Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 February 1917 — Page 2

INTERESTING ITEMS FROM THE CITIES

Denver Antitip Legislator Has His Troubles " 9 fXENVER COLO— Robert Harris of Denver, member of the assembly of U Colnrade,-4s fl -valiant man. Harris js4n-fl-busitress-that requires him to travel, and is therefore ebwHy-WMeed and sneh

cover that his room at hotels and wayside inns was ignored by pert and pretty maids. In short, Harris, the tip tllter, found how troubled is the life of the reformer. Nothing daunted, Harris Is going after the festive little tip again this session. He has prepared » hill which provides that all. keepers of hotels and restaurants shall post their rates, with and without tips. lor instance, rooms and tips, $5 and up a day; or. rdoms without tips, $3 and up. Steak, with tip, $1.25 for one person; steak, without tip, for one person, sl. Harris wears an exalted expression, as though what happens to him doesn’t matter,. ■ ~ ~

New York’s Police Dogs Help in the War on Crime NEW YORK. —New York’s police dogs are having a large part in cleaning up crime in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, and in making it a place where women may walk the streets safely late - at night without f earofannoy-

anee. The. vigilance and activity of the dogs have done much to rid this cozy settlement qf detached houses of tramps, idlers, and criminals. The dogs have also done much in Riverdale, where several were dispatched after a series of burglaries. The police department is devoting considerable time to the serious training of these dogs with a view to finding out to what extent they may be used in certain lines of police work.

There are 12 full-grown Belgian and German shepherd dogs in the department, and to these may be added a litter of nine German shepherd puppies which arrived at the kennels recently. A dog is assigned to each patrolman. Every night the police go out to patrol with the animals. The dogs wear large leather muzzles so that they may not bite anyone, for they are powerful enough to tear a man limb from limb. While the policeman patrols the street in front of houses he sends the dog to the rear of the dwellings to search through field, hedge and brush for marauder or thief. On encountering a thief the dog’s barking attracts the policeman. , The animals have their regular tours of duty to do, and are out on patrol for seven hours at a time. Sergeant Hickey says the dogs when on these tours often travel 25 or 30 miles, for while the policeman keeps to the highways the dogs investigate the countryside by running across lots for a distance of 300 yards or more, first on one side and then on the other side of the road. --

Chicago Has Minnow Shower Covering Two Blocks CHICAGO.— In the 1200 and 1300 block of School street weather talk isn’t the last resort of bored social victims. Weather is the one hot topic. Books and bets are being made on it. Not any of that easy phenomena like equinoctial storms or typhoons, either.

ran into the house with two or three minnqws he had found. When other chlldrenbegan to find minnows their eldets became excitedTanr'joined the hunt. In yards facing School street along these two blocks more than five dozen of the small fish were found. ■ Excited discussion developed as to how the minnows made their appear*ance. It was pointed out that the fishing season is closed, hence the improbability of “the shower” being bait thrown away by some Izaak Walton. One man advanced the theory that the minnows were drawn up into the clouds in some warmer clime and there held by density until their filmy conveyance was driven northward to dissolve tn rain over Chicago. Others reminded that it was an indisputable «fact, known to every boy, that it rains little frogs. ■ Prof. C. L. Mitchell of the United States weather bureau was asked about it. , , . - r “Bunk I” said he. “It doesn’t rain frogs and it doesn t rain minnows. 1 should say the fish got on School street just by natural finny affinity for schools —eh?”

lowa Man Bought Ticket for New York Hotel Room NEW YORK. The next times James Reynolds Barry leaves his modern, electric-lighted, corn-bearing farm near fled Oak. la., for a few quiet weeks in New York, he will come here prepared to resist the luring advances

of young men who halt him on the street and offer to sell him things. Such a young man, with a sense of in- . genious humor, sold to Mr. Barry aroom in the ClaridgeJiQtel for a week for sl<X Armed with a check which the young man said would admit him at once to a magnificent apartment, Mr. Barry strolled into the Clarldge and requested that he be shown forthwith to his quarters. - • --

As evidence of his right to the room, he presented a small envelope of the type used to inclose theater tickets. The envelope was sealed, and the clerk, with a puzzled expression, tore It open and brought to view a ticket to the Century theater which was something like a week old. Hamilton Burney, resident manager of t|fe hotel, watched the proceeding. “You bought that ticket on the prqjuise of a room here?” he asked. .“Yes, sir,” responded Mr. Barry. “I met this gentleman on the train this morning, and be told me that, because of the throngs in New York. It was very difficult to get accommodations except at tremendous prices. He said he had a friend who "owned part of this* hotel and. who got his share of its profits by rentifig a number of rooms in it. He said he had some room tickets and offered to let me have one for a week for $lO. I gave him the money, •and he sealed the ticket in this envelope. He looked so honest I never thought <to examine the ticket.” 4 .if g a smiled Mr. Burney. "Is it good for a show Y' hopefully inquired Mr. Barry. , “Net now.” ' ■ ■ "Oh, well/’ said the young man from Red Oak. “I got mine, but I hop< folk*back home never hear of it,” and he reglstered wearily. --

In spite of this fact, he bravely rose *— tn-his ptace*tn the“Tasr legislaTure and introduced a bill against tipping. Immediately,, the legislator says, he was picked by the “Black Hand” for future consideration. He came to know the mark of the “Black Hand” thumb in his soup; to- find that meat .... juid vegetable, orders we/e not us freslias he had hoped they would be, judging from what was set before his neighbor or vis-a-vis at table; to dis-

It’s a piscatorial shower that has fussed up the neighborhood. It rained fish in those two blocks. Citizens of impeccable veracity assert it. And they produced between 60 and 70 tiny minnows plucked out of the snow after the morning’s rain to prove It. The little fish were buried in the snow as if they had fallen a considerable distance. Little Robert Hellwig was the first to discover the “fish rain.” He

THE EVENING REPUBLICAN, RENSSELAER, IND.

Outstanding Features in Spring Coats

Will a new suit be the uppermost thing In your thoughts in spring apparel, or do you intend to become a devotee of the one-piece dress and the separate coat? There is no getting away from the fact that the one-piece frock, or “the dressmaker’s dress,” as it is called, challenges our admiration on every side; everybody is wearing it. Likewise, just at present, everyone is covering up tlifs graceful garment with a long coat, generous, enveloping, and becoming. Not within the memory of woman have coats been so ample and luxurious booking. It is all because they are of such soft-looking cloths and have such roomy sleeves, and, above all, such big collars. In, the new coats recently brought out for deml-season wear, collars remain extra large. There is a choice in lengths between coats that cover the dress and those that are three-quarter length. Some of them are accused of looking more like a bathrobe than anything else, with, narrow girdles that are wrapped loosely about the figure. A few of them are but the

To design gowns that will suit the taste of the .debutante and be suiteci at the same time to her youth, is someLhingOfa probleni. - Most very young women wish to clothe themselves in styles considerably too mature for them. This is like putting a dainty watercolor in a heavy overwrought gold frame. But mothers must emphasize and bring home to their daughters the charm of youth, which is best expressed in frocks that at least have the appearance of simplicity. A pretty taffeta frock well suited to the young girl is shown in the accompanying picture. It is a demure, Quakerish-looklng affair with only parallel rows of cords set in the bodice and skirt to relieve it of entire plainness. The skirt Is plain and straight and is gathered to the bodice. The girdle Is made of the silk and tied In - knot with two tmds, at thefront. A plain organdie collar with hemstitched hem finishes the neck- This might be replaced by a collar of the less expensive laces, but to ho spetMl advantage, for the collar of organdie

Having the Charm of Simplicity

others make up for it with pockets of such size and pronounced style that all pockets that have gone before become insignificant. In the coat shown in the accompanying piqture the collar and the pockets are very conservative as to size, but the cuffs go to any length in asserting the generosity of things in coats. It is heavy .broadcloth. You may select it in one of the lovely shades of gray or perhaps in French blue, but you are more likely to buy it in a darker shade. The collar is of the cape variety that looks so cozy when brought up about the neck. It is embellished with two bunds of velvet, and similar bands appear on the cuffs. This is a girdleless model—the skirt set on to the body with a velvet piping. Two rows of small buttons make an admirable finish at the back, and the conical pockets are modestly satisfied with only one button each. This is altogether a very quiet garment, but if you want something else there are others in deep orange color or with other startling outstanding features.

has the same style and character as the gown. Dresses 'Similar in style are made with a slightly raised waistline and worn without a girdle. In these the bodice usually buttons down the front, while in the model picture the fastening is on the shoulder and, along the underarm. *

Millinery Ideas.

While many hats are decidedly of Oriental origin, others are suggestive of the periods of Francis I and Henry IV. They should be set straight on th« head and cover It equally, not leaving one side more exposed than the other, and be brought low down on the brow, in the exact tenter reckoned from one side of the forehead to the other. \

Dainty Shoes.

Footwear is growing more and more dainty. Shoes of silk are embroidered with gold and sll rer thread.

GOOD JOKES

JUST LIKE A WOMAN. “Talk about your frenzied financiers,” -remarked the cashier, as he came in and hung up his hat, “my wife’s got them all beaten to a fricasseed frazzle.” “Well, come on with the answer,” said the bookkeeper. . “She had made up her mind to purchase a skirt she saw- in a store just around the corner fronr where we live,” explained the cashier; “but yesterday she learned that site could buy one exactly like it downtown for fifty cents less —” “And of course she went downtown and bought it,” interrupted the bookkeeper. “You have said It,” rejoined the cashier, “and incidentally she spent a dollar and a half taxicab hire while looking for the place?’ —— Not a Square Deal. She —But it is a woman’s privilege to change her mind, you know. He —Yes, I suppose ,§p. But It isn’t a square deal, just the same. She —Why not? - ■ / .• G ; : - • He —Because when a man changes his mind the woman in the case gets busy and sues him for breach of promise. *

War of Words. Redd —What tire those two men quarreling about so? Greene—A game of golf. “But neither of them plays golf.” “T know it; but Bill-said if he could play golf he could beat'Jim, and Jim said if he could play golf Bill couldn't beat him.” THE TRUTH.

The Reformer —Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty. The Joker —Yes; many a man would be in jail if he didn’t watch out. Behind the Scenes. Full many a man’s a pacifist. Philanthropist and all that, Yet scolds a wife who can’t resist And slams the door and kicks the cat. How to Judge. Mrs. Flatbush —Do you believe in that saying that a woman is as old as she looks? 2 —— Mr. Flatbush—Sure, if she takes off her hat and hair.

Editor's Trials. Rerfman—.AtFedßoTmust nive'mafiy trials, doesn’t he? Wright—Well, ours has. He’s been hauled up three times for libel and six times for speeding. Trying to Dodge Him. Redd —Whenever I see Black coming down the street in his car I have to dodge him. Greene —I see. You've one of his creditors, I suppose. Had Clothes Enough. Patience —That girl Bob’s engaged to is a great dresser. Patrice-*® that a fact? “Oh, yes; she has a most extensive wardrobe.

“And was it love at first sight with Bob?’’ “Oh, no; he didn’t fall in love with her until he’d seen her eighteenth gown.” . v • , • Bored. Patience —How did you like it in the country where you were last summer? Patrice —Well, the people in the rockers on the porch almost bored me to death, and when I went to bed the mosquitoes completed the boring operation. Not a Manufacturing Plant. Redd —Where does he live? Greene —In Brooklyn. “What’s his business?” “I guess he’s interested in the manufacture of automobile tires.” “What makes you think that?” “Because he told me he owned a rubber plant.”

Matters to Keep Dark. “Henry, what is meant by mending political fences?” asked Mrs. Twobble. “That means a variety of activities,” replied Mr. Twobble, “but seldom any* •thing a candidate desires to have published i| the newspapers.” _ ' Base Betrayal. Kvhy is Maude crying so?” . “Because her father can’t • bear James Jones, and-he came into the .room just when the parrot was sayling to itself, ‘Well, just one more, jimmy!’”

HE'D BEEN MARRIED TWICE.

Slie—.... ge is a lottery. He —And most men draw a blank. Another Little DigSome .women carry their ages quite welL But it is a dollar to a dime The reason is—it’s a shame to tell— They carry but half at a time. * Removing the Features. JBllT—This- paper says like a diminutive lawn mower is a new device for shaving, in which a spring motor revolves a steel roller with cutting blades as it is drawn over a man’s face. Jill—Fine! Xnd if it falls to remove the hair a fellow can use a plow. Doppel.” “Why so?” • “She patronizes Mrs. Dubson whenever she gets a chance, but Mrs. Dubson is blissfully unconscious of it, so it’s no satisfaction to her at all.”

Would Like an Easy One. Dad—Jimmy. which instrument would you like to study, the violin or the piano? Jimmy—Father, if I must study music please let me choose the phonograph. The Warring Singers. Church—l see .that Pittsburgh churches insure lives of preachers and choir singers. Gotham —Why preachers? They don’t fight, tod, do they? High Cost of Living. Flatbush—Do you know anything which comes into your house which has not advanced in value? Bensonhurst —I do. My wife’s mother. Both Hard to Manage. Redd —Sb they are divorced? Greene —Yes, she’s taken the children find he’s taken the automobile. “Suppose she thought the children would be easier to manage.”

> Happy Ending. Patience —Has your brother finished that story he was writing? • Patrice —Oh, yes. “Did it have a happy ending?” “Oh, yes; he’s sold it.” When Hostilities Start. Bill—What arethese war brides they’re talking about? Jill—l don’t know. I always supposed it was after a woman had ceased to be a bride that the fighting began. — The Open Book. “A man’s life should be like an open book.” “Yes,” observed Miss Cayenne; “but so few people care to interest themselves in a book that isn’t a thriller.” SHE WAS ON.

Maisie—l ain’t goin’ to take any „ more music lessons. Her Mother —Why not? Maisie —I don’t see any use in paying that professor one dollar twice a week just to come here and make love to sister. A Sad Blow. “When do you expect a report from the vice commission?” “That’s hard to say?” “Didn't they make a success of their investigations?” “No. They were all woefully dis. appointed. They didn’t find any vica worth mentioning.” Talks Through It. Yeast—Don’t you think your wife has a hose for news? Crimsonbeak —Sure thing. Why, 1 get all the inews from her that way.