Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 235, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 September 1919 — Page 2

Opportunity

By VINCENTG. PERRY

(Copyright. ISIS, by th* MeClur* Newspaper Syndicate.) Harry was just like thousands of other young men scattered about the world —he was full of ambiti<»n and Jonglrigs, ability that every one save himself failed to recognize, and even he had no idea of its extent. The ambition to be an actor had grown on Harry from the dav lie had seen his first 1 flay. St arT ' tag out with scliooiiioy recttationsJiuig ending up w ith co!lege dramalies he had cult 1 vatedt he l aste for st agc I; fe, Hut' there he -was in Hloomstend. a clerk ary going even week sor ■ the necessities of life. —There di<l-<mt see-m to be a chance in the world for him to get away from there, yet, somehow he did not give way to that thought. he told hi in sei f nn >re tha n once <1 day, "that’s where I bebm-'." Course, - Uk*** **eery- Other help lose young man with -ml' ttj>ib ti”t; h»* wrote to every play producer be ever beard of, and pourgtl b’s story. Some of them answered him, more of them did not, The answers about the same. “Forgot Tt.” was the underlying thought, though they went at it in a kindly fashion, enlarging on the discouragements the theatrical profession offered to the novice. None of them did as be hoped; that t>, write and say “t'otne -righT-along," We \\ ill give tVou a chance to make good and We will pay pni.i-iniMdi Io keep Voll from starving anil to bur your home again if lull limit suit.” They looked on him as just a •moon-eyed rube/’ 'They tj>e_<lnys ■rbwy wcrr tnmr:tm ■- for . t tmt •r 1: :tnee, ' nliofi o Irntp-tTyT-hmTrf-wn 111 d h .uvn-rnTt—-them on their’ feet. That's what Harry thought, anyway. ~ However. Harry was not going to be denied all the pleasure of footlights and applause. Amateur dramatics offered a little soothing to his longings. As leading num and director of the" Bloomstead Dramatic society he was filling in all his spare time. ThejjecJj! ond rehearsal of “The ‘Romance of Lilian" was scheduled for that night at the town hall, and Harry was losing no time in getting there. He had big hopes for Ms phi i. It can 1 him an OpDAMtiTiiTN- T«>P fell r-act Ing It! the last act,- and there was a- vague hope that "some one of influence In the dramatic world might hear of his success in itBitt at the town hall disappointment was lurking. Clorene Colbert, "the chosen leading lady, balked at the kissing scene. “Papa says if lamto be kissed in this play I can't be in it." Clorene told v Harry with rural tartness. “My mother thinks it would he awful to have kissing in it,” one of the other girls in the case agreed.. Right there an argument started that ended in Clorene's leaving in tears. The rehearsal was upset for the evening, and further rehearsals were -..postponed until a new heroine could be secured. Poor Harry I He had never been so : disgusted as_ he was that night., W hat did these rubes know about art, anyway, he asked himself. The idea of Clorene balking at the kissing scene! As if a stage kiss meant anything! : Where could he get another heroine? i

AU the girl.i with any ability nt- nil 4 were in the cirsr ~ a trendy; But iror f = d sSSre =3^^^^ff^: ?^tft s fi^T; = ffie’’yrnTfYg = f lady from the city who„was visitiifl: ' the minister's wife. Would she take the part? There was only’ one' way to find out. and Harry started but to put that one way into operation. Ruth Hedley listened to Harry's plea and smiled kindly. The ambition of the young man before her could not -j help making its impression. “Let me read your play,” she said j when Harry had finished. The young , leader of the dramatic society handed <wr the manuscript smilingly. As j Ruth sat and read Harry watched her face, He had not noticed before how j very beautiful she-" was.. When she smiled she was simply glorious.' Wliy, Clorene was not in it with her! Ruth finished the manuscript. “Read that last act to me." She handed the play over to Harry for compliance. Harry started to read, his voice and expression gathering strength as the act proceeded. —lt was "not a strong T play, but Harry certainly made the best of it. “Splendid!” Ruth applauded when he had finished. “Mr. Thomas, you are a bon/actor.” At last some one had recognized his : ability. Harry blushed radiantly and , blurted out Ms thanks. Somehow this charming young lady had left him be- : rest of words. **Whv not get a stronger play—one ; with more life in it and that will give you a chanceto act?” Miss Hedley suggested" “I have the manuscript of one In my trunk that will be the very thing. I would be pleased to play the leading partinit” .. ... :.?■ ?' ’ ." _ “But it takes so long to write out the parts for the others," Harry demurred. _ ' —— - - ~~ *T can have typed manuscripts here from the city in less than a week,” Ruth told him. “Are you on?” “> sure am!” he declared. We'll make the people sit up.” The people of Bloomstead certainly did sit up. Never had there been such a ruffle In their midst as the Dramatic society made that fall. The rehearsals for the new play went off with rec-

nrd success and~ rhe night for the per* forma nee arrived. Behind the footlight* in the town hall Harry was excited and his jierve*” were strung to the highest pitch. It was the first time he had been affected that way. The many...womJerXul surprises.were responsible for it, he thought. To begin with. Ruth s .presence and assistance with the directing had made the Dramatic “talent" come <>ut to an amazing degree. Why, the coaching she had given Harry made him'feel almost like a professional 1 There wa* <me thing that puzzled him: Sjhe was a remarkable couch. but her own acting could be improved upon in many places, he thought. Sometimes she had sh<ov,<l -ome of the tire '-he instilled In the others, but on the whole she kept her talent, if She did possess anv, in rcstrarntr Then-'there* hiid bCeH the SQehery ■■ renl I'lty M'eiiery; “Ttrnmrrived Tti time for the last rehearsal. a surprise arranged- by Ruth. - Whs suck a girl as slie ? Iltirry was quite convinced there never was. -7 .. ... ■ / _'iliey were into the first act almost before Harry realized it. After the first fine or two he forgot himself entirely, forgot everythitig but the part le> u.a.'- piayiio.' aml llie pcopU' tiua were acting around him. The roar of a ppi all -e, that f>dlowed the fall of the etirtain brought him to himself. WuufiL t li<? applause ireyiT-AtetßieX _— •"They nrp c'atmTgTTs- hufoTeTtTe curtain.” It was Ruth, flushed and excited. Then it all came over him. Ruth had been acting as he had nbver seen _jn 11 — h ct I ic.n he. —Tug ether ilie y 11 inF~ made a triiimpli. _ .. • . But the first act was nothin# to what followed. •Curtain call after curtain call heralded their efforts a great success, ■ , _—t-g Whftt It wn«» nil over. Harry fttuntl. himself in his dressing room, dazed by. Hie wonder of it all. A light laugh ut the do(p-, and Ruth's voice brought his 11<• rv« tM l >;I <• k 1 n 1> I .Rgr'nßd followed by a portly gentlenufn. “My manager. Mi. Cuthbertson," a—ilreain Suddenly il da.WJ ted Ula.t!l _ hitn. Ruth was a real actress —a Broadway favorite, he could read it in her eyes. Of course she was; Mr. Cuthbertson soon let that out. • “This play you botli handled so wonderQjily tonight is. thy one Miss Hedley is to open the season in next .month,” Cuthbertson said, “and we want you to play opposite her. I have a blank contract here for your signature.” It wn- Harry's opportunity. A great blaze of light struck him between the tampion, hn felt himrtdf .wnviiring, and there was a choking sensation in his throat. ' < hit into the air he rushed; he could not stand it tiny longer. Ruth found hiti) sitting in tlie open rear doorway, panting and deathly white. “Cnifryon-see vi lint a glorhnis thing it is for you?" she said —“the success you have dreamed of, everything you want in the world." "But It isn't.” Harry had risen and was facing her with a sort of wild stare. "It is you that have meant more to me than anything, and now I see that 1 cannot Hye without you. I have learned to love you as just Ruth Hedley, the minister’s wife's college ehum. 1 would not dare to love so grand a person as Ruth Hedlev, the Broadway star.” , “And why not? Can’t Broadway stars be Jew ink? Can't they love in return?” There was a light in Ruth’s eyes that brought back Harry's courage. His world-had--opened to him —most of it was in his arms.

STYLES IN HAIR DRESSING

Savatjes Have Some Really Remarkable Ways of- Treating Their Kinky Head Covering. Savages are fertile in the invention of hair contortions. Moslems have been known to shave away all their hair save a small clump in the center, which they think will serve as a handle by which they maybe lifted up to heaven. Natives of the New Hebrides twist their hair into as many as (W whipcords. The person who can show the greatest number of these thin-hair cords is regarded as one of importance, and -is reverenced accordingly. Papuans wear large bones entangled in their hair, but Maoris go one better and only allow sharks’ teeth to be. used. The look tins, a savage ‘ West African tribe, train their hair into a jCrest. rising not less.’-t-han 12' inches in height, and then let it fall backwards, fan shaped. In Samoa the women dress their hair to a shape somewhat resembling a gigantic royal crown. On the top of the crown, whi ch, i s upheld by numerous thin • bones or ttvigs. they place a wreath of garlands. A wealthy Kaffir trains his hair into a coni, open at the top. and articles the American stows away in his trousers’ pocket the cunning Kaffir puts in his hair.

Humane Protest.

“I want these airships to quit fly in’ around my place!" exclaimed Farmer Corntossel. “Do they frighten the cattle?” “Not so much. But an aviator just lit in my pasture and the cattle gave him such a run that he won’t get over bein’ scared for a week.”

All Around Disappointment.

“Were you annoyed because I sharpened a pehcil with your razor?” “Twice,” replied the patient husband. “Aftef- I had given up trying to shave I tried to write with the pencil.” V

TIIE REPUBLICAN, RENSSELAER, IND.

STYLES SHOW LITTLE CHANGE

Fall Coats and Wraps Very Like Those Worn During the Summer Months. DOLMAN SHAPE IS RETAINED Predictions That It Would Lose Its Popularity Have Been Proved Un—founded—Capes of English Tweed for Those Who Motor. If one has been denied a fur coat for many years and has secretly cherished a longing thereafter, this is the year, doubtless, when this longing can b,' gratified, for so expensive Tire tire lovely cloth things That If possession is based on the matter of cost then a decision in favor of the fur can be made, as there will be no very great difference in the price, remarks a fashlon writer in the "New York Sun. Of -course I am referring to the elaborate and dressy models which, all women adififreTinll not everyoim can possess? of course the sumptuous' things of ermine, mink, sable and seal are regal and lovely in capelike and dolman effects which swathe the wearer from tip to toe in a luxury indescribable. Just as in the fall dresses there is nothing radically dI ffering from styles

Short coat of tan Jersey, exceedingly smart, with angora finish. —The gcaH and pocket fiapsare ofthe-cloth with albover embroldery in yellow and black; or. the whole exceedingly effective. For the later, cooler evenings of summer, and the beautiful fall days—an elegant coat. It is made of taupe duvetyn with bands of braid, s'auce color. It is extremely full at the bottom. The collar and cuffs are of beaver, with a panel of rich beaver trimming the front

of recent months, so in coats and wraps there is no departure from accepted models. In Army Style. A favored style is seen in the fine warm coats of camel’s hair "following the design of an officer’s trench coat belted and close fitted for warmth and comfort. These lovely camel’s-hair coats are often mounted with deep fur collars of softest texture,, such as brown fox or lynx. The huge patch deep fur cuffs which were so in evidence a season ago are no longer featured so emphatically, either on this sort of coat or on one of the velvetlike duvetyns or wool velours. The dolman shape persists .in spite of the'persistent rumors to the contrary, and many of the most exclusive houses are showing the dolman, npt only in tfieTess expensive materials, but in.-the splendid furs and brocades and velvets as well. Much embroidery in self colors done in heavy silken threads is observed —perhaps for the reason that the great cost of fur will place it beyond the average pocketbook. A curious notion is seen in the use of monkey fur placed fringelike along the bottom of short jackets, and used also to trim fur toques. - Monkey .Fur Not Popular. The use of monkey fur on an evening wrap of heaviest black satin is not unpleasing, as it has been cleverly done, but monkey fur will not be greatly admired, however smart, it may be considered. On the particular wrap which it embellishes the back has been caught up in a sort of overdrapery suggesting the drooping blouse the French makers exploit continuously. The fur is used as a banding underneath this drapery and extends around to the front and down the sides of the coat. The very long hair has all the effect of fringe and is soft and

silky. The sleeves in this wrap are really mere slits in the .front sides, and they too are edged with the monkey fur and form the collar, which is so made that it buttons up around the ears or falls away in a little cape effect. The lining of this handsome wrap is of white satin pailletted with huge black velvet dots. This fashion of material adds as much to the eost as 4t does to-the- beauty of agarment and the fall cloak is apt to. •be as radiant inside—perhaps even more so than the outside. -Less pretentious than this silken wrap nnd very lovely is a handsome straight-hanging coat of tan camel’s hair with perfectly unbroken lines down the*hack except for a tight plain yoke across the shoulders. At the sides a pointed pocket effect is introduced in brown seal, and the high rolling collar which rumples around the throat is also made of the rich brown seal. The sleeves are long and tight and finished at the wrist with a narrow cuff of the brown seal, t'his is an excellent example of a conservative and beautiful coat suitable for every day-TOtie-itrca-sron.""\ Velvet Wraps for Evening. So many women have invested in handsome fur pieces for wear with the one-piece dress that the for the untrimmed coat is met by the manufacturers in velvet wraps for evening wear which have no fur whatever

about them. These are for the most part made up in rather simple designs with long, loose lines, plain, rather tight sleeves, and resembling elongated jackets. They are very graceful, and with the addftion of one’s own furs are quite as sumptuous as the averagq woman need demand. For motoring some very smart capes of fine English tweed are made with lamb’s wool linings, which unbutton and can be quickly removed. These traveling capes are a delight for steamer and motorcar, and are copied from trench coats much used by officers during the war. The tweed is so treated that it is impervious to rain. It is fougd that the heather mixtures and intermingled colored surfaces are much better for a wrap for general use than the solid colors, and for this reason smart coats in twilled cords and invisible stripes and mixtures are much in demand for bad weather wraps and general service. Of course many women find it practical to use the coat suit through the winter season, and for this reason have the coat heavily interlined with lamb’s wool or flannel. Years ago we often saw the lining of jackets of this sort made of white and gray rabbit skin, also much .used for the long and a 11enveloping evening capes, but rabbit skim is costly these days, and one rarely finds it so employed except for motor and ocean travel. It is quite possible to Insert an interllning of one of the fleecy warm woolen fabrics without adding clumsiness to the coat. No combination is lovelier than one of the soft blue heather mixtures with a soft gray fur. One such coat suit has the plain skirt which is demanded on all the newest models and a rather short Jacket in a* box coat effect, except that it is not distinctly a box coat, for a belt placed across the back prevents this.

"TURCOS" of VENEZUELA

FEW PEOPLE associate the idea of Arabs, Moors or Turks with the picturesque cities of the Spanish inain^-yet—there—is a flourishing colony of these orientals in Venezuela, hailing front northern Africa and Asia Minor. They raaintain among their foreign surroundtagsaTi the eustoms“of'ttieirT> refit reh in 1 the Old'World except that of plural marriage, on which lusUtuliou’ tlieVenezuelan government has put its foot. “It is a strange thing to walk along one of the main business streets, say, of Caracas, essentially Spanish in every respect,” says a writer in the New York Times, as quoted in the Literary Digest, “and suddenly see alongside Spanish names, of merchants strange Oriental inscriptions, such as/ Abu Amad, Ben Sid, Chalala, Beuatar. One might easily imagine one’s self in the bazaars of Tangier or Damascus.” They are an interesting lot, these “Turcos,” as the call them, irrespective of whether they came from Turkish territory or not. They will not work‘under a “boss,” and so all of them are in business for themselves, mostly as peddlers or sm all sbopkeepers; and a 1 of them make money hand over fist. Not only do they take in the coin, but they also save it, and it is no uncommon thing for an humble peddler to come into a bank, plank down $20,000 in gold and ask for a receipt and a check book. They don’t like banks and therefore keep their money at home until the amount becomes so large that they fear for its safety. And they will, under no circumstances, “mix” with the native population. Live Their Lives Apart. These Arabs and Moors and Turks live a life entirely apart from the Venezuelan community. Whereas, if a Venezuelan has half a million dollars, he is known all over the country and pointed out as one of the leading men in the community, a “Turco" in Carathat amount, or nearly as much, and ly anybody in the city can even tell you where he dwells. There are “Turcos” with big accounts in the leading banks of Caracas who are still living in the wretched hovVls they occupied when they first reached Venezuela, with ten or fifteen of their race packed into the same house, several in a room. And when they return to northern Africa or Asia Minor they often go back as they came, in the steerage, crowded in with hundreds of other passengers, though the purser of the steamer may have locked up for safekeeping thousands of their dollars which they have earned by years of hard work in Venezuela; The “Turcos# never accept a job. They want so be their own bosses first, last and all the time. They began by going to some old-established firm in Venezuela, asking a credit of $5 to $lO, and taking out a basket of trinkets and dry goods to sell from house to house in the capital or some of the leaser cities and- towns. They start out shortly after dawn and work until dark. Their cry of “Compre, merchante” (“Buy. customer”), in a strange, Oriental singsong, is well known all over Venezuela. Prosper and Grow Rich. Gradually, rfs they prosper—and they almost invariably do —they*'get more credit from the big firms and eventually open a little shop, a mere “hole-in-the-wall,” wviere there is scarcely room for a person to turp around. They put in a stock of dry goods, trinkets, novelties and the like, or perhaps the lighter kind*?* of hardware. Then they get rich.--Their money multiplies in ways that strike the Venezuelans, who are inclined to take life easy, as miraculous. The quitting whistle means nothing to a “Turco.” He will start a little rathole of a shop near the market place In Caracas, for instance, and open up at dawn in order to .catch the sellers of vegetables and fruits, who come into the market from the villages

“Turco" Shop in Caracas.

round about, and the sellers of fish who cross the mountains from the seacoast in the small honrs and reachCaracas at sunrise. —He-will—remain open dong after the--shops of the Venezuelans are closed and their proprietors thinking of theaters and dinner parlies; As a general rule, when a “Turco” has act■ umul at ed a sufli cie n t an i < >nn t of money, he will close up sfiop, pack up his belongings and return to his native land, where the means acquired in the western world enable him to live in “grand style,” according to the standards prevailing in jthe home town. Once In a while, however, one of the little shopkeepers will decide to remain in South America and “branch out.” As a result some of the most important shops in Venezuela are owned by “Turcos.” Further: The “Turcos.” who run these big shops natura Hy need employees to he! p them, but the employees are never “Turcos,” for, as I said, these people insist on being their own bosses. So the. strange anomaly is presented of these keen competitors of the Venezuelan merchants being served by Venezuelarr employees. Customerscnterrng several of the principal dry .goods shops of Caracas will find behind the counter a young Venezuelan clerk, who will obligingly hand down goods from the shelves, while, tucked away in a dark cubby-hole, barely ' visible from the front of the shop. Is a swarthy “Turco” proprietor bent over his ledger, trying to figure out how soon he can return to Mount Lebanon and cut a swath among home-folk. Observe Mohammedan Forms. “Turcos” are born traders and shun other forms of business. Their idea of a line of endeavor worth-while is one where they have to take no chances; hence they never speculate, not even so much as to extend credit .to their customers, practically all their transactions their oriental ways, it seems. hurry to the quarters where they , live —in Caracas they are packed together in one of the worst sections of the city—and take up a mode of living which is not a bit different from that of their kin along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean. At sunset the Mohammedans among them prostrate themselves toward Mecca and recite the prayers enjoined upon them by the prophet. X)ld Moors, oriental to the finger tips, in spite of their occidental garb, sit at the doors of Span-ish-American hovels and chatter in Arabic, quite as* if they Nvere in Fez or Algiers. Nowand then a feud, started at home before they emigrated, bursts out in the Arabic purlieus of some Venezuelan city, and then newspaper readers running over the police news see a wonderful collection of names, Abu this*hnd Mohammed that, all run in for disturbing., the peace. Once one of these feuds took on the proportions of a regular Tong war of New York’s Chinatown, and resulted in half a dozen murders before the passions aroused in northern Africa could be calmed down in Venezuela. There have been some amusing incidents connected with the rise of the “Turcos” in Venezuela. For one thing, they throw dignity to the winds and, there, too, they get under the skins o? the Venezuelans, who, like everybody of the Spanish race, are nothing if not dignified.—While the native merchant, however humble, will stay inside his shop and wait upon his customers with grave courtesy, the “Turco,” as like Jis , not," will stand at the door and urge passers-by with an engaging smile to enter and look over his wares.

As the virtue of a strong spirituous liquor evaporates by degrees in a vial which is apt closely stopped, in like manner the life and power of the spirit insensibly vanish away, if the heart be not kept with all diligence,—Bogatzkys.

Heart Must Ever Be Right.