Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 January 1916 — INTERESTING ITEMS FROM THE CITIES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

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.

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

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 The spirited “Attack on a Counterfeiters’ Den” is all out of date.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.