Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 131, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 June 1919 — HAPPENINGS in the CITIES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HAPPENINGS in the CITIES

Marriage Joke That Has Gone Entirely Too Far •*.— CHICAGO. —This is a Story about a man who accepted the congratulations and wedding presents of his friends —and then went out and got a wife. The wife, who is Mrs. Harriet L. Stille, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter T.

Wilcox, 2014 Waveland avenue, has announeetl that the joke ba* gone quite far enough by filing a bill “for divorce.” ••The plaintiff at the time she was induced to jnarry Walter T. Stille believed that he loved her,” the bill recites. In the spring of 1918, the-"bill asserts, Stille, who was employed in a loop office, secure*! a two-day vacation to attend tile wedding of a brother. Upon returning to his office after the wedding the other clerks suspected

him of being a principal rather than an accessory. These suspicions, if not confirmed, were at least not disproved, the bill says, and soon Walters back was the recipient of many a hearty congratulatory smash. A day of two later the friends in the office presented Walter with a cutglass water set. You know how they do these things —everybody antes up, and the office boy goes out to buy whatever he sees and likes. „ “I would like to have you come out and see my wife,” the “bridegroom said. He was playing the game and having a perfectly lovely time. The whole office force accepted the invitation, and Walter’s smile immediately fled. There was a jam—now where was Walter going to get a w ife ah! He had it. That same night, according to the bill, the little rose light in Harriet llcox’s parlor blinked softly under the barrage of love Walter was sprinkling. Ou April 11, 1918, Harriet and Walter were married and the “bunch ’ gave a nice little house wanning for them. —— Thingu went-along pretty ■smoothly for ft while, the bill oayo, and thenWalter started to neglect his wife and later turned to cruelty.

Quite a Welcome Awaits This Rainbow Corporal

MANNING. ALA. —Is Manning taking on airs these days? It is. And is it proud of Corp. Sidney Bratton of the Rainbow division? It is. And will he get a welcome when he returns home? He will. This town is his to play

with. Why? Oh, well, the story goes like this: Gen. “Black Jack” Pershing went to Remagen on the Rhine the other day to the division and distribute some 50 decorations to officers and men. It took almost two hours of the general’s fast walking up and down company r<>w ? sjfoivthe_iihL spection—he thinks the only way to Inspect is to inspect. And then he nresented the~decorations.

Corp. ’Sidney Bratton received the . congressional medal of honor for taking command of his platoon when t e lieutenant commanding and finally the top sergeant had been killed. He led 30 men into an attack on the heights of the Ourcq and captured the positi«n, which he and eight survivors held against persistent enemy counter-attack*. Although suffering from nine wounds. Corporal Bratton maintained command and position until relieved by re-enforcements. General Pershing shoo* him by the hand and said: Corporal Bratton, it is men of vonr caliber who have emblazoned the name of America around the world In'the name of the president and of the people of the United States J congratulate you; as your.commander in chief I thank you heartily vour Inspiring example; as man to man, Corporal Bratton, I want to tell you that 1 In tbeHine for decorations Bratton stood first. Beside him stood a brigadier general who. received the Distinguished Service medal, but Brattonis position was first before his entire division that day—an honor which go s To him who wears the starry blue ribbon that dangles the highest award for American bravery.

When the First “Leg Show” Opened in Chicago NFW YORK—Mrs. Jean Gravel died here the other day. Who was Mrs. Tean Gravel’ Whv Pauline Markham of Lydia Thompson’s “British Blondes” the famous st’alacta of the “Black Crook.” who horsewhipped Editor

Wilbur F. Storey of the Chicago Times nearly half a century ago. Lydia Thompson's troupe of “British Blondes” was playing an engagement at McVicker’s theater. It was the first so-called “leg” show to appear in Chicago. Mr. Storey had heard ru- | mors of the alleged indecency of the performance, and he sent one of his reporters to see the show and write his impressions. Mr. Storey also indited a few lines for the editorial page which fairly sizzled. The “roast” was

printed in the Times February 24. 1870. That evening at five o’clock while Mr. Storey was on his way home from the office he was waylaid at avenue and Peck court by Miss Thompson. Miss Markham and Mr. Henderson, manager of the “British Blondes.” The editor was walking with head down, as was his custom, when he suddenly was confronted by the trio. Miss Thompson drew a short whip which was concealed in the folds of her skirt and began to rain blows on the head and shoulders of Mr. Storey. Unaware of the cause for the assault, M/. Storey kept shoutirfg: "What do you mean? What do vou mean?” He raised his hand to ward off the blows and at this juncture M\ Markham snatched the whip from Miss Thompson. She also belabored the Editor until pedestrians came to his rescue. Tne identity of the women and their male escort was soon established and their arrest followed. The article that appeared in the Times on the day following the assault made the original criticism look like a Sunday school lesson Mr. Storev wielded a vitriolic pen and the old reporters who were m the Times office that night used to tell in after years how blue smokb rolled off the pages of copy written by thd boss.

Should a Man Object If a Pretty Stenographer— DENVER— Whv should a nian object if a pretty twenty-three-year-old stenographer’ borrows his “chummy four”, for a few moments just to run up to the statehouse to collect a little matter of S6O which the state owed her

for typing bills and reports in the house of representatives? Linnie Colyer, clerk of the agricultural committee of the house and the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. Colyer of Ordway, Colo., says she just can't these men. , And to think that anyone should have her arrested I It was primarily the fault Of the legislators in ..holding up the salary appropriation. Miss Colyer had been ill for two weeks from influenza at

520 Emerson street, and she felt that * • . she wanted the S6O. After breakfast she decided she would go to the statehouse and try to pry loose that S6O. She still felt too weak to climb the hilL She couldn't understand why they always put statehouses on hills, anyway. Across the street she spied a “chummy four.” If tlieowm-r was a nice man he surely wouldn’t object if she borrowed the cfir for a few minutes to run up to the statehouse to collect that S6O. She had never driven anything but a “flivver” in Ordway, but she got the high-power car safely up Capitol hill. But before she had collected that S6O along came the owner of the car BDd at the city hall. Several friends vouched for Mias Colver.’ It was arranged that she should stay with relatives in South Denver until she had entirely recovered from the effects of the “flu.” toXuS It should be stated that Miss <3l,er .lot that WO.