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CHICAGO. Tho real novelty of tho great iivliillon meet recently held on (ho lake front was the Curtlsa hydro
aeroplane, operated by Hugh A. Iloblnsou. The machlno travels In tho air or on tho wnter with almost equal
Inclllty. When St. Croix Johnstone fell to his death In tho lako, Mr. Hoblnson In tho hydro ncroplane, reached
tho wreck within half a mluuto and cjuld have rescued tho unfortunate aviator had ho coino to tho suifaco.
BRIDE IN
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Wanted to Go to Coney Island,
but Boarded Albany Boat.
Sympathetic Hudson River Tugboat
Captain Took Her Off and Re
turned Her to "Bridegroom
of Few Weeks."
Now York. A woman v. ho de
scribed herself ns Mrs. J. J. Day of
817 West Ninety-third street Intended
to go to Coney Island, but didn't go.
Instead sho would havu arrived at
Albany, but for tho act of a ttiKboat
captain, who took her off tho Frank
Jones, a Hudson river btenmbont,
somewhere In tho neighborhood of
Tarrytown, and returned her safo
and sound to what sho described as
her "waiting husband" and "bride
groom of a few weeks." Tho real
Mrs. Day denied that sho had figured
In tho transfer, nnd tntlmntcd that the
woman was a girl friend, who Is her
guest.
v The woman wanted to go aboard
one of tho Iron Steamboat company's
vessels, but failed to reallzo she was
a passenger on board the Frnnk
Jones until Yonkcrs hove In sight.
Then sho declared that "hubby"
would sit up all night looking for
hlB "brldo" In vain and wept very bit
terly. Captain Loucks was sympa
thetic but linn. Signals of dibtress
from tho whlstlo of tho Frank Jones
brought tho Albany, another Hudson
river steamboat, alougsldo In Jig time.
"What's tho matter? Ulot?" asked
Captain Post, anxiously leaning over
tho rail of tho Albany.
"No; u bride." replied Captain
Loucka through his megaphono.
"Thought wo were a blooming
Conoy Island tripper and Is afraid hub
by will miss her when slio's gono."
"Too bad," floated tho response
across tho wnter; "we aro all out of
smelling salts. Is there nnythltig else
1 can do?"
"Why, yes," responded tho skipper
of tho Frank Jones. "If you think or
It you might telephono to J. J. Day,
at 317 West Ninety-third street, that
his wife Is taking an unexpected run
up to Albany nnd won't bo back till
tomorrow."
RUNAWAY BOYS FIND ERROR
Two Pittsburg Lads Get Stranded In
Cincinnati and Writes Injunction
to All Youths.
Cincinnati. Frank Helber nnd Jo
seph Lechncr of Pittsburg, both nged
fifteen, who stnrted out to see tho
world a few days ago, wero found
early tho other morning sleeping un
der tho Cincinnati & Ohio bridge, In
Cincinnati. Thoy told tho olllcers
that they had como to Cincinnati In
a parlor car, and thought thoy were
going to fco tho entire world. How
ever, their money soon gave out and
thoy were forced to bleep anywhere
they could find n plnco to llo down.
Helber snld his father died last
March, and that his mother is very
sick. Ho doesn't know why he left
her. Tho officials will send them
both home. Helber has written tho
following Injunction to nil youths:
"Boys Never leavo home. It Is
the best plnco on earth.
"If you over feel the hankering
to see the world, ask your home folks
what Is the best thing to do.
"I started out feeling llko a mil
lionaire. I bad 112. I thought that
was plenty. They found mo sleeping
under a railroad bridge.
"That old song, 'There's No Place
Like Home,' Is the truest song ever
written."
Robs Her Own Stocklnn.
Springfield, O. Mrs. Nora Jenkins,1
who kept her Ravings of f 31 In her
stocking, which she word to bed, nroso
In her sleep, took tho stockings off
and taking the money down stairs,
burled It In tho cellar. It wns sot
eral days before Bhe found It.
DISTRESS
At this critical stage Captain Ul
ster Davis, who was a hoard tho
Frank Joncn, Baw a tow boat belong
ing to tho Cornell Towing lino, of
which ho Is superintendent. Snatch
ing tho megaphono he hailed tho tug
boat and ordered It alongside. Tho
woman nmld cheers nnd congratula
tions, was placed on board tho tug
and returned to Manhattan.
When Mr. and Mib. Day learned of
the report that tho passenger had
given tho name of Mrs. Day, they de
clared thoy had both been at home
on tho day In question. They re
fused to give the name of the young
woman who Is their guest, but some
of their friends were discussing,
nmld giggles, the subterfuge of the
"bride" who did not want to take a
trip to Albany Instead of ono to
Coney.
AIMS TO ABOLISH TROUSERS
Berlin Society of Scholars and Artists
Proposes New and Unique Gar
mentsDiscard Linens.
Rerlln. A society of seventy per
rons has been orgnnlzcd In Uorlln for
the purpose of reforming the style of
men's garments. It Is composed of
persons from all sorts of professions
nnd alms at abolishing trousers, sub
stituting knickerbockers; while coat
and wnlstcoat are to glvo way to a
sort of looso blouse hanging well
down to the knees. Linen of all sorts
Is to be discarded.
Tho newspapers trent tho mntter as
more or less absurd; and tome of
them challenge tho members of the
society themselves to appear In pub
lic In the now gnrb. The Cologne Ga
zctto goes deeper and points out that
Germany enn have no Influence over
the world's fashions for men's cloth
ing because of tho predominance of
the military uniform over civilian
clothing hero, where even the em
peror never lays aside his helmet for
a silk hat.
It thinks that the fashion for men's
garments will continue to be set at
London, for "n popular dandy of Lon
don clubdom has more Influence In
setting the fashions than the whole of
this society of German scholars, art
ists nnd writers."
Alpaca Coat
Real Summer Weather Works Revolu
tion In Men's Fashions In French
Capital Few of Changes.
St. Louis. "Whew! It is hot!" Ono
may hear this hundreds of times a
day now that Paris has had a tasto
of real summer weather. 1 caught a
deputy going Into tho Palais liourbon
with white shoes nnd looking quite
plenscd with hlmsolf, writes tho
Paris correspondent of tho Globe
Domocrnt. The golf collar Is still to
bo Invented as an adjunct to tho
French summer costume, but the
kumiuerbund Is here, oddly In voguo
with wearers protuberant In those
parts. Tho really classic fi-uro Is tho
Frenchman with a black alpaca coat,
whlto linen trousers, a Panama hut
with a rakish twist behind, an Im
mense blue tie with whlto spots, a
handkerchief of brilliant huo nnd de
sign half way out of his pocket, the
whole surmounted by a gray cotton
umbrella. This venerablo type still
exists, but Is becoming rarer,
The modern Frenchman has taken
an Inventive turn with his clothes. I
nm leaving aside tho man who has
becomo .Anglicized by reason of much
reading of tailors' circulars from
nond street, and who take naturally
to his flannelotto suit In summer
ho Is the exception, tho large excep
tion. Tho ordinary Parisian,, If you
produce a hot sun, becomos' playful,
Bnrtorlally, and disports himself In
tho strangest garb. Sitting opposite
to mo In my club Is a representative
Epoctmcn, wbo looks uncommonly like
CELEBRATES DEATH OF KIN
American Woman in Paris Gives Din
ner In Honor of Mother-In- Law's
Demise, Only to Find Error.
Paris. Many strange things happen
In Paris, but tho most weird and
ghastly expression of novel social en
tertainments this season was a dinner
given by a certain New York woman,
celebrating, as she thought, tho death
of her rich mother-ln-Iaw. Tho lady
has been In Paris since tho close of
tho Nlco season. Her hUBband, who
does not core for butterfly life so
ciety; remains In tho villa at Nlco.
The other day she received a tcle
grnm from her husband, which read:
"Mother Is dead." Thinking It was
tho wealthy mother of her husband,
she Invited friends to dinner, saying
she was going to celebrato a now and1
better ern in her life, which the for
tune of her mothor-ln-law would bring.
Some of the more sensitive guests re
belled Inwardly at tho Idea, but the
dinner went on. Next day the hostess
sanl apologies to her guests, saying
It wds not her mother-in-law who had
died, but her own mother. The mis
take arose by her husband merely re
peating a cablegram received for hei
at Nice.
COUPLE GIVE KISSING SHOW
Large Crowd Gathers and Enjoys Os
culations at Piasa Chautauqua
Girl Was Pretty.
St. Louis. Piasa Chautauqua was
nroused soon after the arrival of the
steamer Alton, by a volley of smacks.
Several men nnd women ran down to
tho river and beheld a young woman
nnd a swain In blue serge, sitting closo
together on the beach. Ono of his
hands was clasped firmly In hers.
With regularity he popped his
lips upon hers and each kiss was so
vigorous as to be audible. In a few
minutes the news spread throughout
tho resort. Swimming pools nnd walk
ing pathB were deserted and scores of
persons flocked to points of vantage.
In reply to jeers tho young man
cried: "You fellows aro only Jealous.
Don't you wish It wero you?" The
onrnptured pair remained absorbed In
ono another until It was time to take
tho steamer back to St. Louis. The
girl was a brunette about 22 years
old and was prettily dressed. The
man seemed a fow years older.
Worn in Paris
a diver on a bean feast, If you can
Imagine a diver regaling himself on
anything but oysters or sponges. He
has certainly a deep-sea appearance;
a curious khaki cloth, vory light and
very shiny. Ho looks moro than over
llko Father Neptuno In an off mo
ment ns he pulls at his long briar
wood pipe.
Decency In Bathing Cults.
Oanta Monica, Cal.lly a vote ot
the city council tho scant bathing
suits thnt heretofore Inadequately
garbed tho forms of men lolling on
tho eands have been Dnnlshed from
this beach. Men must wear skirts on
their surf costumeB. Tho short trunks
must be lengthened into trousurettos
reaching to the knees, and there must
bo sleeves.
Furthermore, "bathers" must bathe
when they como down to tho Deach,
not merely disport themselves on the
sands.
The new order was put through by
Irate citizens, Ther was no com-
fJV ab,J. ?.8iUm. orn by
nwwcu, nuiiuugu uiu aiau ure or
dered to batho and not pose. "Spoon
lng parties" aro barred.
Killing 8avsge Rooster Justified.
London. The killing of a rooster
by a father whose child It attacked
was held to bo Justified by Judge
Smith at Atherston county court
Sued by the bird's owner, the father
pleaded that be killed the cockerel,
which was notoriously savage, as It
waa attacking his child.
CITIES
Barbers Denounce
ST. PAUL, MINN. Ways and means
to deprive the safety razor of its
cltlzen'H right and declaro it unconsti
tutional, to annihilate- It, remove It
from tho homo of every free-born
American, nnd thus bring tho barber
Hhop ngnlti Into Its own, furnished one
of tho subjects for tho emotional dis
cussion that took plneo at the National
Darber's Supply Dealers association
convention here.
An tho Insidious Influence of the de
grading safely razor fired tho speak
ers at tho convention to eloquent
heights, these polnta wero brought
'forth:
Harbor shops a:o not so popular as
they wero In tho past.
The dark man with tho beard, In
stead of permitting himself tho ec
stacy of n lGccnt shave, nttacks him
self with the Bafety, In wild, enrcfrco
swoops, which are equally Injurious to
the llfo nnd complexion of the victim
nnd to the profession.
Accident Leads to
BUOOKLYN, N. Y. A score or more
dogs of assorted breeds livened up
things on Fifth avenue the other day
by becoming Intoxicated on the spilled
contents of an overturned brewery
truck. It Is said by eyowltnesses thnt
tho drunken dogs acted almost "hu
man" In tho delirious frenzy which fol
lowed their excessive llbntlons.
Tho truck, ono of the motor variety,
was chugging along Fifth nvenue be
tween Ninth and Tenth streets, when
It broke down nnd its contents, sev
eral .cases of a very popular brand of
hop beverage, wero spilled Into the
gutter. Immediately a golden stream,
sparkling with tho pent-up efferves
cence, gurgled and bubbled down the
gutter.
The day was hot and all the neigh
borhood dogs, most of which belonged
to Fifth avenue storekeepers, were
wandering about in search of water
to drink.
niitzen, a graceful greyhound, raised
her head from between her paws ns she
lay In tho doorway of a millinery es
tablishment and sniffed tho air sus
piciously. Tho couchnnt Hlltzen be
came rampant.
Blame Middlemen
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INDIANAPOLIS, IND. An experi
ment to determine how fnr a city
can go in reducing the cost of living
Is to bo mndo In Indianapolis under
tho direction of Mayor Shank. Fol
lowing a suggestion of JameB Wilson,
secretary of the department of agricul
ture, that municipalities take up the
question, the mayor appointed a com
mission to mako an Investigation.
These men will spend tho next few
weeks Investigating conditions that
are supposed to be responsible for the
high cost of farm nnd garden prod
ucts. On their report will depend tho
city's action.
Several years ago Indianapolis es
tablished a market place for the pur
pose of giving tho people a chance to
deal direct with producers and In that
manner to keep prices as low as pos
sible. Preliminary Inquiry Indicates
unscrupulous middlemen have been
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Divorces a Close Second to Weddings
KANSAS CITY, MO. As a habitation
of tho matrimonially distressed,
Kiuibos City, according to figures Just
compiled, has Keno backed into obliv
ion These figures Bhow that ono of ev
ery threo Kansas City nmrdiines has
Kb finale In the divorce court. In 1910
the figures showed that ono In every
four marrlnges In this city were fail
ures and the great increase In the
number has caused much perturbation
In tho churches.
Various causes have been given for
It tho high cost of living, tho laxity
of tho divorce laws, the greater Inde
pendence of women.
Whatever tho cause, since January
1 there have been 1,900 marriage,
licenses Issued, and In the same tlmo
nearly 700 divorce suits filed. This
1s an Increase In the number of mar
riage licenses issued over u like period
In 1910, but a proportionately greater
Increase In the number of divorce suits
(lied. Incidentally, more children from
broken homes have been taken charge
of by tho Juvcnllo court than in any
similar period. Sociologists and min
isters aro worried nt tho showing
and thero Is a demand for more strin
gent divorce laws.
Judge Porterfield of the Juvenile
court also Is worried at tho showing,
but ho sees no relief In moro strlngeut
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the Safety Razors
Safety razors promote efficiency. II
allowed to (loutish they will eventually
accomplish the ruin of American man
hood. Kotre's celebrated slump wns
due to Just such Intioductlons ns tho
ornery safety razor.
"And," finished one of the spenkers,
"after weaning Its owner from the re
finement of tho barber shop, mailing
him minister to the demands of his
whiskers ucross his own threshold, tho
safety will gradually pall upon tho
man devoted to It. Growing careless,
the man will one day lay open tho In
tel lor of his face with an unusually
negligent swing of the supposed 'safe
ty' razor, nnd what then? The man,
being weaned from tho barber bhop,
docs not caro to return. He Is timid
tho fault of the Bafety. He lets his
whiskers assume abnormal propor
tions. He becomes n hotbed for germs.
Therefore, down with tho tyranny of
the r. s."
it was prophesied that In the short
spun of a year all the old adherents
of (ho etubblo beards and curved
Adam's apples will bo filling tho red
plush chairs of the shop. The safety
ruzor, It was allowed, whb all right
for the mere youths and the trem
bling hands of tho old, but further It
had not Just cause for existence.
a Canine Debauch
"Woof, my dears!"-bhe bayed, and
In 20-foot Jumps made for the spot
whence came the tantalizing aroma ol i
tho wasting beverage. I
Immediately every other dog on the ,
block, and some others from adjacent
blocks, renlized that at lust It was his
"day." Following the lend of the leap
ing greyhound, they made for the gut
ter and eagerly began lapping up the
amber drink.
How many aching heads there were
next day In Fifth avenue dogdom will
nover be known, but members of the
largo crowd which quickly collected to
watch the drinking bout aver that the
quantity put nwuy by the canine tip
plers was something to marvel at.
The dogs, too full to find their way
home, nnd too dizzy to navigate any.
way, wero later led or carried to their
homes by their owners.
for the High Prices
bartering tho market, buying up fnrm
produce at wholesale prices and then
selling nt whatever prices they could
extort, thus forcing all prices on the
market upwnrd. Sonic hnve even gon
so far as to dlsguiso their employes
as fanners nnd have them take thclt
plnccs In tho market with what were
Bupposcd to be farm wagons with
frohh produce. It developed that mid
dlemen contiol tho prices of four-fifths
of the produce, handled on tho Indian
apolis market and that thoy have ad
vnnced the prices to suit themselves.
Compailsons mudo between the
prices of n few fanners not tuken in
by the middlemen with the prices fixed
at the market Btands show that the
farmers have been and are selling food
stuff at an nvcrago of less than ono
half tho amount fixed by the middle
men. Tomatoes, apples, potatoes and
other staples havo been sold CO per
cent, lower by the farmers than by tho
market stand proprietors In spite ol
the city's regulations.
The city government hopes to get
at the bottom of the situation soon
and to devise means by which the mid
dlcruen will not be able to grab the
farm products and force tho people to
puy their prices.
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A DIVORCE
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divorce laws. Ho believes that tho
only remedy lies In making require
ments for marriage more severe, nnd
still not so severe that its result will
be to drive many persona into com
mon law marriages.
"Too many persons marry who
should not," Judge Porterfield says.
"That's where all this divorce trouble
begins, nnd right there the lawmakers
must begin It they are to help condi
tions. You cnu't legislate divorces
and broken homes out of existence as
long as just anybody can get married
regardless of mental and physical de
fects. There ought to be a commis
sion to pass on the mental and phy
sical condition of applicants for mar
riage licenses, and on tho earning ca
pacity of the men. Worthless men
who can't even support themselves
marry.
"Something will havo to bo done or
tho people of this and other states
will find themselves tho keepers of a
lot of degenerate children."
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HOW THE LITTLE ONE REACHED
BAR THROUGH DEEP WATER
IS A MYSTERY. i
Iteber Springs, Ark. From tho mld
die of the Little Ited river, near Shi
loh, the two and-a-half year old daugh
tcr of J. L. lilttlo of this place, gayly
waved her hands nt the horrified pa
rents on tho bank and when they res
cued her from tho rushing torrent,
sho laughed In glee over her esca
pade. How tho baby reached tho
'shallow water In tho mlddlo of tho
Etream. will probably forever be u
mystery.
, Mr. nnd Mrs. Dlttlo had gone from
Ileber Springs to spend the day with
,1110 parents of lllttlo nnd when they
i cached the farm tho child was asleep.
Baby on Sand Bar.
nitlle unhitched his team in the barn
and placed tho baby upon some hay
to continue her nap.
Returning in n few minutes tho fath
er and mother found the child had dis
appeared. No trace of the little girl
could bo found and the alarm was
given. In a short time neighbors wero
scouring the woods hut the parents
wero tho successful ones, finding their
llttlo one In tho middle of tho river,
quietly wading toward tho opposite
bank. They called to her and she
turned to wave a greeting to the
frightened parents. In u short tlmo
tho child was icscued and placed In
tho arms of the mother, who fainted
when sho saw her baby In tho river.
To reach the river tho child had
passed through a field of corn nnd
walked about a mile and a half. Sho
had crawled through, or climbed over,
two high barbed wire fences without
u fccratch to body or clothing. Tho
water was at leaBt six feet deep for
about 20 feet next to the bank from
which tho llttlo girl had entered. Sho
was In water to her neck when discov
ered by her parents nnd In a few feet
In front of her wns more deep wnter.
She cither swam through the deep
water or hung on to a log which float
ed her to the middle of the stream. It
was evident though sho had been In
wnter over her head for her hair was
wet.
BIG BABOON STARTS PANIC
Escapes From His Cage at a North
Dakota Interstate Fair and Causes
Stampede.
Fargo, N. D. "Chucama." a big ba
boon being exhibited at the Interstate
,falr here, broke looso from his cage
and cnused n panic among the hun
dreds of people on the grounds.
It was only after an exciting chase
of over two miles by armed trainers
In an automobile that tho animal was
finally captured by means of n canvas
snek.
Tho baboon first made for tho bootb
ot tho FirBt Presbyterian church ol
Baboon Runs Amuck,
Moorehead, Hero ho seized ono ot
the small girls and threw her to tho
ground, but did not Injure her. Ho
then overturned the tables In tho place
and proceeded to the root. Hero he
tore off shingles, drovo away four car
penters, tore oft boards from the roof
and then made across tho country.
Automobiles followed, and he was fin
illy captured In a greenhouso near
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