Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 63, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 March 1917 — Page 2

WOMAN’S BEST ERA

CHANGE WROUGHT BY I NOEi PENDENCE AS WAGE EARNER.

She Always Worked, but Until Recent, ly the Money All Went Into Father's Pocket as His Legal RlSht- 1 ’ It was just a little piece of newspaper poetry published on the editorial page. Doubtless many thousands read it, for It was well phrased. Probably most of the men who read it were pleased, for It was an appeal to men’s chivalry and protection, a confession of feminine weakness and self-insuf-ficiency. The burden of the poem was a faint wall that women were forced to leave the home where it was alleged they all wanted to stay, and to become wage earners. Men were appealed to to treat the unhappy creatures kindly and make up to them by politeness what they had lost when they ceased to bo domestic workers, It is a little hard on those brave pioneer women who made It possible for the girl of today to get a job, who forced open the colleges that women might adneete themselves for business and the professions, to be thanked In terms like these. Surely they never expected that when the time came when women would have their choice, at good pay, of the work they should do, that they would sigh over the necessity of working. The trouble with the business girl who thinks she would be better off at home embroidering dollies, Is that she does not know that work has always been the portion of women. Long be- , fore there was a factory or a typewriter or a power-driven machine women worked for wages. They had to. The workingman never supported bls family. He was never able to support them. i The difference between then and now is that In the old days women did ‘not collect their own wages. , The mon.ey went into fat tier’s pocket. He had a legal right to the services of his Wife and children, and thought he had also 'a moral right to whatever they earned. ; There has never been a time In history when women were as happily situated as now. And the change has been wrought chiefly by the fact that women are Increasingly becoming independent wage earners. They are In a position now to many whom they please, whether the man has money or not. They can grow and develop to the very limit of their capacity. They are as free as women have never before been free. The woman who finds the business world uncongenial is free to go into domestic service, unless she Is too much Of a snob. But the chances of living a parasitic life of sentimental Idleness are as slim now -as In the earliest Victorian times.

Birthday of Byron.

Recently occurred the one hundred and twenty-ninth anniversary of the birth of Lord Byron. The poet’s family, on the paternal side, traced Its origin back to the time of William the Oonqueror, and on his mother’s side he was related to the royal family of Scotland- His father, Capt John Byron of the Guards, was so notorious for his gallantries and recklessness that, he received the nickname of «Mad Jack.” After squandering the Inberltance of his wife, “Mad Jack” denetted her, and died a few years after fte bfrtb of peorge Gordon Noel, who early became Lord Byron through the death Without issue 1 of Ml granduncle, the fifth Lord Byron. He contributed some notable to literature and Introduced a style of romantic poetry that was to set the fashion for many a day.

Bobby Was “Fixed” for the Job.

Jimmy had seen a steeple climber in action, and upon reaching home he Im 1 mediately tried to imitate the feats he had seen. Picking out a large tree, he began to climb up Its rough trunk, but era he had gone his height bls small hands loosened their hold upon the scaly bark and he came to earth amid a shower of brilliant stars. Manfully controlling his ready tears, he walked thoughtfully toward the house, conscious of a rapidly growing bump immediately under his cap. As he entered and passed the pantry door he spied his smaller brother busily engaged in transferring the contents of * jam jar into his tiny stomach. As Jimmy surveyed his besmeared and sticky little brother he smiled througu his tears and said: “Gee, whiz! Bet you cud a held outer that tree, Bobby 1”

Bo Don't Mix Play With Work.

Injury to an employee by falling down steps down which he was carrying a load In the course of his employment, because of the act of a passing employee in thrusting a newspaper against hls rlbs for the purpose of tilling him- la held, not. to- arise out of hit employment within the meaning of the workmen’s compensation act. In the California case of Coronado Beach company v*. Pillsbury.—Case and Comment

Filling a Want

: "Do you know that fortunes are made by selling soft drinks at baseball parks?” ■ > *Tm not surprised. The fans appreciate and encourage a business like that. For a nominal sum they pat Only got -i drink, but the empty bottle serves as an ideal mlssflg to throw at the umpiiV _JSbI

Wealth in Alaskar Waters.

Nearly all Alaskan waters teem with herring, whose value as a fopd fish is just beginning to be recdgnized in those parts. Important In Alaskan fisheries Is the wealing Industry. The species of whale most common are the hump-back, fin-back, sulphur-bottom and sperm. The sperm whale is plentiful about Resurrection bay and Cook Inlet waters. A good-slsed sperm whale is worth about $3,000. The great Alaska Salmon Industry Is the most Important Industry in Alaska next to mining.

Puzzled Youngster.

1 Our grocery man’s delivery boy Is always accompanied on Saturday by his younger brother who In looks Is exactly like his older brother. The younger one always brought on our groceries, but one he was out of town and the oldest boy had to come In. Five-year-old Marian looked for a few seconds at him with a puzzled face and then exclaimed: "Say, did you growed up.”—Chicago Tribune.

Soap as Germ Destroyer.

T.a tppymedicalsciencehasbeentry-: Ing to find out to what degree the chptnieal of snap can he -der. pended upon as a destroyer of germs. Professor .Symes, after experimenting with many varieties of soap, declares that "all soaps possess antiseptic properties in some degree, and . that any germs rubbed into soap or dropped upon its surface are not -capable of multiplication.”

See If Your Diamond Is Genuine.

Here is a test that can be made when a diamond is quite clean and dry. Place on the surface of a diamond a tiny drop of water. Now take a needle or pin and try to move the drop about. If the diamond is genuine, experts say, the drop can be rolled intact. On the other hand when the gem is ah Imitation the water spreads directly it is touched with the needle point.

Marvelous Banyan Tree.

The giant banyan under which Alexander is said to have camped with 7,000 men, now measures nearly 1,000 feet across the head, contains about 3,000 trunks and forms a dense canopy through which the sunshine never penetrates. Several other species also propagate in like manner.

Why Not Swat Him?

Another form of the double-distilled essence of pest whose framework above his shoulders Is composed of re-en-concrete, is the omnipresent nuisance who insists upon breasting the current of pedestrian traffic of a crowded street on the wrong side of the pavement

“Speed the Parting.

The Departing Guest —“I hope my two weeks' stay here with you hasn't proved a big additional expense to yeu»” Mrs. Inwrong—“Ohi no! George and I have what we call a ‘Oatastro phe Fund’ that we’ve saved for just such emergencies.”—New York Times.

Origin of Razors.

It was not until the early part of the eighteenth century that razors were made of steel blades. The men in the middle centuries resorted to pumice stone, with which, to use the words of Mr. Pepys, they went through the process of "trimming their skins.”

Such It Was.

Twelve baldheaded men were jurors In a Massachusetts hair-restorer case. “Is this justice?” asked the Brooklyn Eagle. “It may be retributive justice,” suggests the Albany Argus. Let’s call It destiny.—Buffalo Times.

Sounds Deceptive.

Someone has estimated that there are 30,000.000 cats In this country. Inasmuch as a few cats may sound like millions at certain uncanny hours at night, we demand a count. —Pittsburgh Post. 1

Dogs and Dogs.

“You can keep a real fine dog in food,” says the Fort Worth Star-Tele-gram, “at an expense of about $lO a month, while a real sorry dog can get out and make a living for himself.”

Book Ends.

You could make your.owp book ends two pieces of metal or wood and then covering It with a cover made of green linen, heavily embroidered in a conventional design.

The Ultimate Consumer.

Frieda —“What Is an ultimate consumer?” Father—“ The ultimate consumer, dear, Is someone who ultimately consumes his last penny in keeping body and soul together.”—Puck. V

Could Tell Him That.

Client —“How much will your opinion be worth in this case?” Lawyer—“l am too modest to say. But I can tell you what I'm.going to charge you.” —Boston Transcript.

Sky Splitter.

Marcy, the highest "fnountaln in the Empire state, was named In honor of Gov. William L. Marcy. Its Indian name Is “Tahawas” (he splits the ■kJ).

THE EVENING REPVBLICAN, RENSSELAER, IND.

THE TARIFF COMMISSION.

The president’s selection of members of the tairiff commission is not expected to please the advocates of a high tariff or those who favor such tariff legislation as played a prominent part in the administration of President McKinley. Among the six men chosen there is a conspicuous dearth of old school republicans. The president might have done better if he had appointed at least one republican of known high tariff views. The chairman, fir. Frank W. Taussig, professor of economics at Harvard university, is believed to be better equipped to head such an important commission than any other man in the country. He was educated for the law, but turned to economics even before his legal education was completed and since 1882 has been among the leading students of the economic problems of the United States. He is remembered by many chiefly for this book, “The Silver Situation in the United States," which appeared m 1892 and during the Bryan campaign four years later was used to expose the fallacy of Bryan’s free silver arguments. He has exerted a strong itrffnenca on the trend of thought on tariff questions and his « u !dentßhave carried his influence to all parts o the country. He must be numbered among those who have done much to bring about the present attitude toward tariff problems. Wiliam Kent, an independent, is a man of broad experience nd business and government, and well qualified to i repreesnt the west on the commission. I David J. Lewis, a coal miner and

4 ——— ——* T I I / I Chalmers 7-Passenger Touring Car Price $1350 Detroit Choose a Chalmers ■ You Do a Watch

Compare two watches. They may look exactly alikoThey may be equal in diameter and thickness. They may weigh the same. Perhaps your eye can’t distinguish any difference between the gold in the two. One may arm to keep as good time as the other. Bzg Differences There Yet there may be a vast difference. One may be a Tiffany Swiss and the other a non-descript. If you trust only to an off hand examination you may make a bad mistake in your djoice. -r---True of Automobiles The same is true of automobiles. Some other car may closely resemble a Chalmers. It may weigh about the same. Have about the same whed base. The paint may look more or leas alike—at first glance. j Yet there may be a vast difference. Differences you can discover only by and comparison. Go Deep If you are to get the correct idea of the Chalmers, you must go beneath the surface. There the big, important differences lie. Differences in materials. Differences in methods of building. Differences in quality of workmanship. £_ =— To look only at the exterior of the Chalmers you wouldn’t discover that the gears and shafts of the transmission are of crucible nickel steel, case hardened and carefully heat treated.

All of the above means quality— the of quality you need in the car you bay, and the hind of quality you GET in the Chalmers. ■ Touring Car 7-passenger . $1350 Touring Sedan, 7-paseenger . SIBSO Limourine, 7-passenger . . $2550 Car 5-na«enver . 1250 Roadster, 3-passenger . . 1250 Town Car, 7-passengg . . 2550 (All prteee t •• b. Detroit.)

/ * ■ 1 i W |K ~ Chalmers Touring Sedan, 7-passenger ; 1 ll±±— ®=« s A FFI I MO T O R COMPANY G | ThorntonJßensselaer. Wm. Hallihan, Remington

lawyer and - the labor committee in the last house of representatives,, can be depended on to see that labor ha* a voice in the proceedings. Daniel G. Roper is qualified, as an industrial expert, to handle statistics with skill and dispatch, his work in compiling the tariff hand book published as an appendix to the report on, the Underwood tariff bill having established him a* an authority. He has also served as first assistant postmaster-general. E. P. Costigan is a Colorado insurgent, known in that state as a candidate for the governorship. W. S. Culbertson, the only acknowledged republican on the commission, is named presumably because of his work as an examiner in the legal department of the federal trade commission, a position that brought him into contact with the business problems of the country. By working together, Professor Taussig and Mr. Kent may be able to do as much with the rest of the commission as could have been done by a really representative commission. c'■

Presbyterian Church.

Rev. J. Budman Fleming, Pastor. 9:30 Sunday school. 10:45 Morning worship and serin7?bo Evening worship and sermon. Ciogrnd DTCfldiMif? aiMi aarh evening next week excepting A cordial welcome awaits all who "Attend these services.

! Solid One-Piece Shafi You wouldn't discover that the crankshaft is a single sturdy shaft of drop-forged heat-treated carbon steel. Nor would you discover that the Chalmers pistons are die out from Lynite, a special aluminum alloy, and weigh only 12H ounces each. Deep-Ltjinf Differences To glance at the body you wouldn't realise that the body frame is built with such great care from select ash. . That thia is covered by one-piece, welded sheet steel. Nor that the springs in the upholstery are of an extra- - ordinary spring steel. Nor that the frame of the chassis is of carbon steel, 5 inches deep and M of an meh thick. With flanges 2>£ inches wide. And with three strong cross saembers and reinforcing platca, — _ j — : Be Deliberate So when you examine the Chalmers don’t look hastily. That's unfair to the car and unfair to yourselfSome things you don't realize when you glance at the 7-passenger Chalmers: Lynite pistons. Crankshaft balanced while in motion. Cy/inJers and crank case cast in a unit. Timken axles —built to Chalmers design. Economical intake manifold. Chrome nickel driving shaft. Nickel steel differential gears heat-treated to secure hardness and toughness. And many other important points of superiority.

Pierre Thomson Died At North Judson Today.

Word reached here -this Friday afternoon to the effect lhat Pierre Thomson, of North Judson, was dead and that his body would reach this city at 11 o’clock Saturday and the funeral will no doubt be held here Sunday. No details concerning his death were learned, the message coming to one of the undertaking firms by phone and the lines were bad. .Pierre was the son of James Thomson, now of Hammond, and is a brother of Mrs. Charles Bowers, of near Pen sßelnen. Terrence Thomson, _ a brother, also survives him. William Thomson, another brother, preceded him to the graye a few years ago. Practically all of Pierre’s life was spent in Rensselaer, Further information will be given in Saturday’s Republican.

Union Meeting.

The union meeting of the Protestant Churches of the city will be held at the Methodist church this evening. Rev. Asa McDaniel will ’deliver the sermon. The attendance at the Christian church last night was fine, showing an increased interest in these meetings. ' ~ . 7 ’

Christian Church. Program for Sunday begins at 9:30 and closes at 11:15. Newland Sunday school at 2:00. PwachW Evening worship at 7. will be evangelistic. Cone and bring your friends. . -• r / -

Church. Sunday school at 9:30. Morning worship and sermon at 10:45. Evening worship and sermon at 7:00. James school house: Sunday school at 2:00, preaching at 3:00. With the evening service the simultaneous spiritual campaign begins in earnest. Rev. A. V. Rowland, of Anderson will have charge of the singing and assist in these meetings. Let every member plan to be present at every service during the two weeks this united effort is on. The success in your church 'depend* largely upon your support in attendance,' service and prayer. Pray that our Lord, through the Churches of Rensselaer, united in action, will get honor, glory and victory unto himself, overthrowing sin and establishing righteousness in the 'life of our community. Come! Boost your church. By being loyal to your Master, a willing worker for Him, ever ready to do what He wants you to do, to go where He wants you to go, and to be what He wants you to be. F. H. Beard, Pastor.

See the Moline 4 wheel planter before you buy. It is sold by Kellner & Callahan. ' - - Last month for nursery stock, ornamental or nursery. See Gum Pefley. A good price for your old battery when buying a new Vesta “double Mfe” storage battery.—Rensselaer Garage. .... ■■■ ‘