematized and regulated their business until now many are making a profitable living. A well-known doctor, who was first to transfuse blood, said; “Certainly there are professional donors Some of them have undergone it many times. They pride themselves on their record. As to the professionals, they are feW and the field is their

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One-Piece Frock for Business Wear

Although a better combination than the well-tailored shirtwaist and the well-fitting cloth skirt, for business wear, is yet undiscovered, the onepiece frock is Just as appropriate. It is sometimes more practical than lightcolored wah&ts for wear in the smokeladen air of cities, inasmuch as it saves their constant laundering. But the business girl is not to be deprived of the beauty of crisp and cleanly white near her face, in the one-piece gown. All the models shown are either made to be worn with a collar and chemisette of sheer, washable materials, or are designed with collars that allow the introduction of turnovers of white. A good design to be worn with high collar and chemisette is pictured here. The laundering of this bit of neckwear is an easy matter, and when net is used for making it, ironing may even be dispensed with. Shirtwaists of plain or plaid silk are similarly designed and worn with cloth tailored skirts.

Distinctly a Design for the Matron

% Lightness and sparkle are featured in the fashions of the hour in 1 much of the finery employing tulle, light laces am nets embroidered with paillettes. Older women have the privilege of appropriating to themselves the handsomest laces anti richest fabrics. Besides, they may look to intricacy and beauty of design for effects more permanently fascinating than those accomplished with airy tulle and glittering spangles. A blouse of lace, illus-trated-in the picture above, portrays a combination of lpces with green satin ribbon and band embroidery. in green black and gold that is rich and effective, and distinctly a design for the mature woman. A foundation bodice is made, for this blouse, of narrow val insertions in two patterps. They are set together i» alternating rows, the edge's overcast or “whipped” together by hand. The bodice and sleeves are p-xto separately, and the sleeves, set. in. The bands of insertion are extended into a high collar bound at the top with a fold of green satin. A bupfl ofgreen satin ribbqn, five inches wide, iB set across the front of this ■oundation bodice, Just below the bust “line; terminating *t each side at the inderarm seam.

The frock in the picture is of dark blue and green plaid/ in an indistinct pattern. The waist is an easy-fitting plaited blouse, set on to a shallow yoke. The skirt is laid In plaits, also, and these are stitched down to a point below the hips but are only pressed in for the remaining length of the skirt. There is a panel down the front of the blouse, continued to the bottom of the skirt. It is prettily finished with dark pearl buttons on both the waist and skirt, which is of instep length. The small sailor collar il adorned with an inlay of dark blue silk. This reappears in the deep, plain cuffs into which the sleeves are gathered. *■ One-piece frocks, suited to the needs of the business woman, are not always made ot wool fabrics. Certain silks and crepes may be recommended for them. The addition of pretty neckwear is an advantage that should not be overlooked in adding variety and attraction to everyday apparel.

A barb lace, with deeply scalloped edges, in black, forms an applique about the top of the blouse near the neck. The motifs are chipped O’’ cut apart when necessary to accommodate the curves in the underbodice. Black Chantilly lace about eight or nine inches wide is used to form the overdrapery. ''• It is cut into four lengths, §hd two are required for each side. They are joined by the black silk-embroidered banding, with green and gold worked into the pattern. The ends of the draperies are plaited in at each side of the front and terminate near the girdle in the back, where they purge into the barb lace applique. The waist fastens up the back to the collar with small black satin-covered buttons, and above that with tiny snap fasteners. , The girdle is of black velvet ribbon, terminating at the left side in a short bow and ends.

Short coats mean short skirts —from five to seven inches is the length the designers predict for faU'rlthd Wlfl&Bf street suits. . ... ..

GOOD JOKES

- ■CHTOTNUT fcfAVES.

Gl-iddo—Cumso is a dry joker, isn’t he? They say he keeps his jokes in a humidor. Kiddo —I know he does. I smoked one of them the other night. When Friends Butt In. His friends say: "What can he sde In that awkward -maiden, slim?” Her friends say: “What a silly girl To throw away on him!" -Great Sufferer. “So you belonged to the Shut-In Bociety for many years?” *Yes, mum,” replied the tattered applicant for breakfast. “Poor man! I’ve been an invalid myself. Did you suffer much?” "Yes, mum. Dere wuznt er warden or er guard on de place dat didn’t give me er pain ever, time I looked at im.”

Jarring the Hostess. “So glad to haVe you here,” murmured the hostess, who hadn’t noticed him before. “You have certainly been the life of tho party all the evening.” “I can hardly believe that.”, “That is due to modesty. 1 ’ H "No.; it 15 due to the fact that I have but this minute arrived.” Complete Convert. “What are your views on the subject of woman suffrage?” “I’m for it.” replied Senator Sorghum. “And if women get the vote I hope they'll go a step further and take the privilege away from a lot of the men who have been misusing it” Washington Star. His Views. “Then you have no castles in America?” "Not. yet.” “You mean things are tending that way?” "Well, it seems to be sometimes that some people are trying to fy us according to the automobiles we own.” She Wasn’t Urged. “Was Miss Yowler prevailed upon to sing last night?” “No.” “Then she didn’t sing?” “Oh, yes—four or five songs.” “But you just said—” “According to one definition in the dictionary, the verb "prevail” means to urge.”

A Simple Solution. “We’ll never quarrel, will we, Henry?” “Never, dear." “All you will have to do will be to let me have my way.’ 1 “Huh! How about my way?” “That will be all right if your way happens to be my way, too/’ Getting First News. “Whafare your reasons for wanting to be appointed postmaster of your village? The pay isn’t much.” * “No,” replied Farmer Corntossel. “But 1 kind o’ thought as long as Si S’.mlin bad been gettin’ first go at our postal cards fur years, it was only fair for me an’ ma to have our turn at theirs.” Getting to a Busy Man. “It’s a mistake to call on a busy man at his office if you can possibly avoid it.” “That’s right. Go out and ring him up on the telephone. If you call and send in yoyr card, he hasn’t the slightest cariosity to know who is trying to talk to him.” As Defined. “What *s, love?” asked the very young man after the manner of his kind. “Love,” answered the man with the absent hair, “is an obsession that causes two otherwise sane young people to leate their happy homes and become flat dwellers.”

No Wonder. "Is your neighbor a man for peace?” „ > “On the contrary, I have reason to think that he believes in the mailed hand.” “What reason - fi that?” "JSe’B ,«t. Eastman,”. * ; An Injustice. Biggs —I understand that Higgins is quite a clever financier. Diggs—Nonsense! Why, I don’t believe tnat man ever beat anybody out Of a gent in hip life, .’. . " _ . ■ ;

- ,-tX. SARCASTIC. “1 wish to thank you for your great forbearance,” said the dep&rting guest. “Oh— er —don’t mention it,’’ answered the proprietor, with a slightly puzzled look. “I’m glad you’re pleased.” “Yes," continued the d. g., “considering the rapacity of the attendants in this hotel, I deem myself fortunate in not'being Tockod in my room and held for ransom.” A Perfectly Good Husband. Two small boys belonging to the divorce, colony in (.Reno, Nev., met on the street one day. Billy's mamma, a divorcee, had just married the exhusband of another divorcee. "So you’ve feot a new papa, Billy,” remarked Harry. “Yes,” rejoiced Billy. “Mamma found a perfectly good husband that some other lady threw away.”—Judge. Avoiding Trouble. “This scientist claims that oysters have emotions and that these same emotions affect those who eat oysters. To eat an oyster when the bivalve is angry, for instance, would Be apt to make you ill. A lonely oyster Is apt to affect your digestion.” "A lonely oyster, eh? I’ll be careful hereafter when I order a stew.” NO DOUBT.

“Reggy’s wife has sued him tor a divorce.” “Will she marry again or go back to the stage?” “Yes.” Degrees. Tlie way some fellows (Just a few), For a degree, at college, sweat, * Heads one to think they’re working foe Temperature, instead, you bet. Getting Even. “DUbwaite exasperates me.” “What’s wrong with Dubwaite?” “You know his mania for telling old Jokes?” “Oh, yes.” “When I don’t laugh he acts as if he thought they were over my head.” . Fiction. Editor (to contributor) —Why don’t you make your story true to life? Contrib. —What’s the matter with it? Ed. —What’s the matter with it? Why, here you say that “there was the sound of a shot, and immediately this street swarmed with policemen.” —Judge. “ . How to Make It Pay. “Is this a problem play?” “Yes, but you can’t see the problem.” i “Why not?" “The manager is wrestling with it in the box office.” NO DOUBT ABOUT IT\

“Are you sure your chauffeur can be trusted?” “Yes, sir. .We belong to the same college fraternity/’ -r? - . . Safety In'Stiidy. New laws should play a helpful part As valiantly they make ’em. The matt who learns ’em all by heart Will have ho time to break ’em. I"*J —— —— Profiting by the Advice. “ ’Neither a borrower nor a lender be,’ ” he quoted. “Shakespeare abounds in sapient sayings.” "He does so.” 1, "And he gives excellent advice, too. I love to read it. I wonder where i could borrow a copy.” ’ .'• : Cause tor Action. Hyker—l understand Newpop is suing his wife for divorce. /. Pyker—Because, why? Hyker—Because she insists Off naming the baby after her first husband.