Lincoln County leader., September 15, 1911, Image 10

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Railroad Caruso With a Cyclone
in Either Lung.
Clyde Hayee, Who Call the Train In
Chicago's Big Northwestern 8a
tioa. Ha a Voice Uk
Foghorn.
Chicago. Clyde B. Hayes Is the rail
road Caruso. Every day from 8:30 p.
m. to 11 he proclaims the departure of
more trains than any other station
caller. His concert platform la of all
steel construction and it Is located
way up near the splendid celling of
the new Northwestern railroad sta
tion. Passing swiftly over the poor boy
and burning ambition section of his
life, we find Hayes In full charge of a
night accommodation train in Nebras
ka. Yea, until recently he was a rail-
fTTTly
Caller Hayes.
rdad conductor, and was treadine the
threadbare aisle of a Nebraska ac
commodation, occasionally unhooking
a brightly nickled lantern from his
left elbow and dropping off Into the
night to wigwag the engineer.
One day the division superintendent
of the Northwestern line at Omaha
summoned young Conductor Hayes In
to his grim presence.
"Are you aware, Mr. Hayes, that
you have been 'turned in' a number of
times lately?" said the superintendent
Jo the conductor after the latter had
nervously placed his cap on the edge
of the glass topped table.
Hayes trembled and bis heart sank.
To be 'turned in," In railroad patois,
means to be the object of complaints
by passengers. '
"What have I done, sirr he mur
mured anxiously.
"You have disturbed the sleep of a
large number of passengers on this
line." said the superintendent "Let
ters have come to me from traveling
men who ride on your train, and they
Bay that when you announce a station
at night your voice not only wakes
them, but scares them and knooks
them out of a proper frame of mind
to do business the next day. Here
after, Mr. Hayes, when calling out sta
tions I wish you would not try to dis
place the window panes or experiment
with sound vibrations on the bell rope.
Out It seems that Mr. Hayes Is a
walking library for volutaes and vol
umes of stentorian noise. It couldn't
be suppressed, and as he had no time
to attend a ball game and let out
steam on the bleachers, he had to re
sume his old habit of standing at one.
end of a yellow car and closing the
toor at the opposite end by sheer foroe
of his low register.
The railroad officials were deeply
JAIL IS A SURE ENOUGH JUG
The Mansfield "Jug."
Mansfield, Mo. "Jug" as used to
describe the city Jail at Mansfield,
scarcely could be considered a word
MAN ISAM
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p-ini i igat ' i i n-
puzzled by the ease of Conductor
Hayes, who had proved himself relia
ble and efficient In every other way.
Some on suggested putting him on a
day run, where people sleep at their
own risk, or at the mercy of the train
butcher.
In the meantime the hilarious story
of Conductor Hayes and the sleepy
drummers found Its way to Chicago
and Conductor Hayes was ordered to
report here. He came wondering and
promptly he was set to work learn
ing the list of train departures. Then
when the new station was opened,
like an admiral on the porch of a bat
tleship, he stood In his high balcony
and began his interminable recita
tions in earnest For a day or so he
wrestled with echoes and acoustic
snares, but now he has mastered the
problem of resonance in the great sta
tion. WORK OF GEN. BOOTH'S ARMY
Salvationists Give an Impressive Ex
hibit In London, Depicting Scenes
From Life.
London. Ten thousand people at
tended the demonstration given re
cently by the Salvation Army at the
Albert hall. Old. white haired and
almost blind, General Booth presided
in person. "Only with my Inner sight
have I been able to witness these
transformations and miracles that the
love of God has wrought," be said
after patiently sitting through the dif
ferent scenes that were played before
an attentive and interested audience
First was depicted a night on the
Thames embankment at one of the
army's shelters. Gradually the great
arena In the ball filled with hundreds
of destitute and homeless men, to
whom food and encouragement were
given by the officers present, in illus
tration of their nightly task In various
cities. The same men were seen later
busily sorting out great sacks of waste
paper, showing how employment of
some description was found for even
the most unpromising material.
Then came the children of 'The
Nest." as the girls' home at Clapton
Is called. As the neatly dressed
brigade, consisting of about fifty lit
tle girls all of whom have been res
cued from drunken and brutal parents
trooped into the hall, where they
danced and formed themselves Into a
zareba, loud applause resounded
throughout the building. A number of
woman officers followed, vleltlng wom
an prisoners in Jail realistic demon
strations being given of refractory
cases who refused to go back to their
cells.
The Industrial and land colony at
Hadleigh, Essex, where more than
1,000 acres of land is being farmed
and intensive garden culture is car-
Gen. William A. Booth.
rled on, was represented by a pro
cession of gardeners, beekeepers, shep
herds, poultry and dairy farmers, car
rying poultry or dairy produce, fruits
or vegetables or the Implements of
their labor. The farm proper carries
more than 1,000 head of horses, cattle,
sheep and lambs and pigs, grows largo
quantities of grain and roots and will
soon be busy haymaking and harvest
ing. of slang. For the Mansfield Jail, built
of solid concrete In the proportions of
a huge Jug, needs only a handle and
the change from a door to a neck and
cork to make it a Jug in fact. Perhaps
It doesn't matter a . great deal, any
way, for the Jail Isn't often used, and
it was Just as well to put a little
sense of h'umor In the structure.
Speeds With Horse Car.
New York. John Scott was fined
$1 for speeding his horses attached to
a crosstown car.
Magistrate Corrlgan warned the old
driver that only hla gray hairs saved
him.
"Hundreds," said Corrlgan, "might
have been shocked to death at the
sight-
Baby Eulogy,
Us Come right In, old man, and see
our new baby! There Isn't he great?
He Oh. yes I Fine! Well, they
say homely babies grow up to be
handsome that Is, you can be thank
fulorwell, how much he looks like
his mother, 1 meant
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PARIS. We have arrived a that
period of the Paris season known
as La Grande Semaine. All the
most brilliant entertainments are be
ing given at the present moment and
on every side one finds the most cost
ly and exquisite toilettes displayed.
La Grande Semalne is really the her
ald of the end of the summer season In
Paris, but then It is also the herald
of the birth of another and equally im
portant season, that of the chateau par
ties and of the fashionable seaside re
sorts. I have seen some really lovely cos
tumes lately, which were specially cre
ated for the "Grand Steeple," the race
meeting which the Parlslennee call La
Journee des Hales; and on looking at
them In detail I was more than ever
struck by the rapidity with which
flounces and ruches have crept Into
popular favor. On many of the very
newest models we now find one or two
flounces on the skirt but as yet these
flounces are skimpy and so shaped that
they fall into straight lines and out
line the figure almost as accurately as
a plain tight skirt might da And for
such dresses as these taffeta la a fa
vorite material.
The skirt with the triple flounce Is
quaint In outline and very picturesque.
The shaped flounces are mounted on a
tight underskirt of thin silk or satin,
and the top flounce is shaped to the
figure tike a' tunic; In fact, the Impres
sion given Is of a skirt arranged in
three shaped tunica.
The other afternoon I saw a model
of this order chez Worth and the ma
terial was ivory crepe de chine Inset
with Irish crochet of finest quality.
The shaped flounces were slightly cut
up In front and each one was border
ed with a deep band of crochet which
had been specially designed for the
dress. There was a fichu-like ar
rangement of Irish crochet over the
shoulders, and underneath was a ki
mono blouse of crepe de chine. This
blouse was bordered by bias bands of
dark green velvet, and on the collar, of
the fine net guimpe a touch of dull or
ange was introduced. The sleeves were
quite short, barely reaching to the el
bows, and the hat made to accompany
the costume was a Duchess of Devon
shire shape in yellow tuacan, which
had lengths of black satin and dark
green velvet ribbons passed over the
low crown and tucked away under the
hair, at the back, while on the wide
brim, lying rather flat, was a cluster
of glorious yellow roses mixed with
branches of white heather.
Worth is this season using a quan
tity of the finest embroidered muslins
it is possible to conoeive. A great
deal of It comes direct to him from
India, and for evening dresses he is
employing long lengths of the famous
Indian embroidery In gold and silver
threads. This year the whole world
seems to have become "quite English,
you know!" The excitement over
the coronation In London has made
English fashions and English materials
stylish in Paris and It is natural that
the embroideries of India, as the laces
fo Ireland, should attract a good deal
of attention.
Worth is always very much occupied
with his royal clients, and quite late
ly he created a most delightful tea
gown for the queen of England, In
which Indian embroidery and Irish
laces played an important part The
groundwork of the gown was Ivory
white muslin and on the hem was a
deep bands of Limerick lace. The fold
ed corsage was almost entirely com
posed of lace, but In front at the
breast was some rich embroidery and
the sleeves of the "angel" pattern,
were of lace and not combined. A
supple sash of pale heliotrope crepe de
chine fringed In gold was wound round
the waist and tied in a loose knot at
the left side. This particular shade
of heliotrope which seems pink in
certain lights is a great favorite of
the queen's, and she frequently selects
it, especially for her afternoon and
evening gowns.
A rarely lovely dinner gown, recent
ly created in Paris for the same royal
lady, was composed of palest rose mir
ror velvet with a side panel of dia
mond and seed pearl embroidery. There
was a cloud-like drapery of deep
est mauve silk tulli falling over
one side of the skirt and this drapery
was embroidered and fringed in sil
ver and crystal. The corsage was a
glittering mass of embroidery, dia
monds, seed pearls, sliver1 thrpads and
crystal beads and little wings of em
broidered tulle formed the short
Bleaves.
Redfern has recently created some
lovely models for & new piece as the
Comedie Francalse which have made
a sensation and which are being free
ly copied for the race meetings. One
dress In particular has attracted gen
eral attention and It Is worth while
taking special notice of it, because It
Indicates a little Innovation, which is
likely to become very popular. The
skirt of this dress was plain and very
tight fitting. In fact It was quite
like a sheath, but It was buttoned
straight down the front after the man
ner of a priest's cassock, opening at
the hem to show an underdress of an
other color. The material of the dress
In question was oyster white serge
silk, and it opens over an underdress
of dull blue linen. There was a
smart little coatee of the blue linen,
and this coatee was scalloped round
the edge and piped with black satin.
There was an empire Bash of black sat
in, finished off with heavy black tas
sels, and the collar of the coatee was
very wide, with a single rever, in em
pire style, at the left side, both collar
and rever being of white serge Bilk.
There was an Immense Jabot of pure
white tulle and the hat worn with this
dress was in the Alfred Stevens style,
of white rice straw with an abnor
mally high crown, which was literally
covered with black and white aig
rettes. I have seen in Redfern's show rooms
several costumes which showed little
coatees of a material and color differ
ent from the skirts and the general ef
fect was excellent
The tendencsy of the moment is to
give much more material to the skirts;
but then this material is so cleverly
arranged that It falls about the figure
and displays the outline. The softest
and most supple materials are employ
ed and the whole success of the robe
depends on Just how it is cut and how
it is draped about the form.
The Paisley-patterned ninon Is de-
ugnttuL but it needs the contrast and
rellet of a plain fabric, and so the
sketch will show you how best this
can be Introduced, in the form of an
apron tunic, which will look well in
plain ninon in the same lovely shade
of blue as the background of the pat
terned under-dress. Use as a lining
throughout the palest pink Japanese
silk, finishing this off at the foot with
a transparency of lace, beaded, and
bound with pale blue satin ribbon, as
this arrangement will make it unneces
sary to wear a separate petticoat and
so will make It unnecessary to wear
a separate petticoat and so will en
sure a special and beautiful slender
ness of outline for your figure. As
for the outward trimming of the dress,
this can be effectively completed .by
means of a little "tucker" and cuffs of
mellow-toned net and lace while the
always telling touch of block can be in
troduced by means of a tiny neck bow,
and then a longended sash of either
tulle or velvet ribbon, a second sash
of blue satin Just a tone or two dark
er than the ninon, being a wise provi
sion, In case you wish to give variety
to your gown, It will be pretty to
have blue silk stockings and antelope
shoes to match. Idalla de Vllliers la
the Boston Globe.
MAKE 2 WOMEN HAPPY
OHE KANSAS MAN TRIE8 IT AND
FAILS MISERABLY.
Per Sharp Weds Another, Believing
Flret Dead "Turns Up Alive" and
He Tries to Live With
Both.
Pittsburg, Kan. That beautiful
plan of Peter C. Sharp to keep his two
wives with him under one roof 6n his
farm has gone awry. His dream of
bliss in his old age turns to a night
nare. He Is over 70 years old and
about 40 years ago, at the time of the
gr,at Chicago fire, be and his wife
Anna Catharine, became separated.
He supposed she had perished anl
several years afterward be took an
other wife, Cella, and settled on a
farm sear here. During all these years
Anna Catharine has been searching
for him. Two or three years ago she
found him and his second wife living
very happily.
There was a long family discussion.
Each women admitted that the other
was blameless and each generously
volunteered to disappear and leave the
other in possession of the man. Final
ly Mr. Sharp plucked a rose and tuck
ed It tend-rly into Anna Catharine's
hair. Then he plucked another and
adorned Celia's hair In the same ro
mantic manner. He said he loved both
of them and couldn't think of parting
wim eitner.
So it was arranged that all three
were to live in harmony under one
roof.
But such a state of affairs could not
last The women quarreled. Mr.
Sharp offered to build a separate
bouse for one of them either one, he
didn't care which.. They couldn't
agree as to whirh wq tA it.t, ,un.
' and the quarrel waxed more and more.
finally Mr. Sharp took matters Into
his own hands and he is building two
new cottages on his farm, separated
by a high picket fence. Each wife Is
to have a home of her own and keep
out of the other woman's home. For
himself, he says he will live alone in
the old house.
But he says he will eat his meals
with each on alternate days. If they
are good the women as well aa the
meals.
SNAKE ON LINE; TALK STOPS
Reptile In Cable Box Crosses Wires
and Trouble Hunters Work
Three Days.
Elwood, Ind. "Trouble hunters" on
local telephone lines learned some
thing when a party line was found to
bave been put out of business three
lays by a common blacksnake. The
reptile had climbed a telephone pole
and got into a cable box, where It had
worked Its way into a mesh of small
copper wires.
The current killed the snake, but
the same operation "crossed" dozens
of telephones. Men worked three days,
to find the trouble.
It Is said to be the first instance of
i snake putting a telephone exchange
out of commission. What Induced the
make to enter the cable box and en
twine Itself in the copper wires is a
mystery unless It was cold. The wires
In resisting the current threw oft
neat and this may have led the snake
to choose Its novel resting place.
Dog Deadheads 623 Miles.
- San Antonio, Tex. Three months
ago George Fleming went from this
city to El Paso, taking with him a
small dog. Three weeks or more
ago the dog was missed from the El
Paso home and nothing was heard of
the animal until it appeared in this
city.
"It seems that the dog made friends
with a number of railroad men In El
Paso, and after a time concluded to
return to his old home here. After
riding out of El Paso on a freight
train the animal was passed along
from crew to crew and finally reached
San Antonio, having deadheaded the
entire distance, 623 miles.
Postage Stamp Kills a Girl.
Geneva, Switzerland. A strange ac
cident Is reported from the village of
Koblenz, In the canton of Argrovle.
A girl of seventeen was about to
stamp a letter, and placed the stamp
on her Hps, when she coughed and
swallowed the stamp, which choked
her. A doctor was sent for at once,
and on his arrival he found the girl
dead.
Mute Threw Dice for Own Life.
Kokomo. Ind. Deaf and dumb, with
one leg gone and his promised bride
marrying another, Guy Murphy shook
dice for his lire and lost. A bullet
sent through his brain followed tha
roll of the . dice.
Reflected Flash Blinds.
Atlantlo City, N. J. Harry Adams,
eon of a wealthy bath-house owner,
lost his sight through seeing a nearby
bolt of lightning reflected In a mirror.