Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 January 1916 — Page 2

INTERESTING ITEMS FROM THE CITIES

Devil Brings Better Price Than G. Washington NF’V YORK.—Every man has his price. George Washington’s was $9, Which included his father, too, while a mere policeman cost sl7 when these worthies and many more, in wax, were=auctioned in the Eden Musee.

not be purchased for $25,000. Yet the whole creepy collection, which has thrilled more Keokuk and Kaskaskia spines than any other work of art, went for SSO. u “Lot 45, General Funston entering Vera Cruz, eight flags and scenery, was bid up to S4O. General Funston, it may be remembered, while, not as tall as Washington, is much bigger around/ Besides, he was riding a particularly fine horse. Lefty Louis and Gyp the Blood, Dago Frank and Whitey Lewis, once a fairly high-priced quartet, were bought for S4O, which was enough in itself to mark the passing/bf the good old days. Siberian exiles are in slack demand. Seventeen of them went for S4O. Five pursuing wolves brought $2 each. Another shrewd bargainer bid in a "Drunken Woman” for $5. He has no intention of reforming her, he said. The spirited “Attack on a Counterfeiters’ Den” is all out of date. Probably $27.50 was all it was worth. But it does seem as if the “Lion Attacking a Moving Picture Operator” might have fetched more than $lB. A pretty penny could be turned by setting up this gruesome group in a hall and letting theatrical managers and “legitimate” actors gloat over it at, say, $1 per gloat.

Oyster Bay Has “Spook” That Shoots and Smokes

OYSTER BAY, L.J. —A woman “spook,” who dresses all in black, smokes cigars and shoots a revolver, has Oyster Bay, L. L, in-the grip of a bad, scare. She appears only after nightfall and is credited with chasing children

co their homes, following unescorted women and men, and disappearing, seemingly into thin air, wheh pursued by a posse of 100 men and the village police force, Constable John Thompson. The woman of mystery has been busy and women and children are afraid to venture out of their homes. Children playing in the woods that skirt Northwood, the country home of Mortimer L Schiff, were first chased by the "spook.” Their stories

were laughed at until Tearl Corey of Baylis Hill, an abstemious carpenter, ran in terror when he saw the woman, attired in deep black and with a cigar sticking out of her mouth at a rakish angle, walking toward him. As he ran he says he heard a hoarse laugh and the sound of a revolver shot and a bullet whistled near his head. His sister-in-law, Mrs. Victor L. Corey, whose husband is also a carpenter, saw the woman, and she says many others have been terrorized. A posse was formed. Armed with clubs and sticks it patrolled the roads in the neighborhood of Berry hill, which is the favorite haunt of the “spook.” Half the posse, it is said, remembered pressing engagements elsewhere when three revolver shots resounded from the depths of the woods, each accompanied by a hair-raising laugh. One theory is that the “spook” is an escaped male lunatic. Others believe it is simply a practical joker.

Chinese Colony of Atlanta Is Sorely Puzzled

ATLANTA, GA. —Half a hundred members of the Atlanta Chinese colony, having extricated themselves three years ago from a predicament, now find themselves in a dilemma. When Dr. Sun Yat Sen took the helm 'as

tirely new aspect, and a number of Chinamen joined the churches and offered up their supplications in the regular American way. They even quit the Chinese ceremonial at Chinese funerals. It was customary for a leader to sit on the hearse and throw small bits of paper into the wind. These papers had holes in them, and the Chinese believed that evil spirits must wriggle through each hole before they could reach the body. Ere the last piece had been tossed to windward the corpse was laid safely away, In other words, these changes from ancient custom came with the republican form of government in China and Dr. Sun Yat Sen; and, now that Yuan Shi Kai has made the republic look like a last year’s bird nest, Atlanta Chinamen want to know if there is any obligation to return to Confucianism, joss gods and queues. , _■ -, ♦ _ « The answer must be recorded in the negatlve, as far as the rank and file are concerned, for a more unpopular official than Yuan, ’tis said, never PTieted One of the worst charges Yuan faced from this side of the globe was that he ate his chow mien out of a golden bowl, and his chop suey sticks were of the glittering metal. He also shut himself up Jin the royal palace and refused to receive callers, which did not look to most of the laymen Chinese like a very democratic thing to do.

Horse Car Still Traverses New York’s Streets

ajEW YORK. —The obsequies of the horse car have not yet been sung in IM this city. They are still in use on several busy thoroughfares and the sight of them permits the stranger from Squeedunk to be anpoymgly face-

tious, despite the fact that his city relation has repeatedly informed him that th fa fg a progressive town. Somberly and sadly these horse cars thread their resigned way through Chambers street, in the downtown section. The car Itself, with its dusty windows, its fading colors, its obsolete lettering, and its front platform thrtw nr four feet lower or higher than the rear, is certainly a novel sight. "Everybody is kicking about how glow these bld cars are,’’ said the «

driver as he flicked his whip upon the backs of his unfeeling steeds. “'Taint their fault Everything’s got the right of way over us. Gotta wait for the trolleys; gotta hold up for the trucks; get stuck in the middle of the road, and the whole fool city curses us. I’ve been these cars for 30 years an* more, an* seems it’s about time to take ’em off. They don’t appreciate us, they (Jon’t What could a trolley do on these streets? Nothin’; absolutely nothin’, These horses can jump over aftuck or climb a bairicade,an’ the car, it can turn right angles. Who cares? Nobody. All ws get is Jeers an’ curses. It is hard lines, when you come to think of it”

Gen. Robert E. Lee and 13 others were bought for SIOO, the group representing the surrender at Appomattox. It was the high price of the day, and Hyman Kark, auctioneer, thought it ' very good, indeed, considering the Devil himself only brought $lO, Admiral Fletcher at Vera Cruz $25, and Mutt and J<jsMl9. There seemed to be no rhyme or reason to the bids. Kark is authority for the statement that the “Horrors of the Spanish Inquisition” once could

president of the new republic he ordered his loyal subjects on the two continents to embrace’ the Christian religion, to cease embracing their joss god, and to cut all queues close to the head. All these things the Atlanta Chinese did with an alacrity that had not always characterized the race; and as for the joss they had worshiped so many years, they tore him down and burned his body to a fine crisp. Atlanta’s Chinatown took on an en-

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Foltowing the Initial Vogue in Coats

Very rich-looking coats are made of smooth-surfaced cloths, with fine heavy broadcloth heading the list of desirables. They are useful for wear at almost any time, quiet and elegant looking, and many of them finished with velvet in the collar and cuffs. A good example of the plain cloth coat is given in the picture shown here. It follows the initial styles of the present season, in a conservative way, with its high, flaring collar, full and slightly flaring skirt, 1 and large coat sleeves. The belt is placed in a novel way, slipping under a panel at the back of the coat and ending, like many others, in rounded ends at each side. Buttons in two sizes, made by covering molds with the cloth, are used for fastening the coat and to provide for its decoration. They appear down the front, at the ends of the belt and on the panel at the back, in the large

About the Newest Party Gowns

The lightest of satin, both as to weight and color, continues to provide the most popular of foundations for party gowns. . The airier fabrics used over it sometimes match in color but are more often contrastingThe foundation skirts of satin, in the newest gowns, are often deeply slashed, with the slashes either rounded or pointed at <he bottom, The overdraperies are sometimes bound but quite as often le>'t unfinished, and they are uneven. Very deep points and apron draperies or full godet folds solve the problem of a sufficiently irresponsible finish at the bottom. Wide shadow laces made into short sleeveless jackets, tabs of narrow satin ribbon finished with small chiffon roses, and shoulder bows of narrow ribbon, are among the prettiest of finishing details. Metallic gauzes and ribbons are used instead of satin when

size. The smaller buttons are placed at the front of the collar and in closeset rows on the velvet inlay at the cuffs. Coats of this kind are lined for warmth and made in the roomy fashion that allows a knitted vest or sweater to be worn under them in the extremest weather. They are usually double breasted and made with straight and ample coat sleeves that are relieved from a too plain effect by the management of the cuffs. These are cut with a certain eccentricity or trimmed noticeably so that they are in keeping with the collar, which is featured in accordance with the season’s demands. A model, like the one shown here, that contrives to be conservative without being commonplace, and smart without any indication of the sports styles, deserves the attention of the woman of quiet taste.

the laces are used to finish the bottom of the foundation skirt or for the lace jacket. The simple gown shown in the picture has a.baby waist and plain skirt of satin. A full panel of chiffon is brought down the front of the gown and forms a drapery over the bodice. It is outlined oh the waist with opalescent sequins, and there is a gay little bow of satin ribbon at the shoulders. The girdle is of crushed satin edged with chiffon roses in very pale tints of several colors, which take up the Satin slippers and silk hose to match the frock make up all that could be asked for in a girlish dance costume.

GATHERED SMILES

WOULD DO FIRST RATE.

“I’ll teach that boy to tell lies.” . “1 wouldn’t do it now, dear; wait and Tet~6im hear the one you teiT when you come in late tonight.”

Please Pass the Coke!

The elevator bell I ring, The blame car makes me frown; I know It is an uppish thing. And X will call It down.

Too Ambitious.

“My yon is a Boy Scout and knows how to give first aid to the injured.” "That’s fine.” “I don’t know whether it is or not. He hasn’t had any patients to practice on except a few cats and dogs, and I fear he’s disappointed because some member of the family hasn’t broken an arm or a leg.”

Effective Cure.

“Ever feel the call of the wild?” asked the first clerk. “Lots of times,” answered the second clerk. “What do you do?” “Oh, I usually go out and dodge a few automobiles. The feeling soon wears off.”

Neglected.

"Professor Diggs says he is working for posterity." "I suspected something of the sort.” “Why so?” “Judging from the shabby and underfed appearance of Mrs. Diggs and the children, he isn’t working for them.”

Different Now.

"My motto,” said the very young man, “is ‘Be sure you are right, then go ahead.’ ” “That was my motto also,” rejoined the sad-faced man with the missing hair, “before I got giddy and coaxed a woman to stand up and face the parson with me.”

Just Possible.

City Editor —Our dramatic critic says he has liver trouble and dyspepsia. Managing Editor —Want a vacation? City Editor—No; Tie wants more salary. Says he is worth more as a critic now.

Diplomatic Youth.

Him—Do you really believe that there are microbes in kisses? Her—l have*no reason to doubt it. Him —Well, I'm getting tired of the same old microbes; Jet’s exchange.

A Truthful Echo.

“Can’t use that stuff,” said the editor, as he handed back the poem. “That’s tough,” echoed the longhaired one as he turned sorrowfully away. ~ ,

ARTIFICIAL.

George —Do you know you have your sister s features? . Willie—Aw! You ortef see her when she ain't made up.—She- ain’t got nottin’ on me.

A Weepy Drama.

“Vvell, what do you propose to afflict us with?" inquired the pessimist manager of the Punkvillp op'ryhouse. —"East Lynne.' " —. r “Don’t do it. This section has enough rainfall. Our citizens won’t welcome any more moisture."

A Sure Sign.

Editor —Do you know how to run a newspaper? » . AppllcantrrNo. sir. Editor—Well, i’ll tty you. I guess vou.ve had experience.—Puck.

FOR POLICY’S SAKE.

"Do you subscribe to the theory that virtue is its own reward?" "Oh, yes," replied, thq practical poll tlcian. “But a man in public life can't afford to be too virtuous.” “I’m surprised to hear you say that. ’ “It’s true, nevertheless. Voters have a .tendency to suspect a man who is too good and an officeholder cannot retain their support unless he has enough weaknesses to prove that he is still human.”

Psalms, But No Hims.

Mrs. X, suspecting the cook was entertaining her beau in the kitchen, called Martha and said she thought she heard someone talking with her. “Oh, no, ma’am," said the quick-wit-ted Martha, "it was only me singing a psalm.” "All right, then,” returned her mistress. “You may amuse yourself with psalms, but let’s have no hlms.”

An Insinuation.

Mrs. Jawkins—The hall clock fell today, just after mother passed by. Had it fallen on her she might have been seriously injured or perhaps killed. Jawkins —That clock should be regulated. I knew it was a little off, but I had no idea it was that slow.

Chance of a Lifetime.

“Pray, don’t go yet, Mr. Basso; I want you to sing something for me.” “Oh, you must excuse me tonight;, it is very late, and I should disturb the neighbors.” “Never mind the neighbors." answered the lady, quickly; "they pois oned our dog yesterday.”—London TitBits'

IT OUGHT TO.

Towne —I'm going to call my drama the “Vacuum Cleaner.” Browne —That ought to have some drawing power.

A War Relic.

"This ring,” said the maiden fair, "Is very dear to me: 'Tis a relic of a blood'ess warily first engagement. See?”

No Longer Any Fun.

"There isn’t the fun in driving an automobile that there used to be.” “Why not?” “Since it’s got to be considered good form to stop and take care of the folks you knock down a fellow who wants to get anywhere has to be too darned careful.”

Unsuitable.

“In his suburban home Jones was Indulging in an exceedingly queer amusement for a financier.” ‘What was that?” “He was making a run on a bank.”

Strictly Professional Point of View.

“Do you think that plays ought to be censored' before being shown to the public?” “Certainly not,” replied the manager. “If the public pays its money for improprieties it ought not to b** cheated.”

Peace.

“What’s the matter with yqur eve?” .“A man I met said peace at any price was best, and I told him he was wrong.” *■ . "Well?” “He proved to me that he was right.” ’

Sure.

"Scribbles says he expects to awake some morning and find himself famous.” “Well, that’s common enough.” “Sudden fame?” "No. Expecting It.” I

A Social Favorite.

He’s warmly welcomed everywhere, A lucky dog, young Botts, W’ho is his father's only heir t And dances all the trots.

Certainly Not.

“Miss Sereleaf tells me that Bhe intends to take up settlement work." “Then she doesn t intend to get married ?’.’.:1.. “Um —well, a tnan waiting for a train can’t get aboard If it falls to arrive, can he?"

Easily Pleased.

Brown—Did 1 leave an umbrella here yesterday? Barber—What kind of an umbrella? . Brown —Oh, any kind at alt I m not fussy. - v ’