Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 91, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 April 1918 — Page 3

TALES FROM BIG CITIES

Why Mr. Pokey Jones Is Not Sporting a New Suit KANSAS CITY. —Meet Pokey Jones, forty, tall and overweight, an ordinary business man and common enough, perhaps, except he has some strange ideas. He prefers winter when it is summer and he likes summer when it is

■winter. He has a jolly laugh and pleasant smile. He is bald headed, wears glasses, reads ancient history land the daily news. He goes to church to keep from wiping the Sunday dishes. His heroes are Napoleon, George Washington and Francis X. Bushman. Mr. Jones’ family consists of his fwlfe and a son, Pokey, Jr., who resemIbles his father at eight years of age. (Father Jones has no motorcar, and for (that reason he is not interested in good [roads. He says he is more interested

Bn good sidewalks. He enjoys motion pictures and he pays 17 cents for him ■elf, 17 cents for his wife and 11 cents for Pokey, Jr., when he takes the nmily to see them. ,t* Mr. Jones dropped into his favorite clothing store the other day to get a Mew spring suit. He looked at several that did not please him. but presently found one that did.. The price and the color and the style and quality were to ails liking. The salesman told him the price was S3O. Mrs. Jones was with Pokey. She wasn’t so well pleased. There was some delay, and while the [Joneses were conversing, the salesman, in closely examining the suit, Juun It was not a S3O value, but a S6O one. || He told Mr. and Mrs. Jones about it, and Mrs. Jones was glnd because tahe knew she could fuss so much Pokey would not pay that much. Mr. Dones still was pleased with the suit and would have bought it, even though It was much higher priced than he had counted on paying. Mrs. Jones [wouldn't allow it, so he gave up the idea. The salesman brought forward many other S3O suits, but they all looked «heap after seeing the S6O one so that Pokey gave up. He told, the salesman he had spoiled his taste for a suit and he guessed he would just let it next year. Finder of Rare Bug Has Vision of Great Riches SAN FRANCISCO. —John W. Kehoe, who is making a fight in Superior Judge Edmund P. Morgan’s court for half of the $1,500 his wife, Esther Kehoe, has earned since their marriage in 1913, testified that he expects to be a rich man some day, for he has invented sev-

Cisco store, where she earns S2OO a month. He said he did ttje poking, the mending and the washing, except that he did not launder the litvn after he had tried to and failed. His wife sent the linen to the laundry after that. During the four years following his marriage, he said, he had worked 15 hours a day on his inventions, among which is one to “predetermine how many feet of film will be necessary to make a moving picture of any given subject.” He has invented other moving-picture appliances, but told Judge Morgan that none of the producers would listen to him. Kehoe testified that he had worked for a while as a magazine solicitor, but was so “temperamentally unfitted” for this work that he sold only four magazines. He also worked in a butcher shop at one time, and all he earned he contributed to the household expenses, holding out only enough for lunch**)n Mrs. Kehoe wants a divorce on the ground of failure to provide.

Probably Belongs to Academic ‘Academic Anarchists’ WTEW YORK. —Two men were talking about the war. To get it exactly N straight, one man did the talking while the other played audlence-ln a car. “I tell you, old man, the anarchist is right. This war had to be, to kill

off rulers and the titled class. When it Is over you will see what a millennium looks like with the laboring man having his rights for the first time on earth. Fact is there will be no laboring man, because there will be no boss. Each will be free to help himself to the pleasures and leisure that are-his due. As to all that bunk pbout the shelling of historic monuments —what use are they? When you come right down to it, what do we want with anything the

past can give us when we have the future ahead? I wouldn’t give a hill of beans for all the old masters and cathedrals you could make me a present of, except ffr the money they would bring. I’m a plain man with no frills, and I—sorry to have to get out here, but come around to my new place—here’s my address—phone me any evening and I’ll get in a couple of fellows for cards ” The man who had played audience chuckled over the card, and when, a bit later he pressed a button, it was plain by the absentmindedness with which he let the thing fall that he had no intention of accepting the invitation. There are always prying people, who want to know moire than the law allows—which means an apology for the vtoman in the seat behind for swiptmr the card—just for the fun of finding out by what name an anarchist defender, who despised the ancient landmarks of time, scorned ancestry and boasted his lack of frills, might “go by.” And to Show also that a prying person may be generous in the sharing of knowledge, here is the card, except for its first name: Smythe, 3d.”

Proper Spirit' Evinced by Youthful Patriots MINNEAPOLIS. —They have an insurgent school orchestra at the Margaret M Fuller school. It is a democratic orchestra, on the plan of the old town meetings. There is a president and a secretary—they do not need a treasurer . —and there are self-elected rackboys

them, and in their little self-governing club they have developed something of the spirit of Faneuil hall. They were given a new march the other day, to play in the hall at dismissal and assembly time, for the lines to march by. In the vpry middle of the first flourish somebody caught sight of its title. It was “Vienna Forever.” “We won’t play that,” announced small Robert Souders, spokesman for the group. ' ■>. /• ■ Patriotic sensibilities are bei-tg carefully festered in the schorls these days, but there was the plan of the music supervisor to be considered. She had assigned the march. "Wait till Miss Anderson comes," the principal advised. “We won’t play ‘Vienna Forever.* It’s ‘The Stars and Stripes Forever’ that we want to play.” the orchestra clamored. when Miss Ruth Anderson, the director appeared. But, alas for the Americanism of the “Insurgent 18,” Sousas marches have never been simplified for nine-year-old lads. So what they are marchin | by now at the Margaret Fuller school is “The Flag of Truce.”

eral things and has discovered a rare bug. He discovered the bug, he testified, while working in. the United States laboratories. “What’s the bug good for?” demanded Judge Morgan. “It is a rare and, I presume, a valuable bug,”, said Kehoe. "I am working now to discover a use for it.” Kehoe added that during his married life he had acted as housekeeper while his wife worked in a San Fran-

to see that music racks are put in the proper places after rehearsal. There are self-elected attendance officers, to see that old come back and new ones are brought in. There are minutes, too. read gravely at the close of each meeting, minutes that sometimes frankly confess, “we didn’t work very well today. There was some distraction.” The musicians are from nine to thirteen years old. There sre 18 of

THE EVENING REPUBLICAN, RENSSELAER. IND.

MADE FOR LOYALTY

Good Effect of Citizens’ Battle With the Snow. Gave Slacker an Opportunity to See Himself a* Others See Him— Also Helped Realization of What War Means. YBy GEORGE E. BOWEN, of the Vigilantes.) It took a lot of backache and blisters and frostbite to clear this snowbound western world of drifted obstruction, making it safe for travel, secure for the daily affairs of life. Those two great January storms created a desperate situation —one that had to be met and overcome. Everybody suddenly had the same idea—a strong shovel, a willing heart and a cheerful disposition. There was nothing else to do. We had to be free. And we were. Every patriot In the middle west who had a shovel and a backbone got' out and used them. Lot lines didn’t count, for we were fighting a common enemy. The shoveling spirit thrilled us, en masse —no one stopped to be saluted or introduced —no one stopped to theorize —no one claimed exemption or superiority. We just asserted our right of way—and dug it. So, here is freedom —to go or come. It was a great lesson in united action, a convincing example of the solidarity of human interest, a reassuring experience in loyalty to the cause of common welfare. It was an American demonstration. The slacker was thoroughly unslacked when he saw his neighbor Shoveling off his walk. It was a worth-while storm.

Men mes each other In these neighborhood trenches with a new expression in their eyes—a new feeling in their hearts. Over the white-blocked barricades of snow, head high and miles in length, .they were seeing those reddened, sandbagged walls in Belgium. Seeing loyal bayonets shoveling humanity’s way to freedom through storm-crushed Flanders. Seeing braver patriots than themselves struggling manfully against Alpine avalanches of steel and blizzards of fire, that the home-paths of mankind be not obstructed forever by any brutal drifts of hate or selfishness. The roar of the Arctic terror these neighbors knew when the storm broke upon their unpreparedness was as nothing to the scream of shells and the thunder of artillery they are hearing now in those trenches across the sea—and in their souls. They have realized in a small, bloodless way the meaning of war —war that is a perpetual offensive storm, Instead of an occasional one in January. When men meet in these snow trenches of the West, there%only one comment: “We’ve got to help them win.” And they mean it —as they meant every shovelful of snow they threw out of their paths of peace and contentment Some great blessings come thickly disguised. -

Big Storm Recalled.

Just thirty years ago In January, the worst storm in the history of the United States weather bureau raged over the central West, taking a toll of more than 200 lives fend killing thousands of farm animals. “Old-timers” asserted there had been a storm of equal, if not worse proportions, in 1880, but there are no definite records on. the first storm, and it is known to have been more locally confined than the “great storm of ’88.” The storm originated in Nebraska and extended to central lowa and Wisconsin eastward and to the Montana line on the west. The temperature was about freezing when the storm started, but by the next morning It had dropped to 54 degrees below zero in South Dakota. Grand Forks, N. D., reported a temperature of 52 degrees below, while at Sioux City, la., it was 28 below. Near Mitchell, S. D., a farmer and his son were unable to reach the hougp five rods distant before the boy was frozen to death. .......J. ■ . .../■■ .. .

How They Lived In Early Days.

Men and women who are complaining that the increasing cost of food staples is making the purchase of some luxuries beyond their means should read the account of the privations which ths people of medieval England had to suffer, notes a'correspondent. They lived without sugar until the Thirteenth century, without coal until the fourteenth, without butter on their bread until the fifteenth, without tobacco until the sixteenth, and potatoes until the sixteenth, without tea, coffee and soap until -the seventeenth,, without umbrellas, lamps and puddings until the eighteenth, without trains, telegrams, gas, matches and chloroform until the nineteenth.

Pigeon a War Hero.

The feat of Napoleon’s A. D. C„ who galloped up with a message in the press of battle, and being asked: “You are wounded?” replied, “Pardon, sire, I am dead," and fell lifeless, has been equaled by an army pigeon. This pigeon flew home with one of its legs shot away, only to fall dead on the loft floor. But its message, almost ‘driven into its body by the shot, saved the lives of hundreds of men.-—From the European Edition of the New York Herald.

ONE PIECE SLIPS

Direirtoire Frocks Look as Though Grafted on Egyptian. Girdled High Under the Bust, Having Short Sleeves and a Slight Round Neck—Short Hair. In the reaction toward the dlrectolre, which has come about through the influence of many designers, there is a return to the classicism that was insisted upon by Mme. Tallien and Josephine in the days of the directolre. You remember, recalls a fashion correspondent, that these two <women established simplicity and, history says, seminudity, as a protest to the extraordinary frivolity of the gowns of Marie Antoinette. Our fashfonable women have already adopted the short hair which these

Frock of printed chiffon, with silver fringe at hem of skirt and chiffon silver scarf, adapted from gowns worn when Napoleon was fighting In Italy. High coiffure has alsol re* turned.

two brought into fashion in France, and which was called the “coiffure a la victime.” Today the hair is worn pulled up on top of the head, sometimes ending in a mass of ringlets, as was the fashion of the dlrectoire, when the short locks were considered a badge of honor. These dlrectoire frocks are one-piece slips, girdled high under the bust, with short sleeves and a slight round neck. Callot makes them to look as though they were dlrectoire grafted on Egyptian—a curious combination indeed.

TABLE OF FASHION HINTS

Little Things Which Put a Costume in Mode and Aid In Keeping Women Dressed Up-to-Date. Gray is a favorite shade. Waistlines are never in the same place. Sleeveless coats are made with capes. Yellow is a shade fancied by Paris. Mushroom sailor hats are with us again. . J Ivory white beads make a pretty girdle. Gray and yellow make-a pretty combination. Small poke-shaped hats are worn. Satin is used for dresses, suits and hats. Kilted plaids are much in favor for skirts. Wool embroideries are more than ever used. There must be a note of contrast in the dress. Flag blue is combined with gray and chamois. Sashes are tied at one side under the left arm. The slip-on coat is one that Paris is very fond of. Wool hop sacking is to be used for motor wraps. Printed silk voile is used for some of the spring blouses. Pointed trains are a feature of the new evening gowns. Drawn-work will be a feature of summer dresses.

SHOULD SPONGE WOOLENS

Treatment of Material Before Being Made Up Will Prevent its Shrinking and Water Spotting. Woolen materials should be sponged before being made up in order to avoid shrinkage and water spotting. Lay the material on a table that has been padded and covered smoothly with a cloth that is frjee from lint. Cover the woolen material with a wet cloth and press with a fairly hot iron until the cloth is almost dry, when it should be removed and the woolen itself pressed until it is dry. In pressing, the iron should be lifted and placed rather than pushed along. If the material to be sponged has a nap, the pressing should be done with the nap. If double Width material is to be sponged, it may be left folded, right side In. The wet cloth on one side is sufficient to stem both thicknesses, but both sides should be pressed in order to insure dryness.

Bordered Voiles.

Yellow voile with a border design done In raised dots makes a very effective afternoon frock for summer.

WAR TOUCHES IN FASHION

Conservation of Wool Noted In New French Chiffonßlouses; Some Still Show Woolen Trimmings. Some of the new French chiffon blouses show embroidery with colored string. The idea is to save the wool—we had actually become used to the combination of heavy wool embroidery on the flimsiest of chiffon —and instead of going about it with a killjoy manner, as we are apt to go ahead with our own effects to economize in dressing, the French have achieved a distinct triumph in this string embroidery, states a fashion writer. , Some blouses still show woolen trimming. Knitted collars and cuffs on chiffon blouses for some reason acquired a distinct vogue, and they are still in favor and will be in spite of warmer days to come. They were first seen in expensive Imported blouses, but clever women soon saw that they could fashion these cuffs and collars themselves with knitting needles and wool and either make a simple chiffon blouse to attach them to or get a home dressmaker to fashion the blouse tor them at considerable saving of cost. And this wool collar and cuff set need not be tinpatriotic—it need not use •wool that might be used for soldiers —for there is in almost every woman’s knitting bag enough dainty wool left over from a sweater with which to make these colorful accessories. Who ever heard of wooden lavalleres? But If we can wear beads made from sealing wax and feel ourselves as well dressed as though we had emeralds and diamonds, why not jewelry of wood? Some of it is made by wounded French and English soldiers—whose taste In such matters is extremely good—and part of the profit In the sales goes to them. So we are, in a measure, patriotic, besides, undoubtedly, in fashion when we wear these trifles of wooden jewelry.

NEW CLOTHES AND ECONOMY

Gossip as to Styles, Conversation and War Provides Problems Which Have Not Been Solved. Gathering up all the reins of discussion into one hand, it would seem that the spring will have a variety of problems, mostly Interesting. The clothes from France demand alteration or else new purchases. One side of patriotism demands that women spend what they can afford so that others may live; another sort of patriotism believes in saving every cent to give to war relief work; and others believe in being merely fashionable and following the trend of their especial set or neighborhood. The merchants are arguing, the dressmakers are talking, the publicists are speaking about clothes; the council of defense is advising this way and that; bodies of women are coming out with new creeds concerning conversation and standardization of clothes and so there’s a merry, merry to do about it all. News and gossip and discussion of clothes whistle down every wind. It is an interesting time not only for the merchants, but for the public.

COAT FOR SPRING WEAR

Styles come and go, but the cloths used in making them stay pretty nea« the same. Corduroy always has been the practical cloth for a spring coat, for It gives just the quantity of warmth that is needed for spring days when sunshine Is mixed with breezes. Styles in using corduroy have changed greatly, but corduroy is still used. The color, too, has changed for the better, for this jade corduroy makes a very pretty effect and with its dainty style, the coat is well-nigh perfect. The collar is of tan velours. The belt on the coat, fastened in front with three buttons, is the only slight suggestion of fanciful style. *

Colored Neckwear.

The fad for rose-colored neckwear and for that of French blue is being seriously menaced by the advance of certain collars and cuffs made of cgr nary-colored satin apd organdie.

Waiting for His Son

By REV. W. W. KETCHUM

Director of Practical Work Courae, Moody BiblclMtituU,

TEXT—How ye turned to God from Idols, to aerve the living and true God; and to wait for bis son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead.—l Thes. Here are Indicated the four steps In the experience of the Christians

stone, but anything upon which the affections have been set. The order here is worthy of noting. It Is not from idols to God, but to God from idols. Expecting Jesus. Evidently from their attitude, these early Christians believed that Jesus was to return from heaven. The background of their belief was the fact that God had raised his Son, even Jesus from the dead. To them the resurrection meant more than the continued existence of the personality Of Jesus after his death; it meant his bodily resurrection, and coupled with this was their belief in his bodily ascension into heaven. It is not difficult to see how with such a faith, it was easy for them to believe in the return to this earth of their risen and. ascended Lord.

Were they in their faith mistaken? There is only one place for us to go to find out and that is to the Bible. Those who have taken the pains to count, tell us that there are in the New Testament alone, 318 references so the second coming of Christ. This shows the large place that this subject holds in these Scriptures, not to say anything about the reference to it in the Old Testament ? Not Death. But are we not to understand by these references to the second coming of Christ, the death of the believer? Many have so taught but that such teaching is incorrect is evident, if we take the passages in which these references occur and substitute the word death for the word or words which refer to Christ us, for example. In our text which would then read, “to wait for death from heaven, even death whom he raised from the dead.” This is so absurd that we see at once that by the second coming of Christ is not meant the death of the believer.

But does it not mean the coming of the Holy Spirit? This teaching is far more plausible, for as some one has said, and his saying is true in a sense, “the Holy Spirit is Christ’s other self.”. Yet It is evident that we must not confuse the Lord Jesus Christ with the Holy Spirit Jesus himself is careful in making the distinction and speaks of the Holy Spirit as “another comforter whom I will send unto you, even the Spirit of truth.” Clearly by this statement he does not mean himself any more than when he speaks of his own coming he means the Holy Spirit Manifestly only by the most severe straining of the Scriptures could the second coming of Christ be interpreted to mean the coming of the Holy Spirit Try the same test used to prove that by the second coming of Christ death is not meant and substitute for the word or words referring to the Holy Spirit word or words referring to Christ and the absurdity is just as apparent As for example, in the passage quoted above; it is impossible, as you will see, to make this substitution and have any sense whatever left Try it and yoiL.wUJ, be convinced that by the of Christ is not meant the coming of the Holy Spirit Not Destruction of Jerusalem. But may it not mean the destruction of Jerusalem by Titus in A. D. TO? By no means, for in the Revelation, chapter 22, verse 20, is the last’ promise of our risen Lord given long after the dest ruction of Jerusalem to John, the aged, on the island of Patmos: “Surely, I come quickly.” And in response, the old apostle lifts his voice and cries, “Amen, even so, come Lord Jesus.” This makes it very evident that by the second coming of Christ is not meant the destruction of Jerusalem. Well, what is meant? Just precisely what the Scriptures teach; that Jesus Christ, the risen, ascended, glorified son of man is to return a second tHDe to this earth. He himself so taught by direct word and by parable and so taught his disciples, and so In expectation of his return they'waited. To try to make the second coming of Christ mean anything else .than the literal personal return of the Lord Jesus Christ to this earth is to twist and pervert the Scriptures from their plain and simple ifieaning. “Thia same Jesus,” said the two meh in white apparel at his ascension, “which In taken up- from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him ge I into heaven.” “Amen. Even so, come Lord Jesua.” *

at Thessalonlca to whom Paul wrote the epistle. First they turned to God. That is the first step of every truly converted person. Turned From Idols. Secondly, “they turned from idols.” That is the second step in the experience of every true Christian. The idols are not necessarily those made of wood or