Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 280, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 November 1916 — INTERESTING ITEMS FROM THE CITIES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

INTERESTING ITEMS FROM THE CITIES

Chinese Girl in Pajamas Shocked New York Cop

NEW YORK. —If there is one thing on which the police department role book is silent. It is the Chinese national costume. The policeman on duty •t Seventy-second street and Columbus avenue was cogitating on the increased

cost of spuds, when he gave a regular policeman’s . gasp. This is a longdrawn wheeze, ending in a sigh, and means—“ Well, \\fiat have we here?" What was bad' there was a slim, slant-eyed young woman leading a fox terrier by a leash and a crowd of interested ones through curiosity. She wore a pink and blue striped suit of pajamas and bronze-heeled slippers, and she appeared as much at ease as If she were powdering her nose In her boudoir.

“Here, here!” called the policeman, sternly, “what’s this?” and be held up his hand to halt the young woman. She gave him a Chinese stare and dropped behind to permit two young women in regular costumes to step forward. / “What do you want?" one asked. “We are the Misses Madeline and Alice Liebert, daughters of the French consul general, and this is our maid.” “Sure," said the policeman. "That’s all right, miss, and a nice girl she is, too, but she can’t go around with them things on. Why don’t she dress?” “That Is her native dress. She Is Chinese," said Miss Alice. "Them pants!” gasped the man. “Where’s her skirts?” “They don’t wear skirts,” snapped the young woman. The policeman groped for qome precedent. Fly, the terrier the Chinese maid was leading, barked, and the throng giggled. The policeman sighed, then became stern. “Move on,” said he. “What are y’ gatherin' here for? Move on, I tell y’—Miss,” he added, “better take her home and put on skirts. Sure them things is all right for China, but they ain’t for New York,” and he gave another policeman’s gasp and walked on.