Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 115, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 May 1920 — Page 2

COLD FEET

By R. RAY BAKER

1>24. by MeClare Newspaper Syndicate.) When Dexter Runnels scampered blithesome! y up the brown-stone steps of the Dolliver home at five minutes to three be fully expected-that,-wMMa the next two hours Marion would begin spelling her last name with a capital R. The arrangements were all made. The minister had. been engaged, Dexter had his license anti honeymoon railroad tickets and was dressed and groomed for the ceremony—but Marion was not at home. Under Dexter’s light brown overcoat were his best clothes. They were not full dress, because it was going u» be an informal occasion and because Dexter had no such outfit He had never found time to get measured for formal afternoon clothes. His stock business occupied his attention every waking minute and We was almost inclined to begrudge the half-day needl'd to have the connubial knot tied. But things were going to change. He had resolvey to slow up his nene > racking business pace when he became established In his new home. Not only had he resolved it, but Marion had served an ultimatum that demanded it.

‘Tin going to have my share of your time whether we get rich- or starve,” she had said, ‘fit’s not only that I won’t be neglected, butThts intensified activity of yours is making you absentminded. It wouldn't surprise me if you forgot the date of our marriage.” But Dexter had marked the calen~aaf "gfi'd Kb hO 'Sdt forgotten. that morning he had wired: ‘‘Will leave New York on 11:30 train.” This gave him a good two hours’ leeway, in case the train was late, for Marion s home city was only 60 minutes’ run" from the metropolis. But the train had been practically on schedule, so Dexter had time to spare. As he pushed the bell button beside the Dolliver door he felt that he was shedding his business cares. .No more frenzied finance for him. He had installed an able manager in his office and now he could take things easier. And Dexter had “slowed up” In another way—in*the matter of caution. Inasmuch as his shoulders soon would be bearing the responsibilities of providing a livelihood for two The had adopted a policy of “look twice.” The first consequence of the ’new policy was a decision to\back out of a deal in new motor stocks for which arrangements had been made In Detroit. _ It looked like an opportunity to reap big profits, but there was also a chance of going financially fiat. Under the old policy he would have taken a chance; under the new one, he was afraid. So this very day he had sent a wire to Detroit reading:. “Call off the deal for a while. I’ve got cold feet.” The bell was not answered, so he pressed it again; but still there was no response. It was queer that Marion’s father had not met’him at the station with the automobile, but the fact that no one answered the bell was strange. However, he reasoned probably Marion was busy dressing, and the rest of the household occupied with other matters attending the marriage. There were no servants. He tried the door, but it was locked. He went to the rear entrance, but encountered no more success there. Furthermore, the blinds were down, a fact he had not noticed when he approached the house. His mind had been too occupied. Now it was Occupied fully as much, but less abstractedly. A very concrete problem confronted Dexter. Finding all the doors locked, he went to the garage. The door was fastened, but through a window he ascertained the car had been removed. It looked as if the Dollivers had gone on an overnight trip, else the garage door would have been left open. Dexter, for all of his lifelong residence in New York, had never seen the whirlpool of Niagara; but now he had an idea of how it would feel to be caught in the seething vortex, for his brain had been transformed into a maelstrom- He; was dazed as he turned from the garage and started back along the cement- driveway. A call from the house next door brought him to a halt. “Mr. and Mrs. Dolliver and their daughter went away this morning in their car,” said a man in a smoking jacket, looking out of a window. “They had a trunk fastened on behind, ao I suppose they’re going for a tour.”, “Thanks ” returned Dexter, weakly, and he staggered from the premises and wandered aimlessly down the street, suffering from a wide-awake nightmare. He obtained a room in a hotel and gat down tn study the problem; but the more he thought the worse the situation appeared and the less he could make, head or tail of it. Marion had left him in the lurch, there seemed no doubt of that, but it also seemed that she might have gone to the trouble to let him know that she had rhnngrd mind. Surely there must be some good reason, and he was resolved to find her and learn what it was. He could think of no more probable destination for the Dolliver motor warty Hom Rochester, where Mr. Dolfiver's brother reaided. Dexter had yisited the brother in company with

Marion and a mutual liking had developed between the two men. Dexter went to the telephone, and after a half-hour wait got in connection with Marion's uncle at Rochester and asked whether he expected a visit from his brother.. £ “Yes,” was the reply over the wire. “I received a telegram this morni ng that they were coming by automobile, but they haven’t arrived.” Dexter was not long in acting on this information, nnd a half hour later found him in a taxicab running at high* S|>eed along the road to'Rochester. - Although the'car was traveling at a forty-nil!<■ be only crawling. He urged the driver to increase the speed, and the throttle was opened still further and the auto bumped and swayed over the turnpike. ■ Farms and forests, cities and villages flashed past, but no sign was there of the Dolliver party. “They have a good start,” Dexter thought; “but I Ought to catch them, unless they’ve stopiHsl nt a hot<4 along the way.” He was worrying about this new possibility when the taxi rounded a curve _and came upon a machine drawn up beside of the road. One of the wheels was jacked up. and a inan was replacing a punctured tire. Dexter gave him a casual glance, and then his gaze rested On a girl standing besldeßlm,---— “Stop!” he called to the driver, rising and thumping that individual on the back. The taxi went a good half block before it could be brought to a stop and was turned around and headed back.

The man at the tire was just letting the wheel on the ground when the taxi rolled up in front of the disabled machine. Dexter was out of it before -wheel s had ce ii sod ~roll ing, nnd was rushing to the girl, who was preparing to enter the tonneau where on elderlxwomeh was seated”. “Marion !" Dexter exclaimed, seizing the girl by an arm. She looked at him Tn palpable amazement and her face grew white as she drew back. The man at the wheel looked up, and a stern expression crossed his countenance when he recognized the newcomer. “Mr. Runnels, I believe,” he said coldly. “What is the meaning of this, may I ask? Have you taken leave of your senses, young man?” Dexter was nonplused by the strange reception and felt like answering Mr. Dolliver’s question in the affirmative. He tried to give tongue to an explanation, but inasmuch as there was nothing for him to explain, he found It difficult. “Your feet seem to have warmed up somewhat.” was Mr. Dolliver’s dry remark, as he approached,Dexter. Marion had entered the machine in a semifainting condition and was being supported her mother. “I don—just what do you mean?” Dexter sputtered, addressing her fathpr. The latter, his face still stem, drew a rumpled yellow sheet of paper from a pbcket and handed It to Dexter, who read the, line of blue capital letters extending across it. “Call off the deal awhile. I’ve got cold feet.” His mind /a- worse muddle, if possible. than before, he gazed dumbly at the typewritten address: ”“Miss Marion Dolliver, 623 Lake avenue. Brockton, N. Y.” A sickly smile swept over his face. «I got the message mixed.” he said and sank wearily to the running board of the car. . Reconciliation proved difficult, but It was accomplished, and twilight saw the Dolliver machine, with Dexter as a passenger, drive up to 623 Lake .avenue, it One of Dexter’s first acts was to seize an evening paper and scan the stock columns. He looked up with a smile of satisfaction.- ■ ■ ' “Marion. I've made a fool of myself by getting those messages twisted, but it’s meant a twenty thousand dollar profit for me—for us. In Detroit they’re'probably puzzling over my message. ‘Will leave New York on 11:30 train,’ but the Mars motor stock must have been»purchased. because my countermanding order was not received—and the paper says the stock soared on the market today. “Marion, will you forgive me —if I promise not to be absent-minded any more?” “I’ll try,” she told him, a light of sympathy and understanding iu her eyes.

Curious Experience.

Perhaps one of the most curious experiences which ever fell to the lot of a man. was. one which .happened to Mr. Priestly, who was the geologist to the first Shackleton expedition to the South pole, and later was geologist to the Scott expedition. The party ashore at Cape Royds on the first Shackle-ton expedition were at dinner when the Nimrod arrived to take them off. They were obliged to leave their meal and go aboard the ship immediately. Three years later Priestly returned to Cape Royds with Scott, and going ashore entered the hut, and completed the meal which he had commenced in 1907. He tells that the food was in exactly as good condition as it was on the day he laid his knife and fork down. This fact is accounted for owing to the drytiess of the atmosphere. During the three years that the hut had been uninhabited. the intense cold had frozen the food, thus preserving IL

Justly So.

“I know a man who always charges cut rates for his work.” “Whafc? In these times.” , “Yes ; he trims our. trees and mows our lawn.”

THE EVENING REPUBLICAN, RENSSELAER, IND.

Vorarlberg In the Mountains

TUCKED in between Bavaria, Switzerland and the Austrian Tyrol, in the midst of tjie mountains, lies the district Vorarlberg, which after the war tried to escape ft*dm the domination of Austria by voting in favor of joining Switzerland. Probably very few persons in the United States had ever before even heard of Vorarlberg, ■which usually has been mistakenly lumped In with the Tyrol. There is a perfectly welldefined boundary between Vorarlberg and the Austrian Tyrol—namely, the watershed between the Rhine and the Danube, says the New York Times. Travelers over the Arlberg pass may see this boundary duly marked with a monument. The name Vorarlberg means the “land beyond the Arlberg pass”—“beyond,” that is, from the point of view of a person looking westward over the pass from the Austrtan Tyrol. The springs of the Rhine in Switzerland are not far from the southern boundary of, Vorarlberg, across the mountain known as the Rhatikop. In this part of Switzerland is the farfamed Engadine, with its health resorts such as Davos-Platz, Chur, etc., very much better known to the world at large than the region to the north of it. In the north Vorarlberg reaches the beautiful lake of Constance; on the shores of that lake is Bregenz, the political capital of the land. Bregenz yields precedence, so far as size is concerned, to Dornbirn, up in the mountains behind the lake, but it is nevertheless the most important place in Vorarlberg. The other leading towns are the railway junction of Feldkirch, where the lines from Tyrol, Germany and Switzerland meet, and Bludenz. Dornbirn, has about 15,000 inhabitants, Bregenz about 10,000, Feldkirch and Bludenz in the vicinity of 5,000 each. Grabbed by the Hapsburgs. Previous to the break-up of the Aus-tro-Hungarian empire, Vorarlberg was administered by a “statthalter” residing at Innsbruck, capital of the Austrian Tyrol, but it also had a governor of Its ovfhand an assembly of 21 members. It used to send .four representatives to the reichsrat, or imperial parliament, at Vienna. The Hapsburgs began by adding Vorarlberg to their motley collection of territories back in the fourteenth century. Feldkirch was incorporated in their dominions in 1375, Bludenz and the picturesque Monnivoh valley in 1394, the Bregenz region in 1451 and 1523, Sonnenberg in 1455 and Hohenems in 1765. It was after the annexation of the latter to Austria that Empress Maria Theresa united all the districts of the region under the name Vorarlberg and placed a governor over them with his residence at Bregenz. In 1782 the region was made a part of the Tyrol, and in 1804, during the Napoleonic wars, it was annexed to Bavaria. It was not until 1814 that Vorarlberg was separated from Bavaria and restored, with the -exception of the district of Hoheneck, to the Austrian crown. In the following year the region received its present status. The area of Vorarlberg is 1.000 square miles, and it has something like 150,000 Inhabitants, practically all of whom speak German, the exception being those who still cling to that , strange dialect known as “Romansch” or “Romanic,” which the Roman settlers Imprinted upon the Inhabitants bf this region when it was known as Rhaetia. How Ite People Live. In the more mountainous sections of the little land the inhabitants are pastoral ; In the towns the spinning and weaving of cotton had risen before the war to-a flourishing condition, as had Various other lines of industry. Trade with the surrounding countries also grew rapidly In the years before the war; schools were improved, factories Kpnwng~ub m YHa~tbWns. roads and bridges were built, and railway connection established northward, westward, and eastward. From the leading Vortrlberg centers —Bregenz, Feldkirch, Bludenz—one may travel in a few

View of Feldkirch.

hours to L!ndan, the Bavarian port bn the Lake of Constance, and thence to Munich, eastward to Innsbruck and Vienna, westward into Switzerland and France. The Austro-Hungarian government also carried out extensive harbor improvements at Bregenz, thus enhancing the importance of the lake trade centering at that port. The Vorarlbergers are distinct from the inhabitants"of Bavaria, the nearest part of Germany. They claim descent from the Alemanni, who, after their defeat by Clovis, king of the Franks, in the seventh century, flowed back eastward and settled in the valleys of the ancient Rhaetla. Thanks to the mountains that ring them round and cut them off to a great extent from the rest of the world, the Vorarlb.ergers have presented a certain independence of attitude through the centuries, and have refused to be over awed by the noble lords who have sought to browbeat them. They are of an essentially practical nature, numbering in their midst more mechanics and builders than sculptors, poets and musicians. They are Industrious, frugal, even if given a bit to comfortable living, and talkative to a degree. They garnish their speech with many a witty remark, but are inclined, it is said, to become cantankerous and disputatious upon slight provocation. They are very patriotic and religious. Many of the people live in fine wooden houses of a pleasing style of architecture. The contrast between these domiciles and the poorer houses of the inhabitants of the Swiss sections Immediately west of Vorarlberg at once strikes the traveler’s eye. The natives still wear picturesque costumes in some parts of the region, though by no means to the extent that was common as recently as 25 or 30 years ago.

BRITAIN HAS 80,000 CADDIES

Future of These Indispensable Golf Advisers Is Worrying Club Officials of the Country. Almost 80,000 caddies trudge the golf courses in the United Kingdom, mostly youths between fourteen and eighteen. The question of their future is seriously exercising the minds of the golf club secretaries, who have the welfare of the race at heart. Carrying golf clubs leads to nowhere as regards a man’s career. St. George’s Hill Golf club at Weybridge, the most fashionable club in England, has tackled the problem manfully, and its example is to be followed by other clubs throughout Great Britain. During their Idle hours when not carrying clubs the boys and disabled soldiers, of whom a number are employed, are to be trained to trades that will ultimately enable them to obtain employment of a regular and progressive nature. After three years’ service with the club the caddie will receive a bonus of SSO, provided he wishes to* leave in order to follow a trade he has learned. A first-class bootmaker has been engaged to instruct caddies in boot making ; in order to make the plan profitable members of the club send their repairs to the school. Under the head green keeper the cafldies are learning the art of market gardening in the club vegetable gardens. They are being initiated into the Intricacies of green keeping also.

The United States is certainly the “land of cotton.” Nowhere else in the world is cotton gh»wn to such abundance and put to such a variety of uses, says the San Francisco Chronicle. The fiber, of course, is made into doth; the oil from the seeds is used as a good substitute for olive oil and as a basis for lard, and now the seeds themselves are being ground into flour and used fdr food purposes. To make the cottonseed sausage three pounds of sausage meat is mixed with one pound of cottonseed flour. This flour is said to contain as much nutrition as pork sausage.

Cotton's Varied Uses.

French Note in

Of all games tennis is the favorite with the French women, who take any ambunt of trouble in procuring smart clothes for their games, writes a Paris French woman’s conception of sports dress, however, is somewhat different from that of the American or English woman. The clothes, she wears on the tennis court are, judged by our standard, somewhat fussy, but unless one is of a distinctly athletic type these clothes are Infinitely more becoming than those of the more severe and mannish cut to which we have been accustomed. We in' this country are beginning to realize this - ; consequently the French influence is now felt mere strongly in our own sports clothes than ever before. A blouse developed in blue serge, with brown leather lacings, is cut so as to fall in loose, baggy folds, thus giving .freedom of movement. While this model made its initial appearance on the Riviera, It appeared later In the showing of Madeleine et Madeleine. It has been copied with many variations in one instancebeing developed from serge, with stripes embroidered in silk threads. It is made of this latter material both with and without the lacings. When the lacing is used, a black patent'leather belt, inlaid with brown motifs, finishes the waistline. Interest tn Skirts. In skirts for sports wear great Interest is manifested in models of decided design, showing big pockets, trimmings, panels, strappings and other features. The use of novelty materials adds to the extreme look, woven plaids and stripes in high colons being combined with plain fabrics in contrast or in harmony to work out the most eccentric of the new 7 styles. A skirt of fawn-colored serge has

From left to right—Lanvin model of blue serge with bands of tucked taffeta edged with bright colored embroidery. Serge frock in leather brown. The low hanging blouse is bound at the neck and sleeves with bright red. Both skirt and waist are tritnmcd with red buttons.

huge square patches of checked burella on either side, and in these squares pockets are inserted. The skirt is made to wrap about the body at the top, closing in a crisscross fashion by means of tabs and large buttons. From the lower tab to the hem the skirt is cut away in a diagonal line. In other words, it has a one-side closing which laps far across the front at the top. A glimpse of the plaid shows at the hem in the form of pantalette cuffs attached to a full length panel of the plaid. These new skirts are quite different from the plaited sport skirts of wool that we have been wearing. The remarkable trimmings of gay colored cloths bring * bright note into them. Front Panel That Disappear*. Another skirt, developed in blue serge, has trimmings of yellqw, blue and green plaid in the form of sAddle pockets and a disappearing front panel. In this model the method of closing the front is reversed, the overlap being at the hem and the doth cut away in a diagonal line to reveal the plaid cloth panel at the tof only. This panel, however, extends the full length of the skirt, and attached to the bottom of it are straps which button around the legs. These are entirely invisible except when the skirt is blown about. This; while sounding rather extreme, is really a capital idea in a sport garment It Is most interesting to note the increased popularity of the

panthlette T?bff and divided skirt. Practically every Important maker has included some phase of the divided skirt idea in the spring models. Collarless Blouse, Red-Bound .Edfles. A dress which embodies this idea is a simple serge frock in leather browtj with straight hanging side panels piped in bright red and buttoned on to the baggy trouser skirt. Here, too, the low hanging blouse fullness appears, and on the puffy bodice a •trimming similar to that used on the skirt is placed across the front where the lower hall buttons to the yoke. This blouse is collarless and all the edges are bound' with red. To, the Spanish Influence w 6 may attribute the lavish use of leather,‘ not only for trimmings, but for entire garments as well. One French firm shows a dark leather coat lined with bright red duvetyn. Lanvin makes very smart straight box coats of leather that are without fastenings of any sort. Then there are bright colored leather vests in ever so many of the dark cloth suits for SpTing. But perhaps the most interesting use of leather is its application In wide bands to the English traveling and sport coats of bright plaid w’orsteds. Flare in Topcoats. v In the camel’s hair topcoats there » appears to be a preference for the three-quarter length style, which is cut to flare sharply toward the bottom and Is tightly girdled with a string belt, thus giving the effect of an even greater flare. Either set-In or raglan sleeves may be used. Some of the newest homespun coats have no fastening other than the belt, the front of the coat lapping widely and being held together merely by a tightly drawm girdle. This, of course, makes a very warm garment, as the

coat is really double across the front It is smart to wear a bright plaid scan with these coats. . One maker of distinctive sport clothes Is having phenomenal success with suits developed from Ca-. nadian homespun of an open weave, similar in appearance to burlap. In times past homespun suits were extremely plain, the only thing attractive about them being their ■ durability. There never has been a trimming thp> could be suitably combined with homespun, so there was nothing different about them 'year after year. As women demand something new in thdi clothes, the homespun suit was not especially popular. * Trimming Easily Achieved. This designer conceived the idea of fringing the fabric to form a trimming and also of drawing threads to make beautiful patterns in the cloth. As this Is a trimming easy to achieve and very-* attractive, ever so many of these homespun suits have fringes of the material on both skirt and coat. The skirt may have a tunic edged with the fringe or tiers of the cloth may be applied to the skirt and coat For example, one suit of golden brown Canadian homespun is madewith a box coat and a plain skirt. Fringed tiers of the material are added tr both the coat and skirt on either sldcv leaving a plain panel In the back and trait. ?•' . , v