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Jury Sets Fancy Price on Young Lady's Big Toe
N EW YORK.—Brooklyn Is offering $17,500 for big toes. This is believed to
be the record price for such articles. As there is no present indication
the offer will be increased, it looks like a good time for those persons who
are in need of money to exchange toes
II) BE WIU.IHC TO
have 'in an nr
TOE OFF AT.
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KNEE
THAT
fort
for cash. Nearly everyone could get
along with fewer toes, especially in
these parts, where the car straps are
hung so low one doesn't need toes to
stand on. Another thing about cashing
in a few toes is that it will make no
difference in your appearance. No one
need know that your sudden prosperity
is due to your having obtained an ab
solute divorce from them.
While the Brooklyn price referred
to a big toe, no doubt you could ar
range to get a tidy sum for one of your smaller ones in case you don't feel
like parting with either of your grown-up toes. Before chopping any of them
off, however, it might be well to submit them to the supreme court jury of 12
good men and true—or as much so as Brooklyn men can be—who decided
that the Coney Island and Brooklyn Railroad company ought to pay $17,500
to Miss Fannie C. Ciamerille for removing the big toe of her left foot without
first having obtained her permission.
Miss Ciamerille was greatly attached to the big toe until July 31, 1917,
when, she alleges, she was permanently separated from it by being thrown
from an open car.
Immediately following the verdict those in the courtroom began specu
lating on how many toes they could spare and keep from tipping over. More
than one man was heard to observe he would be willing to have one of his
toes cut off close to his knee for half the amount.
Nothing in the evidence disclosed that Miss Ciamerille's big toe was other
than the ordinary, matter-of-fact, well-behaved big toe. No superior intelli
gence was claimed for It. There was no suggestion of it having been trained
for any special purpose. In 6hort, It was just a plain, honest, more-or-less
blunt big toe. a toe that minded Its own business and did not interfere with
other toes. The fact that such a toe could earn that much money was what
started the spectators figuring out how much income tax tlgey would have to
pay on certain amounts.
!
Proving That When an Elephant Won't, She Won't
N EW YORK. —There is nothing more exasperating—unless it be a hang
nail—than a homesick elephaut. To this statement yardmen of the Long
Island railroad and employees of the Richards circus of Coney Island will
attest individually and In chorus.
Gwendolyn, one of the lurgest
elephants of the herd, believes most
firmly that her place is in the home.
That is why she didn't start for Wis
consin the other day. That is also
why she will probably not go at all
until the railroad builds an elephant
proof box car.
Trunk to tail, with Gwendolyn
leading, the Richards herd lurched
down to the railroad yard the other
morning, and there, before a box
car specially fitted with mooring chains, her associates told Gwendolyn good
by, warned her to be careful of fresh drummers and her complexion, and to
be sure to tip the porter, and then tearfully tramped back to the park.
Gwendolyn was led aboard the car by her trainer and submitted to being
tied fast. Then the door was closed and the trainer fled, pursued by indig
nant trumpeting.
A telephone call reached the park before he did, and he retraced his
steps to see Gwendolyn standing beside the ruins of the box car, with an
•Tm-not-going-to-Wisconsin" expression on her face.
She rubbed the tip end of her snout on the trainer's arm and seemed glad
to see him, and her eyes roved over to where a group of rough railroad men
were standing, and she gave them a haughty "I'm-a-lady" stare. There was
nothing else to do, so the trainer led her back to her companions and then
went over to drink his breakfast.
Memphis "Tabby" Is Stripped of Its Iron Cross
M EMPHIS.—Glory be! The fair name of Memphis is saved from utter
defamation. The black cat no* wears a green necktie. Originally the
black cat—the god of luck that presides over and lends dignity to the Blacl
Cat lunch room at the Chisca—had ft
or
inaltese cross, symbol of ye ancient >\ J* -- (*
crusader, suspended about its neck
with a ribbon.
Upon the menus of the restau
rant the black cat, bearing her deco
ration, appeared. Thus has it been
since the time the Chisca opened for
business.
Comes then a traveling man from
Chicago and gazes upon the portrait
of the aforesaid feline. Does he see <&ä{'
a Maltese cross? Hevings, no! 'Tis
the iron cross of Kaiser Bill he sees! So lie just sat right down and took
his pen in hand and wrote Mr. Hoover a letter telling all about the German
emblem which adorned the advertising matter of the Chisca lunch room. ^
Mr. Hoover writes back to the local food administrators and asked em
bow about it. The matter was referred to Bert Parker, as chairman of the
Hotel and Restaurant Keepers' association, with instructions to censure the
Chisca for being so unpatriotic.
Bert writ a letter, also, to Mr. Hoover and e^ialnedhuccumthe cat was
wearing a Maltese cross—the same antedating Kaiser Bills bit of trinkerj
by S g u *^ 1C s e t ^ a y S new menus appeared upon the scene and the nocturnal
prowler of Inky hue now adorns Its neck with a great bow of green ribbon.
Matter of Pup's Ownership Is Quickly Settled
n ROOKLYN.- JOesiring to learn more about the great world in wjiich she
B lived, Beauty, a French poodle pup, wandered from the home of Mrs.
Harry Kalman at 811 East Tenth street one morning iast week. A few days
xiarry laU , r Mrs. Kalman saw the dog being
a
I DOMT CARE
WHO MY OiV/lfK
IS
chaperoned by Mrs. Louis Sllfln of 421
East Ninth street. Mrs. Silfin refused
to surrender the poodle, so Mrs. Kal
man summoned her before Magistrate
Ten Eyck in the Essex Market court.
That put it up to Beauty, but the
pup was not playing any favorites.
She looked as Mrs. Kalman and then
at Mrs. Silfin as much as to say,
"Fight it out between you!"
Mrs. Kalman said the pup was a
prevent from her "dearest friend." Mr&
->* » -r', e s îtstæ sä
Mrs. Kalman's -dear«,
friend" entered who regarded her with
» thin of anger nhiehjjatn., conveyed the message:
-My doughter. ij'jj^Kalmnn to take Beauty home.
ÜSSTÎ m»I«at,ble proof that by instinct an enima. knows »
irttiir " said the court
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NEW YOKKtKS HIT
BY V/AR FAKERS
Public Is Defrauded of More
Than $2.COO.OOO by flic
Unscrupulous.
New York.- War < linriMon faker»
defrauded iwldcnis <>f New VerU city
out of between mid
000 during the past year, tie.....ding to
a review of evidence presented before
a special grand jury by I »bitriet Attor
ney Swann. The statement filial with
the court indicates that some of the
more prolific grafting »ehernes flour
ished under high-sounding names that
"fairly reeked" with patriotism. Not
a few flaunted an Imposing array of
prominent persons on richly engraved
stationery. These persons, for the
most part, the grand jury found, were
Side-Tracked the Entire Collection for
Their Own Use.
the unsuspecting tools of crafty pro
moters, who were duped into permit
ting their names to he used as officers
or members of committees, thinking
they were lending assistance and pres
tige to worthy enterprises.
The Investigation conducted by Dis
trict Attorney Swann Involved over
300 organizations, some known as "SO
SO" workers, who pocketed half the
donations they obtained and the others
known as "100 per cent boys," who are
described as grafters who were not
content to accept a division of the
spoils but who side-tracked the entire •
collections for their own use.
Until these frauds began to be ex- j
posed by the Swann investigation, New j
York city was heralded by the un- j
scrupulous as a "Klondike" for char
ity fakers
lasers. !
field are said to have tipped assistants j
tn other American cities regarding the ;
ZZ >T s .™ne7g«twrb a to"£ !
metropolis resulted.
HE WAS IN REAL HARD LUCK
Ohio Man Seems to Have Had More
Troubles Than the Average
Person.
Marietta, O.—The man whose wife
eloped with the conductor, his daugh
ter with the brakemnn and whose boy
swallowed the railroad ticket, all the
same day, has nothing on J. M. Baker,
a Parkersburg shoemaker, sojourning
here. Baker was haled into court
charged with drunkenness. In extenu
ation of his fall from the water wagon,
he said:
"Judge, I'm in hard luck. I mashed
my finger and haven't been able to
work for three weeks ; my wife has
had three strokes and has to be
operated on for a cataract on hei
eye; the gas hill is due Wednesday
and the rent Is due today. If you'll
let me go I'll go right home, for I
ought to have been there long ago."
"Ten and costs," said the obdurate
judge.
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MUSICAL THIEVES HELP • i
SELVES TO PIPE ORGAN •!
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St. Louis—Musical thieves ! j
church hère. 0 B?ass fr Xnde n iterï! J j
wall brackets and e stove also J
were taken. •
STREET CAR BLOCKS ESCAPE
250-Pound Prisoner Fleeing From Sher
iff Collides With Convey
ance.
Sheboygan, Wis.—After escaping
front the sheriff, Joseph Michallnek,
weight 250 pounds, might have had a
clear field but for the fact that he
collided with a street car. The car
stood the shock best, hut it required
the efforts of the sheriff, two police
men and the sheriff's dog to get Mi
chalinek back to jail, where he was
serving time for a minor offense.
Silent for 12 Years.
San Francisco.—Because they could
not talk to each other without losing
their tempers, Gustav Llljestrom, a de
signer, and his wife never spoke a
word at home for 12 years, but always
communicated with each other on pa
per. A divorce complaint filed hv *he
husband declared that his wife had
written him noto3 threatening to kill
herself under circumstances that
would indicate he murderer! hen
Playgrounds for Children Are Big Neces
sity to Conserve Health
By CHARLES E. HUGHES, Former Governor cf New York State
The successful worker must have the spirit of p'-iy
in his heart, and the successful man is only a boy with
a man's experience. He must have- the v. st, the devo
tion, the spirit of comradeship, the capacity l'or self
for^etfulness, the bov s wholesome outlook upon lile,
if lie is to do a man's work in the world. IIow arc we
to save civilization from being caught in its own toils?
j low are we to preserve childhood from being too early
drawn into the contests of life? How are we in our
great urban population to make possible the spirit of
__ __ p]ay, the opportunities for childish sports which are
essential to the development of normal manhood and womanhood? To
the solution of that problem you are devoting your study with no little
measure of success already attained. 1 cannot aid you by experience or
suggestion, but I bid you godspeed from the bottom of my heart.
We want play—simply play, for the children of our great cities.
Those who are fortunate enough to live in the country bave in their own
homes the playground. The orchard, the meadow, the brook, the swim
ming pool, the near-by wood, constitute the never-failing source for grati
fying the appetites, the normal appetites, of childhood in the country.
And with what feeling akin to despair do we look upon the growing
thousands teeming in the congested quarters of our cities, with tiie slight
opportunities of the roadway to take the place of the open country!
We do not think of them in their early years alone, but we look for
ward to the time when they come to play the parts of men and women
in the world, and we wonder what is to be the future. Is their experi
ence of life merely to be that of the hard taskmaster, the struggle fur
bare existence? Is the growing feeling of discontent to be accentuated
and increased because of abnormal deprivation ?
We want playgrounds for children in order that we ma} conserve
the health of our people. A great deal is being done in these days to
protect us against the spread disease. We are fighting with intelli
gence and with new-found zeal the great white plague, but the dread
disease of tuberculosis must be successfully fought by developing stamina,
physical strength, through exercise in all the physical activities. W e must
nourish that strength in childhood. W'e do not want simply hospitals
and pavilions and notices giving instructions to those who are unlamiliar
with necessary precaution. We want to save the health of our children,
so that we may nurture a strong, well-favored community, that is the
surest way to stamp out disease.
Autocratic Rulers of Germany Proven Most
Inhuman and Tyrannical Enemies
By BARTOW A. ULRICH
Author of "Abraham Lincoln" and "Constitutional Government
William II, king of Prussia, and the constitutional president of the
German empire, with the nominal title of "emperor," proved at lirct to
be an advocate of pea«, and „-as a popular ruler up to the commence
ment of the war precipitated with savage haste, a. ter louer prene wta
tioQ an( j preparation. His entire peace pretentions were deceptive and
hypocritical. He and the autocratic rulers of the uemy-five states of
Germany, meeting secretly in the bundesrath, behind locked door.-, delib
erately planned the hellish scheme of deluging Europe in blood, fire and
desolation. They have surpassed the most treacherous devices of Mac
chiavelli, as depicted in his celebrated, brutal book, "The Prince.
So far the German states, headed by the emperor-king, 'William II,
have been the most destructive, inhuman, tyrannical and treacherous
enemies of the human race which the world has ever known.
Emperor William II, under the German constitution, possesses the
power to control these forces, to stop or continue the carnage, and to
enforce civilized methods of warfare. He has misused and still is mis
using the powers given into his hands, without any effort on his part,
through the previous labors and devices of Bismarck and the former
kings of Prussia. He has trod the continent of Europe like an imper
sonation of Satan, the arch-demon of destruction, trampling men, women
and children in the blood-soaked mire, beneath his cloven hoof.
The great conflict now raging in Europe between the central powers
and the United States and its allies is a war of democracy against des
potic military autocracy, which fights to rule the world.
This new entente, including the United States, is not only fighting
its own battles, but it is also indirectly fighting the cause of democracy,
including Germany, heretofore dominated by the Hohenzollern dynasty,
which has gradually absorbed the greater part of the German empire.
In a book entitled "The Psychology of the Kaiser," by Morton Prince,
it is stated that in the consciousness of the kaiser there is nothing
i that is more dominant than his increasing and violent antipathy to the
great body of citizens constituting no less than one-third of the empire,
namely, the social democrats.
j Th e empire of Germany is ruled by the representatives of the old
j Hohenzollern family, with centuries of aggressive wars to its credit,
|or discredit, through Prussia, which they control and which comprises
two-thirds of Germany. The question now arises, can Prussia and the
other German states stem the rising tide of democracy which is sweeping
all before it? Are not the people of the central powers weary of the rule
and oppression of kings, emperors and czars?
Conservation of Wool, Linen and Even
Cotton, Is a Prime Necessity
By MISS EMMA FECHT, Instructor in Domestic Art
Kansu State Agricultural College
Conservation of wool, linen, and even cotton, is a prime necessity
since so much of these materials is used by the government in equip
ment of the United States armed forces.
Conservation of these materials lies in using that which is already
on hand. Nearly all homes are abundantly supplied with old clothing
which is out of dato. This can be remodeled. Good care should be given
to all clothing, including careful cleaning, pressing and storing.
Women should learn the true value of good silk, and insist on buy
ing only good silk. This will create a demand for pure silk. Make it
the practical, fashionable fabric and the government will have the other
much-needed materials for its own use.
NO ADVANCE I N . TU Cg
'ROUP
» Sparmodic croup
usually relieved
one application
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259 — 50 ?—$ 1.00
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Soldiers Soothe
Skin Troubles
with Cutkura
Self-Supporting.
"Of course, you rend up on n u
""Yep," replied Farmer Corntossel.
"I expect to make enough off the farm
this year to buy hooks to teach me
how to run it."
LOOK AT CHILD'S
TONGUE IF SICK,
CROSS, FEVERISH
HURRY, MOTHER! REMOVE POI
SONS FROM LITTLE STOMACH,
LIVER, BOWELS.
GIVE CALIFORNIA SYRUP OF FiGS
AT ONCE IF BILIOUS OR
CONSTIPATED.
Look at the tongue, mother 1 If
coated, It is a sure sign that your lit
tle one's stomach, liver and bowel»
needs a gentle, thorough cleansing at
once. I
When peevish, cross, listless, pal®,
doesn't sleep, doesn't eat or act natu
rally, or is feverish, stomach sour,
breath bad ; has stomach-ache, sore
throat, diarrhœa, full of cold, give a
teaspoonful of "California Syrup of
Figs," and in a few hours all the foul,
constipated waste, undigested food
and sour bile gently moves out of the
little bowels without griping, and you
have a well, playful child again.
You needn't coax sick children tö
take this harmless "fruit laxative;"
they love its delicious taste, and it
always makes them feel splendid.
Ask your druggist for a bottle of
"California Syrup of Figs." which has
directions for babies, children of all
eges and for grown-ups plainly on the
bottle. Beware of counterfeits sold
here. To be sure you get the genuine,
ask to see that it Is made by the "Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Company." Refuse
any other kind with contempt.—Adv.
Butter Substitute.
Carl Emil Junck, the Chicago dye
stuff importer, said at a dinner :
"The Germans, thnnk goodness, are
feeling the pinch of hunger terribly
now. I heard in n beer garden yes
terday a story about a Berlin fam
ily.
"The mother of this family wa»
knocking the free dispensary In the
Kaiserstrasse.
"Goodness, but they're mean !"
ehe said. "I sent little Fritz, for
some ointment for my eczema yes
terday. anti they gave him a box of
ointment no bigger than a thimble
ful."
"She heaved a sigh.
" 'So that means.' she said, "well
have to keep right on eating dry
bread.'"
What Englishwomen Are Do.ng.
Six hundred and seventeen thousand
English women have gone into bust
ness —198,000 into government posi
tions ; 62.000 Into transport service ; 50,
000 into hanking and finance; 307,000
into selling and clerical positions.-—
From MoK. C. U. Drug Topics.
When He'» Happy.
Mrs Flatbush—Docs your husband
enjoy good heallh?
Mrs. Bensonhurst—He doesn't seem
to. lie's never really happy unless he
flunks there's something the mutter
with him.
Saving Wheat
is only one
good point
for
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