Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 February 1917 — Page 2

the Making of a Man

By HENRY" FOSTER

(Copyright. by W. G. Chapman.) -Steve and Ms wife had talked it over for a long time before the legacy arrived so unexpectedly froin Ms. iniele Harry. It was only for SSOO, but it clinched Steve’s resolution. An uneducated man, leaving the primary school at twelve to work for his mother’s* Support, Steve was at heart a gentleman. But a man's heart counts for very little against a man’s utanners. And Steve was—not rough, for he was altogether fineness itself—buF ill-bred. He would not -pass muster except among the laboring class. Netta was something higher. She had worked in a department store, w here Steve was one of the packers. He had come to know her by knocking down a masher who was pestering the girl with his attentions. And Netta, struck by the kindness of the man, gradually came to care for him. And they had been married three years. There were two babies, a girl and a boy. And Steve was still packing case, at sls a week. They had talked over their own and their children's future so many tithes. And the same blank wall stretched beready every penny of their* little earn-

ings went week by week. Then came the legacy. “There's no chance for an uneducated man like me,” Steve said. “The only way for me to make money is to find it.” “To find it, dear?” asked Netta. - “In the ground,” said Steve. “I’m going to Alaska. And, Netta, dearest—” “Oh, Steve, I can’t have you go,” she sobbed. “It’s for little Ellen and Tom,” he answered. “We’ve got to- make the sacrifice, Netta.” She brought herself to his viewpoint. For the sake of the bibles, to give them the advantages which their father had never had. Steve 4nust go. He set two years as the limit of his absence. He took a hundred dollars and left Netta with four hundred. That would last her forty weeks, with great economy. And long before that period had elapsed Steve would send her some more. So he promised, and so he performed. At the end of six months Steve was making his fifty weekly in Alaska, lie was working in a store, but he wrote that he was keeping his eye open for opportunities, and at the end of

At Last He Settled Down Grimly to Making His Pile.

the year he meant to go out prospecting. He inclosed for Netta two hundred dollars. ~ - Thereafter she got twenty-five weekly: She littie guessed the -cheapness of money in Alaska, or what Steve was denying himself. And gradually she settled down ,to accustom herself to his absence. Steve wrote that he was going into the interior,and she might not hear from him for a while, $ hut he was pot going into any danger, and she was not to worry. A' letter came two months later, inclosing five hundred, and announcing that Steve had struck a rich claim. Netta wrote opt of the joy of her heart, and he answered much later. That was the last letter Steve received from Netta. “Ab the months slipped by and none became desperate. -At last he settled down grimly to ’ making his pile. - He trusted Netta, and-he believed that, if she were dead, somebody would have written. He did make Inquiries about her, but people do not trouble to inter--eSt themselves on behalf of those who are distant, and nobody answered him. When the two years were ended Steve saw a fortune within his grasp if he remained a third year. He remained a third, and at the end of that time it was a case of a cool million if he remained a fourth. So he stayed a fourth, and then busies went to the dogs, and It meant a fifth year. At the end of the fifth Steve sold but

for three millions and a half and went home. . . .. , He had had little hopes of finding Netta in the flat they had occupied, and* so ho was spared that disappointment. But the old lady who camo to the door tail after Steve as he turned av’ay. “Are you Mr. Stephen Jackson?” she asked. ' , < “Steve Jackson —yes’ ma’am," said Steve. “I can tell yon where your wife is.” she said. “She comes here every three months to tell ine that if you ever come h;iek here she has the house at 124 Chestnut street.” Steve almost whooped with gladness, but he only thanked her and hurried aw ay. Ami in an hour's, time he was in The subu rbgn district, tfptThad found !24. It was a trim littlp cottage, covered with a flowering .vine. and Steve suddenly found himself too shy to enter. And as he hung outside the door, in an agony of apprehension and joy, two children entered the gate of the little garden. ’- They were Ellen and Tom. Steve knew his own anywhere. And they were dressed as he had never hoped to dress his children. “Where are you going?” asked the k man at the gate. "We’re coming from school,” answered the little boy. “You are Tom Jackson, aren't •you?” “Yes. This is Ellen.” “And does your" mother live here?” “Yes, sir.” “And your father?” “Father’s away, but he’s coming home soon,” said the little girl. "Mummy prays for him to come every night. Anu we pray, too.” Steve looked at the house and fit the • children. These were his —• everything was as ,a fie. had dared to dreum that it would be; and yet now he was afraid. He was afraid that he, a common man, would bring his com-

monness into their lives. He had been away so lohg—why should he ever return? In that moment, for the first time, in spite of what his child had said, he had a doubt of Netta, He wondered whether she had -Stopped writing to him because of this, because he would drag her and her children down. - Xnd~lifT turned miserably away. He would go somewhere to think it all over. He went down the sunny street, slinking like a .whipped ,dt>g. Why had he not spent those five years in educating himself, to make himself worthy of his wife and children? “Steve 1” She was standing before him, and she threw herself into his arms. “Steve! It is you, dearest “Netta!” The man’s doubts dissolved at the sight of her radiant face. “Steve, my dear, how I have longed for you! I have been working as a stenographer, and the babies —you must' see our babies —why didn’t you write, Steve?” When she grew more coherent expl mm tjons followed. Steve’s letters had not been received —perhaps the mail was lost. Netta had not known where to write him ; all trace of him had been lost when he went into the interior. And the letters he had sent to her address had not been forwarded. Many tenants had come and gone before the old lady whom Steve had seen, and the post office does not always remember. “Why were you going away from the house, Steve?” asked Netta. “I was ashamed,” he burst out. “I saw—our-babies, Netta, and I thought —God forgive me —an uneducated man like me would drag them down —” “Jim, dear,” said Netta, “it is better to be a good man than a learned one. But please God you are going to be both, Jim, because I am making good money, and you and I can live as we want to live, and study together —” Then he told her -about the fortune.

High Cost of Courting.

Rev. Dr. W. Wofford T. Duncan says the high cost of courting must be curbed or there will be a decrease in marriages. In the good old days, the doctor says, when a man courted a girl, he occasionally brought her flowers or a box of candy and she was satisfied. But the modern girl, h& says, collects gifts from her male admirers as if these gifts were the premiums of an advertising concern. "There is a decided mercenary streak in many a girl of today,” deciares Doctor—Duncan. “She not only allows, but expects, the voting man of the period to spend on *■ -■ , • - her and for her much more than he can-afford. Even thein ercenary -spirit is cropping up’ in small children,” says the good doctor. Only recently he heard some schoolchildren humming: "I should worry, I should care, I shouFd marry a milMqmyrepif he should die, I should cry—l should marry another guy.”—New York Times. _

Unnecessary.

I often wish Jihad the nerve of my friend Jimson. The other night at a Christmas, pat ty he deliberately walked up to the prettiest girl in the room and kissed her. "How dare you?” she cried, blushing furiously.- “I am not uuder,Jhe mistletoe.” - “That’s all right,” responded Jimson. “A girl with a face like yoars doesn’t need apy mistletoe.” ' c ■- And then he kissed her again.

Similar Trait

“Did you ever notice that a bird and a glutton are very much alike?” “How do you * “They both take a peck at every mouthful.”

.■ t it ; ■ THE EVENING REPUBLICAN, RENSSELAER, IND. : ■ ■ ■ ———

SPORT FOR SPORT’S SAKE, OUIMET’S MOTTO

OUIMET PLAYING WINTER GOLF ON HOTEL ROOF.

Francis Oiiimet. the American amateur gold champion, more fully expressed the spirit of real amateurism and good sportsmanship following his defeat in tfie recent open championship, says a writer in an exchange. When he finished, clearly beaten, with a broad smile and a hearty handshake for his great rival and the winner, Jerome Travers, Ouimet was asked whether he was not sadly disappointed and disgruntled over his failure. t “When I begin to put winning a championship above having a lot of fun at golf,” he said, “then I hope I’ll never win another.” What better illustration of the sentiment, “sport for sport’s sake,” could have been asked. We have been only too severely, yet properly, condemned In recent years because we place the victory too high, and do not give -enough regard to the pleasures of the sport itself. It may be that the placing of so much stress upon victory has resulted in the wonderful development of skill in all lines of athletics in this country, far ahead of that in any other nation in the world, but it also has surely taken much of the pleasure and zest from the sports themselves.

SCHUPP’S AMAZING BOX WORK

Great Winning Streak of New York Giants Brought to Light Pitcher Hitherto Unnoticed. The great winning streak of the Giants last season, -in which they'broke all major league*records for successive victories, capturing 26 games, brought one of the little known of the Giant pitchers to the front in the person of

Ferdy Schupp.

Ferdy Schupp. Schupp won six of the games in the winning streak of the team and they were; among the most remarkable gamse ever pitched by a box artist, 'ln th games Schupp allowed only 20 nits, or an average of but little over three to a game.' He allowed Brooklyn two hits September 7; Cincinnati, three a week later; the Pirates three September 18; the Cubs, six September 20; St. Louis, two, September 26, and Boston one, September 28. In only two of the six games was he scored on and the total gs runs chalked'up-against him was but three.

HOPPE’S NEW RECORD

Willie Hoppe, billiard champion of the world, made, a new world's record in San Francisco the other day, in an exhibition match with Young Jacob ■ Schaefer of Chicago, in which Hoppe made an unfinished njn of 250 points from the spot in an 18.2 balk line match of 250 points.

Frazee Not After Johnson.

“The report that I’d give $60,000 to Clark Griffith'’for Walter Johnson is unvarnished bunk.” President Frazee of the Red , Sox dispelled all rumors that the big Swede was coming to Boston in exchange for a fabulous sum.

LAWRY GIVES MUCH PROMISE

Manager Connie Mack Expects Youngster to Eventually Develop Into Second Collins. Little is heard of a youngster picked up by Connie Mack last year of the name of Lawry. He joined the club in June, but got away to a slow start because of an injured leg, breaking into the lineup at stated intervals. Lawry looks too slight of stature to stand the strain of the majors, yet we have Connie Mack’s word for it that Lawry has great promise and may eventually develop into a second Eddie Collins.

MANY SPORTS AT STREATOR

Organization Formed to Promote Basketball, Baseball and Football — Also Track Events.

The Streator (III.) Athletic association was organized at a meeting recently. Basketball, baseball and football will be promoted and it is also planned to organize a track team next spring. It is believed that there is a demand for amateur events of this chanicfW'aTKt'trasta?ss mmrof Streator have agreed to co-operate.

THOMAS RAISED ON GASOLINE

Won First Medals as Motorcycle Rider, Graduating to Wheel of -.European Racing Cars. The noted r/tce driver, Rene Thomas, is the product of Porte Maillot, where it is said that he was “raised on gasoline.” His first medals were won as a motorcycle rider, graduating from this to the wheel of Europe’s racing cars, and, as a by-product of this, as an aviator. It Is said his success is largely due to his ability as an engineer, as well as a driver, and that his is the most ‘valuable car in all Europe, because by listening be can tell exactly where the trouble Is and what it is, in any kind of automobile. He has met with Several, perilous advent

Rene Thomas.

tures and accidents aS an aviator doing war duty, and even has a hospital record, but this evidently has not made any dents in Thomas’ indomitable courage.

SATIN IS USED IN WINTER HATS

More Seasonabteness in Headij ‘gear Is Shown This Season Than Last. EVENING HAT WITH LOW GOWN ■.• I , ■ • New Ones Are Made of Cloth of Silver and Gold Metallic Net and Lace, the Brims Transparent—Ru** sian Headgear Reversed. , The fact that the milliners have taken up satin for several shapes in the new millinery will contribute toward more seasonableness of headgear this winter than last. No one objects to satin, especially if it is in black or in a dark color, as a relief and offSfeVCdThfe MacK*velvet hatsthatfrave been worn so unremittingly that one began to think that the milliners had lost all of originality in choosing fabrics. There have been several seasons in which black velvet dominated, but there has. never been anything to equal the last six months. At any forgathering of women, the black velvet hat was, as seemingly necessary to the costume as the steel helmet to the soldier. Shapes differed, ornamentation varied, but the hat was black velvet, and on this fabric were rung the slight changes that the milliners invented. . Women do not tire of black velvety hats any more than they tire of serge suits and frocks. They are the bread and water of fashions. The only time that the velvet hat grows wearisome in the eyes of the average woman is when the first snows fall and the fashionables turn their atten-

tlon to thepirres. —Then the average woman wants to <ll sea rd velvet and get anything she can as- a- substitute; and today, satin is wisely offered as a compromise between winter and summer millinery. There are also satin hats in all the shades that nature gives to a dahlia, for America, as well as France, has decided that these purplish tones are excessively good-looking and is repeating them throughout costumery with excellent effect.

The brilliant purple that was advocated at the beginning of the season has been coldly greeted, but the deep purples that are almost on blue and black are fouqd to agree with every kind of gpwn and coat worn. The shapes of the new hats reveal no long-disguised secrets on the part of the millinery. . The Russian turban in its original form is abandoned, but there is an undoubted suggestion from the Muscovite turban in the new hat that is a reversal of the old —meaning that the high point of the brim in front is now turned to the back, and instead of the ornament being placed this part of the brim, it is kept in front. Russian Style Passe.

The national Russian headdress has been worn a bit threadbare in some of tlie cheaper hats, but its original glory is retained by the brides who are arranging these crowns with the point in front, as a setting for the tulle veil. ■ There is another influence at work among some of the milliners, which suggests the field hats worn by the European armies in the early part of the nineteenth century. These turbans are-Of satin, with the brim turned so high that the crown vanishes, and elongated at the sides and flattened at the back. One of the best of these French shapes is made of black satin, the top of, the extra high, upturned . brim edged with a fringe of aigrettes. , , The’ main points to remember in the hew hats are the tightness of the headband in aR Xurbans, the even line which is carried out around the head, the elimination of more than one ornament and the tendency to hold to Slavic ornamentation instead of other.

The Chinese mandarin turban which bus come' into hrst fashion along with the_ Chinese fabrics and ornaments imported to tins country to fill the place of the European importations, is strangely in keeping with some of the Russian shapes, and even the colors of the Chinese ornament which hangs from the button at the top, closely resemble those used by the Slavs. Well, there were days in the formation jjf the races on this planet when the Mongolian and the Russian were closely mingled. Genghis Khan left many Mongolian traces in that vast bit of territory known as Russia, and it may be that the hat was one. The Transparent Brim. Since the advent of the evening hat as an adjunct to the low gown when one is dining in restaurants, there has come into the fashions an entirely new kiad-of millinery. These. new. ..IhUdlS are afternoon hats de luxe. All that the milliners wanted a woman to wear in the afternoon, and against which site rebelled for many reasons, she is happy to wear at night. It has given her a good opportunity to exploit the wide—brim, which motoring, dancing and skating have put somewhat in the background. —These brims are transparent. Cartoonists used to draw amusing pictures of women , using brims of hats as a substitute for veils, and the idea was considered capricious and attrac-’ tive; and, suddenly, it is taken seriously. Metallic net and bullion lace are used for these wide brims, and the hat is tilted so far forward over the eygbrows that it is an easy matter to look upward through the fabric. The fashion has also led to women doing up their eyes a bit in the Oriental manner, so as to make them more significant and expressive under the half-concealing metal tissue. The crowns of these large evening hats are made of crystals, of closely crushed roses and of heavy metal embroidery on tulle or satin, but there are no feathers. The much-vaunted ostrich feather, which was taken up by the best of the French designers in September, did not gain a place in the affections of the public, and the musketeer hat that Talbot revived, with i its sweeping plumes and its likeness to those worn by the women of the eighteeenth century in England, was taken up only by the individual who wanted something different from her neighbor. It may be safely said that in choosing an evening hat or one for the afternoon, if you have the social opportunity to exploit so ornamental an article, it is -wise to just look into the metallic fabrics and go no further. The straight sailor of cloth of silver or gold is not used for-the evening, but is kept for the street, strangely enough’, and is sometimes worn with severe black velvet gowns in the aft-

ernoon. Makes Alluring Picture. It is at its very best in the latter setting. The woman who can wear a simply cut L medieval frock of black chiffon velvet, with its slightly open neck, absence of collar and full sleeves caught in with an embroidered band at the wrist, and a straight Reboux sailor of oxidized cloth of silver, is sure of turning herself into an alluring picture. It is not within the power of every woman to look well in a metallic hat.

If she will be fashionable at she cost of her appearance, let her take her courage in both hands and defy opinion; Hut if she will compromise with fashion and het appearance and will see to it that flesh pink tulle Is laid somewhere in the Intricacies of the metallic lace or embroidery that makes up the brim, she can frankly line a wide, transparent brim with a double thickness or plaiting of flesh pink tulle. "This will make a hat more striking and effective than If the harshness of its metallic threads is left un-’ touched by a softening veil. Probably the best of.these models is one that has a crown entirely of faint blush roses mounted on gold net which is pulled In and out of the flowers, and a brim that tilts a bit in front, made of fine gold lace mounted on flesh pink tulle. Across the back of the brim there is a wide, eighteenthcen.tury bow of blush pink velvet. , All of these evening hats are worn with low gowns more often than with half-high onds, but so far they have not been adopted at the theater, for few women are willing to go back to the Inconvenient days of holding a large hat on their laps, or, failing in the attempt to hold it, spend most of their time frantically grabbing it tol keep If from slipping, or plcklng it up from under the heels of the man who goes out between the acts. (Copyright. 1917. by the McClure 'per Syndicate.) •

A Sofa Pillow for Nothing.

Make a bag of scrim or unbleached cotton the size you wish the pillow to be and hang it in a convenient closet. Put into the bag from time to time every scrap of waste silk that is too small for other uses. When the bag is full, sew up the open end, cover and you will have a new cushion. Don’t forget to start a new bag when you sew up the old one.

Silk Underwear.

One of the new Jersey silks Is as light and dainty as a gloye silk, but has the elasticity of the Jersey weaves, which’ makes it admirable’ for lingerie. There is flesh color, pink or pale white, made up into vests with bodice tops cr ribbon straps, suits, bloomers and camisole. , j ».•