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HP mrnmmmmmmmmummmm riously as he professed to hold it "No man with any reverence for women could possibly compare them to cats," contended Dr. Mary Green Korsted, prominent in the Women's Century club. "Tanaka's unjustified fancy sug gests derision," added Mrs. Frank Houghton, another well known club woman. The Japanese painter, however, vigorously refutes such imputation. "The fact that alluring women seem to me to have cattish qualities," he explained, "does not detract from my reverence for them. I do not mean to say they are scratchy 'spit fires.' I am, on the contrary, paying them a high tribute by comparing them to cats." F. Tadama, under whom Tanaka studied, refused to take the "Blue Cat" controversy seriously. "Tanaka," he laughed, "likes a sensation. Why, he once painted what he was pleased to call 'The Smell of a Norwegian Cheese!' He called this picture 'The Blue Cat' be cause he knew it would make the women kick!" TWO ALLEGED BANK ROBBERS ARE NIPPED IN THE BUD Two sadder but wiser bank robbers occupy cells in Harvey, HL, today as a result of their first alleged attempt. They are Geo. Stuckel, 20, 6033 Wentworth av., and Wm. P. Steed, 25, 915 W. 63d, the police books say. A third one escaped. The attempt at robbery was a novel one. The boys drove into Har vey in a big touring car, went to the City Hall, asked for the chief of po lice, and when they found he was out, drove to the bank. When they got there, the one giv ing his name as Stuckel walked in with drawn revolver and held up the cashier. Meanwhile August Wald schmidt, an assistant, ran out the back door, down to the City Hall and called Policeman George Swanson. Swanson hurried ba.ck, captured i Stuckel, chased his two companions do,wn the street, caught one, lost the other when he hopped on an auto truck and took possession of the 'ma chine which the alleged robbers used. GOMPERS TO SPEAK AT MASS MEETING SUNDAY Union labor's biggest drive against Chas. E. Hughes will begin Sunday afternoon when Samuel Gompers, pres. American Fed. of Labor, ad dresses a mass meeting at Powers theater. Gompers arrived in the city for a conference with Illinois labor leaders. He says that the working men of the country are solid for Wil son. In connection with Gompers' speech, the Chicago Federation of Labor has sent out the following an nouncement: "The .Chicago Federation of La- bor, in conjunction with the Illinois State Federation of Labor, has- ar ranged for a mass meeting for Sam uel Gompers, president of the Ameri can Federation of Labor, to answer the charges and attacks made by U. S. Senator Lawrence Y. Sherman of Illinois, as directed against Broth er Gompers and organized labor in his speech in the U. S. senate on Aug. 14, 1916. "Senator Sherman has acted the part of a coward by refusing to come out in the open and accept our chal lenge to meet President Gompers in a public mass meeting in his own state at any time or place. There fore this public mass meeting next Sunday, Oct 29, at 2 p. m. sharp, Powers' theater, 124 W. Randolph st All delegates are expected to at tend, and their friends especially in vited. Admission free, first come first served." " New York "Your Big Fat Fool," Whitney Lyon, millionaire tooth powder man, signed to letter to Mo diste Margaret Connell. She is now suing for $100,000 for breach of, promise! Q mmmmmsmtitiB&