Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 313, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 December 1919 — Page 2

When Betty Struck

By JANE OSBORN

(Copyright, Uls*. by the McClure Ne»*poper Syndicate.) “Say, Ferdie> “My dear. I wish you would not call me ‘Ferdie.’ I don’t mind it myself, but I don't want any of the students to get on to it. First thing, they’ll he railing me ‘Uncle Ferdie,' qr something like that” “Well, then —Ferdinand.” “That sounds a lot better.” and the professor put his gold-rimmed spectacles hack on his well-shapen nose and went on with his reading. _ r “What I was going to say is this—when an* wo going to hcxaiu-cied?' - l- " Ferdinand closed his book without putting in a bookmark, a iimst,_unustial event in hi* well-ordered iife; took oft his apijctacles, shut his mouth tight and lookt*d at Betty. To be sure, he and his young secretary were engaged. Heriiad fallen in love with her when she was a student la college mid keeping the fact of his love for her a secret, had convinced her that she wanted to “specialize in economics,” and, having guided her through a year of post-graduate work in that science, lie had then convinced, the faculty that he needed an assistant and that Betty was the assistant he needed. Then he proposed; and Betty, who had been very much in love with the good-looking young .professor all along, accepted. Betty had been his assistant for two years and, though at -first they sj*oke often of the time when they would he married, they had hgrdly spoken Of it within the past few months. So this came as a surprise, and the professor took some time to consider before he answered. It. seemed to him a slightly unfeminine question to ask, though he was an avowed - believer in equal privilege for the sexes, spoke at nil the feminist meetings and was looked upon as a champion of the co-eds in the university. “Of course 1 11 have to get my book finished. That will take several months. With that on our hands we Would hardly want to think about it.” Ferdinand was deeply interested in this book of bis, which was a study of /strikes in ancient Egypt. He considered that it-would be a really valuable contribution not only to Egyptology but to the cause of labor in general. It seemed to his academic mind that the present labor agitator would have so much more power behind him, would be able to further his cause so much more convincingly if he had the precedent of ancient Egypt. If he could assure the capitalist' that the Agineers of the pryamids had bad to make concessions to organized labor—what a boon it would be. Blit in order to undertake this work Ferdinand bad, i had to delve deeply into hieroglyphics and had had to spend hours in conference with the department of Egyptology at the university. “The labor situation is growing more insistent every day,” lie went on' to explain, “and 1 must have my, book j witty the publishers before the year is j over. It would never do to pause now. And then after that I was thinking of spending my summer'in one of the industries that is likely-to go on strike, so that 1 cun give my actual bodily support to a strike. I want to feel that I “have been in a strike- —that 1 have rebelled mminst jbggiUii- Jttyat-

“Well, you if* you want to, but I can't say that-I'll .have any sympathy for you if you pet your nose broken. Ferdie —Ferdinand dear. I’m not so sure that striking is the wav that labor ought to go about it. 1 am not so sure that the strikers are always in t|be right.'' To the' enthusiastic Ferdinand this was rank heresy. Though he had hardly dared openly to espouse the cause of labor in his courses of economics in the university* he had hoped that the result of those courses had been to create a prejudice-in favor of labor and against capital in the minds of his students — this in Spite’ of the fact that the university in question owed its existence, and he owed a rather generous compensation, to the benefactions of a certain liberal capitalist. There was something of the fanatic in Ferdinand. “There is no other way to get what you want but to, strike for it." announced he. "Td -attempt diplomacy.' to wheedle, to compromise — those are the methods of insincerity, and labor is always sincere. If you believe you are in the right, if you know yon are —why accept less than you want? Why not fight for it? Nothing has «ver been gained without some sort of fighting. Every great advance in this world has always been made by raerhthat are analogous to those of the strikers.” Sow; although Betty had heard .gll this before, she listened with an atfmrtton that was unusual. Likewise it wn« flattering to Ferdinand. He felt f*u,+ he was interesting her, as he had apparently failed to do' of late. But a* be continued his laudation of the striker Betty’s attention seemed to wander. f?he was apparently intent on something tar off. She was no longer heeding him. That nigbt wrfen Betty left Ferdinand’s office in the university.building devoted to economics she carried with her a small volume from bis shelves on in Striking.’’ The next day Betty arrived as usual 4 slightly before nine o’clock. She

went through the routine of the morning until Ferdinand . departed for htf ten o’clock lecture. Then she was busily writing on her typewriter. She made frequent corrections and then' made a fair copy of what she had written. This she-placed on Ferdinand’s desk and departed for lunch at twelve. He would be hack from his second t/iorning lecture shortly after that time. When Ferdinand returned from his -mwjrfffrrg'ThlKß *be found a n<-all y tyype\/ntten note from Betty. It was entirely amicatyie. But after he bad read it Ferdinand realized that Betty had told him that she-would/terminate her engagement with hint at once unless he would give her assurance that she would lie married within a reasonable length'of time. She approved Of .map 1 riage for women, and she did; not approve of long engagements. A lotyg delay would ruin their chances-of ever finding happiness together later.’ •' Of course, itwas perfectly unreasonable.'- In the tirst place, that was not the right way i-n go about it. Fer-tUi+HH-i—waS"TTtiT of lift patience wit lt Betty. If she wanted to he married before he finished ..the boohshe sh'Uild have approached the*mutter in a more feminine manner. Ferdinand himself was engeT enough—Betty, ought ' to have known that. He had intended to surprise her and finish the bonk next month and then ask her to marry him at Eastertime. But this idea of coerc-. ing him was. all wrong. He would simply discipline her. "If you .do not give me some definite answer by fiveo’clock.” Betty had said in the note, “you may consider the engagement at an end.” One thing was certain in Ferdinand's mind. He would certainly not give her an answer to the note by five. He tnigilt shortly after, hut he refused to he coerced. Betty returned from lunch. She was apparently the same Betty that she had always been. Ferdinand made tyo reference to the note, nor did Betty. He tried to absorb himself in the strikes of ancient Egypt, but they had not the remotest appeal. Almost feverishly lie waited until the university chimes announced five o’clock. Apparently Betty, ns she sat typing off some of his corrected manuscript, felt no perturbation. Five o’clock sounded. Betty arose, closed her typewriter. Then she put on her hat and coat and collected-a few little personal belongings. An umbrella she had left for emergencies, a mirror—a vase on her desk. These latter she wrapped in a neat bundle, then—- “ Good-by, Ferdinand,’’ she said, and If there was a quiver in her voice FerdinanduUiid, not notice It. “Perhaps it is not Vtystomary to shake hands — perhaps I should simply walkout.” Ferdinand’s artns were around her—umbrella, bundle and all. “Betty, Betty—how can you-torture me?' What are you thinking of? What are you doing?” “I’m striking —walking out,” announced Betty. “That's, the only way any one ever gets anything in this tvorld. “If you know you are in the right, why accept less than youwtnxtl Why not fight for it—strike for it?'* Betty quoted for a moment, imitating Ferdinand's vibrant voice. “Betty, 1 never knew any one^could love any one as I love you now. 11 makes it so different— knowing that you really want to—to be married. It makes it Impossible to he patient.”

LAND OF VARYING CLIMATE

Statistics Show That California Easily Leads Every State in the Union in Diversity. 'CSTiFbrnia. as is well known, leads every state in the Union. It is next to Texas in size, witli an area of about 160,000- square miles and a length of 775'“miles. and it extends through nearly ten degrees of latitude, with a vertical range from' neariy 200 feet below sea level to 15.000 feet above. A. H. Palmer of the United States weather bureau reports that the annual rainfall. varies from one-half inch in the Mohave district to sorer 100 inches in the Sierra Nevada,-while certain areas have the greatest snowfall in the United' Stares, and others have practically none. \n rhe Sierra Nevada! the average annual precipitation increases S.f> inches per 1.000 feet of rise up to 5.000 feet, and diminishes at greater heights. In ttye south, about 90 per cent of the.rainfall is ity winter; in the north, 75 per cent. Heavy falls often occur over short periods—7l.s inches for the month being, a January record 1 at r tyn elevation of 2.750 feet; apd 10-7 inches in 24 hours at a height. ofrii,s43 feet is, very curiously, an August record. Lower stations have shown periods of -13 months to two years , with no measurable rainfall. While the depressions—such as Imperial valley and Death valley—have several years' records of less than onehalf inch! Tamarack. 1 at 8,000- feet in the Sierra Nevada, has a winter snowfall averaging over 42 fq^t; and' at some of the upper stations in the Sierras the snow accumulates on the ground to /depths of 40 to 50 feet. *

Had Father Cornered.

‘flay I have a word with you. Mr. Greene?” began the ydung^man. "Certainly, you may,” said the Wall street father. - *T want you to decide a bet." “Very good. Go on.” “I want to marry your daughter.” “Tut-tut, sir.” “But wait. Tour daughter has bet me that you will give your consent to our marriage and I have bet her that you will not. Now, you certainly would not Want to decide the bet so that she would lose; notv, would you?”—Yonkers Statesman.

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Constantinople Today

COMPARED with other capitals. Constantinople has for centuries occupied a unique position. and because of the peculiar set of circumstances vital to very existence as the capital of the Ottoman empire, the war affected her In a manner peculiar to hdtsel?. When war broke out practically atyf\he essential services of the country” in the hands of foreigners, German, French or British, and not only were there large colonies of these nationals 'n the country, but in the capital itself, the ruling race were* in the minority”, Jews, Greeks and Armenians forming the bulk of the population. I styall not attempt to discuss Turkish participation in the war, nor the- vast problems •which are now presented by the collapse of the empire, says a writer in the Sphere. Suffice it to say that when the Goeben arrogantly steamed up the Dardanelles, and alter displaying her magnificence as far north as Herafin dropped anchor off Seraglio Point, the die was cast, GerBian policy in Turkey had reached its and one after the other, Turkey, Bulgaria, Rounjania and Greece were dragged into 1 the vortex of war. What has been said will serve to prepare the reader for what changes to expect in the Constantinople he used to know. In many ways, since outside support is as necessary as ever to the town, changes are at first not so apparent, and the crumbling of the empire is as yet but faintly echo&l in its cosmopolitan capital. Streets are as crowded as ever, shops in the Grande Rue as artistically dressed. Prices have soared, but the exchange is so heavily against the piastre that foreigners are but little affected. Turkish women, who before the war were coming out of their seclusion and discarding the veil, are new to be seen everywhere in public, unveiled and gayly dressed. Homespun Broussa silk- is the ctyief, material employed, cotton goods having been all but unobtainable during the war. The majority, of the women are unusually well shod, and no Parisienne wears higher .heels. Their shoes seem always new. ' It seems they are Ger-man-made of paper, and seldom wear for more than a fortnight! Teaching Courtesy to Women. Male manners take long to accustom themselves to such changes in the ways of their womenfolk, and it never enters their heads to give up a tram seat to a lady, whereby hangs a tale. 'One evening a British soldier entered a tram and saw six men sitting and six ladies standing. He was indignant; he had dined. With the solemnity of a London policeman he approached each man in turn, and summoning his one word of Turkish, “Eide- (outside), Johnny!” and turning to’ a lady, “Madam, sit down.” This till all six.were seated. , - ' The anchorage is as crowded as ever wish shipping, only the German flag, once predominant, is absent, and pie American. flag" previously unknown, now -quite common. . Warships of all the allies ride majestically at anchor, and once when two British ships were engaged in battle practice in the Sea of Marmora, the inhabitants of Stamboul ran hither and thither wringing their hands and declaring' that the British were shelling Stamboul for some inspired crime. Peace day with Its flags and salutes produced a curious effect. All Turkish men-of-war are penned up behind Galata bridge, ancf a British yeoman of signals sends up the hoists on Galata tower. Everywhere are'allied soldiers. British, French, Italian, .Greek, a few Americans, Russians and Serbs. Prob-., ably -these strike the greatest change of all. The military school at Harbie houses British G. HvQ., and the smart Highland sentries at , the gate put the shambling Turkish sentries at Taxi me barracks (half of which has been renamed Caserne Macmahon, and- is occupied by French troops) to shame. The attitude of the Turks toward she English during the war is difficult

David Street, Inside the Jaffa Gate.

to understand. Side by side witb the studied cruelty to prisoners of war is a quite reasonable treatment of British residents within the empire. The British embassy was inviolate —how different to Berlin!—now the German embassy has gone into retirement and the fine carved eagles on the roof are mournfully wrapped round with sacking. Undoubtedly the Turks now want to be friends'Avith the British, but it is beyond the scope of this article to discuss mandates and the like The Turk knows he has been beaten, and i§ trying to prove that if was not liis*-fault. Be this as it may, it is curious to note that in a conspicuous place in the armory of St. Irene, now opeped to the public at certain times without special permission, is a large quiltlike sheet* bearing the replicas of the flags of all the allies, and serving as a background for four large and well-executed portraits of Miv Lloyd George, M. Clemenceau, Marshal Foch and President Wilson. Can anyone imagine even a beaten England displaying portraits of Hindenburg, BethmannHollWeg, or Rantzau in the Tower of London? Racial Feuds Not Lessened.

With tlfe Greeks and the Armenians the age-long feud continues, embittered by the war, and in no way improved by current rumors as to favors to be accorded to these countries at the expense of Turkey. Only the presence of other allied troops and warships prevents a recrudescence of horrors only too common during the war. Although a Britisher can go unmolested into San Sophia, a Greek hardly dare show- himself in the neighborhood, and Turkish troops are quartered inside the mosque with the admitted intention of keeping the Greeks out. Life among the Turks themselves is little Yildiz Kiosk still hatches plots, governments 'rise and -fall, the sultan himself lives in the , greatest seclusion,. AP d n o allied subject is allowed to be, present at the weekly passage to the Selamlik. When in the middle of Ramazan he went to pay his annual vows in San Sophia, his yacht surrounded by his household in little motorboats, the procession was headed by a pinnace bearing the White Ensign. Otherwise Turks only were present. There are no striking changes in the appearance of the town. Fires have tak<?n larger toll than usual, and would have taken more were it not for two British motor fire engines, which, however, have the disadvantage of exhausting the available water supply far sooner than a score of the antiquated hand-pumps on whitjh the safety of the town previously defended. Everywhere German interests and influence are being eliminated. The Deutsche bank and Wienebank Verein have put up their shuttersthe erstwhile German club is now the British officer's’ resthouse. A gymkhana club has been opened at Mashlak, and golf and tennis are in full swing, while polo is played regularly by British officers 'at Biyukdere and in the Valley of the Sweet Waters, the hills around bedecked with all the paraphernalia of British military camps". Trying to Enforce Sanitation.

The scavenging- dogs have disappeared : the horrors of their end are well known. Two English lady doctors charged with the sanitation of the town now force unwilling municipal •authorities to remove garbage from the streets, apd on tl*e whole are fairly successful, though the task is far from being an easy ope. , The sounds taost characteristic of night in the Turkish capital are still heard: thetap.-itap, tap, of the night watchman’s heavy staff, the cries of the fireguards, the muezzin’s call. Outwardly there is little change, but deep down are the mutterings of unrest and uncertainty, and l»e is an" Unusually bold man who attempts to predict what will be the fate of the town which for 16 centuries at least has played so essential a part in the history of mankind? which has been in its tine the heart of a great empire.

Plain Hats Top New Paris Coats

Panne Velvet Favored Material; Pronounced Vogue Is Use of • Monkey Fur. DRESSES MATCH COAT LINING '• / 1 Latest French Fashion Bids Fair to Become One of the Extravagances fdr Afternoon and Evening 4 Toilettes. . « " In our grandmothers’ days it took years to make a fashion —now one season sees a new style established, writes a Paris fashion correspondent. The eyele of fashion turns so rapidly nowadays and in its revombg reveals so many types of clothes that every woman has plenty of opportunity of seeing her own particular taste represented. There is, not a fancy in dress that we may not some time or another indulge to the fullest. Last season the woman who loved gay headgear might satisfy her taste for bright colors and quantities of trinfining to her heart’s content; this season she who prefers more subdued hats will have an equal opportunity of shopping‘for her favorites with the certainty that fashion has provided them for her in abundance. The smartly dressed woman wears a black hat this winter, and let us thank heaven and the modistes that there is at least one article of dress that we may buy with the comforting assurance that we are being economical — the black hat is an economy, for it may be worn with a frock of any color. Following closely on the heels of the fashion for black hats are tho§e of tete de negre and new copper color known as cuivre or chaudron. The great demand, however, is- for black hats. . Velvet Favorite Material for Sailors. Panne velvet is the favorite material from which to evolve medium sailors with shaped brims and smartly draped crowns, while plush and satin are draped into round turbans, some of which are set to a shaped head band to give the effect of a brim. These are more becoming thpl the brimless turban. A summer ravorite that continues in. popularity and will not hesitate to makeiits appearance wherever smartly dressed women are congregated on cold, crisp winter afternoons is the large Chantilly lace hat. Sometimes, as a concession to Jack Frost, it has a velvet crown above its lacy brim, although it frequently is entirely transparent. . . A pronounced millinery the use of monkey fur as a trimming, this fur, to a very great extent, taking the place of aigrette and paradise. It is used alone and also combined with ostrich feathers. Black hats having ostrich feather motifs in the shape of leaves show these feathers alternating with long-haired patches of monkey fur. While this combijjsJion perhaps does not sound interesting, it looks well. Large hats of black panne ,have brim facings' and brim covers made in this way. To keep the brim from looking thick or fringy it is often faced with a layer of tulle, which holds the trimming Jn,place and makes a soft and becoming frame for the face. Draped Beret Popular With Milliners. The draped beret still continues to be tremendously popular with all Paris milliners. It is almost entirely without trimming, but the crown is so beautifully draped that no trimming is

Attractive Tailored Dress, Cape and Muff of Gray Velvet Bordered With Chevra de Mongolia of a- Blue Gray Shade. - / ' V-

needed. The head band is usually folded to fond a clothlike brim; sometimes it is made to appear like a visor. These hats are usually of black velvet, or ««*, although metal doth Is used

for some elaborate ones. The dark ones embroidered in metal threads are very smart. These latter, however, are so expensive that one feels it an extravagance to buy them. Yet an y woman at all'gifted in draping a fabric could easily make one herself. The embroidery is nothing more than a running stitch done in a fine gold or silver thread. ’ While some of the Paris milliners strongly advocate the veil-trimmed bat. others do not show the veil at all. Veils have always;, been favorite trimmings in the hands of Maria Guy; with them shfe achieves beautiful effects. Recently she developed an oriental turbaji from a huge tulle scarf printed in two colors, one end of the scarf forming the turban, while the other

Cheruit Model Showing Use of Direc, toire in Two-Piece Suits. Green Velours and Moleskins Ars Combined to Make This Suit.

end draped around the neck or over the shoulders. Suzzane Talbot also makes these turbans from big tulle scarfs, but uses the scarfs in solid colorings and .borders them with ostrich or silk looped fringe. New Wraps Have High Collars. Practically all of the new wraps»ave very high, neck-enveloping collars. Little more than a woman’s eyes are visible if she wears a hat with these high collars. Separate fur collars with matching muffs are shown in this high style, for wear with afternoon dresses, while tailored suits have chin-envelop-ing fur collars as part of their trimming. It is quite remarkable how the slender silhouette is emphasized by these chin-enclosing collars. Their use gives a distinctly new outline to the figure in-a very clever The low-lying collars, so long a feature of our clothes, would, if used with the, widened hip, tend to give the entire figure a broadened appearance. As this would be anything but attractive, we have the high collar. Nearly all of these standing collars are made of long-haired pelts, notably fox and “chevre-de-niongolie,” as the fut of the now fashionable Mongolian goat is called. Pure white fox "collars made in the standing style are worn with elaborate afternoon dresses of black velvet? cross, fox collars trim dull metal crepe dresses and even the priceless'silver fox is shorn of his head and tail .tp make these straight, round upstanding collars; all of which goes to show how far fashion reaches. Even the beasts of the forest must conform thereto. J Corresponds With Lining of Coats. A Paris fashion which 'bids fair to become immensely popular is that of having a dress made to> correspond exactly with the lining of the coat or mantle with which it is worn. The scheme ,is carried out in both afternoon and evening toilettes. This plan of having a dress to match «very coat lining or a coat lined to match every dress bids fair to become one of the marked extravagances of the season. One of the prettiest developments of this idea is a simple crepe de chine dress made , almost in lingerie style apd worn with a length coat lined with , the same crepe de chine that fonps the dress. A smart costume seen recently consisted of a brown duvetea-epat, cut on very simple lines, and crepe de chirje frock whtch'umtched tbe lining of the coat, The frock made with side-pleated flounces, was ornamented with drawn threads and hand embroidery. The coat when opened, with its exactly matching lining of the copper-colored crepe de chine, also adorned With the drawbwork and band< embroidery, gave the! appearance of the unfolding of the wings of agreat moth or copper-colored'^utter^y.

Cock Feathers Are Liked.

Cock feathers are still the best Itted decoration for small bats. -