Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 152, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 June 1916 — Page 2

Tales of GOTHAM and other CITIES

New York’s “Uncles” No Longer Are Pawnbroker* NEW YORK. —"Your Uncle” of New York Is getting quite perky. He no longer calls himself a pawnbroker, but a loan broker, and his place of business Is not known as the once familiar "hock shop." It Is a loan office.

keep the fact that they are in sore straitsirom any prying eyes. Within are private rooms for those who would negotiate loans on precious stones, while for those who have articles of lesser value upon which they hope to raise money there are small booths ranged along the rear of the counters. A person may step into one of these and bargain with a keen and affable clerk without being seen or overheard by others in the place. The only pledges the modern uncle will accept are diamonds and baubles. But in the poorer sections of the city the pawnshops will take anything from a baby carriage to a feather bed. In fact, In these out-of-the-way places most of the articles pawned include clothing, cheap jewelry, musical instruments and the like. To appreciate the quantity of clothing pledged in this city one should frequent some of these cheaper pawnshops. During the weeklhe East and West sides are satisfied with one change of raiment, but on a Saturday night they must have their festive regalia for Sunday. Therefore they go in streams to the pawnshops to redeem their clothing. When Monday morning comes around they "hock” it again until the following Saturday. A new suit is good for a six-dollar loan. The next time it is pawned its value deteriorates 50 cents and so on, until the owner can get but $1 on it. After that he lets it go. Sold at auction the pawnbroker usually gets the money back he has advanced on it.

Touring Chicago’s Loop District on a Handcar

CHICAGO.— Policemen Jones and Connors of the Hinman street station thought they had seen all possible stunts that a pair of men out for a large evening could invent, but Anton Ketske, 2320 Kroll street, and an unknown friend showed them a new one the

other night The policemen were at Robey and West Twenty-first streets when a low craft bore down in the offing. It was without lights fore or aft, but the two officers could see aboard it two men alternately bobbing up and down as they tore along the Robey street car tracks. The vehicle was a self-starting, man-propelled railroad handcar of the model of 1900. The police hailed the

craft, but it sped by like a neutral merchantman ducking a German U-boat Jones fired two shots across her bow and the handcar hove to. One passenger escape. Ketske, a Mexican, surrendered. “We was out for a tour of the loop,” he said. Ketske was taken to the Hinman street station in the patrol wagon, with the handcar trailing as evidence. The car had been stolen from the yards of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad. When Ketske was asked why he wanted to tour the loop in a handcar, he said "because it was so unusual.”

Lucy, Maiden Elephant, Entertains Gotham Folk

NEW YORK.—Lucy, a maiden elephant of three hundred and eighty-six summers, took it upon herself to see the sights of New York before being shipped into the wilds of Michigan, where it is to be her profession to amuse

trip to the freight yards. All afternoon, followed by some fifteen hundred or two thousand children, Lucy slowly meandered northward until about 5:30 she had reached Thirtieth street. There she decided it was time to rest —and there she stayed until nine o’clock. Try as he might Luke could make no impression on her dumb intellect than the train was waiting. Then a new notion seized her. She started to back, and, without turning around, she proceeded down the street to Twen-ty-ninth street, turning east to Ninth avenue and thence once more northward to a point between Thirty-first and Thirty-third streets, where the walls of the Pennsylvania tunnel stopped her. Across the street Lucy saw something that appeared to be more interesting. But its entrance was barred by a heavy wooden gate with an iron bar. Nothing daunted, Lucy hit the obstruction head foremost, and after the crash waß over found herself in the grounds of the Institution for the Blind. It was at this point that Bill Snyder arrived from Central Park zoo. He brought with him a wagon full of chains and ropes which he began to tie around Lucy, „Whether from anger, shame or stupidity, Lucy objected, and in a roar that could be heard for blocks, began to trumpet. She was soon subdued and next day, after butting a locomotive oft the track, started on her journey to the middle West.

Boise in Danger of Losing Famous Hot Wells

BOISE, IDAHO.—Citizens of Boise, who for the past quarter of a century have taken special pride in their natural hot water for the heating of houses, public buildings and business blocks, have just been .made to realize

that this unique treasure hangs on % slender thread. ■«. Slight earthquake tremors were felt in this vicinity recently, and investigation made since by experts in the interest of the water company lays bare the ever-present possibility of the total loss of the hot artesian flow or a tremendous increase as the result of the next tremor or shook. Twenty years ago a well in Hull’s gulch, a few miles above Boise, was spouting forth a lusty stream of water

boiling hot. Later, when pumps were installed in the wells on the bench ljust outside the city limits to increase the supply of hot water for city consumption, thiß well in .Hull's gulch, a few miles away, quit flowing altogether. It remained thus dormant all these years until the earthquake was felt in Che fait Since then it has been spouting as of old, while there has been no decrease noted in the flow of the wells lower down. The accepted theory has fbeen that these wells are all fed from the same stream, and that this stream ts thrown out from some tremendous subterranean caldron far below the surface of the earth. Scientists differ as to the source of the heat. By some it is attributed to Internal gases. Others adhere to the theory of radioactivity.

What is announced as likely to be “the costliest parish church in thq world" is the new St, Bartholomew’s to be built at Park avenue and Fiftieth •treat. New York city. .

MOST COSTLY "PARISH CHURCH."

The old familiar three brass balls, his insignia of trade, has also been discarded. In fact, “uncle” has established himrfelf as a real broker. He has an elaborately equipped shop, furnished like a bank, with carved woodwork and hangings to give it an air of refinement, and his goods are most artistically displayed. Then many things have been done to safeguard the sensibilities of the customers, rear and side entrances being provided for who would

farmers at the village fairs. Under the direction of her keeper, Luke Connelly, Lucy arrived In America on the steamer Minnehaha. The next step in her journey was to have been by foot power to the New York Central freight yards at Thirty-third street and the North river, where she was to have embarked in a nice, roomy freight car for Michigan. At 3:30 okilock Luke started with his charge from the steamer at the foot of Sixteenth street to make the

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Party Frock of Sheer Material

The attention of costumers appears to be centered now on afternoon and evening frocks and on sports clothes of all descriptions. The shops are full of enticing gowns made of all the sheer cotton and silk textiles in designs the most refined and fascinating that the season has produced. They are the swan song of fashions for the summer of 1916, for their creators must soon concentrate their thoughts on a new task. The evolution of style for fall already presses for their attention. One thin fabric over another and these two over a third is the story of gauzy costumes, in which quantities of material make up for lack of body in the fabrics used. There are many flounces, made as full as possible, and underskirts and petticoats are shirred and ruffled to the limit of fullness. A petticoat of net is worn under these airy midsummer frocks, and it 1b provided *with boning or reeds which distend the frock at the • hips or near the bottom. Two reeds at each side, over the hips, hold the un-

Neatness of Fashionable Footwear

Honors are very nearly equal between the high boot and the low shoe, in point of popularity. For midsummer wear the vogue of very light-col-ored leathers has given the high bopt an extra lease on life, but colors of any kind are receding as the days advance, and white shoes, high or low, are in increasing demand. Whatever the style of shoe required, it may be found in white, and this dainty footwear is comfortable and altogether practical. There is no difficulty in cleaning the light leathers. Plain designs are favored and add to the elegance of the footwear of today. Workmanship is nothing less than marvelous, and it seems that there is no room for improvement in the accurate machine stitching and fine finish of the better grades in shoes. The authoritative styles are shown in the illustration, chosen from many that have been presented by the most prominent of shoe designers. They are types which one may see with little variation in any good display and include a high-laced boot of white kid and two models in low shoes. The low shoe with the vamp extended in a scallop at the Instep is a graceful model which may be had In white,

derskirt and frock away from the figure, in the approved mode. Edges are finished with covered cord bound with narrow silk bindings and aid in giving the correct flare and shape to skirts. A delightful frock of georgette crepe, shown in the picture, is of a light rose color over a crisp taffeta underskirt in the same color. The bottom of the crepe overdress is finished with a narrow binding of black velvet. It is made very full and arranged in a short cascade drapery at each side. The bloused baby waist is made of taffeta veiled with crepe, and the short puffed sleeves are of the crepe. The girdle is of the veiled taffeta and supports three roses made of crepe with centers of Bilk in a darker shade. They are placed at the front and back and in a row of four roses down each side of the skirt. Black silk stockings and black kid slippers are worn with this rosecolored frock, and it is an excellent example of approved style In party gowns for midsummer.

pale tan, and in shades of gray or tn black and bronze. It has been a success in all parts of the country. A low black shoe is pictured which has a tab extension over the instep and all seams outlined with perforations. These with machine stitching or the narrowest of pipings are the accepted decorative features for fashionable footwear. Neatness is the keynote in present styles. The liking for white and light-colored shoes promises to place Americans still farther in advance of other countries in the matter of well-shod feet.

Satin-Faced Velour.

This lovely net material Is being Bhown in some if the New York shops. It comes in the neutral and pastel shades and is faced with delicate contrasting and harmonizing- shades of tfasting and harmonizing and heavy dresses this will be used extensively, but it is not likely to become too popular, for it costs $6 a yard. Still, when it is remembered that no lining is required, the price seems less extravagant.

GOOD JOKES

WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM. “Ever been arrested for speeding?” "No.” "Ever tried to climb a telegraph pole with your car?” ' "No.” "Ever have it turn turtle on you?” “No.” "Ever have to fix a tire all by yourself?” “No, can’t say that I have.” “Great Scott, man! Hasn’t anything happened to you that happens to all other motorists?” “Oh yes. I’ve had a robe and three lamps stolen.”

Boss Prevaricators.

“There goes a man who boasts that he has never bought a gold brick.” “Reminds me of the fellow who says he has never told a lie.” “Yes. He reminds me of the chap who says the upkeep of his automobile is next to nothing.” “And he’s in the same category with the man who says he never was sick a day in his life.”

Complete Failure.

“I read a joke the other day about a man getting the last word with his wife by bawling it up the speaking tube as he went out the front door of the apartment.” “Tried it, eh? How did it work?” "Didn’t work. My wife must have read the same joke. She let a kettle of soapsuds come down the tube just as I started to whistle up."

HOPELESS.

“Would you love me if I wus poor, Evangelino?” “Oh, yes.” “Den I’ll break it gently to you. I’ve lost me nickel down a sewer!”

A Tribute to Her Skill.

A maid who has a winning way Is Arabella Ridge; ’Tis chiefly shown, her friends all say, When she is playing bridge.

His Finish.

Barker—Old Gotrox has made an assignment for the benefit of his creditors. Parker —You don’t say! What caused his financial embarrassment? Harker —Overwork. Parker —Why, how could that be?’ Harker —His two sons and a son-in-law worked him for all he was worth.

Knowledge Easy to Acquire.

“Nowadays it is not uncommon to meet people who are familiar with the most out-of-the-way places in the world." “Quite true.; And unless you listen to their conversation closely you can’t tell whether they have really been there or get their information from moving pictures.”

Same Old Thing.

"Pop?” "Well, Ernst?” “What is meant by the expression, ’The course of true love never runs smooth?”’ “That, my boy, is the same as ‘The Rocky Road to Dublin.’ ”

An Embarrassment.

"Are you complaining about the price of gasoline?’’ “I should say I am,” replied Farmer Corntossel. “These city folk that come ridin’ around here haven’t money enough to pay their fines when they get arrested.’’

Their Effect.

"Miss Mayme can shoot such glances at one under those .long eyel&shos/* “Be careful; her shooting glances have a killing effect.”

Heredity.

Mother —Geraldine’s teacher says she is on the merit roll again. ■ Grandmother —She’s her father s girl, bless her! Hiram always did the most meretricious work!—Judge.

Warming Up.

“I noticed you applauded nearly every point the speaker made.” “Yes, I did.” < \ “You mudt have been greatly impressed by his speech.”. “Not at all. My hands were cold.”

Hope Revived.

“Got some data now to go on,” declared Diogenes, speaking of his search for an honest man. “What’s that?" “The tncome tax statements sent jn “ —Louisville Courier-Journal.

ONE OR THE OTHER.

First Office Boy—l hear you’ve quit your job. Second Office Boy—Ya-es; you see,. I couldn’t git along wit’ de boss, an* he wouldn’t resign, so I did!

The Prudent Brigand.

A brigand Is a boastful bluff. Of bold, bad men he seems the worst Until you start to treat him rough And then he hikes for safety first.

Optimistic and Proper.

“So it was once your ambition to have a busines of your own?” “Yes.” “But your Ship didn’t come in, eh? That’s too bad!” “Oh,' I don’t know. I found that there was plenty of stevedore work, to be done unloading other people’* ships, so I got along pretty well.”

Strict Utilitarian.

Assistant —This cut is entirely spoiled. The Foreman —What is wrong with it? "It is so botched up that I can't make head or tail out of it.” “Well, scratch it up a little more and we’ll print it as the picture, ,of a burning Zeppelin.”—Youngstown Telegram.

Parental Conscience.

"My boy Josh has got me kind o’ worried,” said Farmer Corntossel. “Ain’t he behavin’?” asked the neighbor. “I hadn’t thought about that. What I’m wonderin’ is whether I kin spruce an’ be the kind of a father ha thinks he’s entitled to.”

Got Both Jobs.

Head of Business —What position do you desire in our establishment, sir? College Graduate- 1 -Oh, something like confidential adviser or general manager. Head of Business —Good! You may have both jobs. I will make you an office boy. —Dallas News.

A Great Loss.

“So your car was stolen?” "Yes.” “I would worry; perhaps it will be recovered.” “I’m not worrying about the car: that was insured. But I had six gallons of gasoline in the tank and I can’t afford to stand that loss."

The Silver Lining.

The Tender-Hearted Cook —"No bad news, I ’ope, ma’am?” The Mistress —"The master’s been wounded." The Cook —“There now, ma’am; don’t let that worry youT, They tails me they can patch ’em up so’s they’re better than before.” —London Sketch.

THE REASON.

“Isn’t It strange that Tightwad should donate that large sum toward the purchase of a bell for the new church?” “No, that’s natural. He always Hkea to put his money where he can hear it ring.”

It Isn't There.

"Do you believe that music has a refining Influence?” "Oh, yes,” replied the man of esthetic tastes, “but I fail to see what uplift it has when a vaudeville performer plays a piano with his foot.”

Poor Dubwaite.

“Why the pained expression?” "Dubwaite has been trying to tell me a funny story." “Had you heard It before?” "I don’t know. He forgot how it ended."