Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 69, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 March 1916 — Page 2

Gales of GOTHAM and other CITIES

Life and Death in New York’s Little Italy MBTVV YORK.—One of the most Interesting spots in this city is the new W “Little Italy" in the east side of Third avenue, embracing from One Hundred and Sixth to One Hundred and Eighteenth streets. In this section the

phoemaking and spaghetti foundries. The vendor with his barrow at the curb is met by the small storekeeper putting most of his goods on the sidewalk. This leaves a narrow lane for passers-by. When a store Isn’t given up to groceries, bakeries, saloons, drug stores and the growing of spaghetti it's a bank. The-banks are a great feature of “Little Italy." The Italian housewife bargains at barrows or store doors for the family supplies. Usually she pushes along a baby carriage to carry home the provender. The baby carriage to “Little Italy" is what the automobile is to a chorus girl—it’s a luxury. At dusk you get the fumes of cooking garlic and then come the toil-stained men from the trenches and dark figures pushing street pianos, who disappear inside the houses to get on the outside of the unsavory odor. After the meal everybody retires to the street for the air. Then the fireworks begin. Although the police frisked every man in "Little Italy” some time ago - and took away about »,000 pistols, stilettos and other weapons, the supply is not exhausted. Maybe the storekeeper down the street did not come across when he was tagged by the “Black Hand.” Just to show him how badly they wanted the money they place a bomb under hiß store window and blow out the front of the building. Over in the next street there is a little shooting or stabbing affray. Perhaps a vendetta, or maybe a triangle love affair. After which “Little Italy" goes to bed. Then comes the funeral. Ah, Ifce. funeral! It is the only real enjoyment the Italians seem to have.

Remarkable Catch of the Jacksonville Police

JACKSONVILLE, FLA. —Police activity, which leaped to 100 per cent efficiency here recently after sharpers who had been preying almost unmolested upon northern tourists managed to fleece two Jacksonville residents,

resulted in a remarkable catch the other afternoon. Inspector Joseph A. Faurot, head of the detective bureau of the New York police, and one of his finger-print experts, Sergeant William H. Haley, were arrested and taken to the city Jail. There is strong reason to suspect that the two added..to the enjoyment of a brief vacation by pretending to be confidence men for the benefit of the local Sherlock Holmes squad which assembled at the pier to

Inspect passengers arriving by steamship from New York. In the slang of the detective world, the New York men “made" the local detectives on sight. They kept their faces turned from the sleuths. They slipped past with guilt in every move. They became much guiltier in conduct when assumed that the local detective force was following, shadowing them. . . -. , J ‘ They did not register at any hotel, but moved about on the porches and in the lobbies, eying every man who looked as if he had money and might be parted from it. , When luncheon time approached they decided to bring the adventure to an end and pretended they were about to clofee down on a prosperous-looking man whom they had followed with theatrical evolutions from a hotel. Heavy hands fell upon both and gruff voices announced that they were under arrest. . “Why, I am a New York newspaper man down here on a big society story!” said Inspector Faurot. “Tell it to the cap,” was the unfeeling reply. “You've made a big mistake," Sergeant Haley blustered. “I am a traveling man.” “Very old that traveling man stuff,” one of their captors commented. They were marched to the station in the jail building and Joked their captors into wrath all the way. Arraigned in front of the police official on duty Inspector Faurot waited until he had been charged with “loitering, suspicious actions and probably a bunco steerer.” Then he announced himself.

Animal Keeper in Central Park Gives a Party

MEW YORK.—When Cabot Ward, park commissioner, looked over the bills W submitted by Keeper “Bill” Snyder, for food for the animals in the Central park menagerie he lost his usual coolness and spluttered something * about investigations. The cause for

been their share, and that only through accident It appears that during the extreme cold wave which hit the city Hattie and Jewel, the two elephants, and Smiles, the rhino, suffered with chills. In order to relieve the three star boarders Keeper Snyder decided to have the “party." When Hattie filled her trunk with the first quart of the fiery liquid and poured a little into her mouth the strange taste annoyed her, and in the ■puttering which followed several of the assistant keepers were drenched in their favorite brand. It only served to whet their appetite. , By the time the second and third ouarta had been placed before her she had cultivated a taste for the whisky and the keepers were disappointed. Jewel and Smiles acted as if they had been raised on the Demon Rum- Four quarts were given to each animal and the siege of cold was successfully withstood. a

Problem of Short Skirts Is Worrying Toledo

*1 OLEDO, O. —Toledo policemen are startled at the stupendous task that I has been set them through the ordinance prepared by Councilman Stanley Kryzsniak to the effect that women wearing skirts (on the streets) higher

than three inches above the ankle are to be punished by fine and imprisonment. Since the idea was published in the newspapers it has not perceptibly affected the fashions of the girls and women. « They should worry, it is said, seeing that first the policeman Will have to determine whether they are more than mere girls, which is no easy matter with collars higher than the chin -and hats that cover the eyes, ana, secondly, the officers of the law will

have W be astute students of anatomy In ascertaining where the ankles are before they attempt to make an arrest, •- ■ It is arg’’? r < tha* some women are very high ankled, and with the high white shoes or those of gray suede, M[r. Kryssniak may have to obtain a •quad Of specials to do the work.

wealthy partrones, hurdy-gurdy barons, bootblack k.ngs and tonsorial counts have their abode. The only excitement for the residents is an occasional mur der, maybe a funeral of two a day and perhaps a bomb explosion at night. Otherwise it is a quiet, peaceful spot to live in. During the day the streets are lined with hand barrows, the fire escapes crowded with children and bed covering; the stores are .imall and all the cellars are given over »o coal, ice,

the excitement was an item in the bill which called for $19.50 for 13 quarts of a well-known brand of whisky. “Bill” was called into the office to explain why there was no item for vichy on the bill, and who were the participants of the “party.” The head keeper told the commissioner that since the “party” several of the keepera had shown signs of dissatisfaction and jealousy because of the meager amount of the beverage which had

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IN THE WORLD OF FASHION

You may take your choice, this spring, between a one-piece dress cr two-pieee suit for street wear. And in the suit the skirt and coat may not be alike in material, but they must be manifestly made for each other. The chances are that most women will have things for street wear made In each one of these three styles. But If the choice must be only one of the three it is more than likely to fall epon the two-piece suit. _ An ideal suit is shown in the picture. which may be developed in any suiting, either wool or silk, and in many of the new cotton weaves, with equal success. The flare of the skirt, with its length and fullness, the hang of the coat and ripple of its peplum, and the hint of a cape at the neck.

combine in proclaiming this a suit for spring,- It is shown here made of awool rep with the little cape and narrow standing collar of satin. The collar terminates at each side of the throat as in so many of the new models having a short V at the front. The coat is fitted rather close about the body, with waist line higher at the back than in front. It is cut to form a panel at the front, where the body and peplum are in one. At the sides and back the peplum is set on with a corded piping. High buttons, which may be made of the fabric of the suit combined with satin like that in the collar, are set down the front, and there are three on each sleeve. Narrow ties, made of satin, with little barrel-shaped ornaments at the ends, fall from each side of the collar and make a pretty finish at the neck. The spring suits and gowns provide collars in a diversity of styles. Those that open at the front for comfort and are high at the back for style are naturally destined to be popular. At least half of the new hats which allure us in the milliner’s window are made of shiny materials. Braids and ribbons and foliage and flowers have taken on a burnish of some kind and everything-is varnished and polished as if to outshine the eyes they beguile. Upon examination, these hats and their trimmings prove to be really varnished. It is an Innovation that promises to be more than a fad, for millinery flowers and foliage look much less fragile and promise to resist the weather far more successfully than in the past. Three hatß for early spring are shown here, each of them reflecting

AN IDEAL-SUIT FOR SPRING.

IN THE MILLINER'S WINDOW.

the liking for high luster in surfaces of straw and trimmings. The small round hat at the left is a brigbt-finish strawbraid with two bands of black and white striped moire silk about the brim and side crown, and the top crown covered with stripes. It is finished at the side with a cockade of plaited ribbon in black. At the center a small hat with brim of milan has a crown of satin straw. There is a wreath about it of small rose leaves and groups of little roses. A very tall effect is given by a single standing loop of wide satin ribbon wired for support. At the right a hat having a crofm of sipper straw is otherwise covered with a band of sequins. It is decorated with three fans of malincs edged

with fancy braid. They are fastened at the base with a knot of ribbon. A single rose with small bud stems and foliage is ‘posed flat against the brim at the right side. Even roses like this are varnished and are quite as beautiful as before this finishing and preserving touch stiffened their petals and glazed their leaves.

Julia Bottomley

Styles in Sleeves.

All the new tight bodices have long tight sleeves, but on the picture blouse there are sleeves which recall the leg-o’-mutton outline and also sleeves finished off with columinous frills of flhe lace or embroidered tulle. For, morning blouses the simple bishop sleeve holds its own bravely. For washing blouses this is the best of all sleeves; it is as practical as it is becoming.

Colonial Shoes.

Colonial low shoes will be smart for spring, for the tongueless shoe that lacked trimming made the foot and ankle appear too bare with the abbreviated skirts that fashion decrees and fair woman insists on wearing. While the skirts remain short there will be a demand for high shoes and the height will depend on the length of the skirt.

Wire for Curtains.

A piece Of round millinery wire ts an excellent substitute for a running string in short curtains. A looped end serves as a bodkin and Is ready to lock over a nail or hook. Cut the other end and twist It over the other nail. The wire keeps taut and straight and there is none of the unsightly sagging.

Modes of the Moment

GOOD JOKES

CAUTION. "How did you leave all the folks at borne?” -First rate,” replied Senator Sorghum. “I told them I was going to see if I couldn’t straighten out a few problems for the government between now and spring. That cheered them up a great deal.” “To what problems did you have reference?" “Oh, nothing in particular. I never go into details with my constituents, if you get to explaining things, you are liable to make them sound so easy that the voters get to thinking they don’t need you.”

Practical Point of View.

“What good is a college education, I’d like to know?” said the selfmade man. "Oh, it gives a boy polish, even if he doesn’t acquire much learning.” "A polish, eh? Well, he’ll probably need good manners. The chances are he’ll never make enough money to give him the privilege of being rude to .peopled————— ——

Then He Shut Up.

Mr. Cross—Humph! Changed your ideas about suffrage, haven’t you? Five years ago, before we were married, you were all, for giving women the vote; but now— Mrs. Cross—Now I’m against it, and I’ll tell you why. A woman would use about as much judgment in voting for it man as she uses in selecting one for a husband; and just see what a failure she generally makes of that.

Her Last Request.

Mrs. Newed—Well, if you must go downtown tonight, dear, promise me you will get one thing. Newed—All right, dearest. What do you want me to get? Mrs. Newed —I want you to get home before ten o’clock.

APPARENTLY UNFORTUNATE.

“I have a farmer friend whose crops for the last four years have gone up In smoke.” "He must feel discouraged.” “Not at all; he raises tobacco.”

Another Failure.

"I reached, alas! but failed to grasp,” So the poet wrote one day. He had reached a poem to ye editor. But failed to grasp the pay.

What She Said.

"I understand she’s going to marry the minister of her church?” ~ “Yes.” - “How did it come about?” “When he first came here about a year ago she told him enthusiastically that he was the very man she’d like to have marry her when the time came, and he took the hint.”

Mercenary Motive.

"I understand you are ambitious to hold office.” “You had better say I’m strongly desirous of holding office* answered the candidate, thoughtfully! “But, what’s the difference?” “There’s a great deal In my case. My ambition was to become a successful lawyer, and I have merely gone into politics In an effort to make both ends meet."

One Way.

"Now," said the "movie” producer, "I want you to register intense longing."” “How can I do that?" asked the actor. “Hum. Imagine yourself in a ‘dry* town watching sheriff's deputies pouring 1,000 gallons of confiscated liquor into a sewer."

We’ve Seen That Kind.

“At a certain part of my new drama all the lights go out.” said the playwright. “What’s the sense of that?” asked a man who had seen the piece; “nobody could see the plot, anyway."

No Time for Trifles.

» Howe —Did you ask that man for his daughter? Wise —Yes, and he said it was too near election day to talk of inconsequential trifles.

very True.

The Englishman (visiting United States)—ln this country, I believe, the ideal condition in politics is that the seek the man. The American— Well, we do have some offlbes that go begging, but we don’t think much of them.

MYSTERIOUS TARGET.

“Did you hear about that womaai shooting a burglar last night?” “Yes. What do you suppose aha waal aiming at?”

•Gainst woman's gentle tyranny Some men there are would fain rebet And yet, you very seldom see A husband who can do It Well.

Temporary Aberration.

Eminent Specialist—Yes, madam*, your husband is suffering from temporary aberration, due to overwork. The form of his mania is quite common. Wise —Yes,- he insists that he la ft millionaire. Eminent Specialist—And wants tft pay me SSOO for my advice. We’ll have to humor him, you know, —Judge.

“You say you are perfectl. willing for your wife to vote?” “Oh, yes,” said Mr. Twobble. “That would not embarrass me in the least.” “But how would you like to have her elbowed by a rough crowd at the polls.” “That would never happen. Mrs. Twobble wouldn’t cast a voteljinleae she could send it down by a messenger boy.”

He’d Noticed It, Too.

Redd—They say that most ofi Japan’s pearl divers are women, wh* begin to learn the trade at the age of thirteen or fourteen, Greene —-Well, I’ve noticed It’s thw girls who begin looking for pearls and diamonds at an early age over here.

“John, you simply must give me a larger allowance. I haven’t nearly enough pin money.” / “I shouldn’t think you women would need many pins to hold together the few clothes you wear nowadays."

Visitor—lsn’t this climate very changeable? Old Inhabitant—No. It keeps shifting around until it gets about as disagreeable as possible and then it - remains permanent.

“There Was a heavy swell on the beach last night.” “Yes. That was the center on • college football team.”

“We quarreled, and I returned be him his letters.” “That was a mistake. After this always keep the letters; they come i» handy in case of a breach of promise case.”

Mazie—Life is what we make it Harry —Let’s make it hearts.

Asked and Answered.

“Why do 1 live?” the poet wrote. And the editor made reply: “Yru sent your poem In by mall— That is one reason why.”

Sapphead—l’m wathor dull this evening. I feel a little down in the mouth, don’t you know. Miss Cutting—Oh, impossible! Why. it is not a sixteenth of an inch long!"’

Two important Matters.

“Now, Katie, do you know enough N* keep your mouth shut?" asked the fashionable woman of the girl she was about to engage. . o “Well, m'am, I know enough te aB right, bet the question Is, Do I cd enough wages to encourage me tot**

Rank Failures.

Her Way.

A Saving.

Pretty Bad.

Her View.

Can't Recover.

A PROPOSAL.

Incipient Mustache.