Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 January 1917 — INTERESTING ITEMS FROM THE CITIES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

INTERESTING ITEMS FROM THE CITIES

Hew Yorker Builds Bungalow on Skyscraper’s Roof .' 1 -? - • 11 ■" "h ■-—■ • rJBW YORK.—Life in a oungalow in the New York theater district is the jl experiment which is to w;tried out by Earl Carroll, comjoser of “So ! Letty,” and his bride, who was Miss Marcelle Hontdbflt, a Young French

actress who has been four years in this country. The bungalow-* is nd§ only in the theater district, but is 20 stories up' In the air, having been built on the ,roof of the Godfrey building, at Sev*«nth avenue Aid Forty-ninth street. The cornerstone was laid ait midnight _ recently with appropriate ceremonies. Thebungalow will be large in order to permit the young couple to entertain. A Chinese dining room is*to be decorated with a series of painted

silk panels by Witold Gordon. Italian gardens, with waterfalls and fountains, will surround the bungalow. The gardens are to include a little grape arbor, where Mr. Carroll will cultivate this fruit in soil brought from California. It is his theory that grapes grown on vines 20 floors above the rock surface Of Manhattan will have a flavor more delicate than Amontillado wine r California soil will be spread over the gravel roof, and besides grapes, plants of many kinds will bloom in t£e gardens. A tennis and handball court are to complete the conveniences of the aerial home. When.his new home is ready, Mr. Carroll can write and sell operas without the delay of coming downtown. Mrs. Carroll may also shop with the. ' same ease, thus spending her devoted husband’s royalties without the least delay, if Mr. and Mrs. Carroll like their' new home —and home was* never like this —the roofs of Broadway are expected to blossom into* numerous other aerial estates, whose ample gardens may reduce the cost of living. Boston Tree Waits Long for Its Child Planter BOSTON.— Like the toy dog and the tin soldier of Eugene Field’s “Little Boy Blue,” there stands beside the office of the trolley car starter at Oak square, Brighton,‘a sturdy tree which, the car men say, has been looking many

years for a child who, when the tree was a mere twig, thrust it into the ground and told it she would return and take it away. The story that has been handed down like a tradition among the car men, is to the effect that 15 years ago, when the office of starter was held by a man named Mallard, a pretty and daintily clad little girl, holding a small paper bag, approached him. “Do you take care of lost articles?” she asked him. When he asked

her what she had found she opened the bag and drew out what appeared to be the slip of a plant. Sfie explained that she had found this on a seat in the car, and that, having a garden, she would like to plant the slip In it if the owner could not be found. <- Mallard told her she had better keep it, but she replied that such an act would be wrong if it were possible to find the owner. She forced the bag and slip into the starter’s hands, and left him. She had taken only a few steps, however, ’when she returned. — r —- “The plant will die if it is not put into the ground,” she told Mallard. “Well, you can plant it righTln there,” said Mallard, indicating a spot near the corner of the office. * Talking to the plant ah if it were a child, the little girl thrust one end of it into the ground. Then, telling it she would come for it, she departed. As the years passed Mallard continued to look for her in vain. When he died, several years ago, the plant had become a sturdy young tree. It leans toward the fence in such a manner that its. branches overhang the sidewalk. This position, the car men say, is due to its constant watching for tbe child that planted it. Battle With Timber Wolf in Chicago’s Wilds CHICAGO. —Bang! And another timber wolf bit the dust. It was in the wilds of North Hamlin avenue. Among the precipitous flat buildings the December chill was sweeping. Hardy West siders, despite an ominous «ray

sky, hit the trail for the corner drug store and bought a good flve-cent cigar to trim off the noon repast. Hark! A low growl. J. H. Fennell, who lives at 720 North Hamlin avenue, looked In the fence corner. A shaggy form loitered there. In a moment Frank Fennell, a brother, arrived on the scene. “That’s a funny dog,” said J. H. “Dog your great-uncle’s off hind foot!” said Frank. “That’s a wolf.” Frank bore a blanket and a rope.

He threw the blanket over the wolf’s head. The wolf dodged and sank Its teeth three times in the forearm of J) H. before Frank could hogtie the brute. A thousand neighbors and 9,000 children hurried to view the spectacle. Presently came two detectives. Lupo meanwhile had been tossed into the bam for safekeeping. The detectives leaned their trusty weapons on a window sill and squinted becomingly. The crowd tensed up like a man waiting for the other shoe to hit the floor. The women held their ears. Bang! And another timber wolf bit the dust. _____ . ■ > ... y- 7 ■' ! Science Routs Third-Degree Methods in New York NEW YORK. —Science has routed the old “third-degree” method of solving murder mysteries in this city. With the arraignment of two Italians charged with the murder of an eleven-year-old girl two scientists have accora-

plished what the detective force failed to do—secured the necessary evidence to convict. Under the old regime when the two men were arrested on suspicion they would haye been taken to police heudquarUers and questioned for hours by detectives in rqlays, and if they stood up under the; inquiry they would have been releaseidl. In this instance, * however, few questions were asked. Instead their finger nails were clipped and the clippings and their clothes

were sent to the laboratory for examination. The chemi’st at once made tests and discovered blood spots both in the nails and clothing. About the neck of the girl was a strap with which she hud been strangled. The detectives noted the strap had been Tartly cut an id partly torn from another piece. On the body was a light-colored substance. They searched all the cellars in the neighborhood and found Id an areaway next to the cellar occhpiqd by the two men another piece of strap. Both pieces were sent to the scientists. In the cellar occupied by the men the/detectives found ,a yellow writing pad such as is used by schoolchildren. Siweepings from the floor were sent to the laboratory with the girl’s clothing, wome of her hair and a pi e ce of doth cut from the top of a mattress. Dp to that time the only evl4fence was a statement of the son of one of the men treat his father had a belt like the strap, and evidence that the girl owned a pacjl like that found in the cellar. The microscopical examination showed that the two pieces of strap had been t.ne piece f that the girl’s clothing and hair [contained dust identical with that taken from the cellar floor; that the substance on her body was Identical with tfce substance found on the mattress! This was identified as banana. The autopsy showed, that-the girl bad eaten Jfrult Upon getting* this report the entire case was placed before the grand ‘jury, w4t*vl>, .after returning the indictments, highly commended the work of the scientists —police.