Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 243, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 October 1916 — Policemen of Minneapolis Provided With Parasols [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Policemen of Minneapolis Provided With Parasols

MINNEAPOLIS. —Here in Minneapolis the sun has been shining hot, hotter, hottest; during the last days—not to speak of other where it has^ been hot. And, because of those boasted wide streets of the Mill City, the

buildings do not throw so much shade on the street crossings as is graciously provided in other cities. Policemen who must stand at their posts, at these wide, prairielike crossings, have been compelled, during the hot to stand embroiled in the sun, and take their turn no matter what the thermometer. But the women of Minneapolis are noted for their attention to the public weal. They may not have the vote, "but judging from parades- and other

public demonstrations, eleven-tenths of them want to vote. Still, they do not wait for the vote in order to serve their city. They also serve while they stand and wait for the vote. One of these very capable Minneapolis women, Mrs. Horace Lowry, noticed the policemen standing in the sun of the prairie crossings. Straightway, being a woman and being accustomed to the feminine resources whereby life is made happier In such weather as this, Mrs. Lowry remembered parasols. A parasol for the policemen! Precisely so! But it’s a longjway through the Tipperary routine of a meeting of the council and the deviiffeg of specifications and the advertising for bids and the manufacturing process. By that time it would be January and there would be no need of parasols. So this benefactress of the guardian race provided parasols herself. To each policeman his parasol.