Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 January 1917 — Page 2

INTERES TING ITEMS FROM THE CITIES

Street Railway Lines Must Keep Nickels Moving • _— ■ >J|EW YORK— If the nickels lakon— .m the traction tines of this Is city were not collected at the end of each day and put into .circulation again at once. New Yorkers would find that in two or three days at most

there would not be a nickel in the city available to. pay carfare or buy a loaf of brettd. This remark was made by an official of the Interborough Ele- ( vated company. Every visitor knows of the him- , dreds of thousands of people who rush | hither and thither, every day on elevated and subway trains. . But few know what the stream of small change - flowing into -the ticket offices in a nfever-ceasi ng st ream amount s to in 24 hours, nor how this money is col-

lected. Every night shortly after midnight the bank on wheels starts on its round of collecting the nickels from the subway and elevated stations. This bank on wheels is a curious car. One end looks like a bank. There are screens, counters, pigeonholes and partitions used while paying off the subway employees. At the other end are the quarters of the collectors. As soon as the car arrives at the station the agent runs out of the ticket booth, shoves through the window of the car two canvas bags of cash, oneway and the other night receipts. It takes about, five hours for the bank car to make the trip on the subway and elevated. When it is completed, over SIOO,OOO in nickels, dimes and quarters and .bills are ready for the accountants to paw over and fix up in bags for the banks. Mondays are the best days on the subway and elevated. The receipts on those days jump about ten thousand above t hem t her days. This increase is due to the women shoppers, who have had time to read in the Sunday papers the announcements of alluring bargains .in the shops, and rushuAtt-tlie first thing Monday morning to buy them.

City Efficiency Reducing Dayton’s Death Rate DAYTON, O. — The telephone in the office of Henry M. Waite, Dayton’s city manager, rings. Waite answers it. “My little boy came home from school today with a bad sore throat and we’re afraid it’s diphtheria,” says a Dayton

ernment in Dayton is working wonders in increased efficiency and economy In every department, it is doing still greater wonders along social-service lines. What is a human life worth? A thousand dollars? Then the commission manager plan of government is saving nearly $300,000 a year in human lives. _ ■ jQ-jgfs bad foodTVooKsaifitatien. unsk+llfuDettre-of babies, and indifferent medical inspection of schoolchildren, had combined with other causes to gi\e the city a death rate of 15.7 perthousand. • —■- Waite’s efficiency experts took hold of the problem in 1914 and the rate ■was reduced t0‘13.7;T013 in 1915, and it will be less than 13 this year. This means nearly 300 less persons are dying in Dayton each year now tham a few years back. “Let it be said that Dayton is the best city in America for a baby to be born in” said Waite. His city nurses and corps of district j)hysi_cians made it so. ——— , . , x < Every mother in Dayton can have the free care and advice of the city s nursing and medical department in the matter of feeding, dressing and caring for infants. , . Sleight-of-Hand “Con” Men Infest Gotham Streets NEW YORK. —In New York city there prowls around a band of men who try to dispose of their wares upon the unsophisticated class who usually •s look for bargains. Their specialty Once was-gold bricks, but now it include?

t— diamonds, gold watches and?- platinum chains. - - .pa rude .. the--busy se.’tioirs-where a- little prost perity reigns, and there they work their game upon the innoceut, “Say, feller, do yer want to buy something good?” usually is their introduction. Bargains everybody looks for.’ “Let's see the article.” ; The faker then takes from a knot-

ted handkerchief a highly polished „ gold watch and chain, and after looking around to see if the “coast is clear, asks the purchaser to “inspect the g-ocids.'’ - - = .. 7 Of course the bargain seeder sees the genuine, but does he get that which the faker shows? These fakers have studied sleight-of-hand and have a duplicate of nearly everything they sell. . The argument and examination take place in some quiet corner, me fnker tolls the purchaser that his "mug” is snapped in the gallery, and since the article'is a “copped” one the purchaser should not make much outwaid display when somebody passes by. 1 —■ Finally they come to terms, and'when the purchaser is ready to pass over the money the faker, says. “Just a minute,” and w hispers, “Walt till this guy (who is one of the band) passes. He looks life a detective." And in the meanttme they walk a few yards,-while the faker -slips-the watch and chain back into his pocket. When the deal is finally completed the faker hands over an exact imitation, which is much inferior. - £ » Milwaukee Ministers Must Be Jacks of All Trades MILWAUKEE ■ — Ministerial duties, itezarded by the general public as trivial, are actually strenuous and comprise the occupations of clergyman, legffi adviser .employment agent, chauffeur, expressman and public orator A

the phone by an excited woman, who said the bridegroom had disappeared, and asked him to call on about 50 invited guests to notify them there would be no wedding and no wedding dinner. “If a minister is seen on the tennis courts or at the bathing beach the people say, ‘Don’t those preachers live easy,”’ sighed Rev. R. S. Donaldson. “Monday usually is a preacher’s off day, and because it is he schedules everything for that day, and consequently does mors work than, on any other day,” added th£ clerygman. . ' In addition to their routine work, ministers must find time to visit the homes for the aged, hospitals, Jail and other county institutions,, and almost every bankers’, architects’, old settlers’ «nd bookkeepers’ club wapts to have A pastor address them when they have a banquet. ?

mother. “Will you send one of your doctors and nurses but tosee about it?” • “Certainly,” says Waite. Waite telephones his division of health, and within a few minutes the city government has taken charge of the case. ~.. r An average of 1,000 persons a month in Dayton either telephone or. calf at the office of their city manager to tell their troubles. If the commission manager gov-

multitude of work is required .rs the modern minister, especially if the congregation has provided him with an —automobile. Interviews with a number of Milwaukee pastors disclosed that they are often called upon to rush a parish! oner toatrain Or tote some furniture from one part of the city to another. A short time Ago a Milwaukee , minister, who was to have-'sole’mnized a. marriage that day, was called to

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Simplicity Itself in a Party Frock

The pretty frock above is so simple and so expressive, that youth could not find anything better suited to herself, if she searched for days in the places where party frocks grow. This little gown possesses style—the intangible element that we all. adore. Some people achieve it and others do not, and therein* lies all the difference between success and lack of it in dress. There is nothing much to tell about this model except that the skirt is of light-colored taffeta daintily crossItarred in other light colors. It is as plain and straight as can be and is finished with a hem beaded by a single narrow tuck. —Th e tuc k helps to glve the skirt the right “set” about the bottom. It is gathered to a narrow belt and joined to a bodice of net and plain taffeta. The underbodice of net is gathered at the shoulders and has a round neck finished with a tiny hem.

It is rather late in the season to consider buying furs, but for that very reason it is a good time to buy. Merchants sometimes find themselvek with a few sets of really good furs left over after the holidays and are willing to sacrifice a HttJe~on them rather than carry them over to another year. /Changes in styles may hurt their; sale for the merchant, no matter how valuable the skins.- But changes in styles need notworry"the'Avbman who owns good furs, for they are among the things that need not bow to fashion’s whims.

A neckpiece -and muff like those shown in the picture are not likely to be ever out of stylel If tails and heads and paws disappear in the sets for the -new season, it. is no trouble to take tijem off and put them away until fashion calls for them again, A plain muff of moderate size is always good style, apdTn scarfs style is as much a matter of adjustment as shape.* A plain s&rf can be adjusted and worn in accordance with the mode. The set shown in the'picture is of fox fur dyed black and tipped tvith white. Fox is a very popular fiir and the rarest pelts are extravagantly high priced; soiffe of them bringing upwards of a thousand dollars. But the inex-

Always Good Styles in Furs

There are short, full sleeves of the net, with a ruching of frayed taffeta at the top of the hem, making a pretty decoration. The sleeves are set to the bodice with a band-of lace insertion. The taffeta overbodice, which is merely a very wide girdle, is adorned with little sprays of embroidery. Aside from this almost babyish decoration, the frock is allowed two frivolous touches. One of them is a bit of net drapery at one side, and the other is a tiny bouquet suspended by baby ribbon from the bodice. Of course they have no excuse for being—except that eyes were made for seeing. Any of the sheer, cpttoft dress goods, as voile or organdy, might be used to make the skirt, and worn over a petticoat of plain taffeta, for a frock of this kind. But it is best to be a perfect copyist of a model of such than to risk experimenting.

pensive pelts are beautiful, the fur long apd jdlky. It is called a “soft” fur by furriers because it does not wear as long as the fur from some other animals, as mink or skunk—both of them beautiful furs. Squirrel, in the natural and dyed colors, is a satisfactory fur, so far as wear is concerned, and what is known as martin will give most excellent service. It takes an expert to pass judgment on furs and from the present outlook, good furs may be regarded as a paying’investment.

To Keep Embroidery Clean.

Many ladies embroider linen or lawn shirt blouses or linen centerpieces for their friends. Many, too, though naturally neat, will find their, work soiled before it is finished. If one desires to make up such material, or give it to a friend without washing, it may be mgde perfectly clean by sprinkling thickly with French chalk and rolling up for a day or two. The chalk may afterwards be shaken out.--Christian Science Monitor. - ;

Gathered Smiles

FORESIGHT OF POOR FARMER. A cerftdn har<J-working farmer had sent his son to a good preparatory school so that he might early begin t<. leceive the best instruction. For his study of music the boy had to have a: violin, but- ho was such a I ittfcefellow that his teacher thought that a v so-called “half' violin” was all that was necessary for him. According to the Meggendorfer Blaetter, the father, whose resources had been sadly taxed, was loath to part, with the money, for the instrument, but finally did so. The boy made rapid progress, aitd became So proficient that a half violin was no longer good enough for !!lm. Again he went to the music store with his father, to whom x the salesman showed the entire stock of violins. The parent way apparently dissatisfied with all of them, and his gaze wandered round the shop seeking for something better. Finally he saw a violoncello. “We’ll take that huge violin there,” said he, its a smile of satisfaction spread over his countenance. “The boy won’t outgrow that right away!”

Musjt Be Crooked. “Beware of that fellow Slithersby.” “What’s the matter with him?” “I overheard him say to one of his cronies, ‘Now, you and I are practical men.’” . '■ - . > Not for Hini. Bagged Rogers—W ouldn’t* you like to have fame, Griggsy? Grimy Griggs —Naw! Dey say dat fame is a bubble, and there’s generally soap in bubbles.

MATCHED.

Site—l simply can’t stand your hot tempers any longer. He—And I can’t stand your cold dinners any longer.

Yea, Verily. Most females would silent be. Oft keeping quiet for a week, If they’d among themselves agree To always think before they speak. A Reversible Proverb. Mrs. B. —Too bad Mrs. Smart always has such abominable weather for her afternoon teas! Mrs. W. —Yes; she never pours, but it rains. A Roland for an Oliver. --_rA^bi^-^T : bum doc 1” tor. He’s a butcher. Doctor —Then I’m the right kind of a doctor for a bW“actbf ; I can cure hams. Possibly. /- « Judge—There goes Professor Wise and his wife. He’s deaf a,s a post. Waggs —So? I suppose that is why his wife dresses so loud.

Shelbyville Wisdom. “Wives, as a rule, are more liberal than husbands,” remarked the Sage of -Shelbyville. ’ . —r, “Why do you think so?” queried the skeptical person. “Because,” explained the wisdom dispenser, “the wife who has a mind of her own is always giving her husband pieces of it.” , . Put to the Test. Her (arising from the piano)—Do you play, Air. Sloboy ?—. Him —No;.but, I’m thinking of taking lessons: ’ ’l’ve spl cpdl d ear for time. Her —Indeed ! By the way, was that eleven or twelve the clock just struck? ' Right Away, “I understand Mrs. Bangs knows all the details of that latest divorce scandal.” “Is that so? I shall call on her tomorrow.” Information Wanted. Little Lemuel —Say, paw? Paw —Well, what is it, son? Little Lemuel—ls painting the town red a cardinal sin? .Possible Explanation. Wedderly—l wonder why a spinster nearly always has a cat or a dog for a pet? ■ ‘ Mrs. Wedderly—Oh, I suppose she wants some animal that will stay out at night occasionally, so she will have ■ something to worry about. Which Is What It Was. “I see the word ‘obey’ is to. be left out of the marriage ritual.” “Yes, thd church people evidently thought the ritual was ho place for a joke.’’

FINE BUSINESS.

Yea, Verily! Here’s a line of truthful dope We've evolved after a tussel: Some men have too much hope. And too darned little hustle. Creating Atmosphere. i “This movie of ‘Camille’ is rather good.” “Yes, but I miss the star’s hacking cough. That was always a big hit on the stage, you know.” “True, put if you will notice, the orchestra is playing some dreadfully depressing music.”

Wanted —A Million. “If I only had a million dollars,” exclaimed the angry father. “And what would you do wtthit, dad?” ashed The wayward son. “I’d disinherit you the first thing,” replied the old man, as he amputated a large hunk from a plug of eating tobacco. Politically Economical. “Did T understand you to say Dubwaite was a close student economy “Yes; in one sense.” “How is that?’-’--- - - : “The last time he ran for office he spent less than one hundred dollars, nn<] that was borrowed money.”,

In Charity’s Name. , Aimee—Oh, what a lovely ring! I never noticed it on your finger before. Hazel—Of course not. It’s my engagement ring, and I only JtLjmsterday; t Aimee—Really? Andhowmuch did you pay for it, dear? Just Possible. “In some parts of Africa,” said the returned traveler, “one can purchase a wife for a pint of common glass beads." “Well,” rejoined the fussy old bachelor, “no doubt a good wife is worth that much.”

One Woman’s Wisdom. The Widow—Have you read the wi!!? The Lawyer—l have tried to, suit it is in your late husband’s handwriting ttrid I I'titiT inukij anything’dufofH. The Widow —Well, if you are unable to make anything out of it, there can’t * be much in it for the rest of us. She Already Knew It. “I wish I, knew. some way to make ' a hit with her.” . “Tell her you are not good enough for her; that usually gets them.” “She has already told me that.” MARRIED BLISS.

She—George, you’re, not going out to your club and leave me all alone, urq 'you? What if a burglar should steal me? ■ He—l suppose I should have a little consideration for them,They’re human, anyway. „ The Diagnosis. Slowboy —Doctor, I'm troubled with insomnia. Frequently I tumble and toss in bed all night long. What db you suppose is the cause of it? .Doctor—-Well, It is just possible that you are worrying over that .bill you have owed me for the last two! years.’ *■ ■■ ■ . * " -■-*?-'/» "■ h'l *"■ -■ \- Tender Hearted. He —Do you kdow it was the happiest moment of my life when you promised to be mine? She —I.can’t bear to refuse any maathat asks me to marry him.