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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-01-28
Partisan Designers Got Idea
From CIeverIy Drawn Cartoon.
CartoonIst Now Apologies, Declaring
Never Thought Such Mode OF
Dress PossibIe-intended
to Ridicuie Low Waist.

London-Who is responsible for
the invention of the 'hobble" skirt?
Some famous fashion creator of Paris,
every one will say. by no means. w.
X. Haselden, the cartoonist. evolved
it out of his inner consciousness
many months before 1t was actually
created as a dress.
On Feb. IA, 1909, he thought Of 1t
as a hideous possibility which might
some day come true. The next day
his conception of 1t appeared as car
toon, in company with other products
Of his Imagination; later Partisan
fashion expert saw the cartoon and
seized upon the idea.
Some months later the hobble skirt
appeared in Paris, and In December.
1909, was actually being worn in Lon
do,,, and speedily became the rage.
In one or two cases enthusiastic
adopters of 1t were SO 0verzealous
that they had hobble skirts made for
them which were SO tight they pre-
vented their getting in or out Of We
hicles. and broken bones resulted.
Other wierd dress designs were "the
knee-and elbow-room Dress" a quaint
conceit which showed balloons round
the knees and elbows; the "Punchin-
clio pattern" the woman in this case
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-01-28
HOBBLE SKIRTJOKE

wearing an artificial hump and very
voluminous skirt; "the do1key's ear
shoulder" an ordinary costume with a
trailing skirt and two long, pointed
projections rising from the shoulders
to distance of three feet above eth
er side Of the head; and 1.-The pyra-
mid" and the diamond" design.
These have not come true" but Mr..
Haselden thinks it highly likely that
their day will dawn. Asked upon what
lines he worked when creating such
fashions, he said:
Il think of all the most outlandish
things In the way of dress, being at
the same time assured that nothing is
too impossible for women to wear.
Indeed. the real difficulty is to in
vent anything that looks impossible.
There wa7 one really sensible thing
invented. This will not, fear, come
true because it is sensible. l refer
to the pneumatic hat for matinees, a
drawing of which appeared on Aug.
20, 1908.
1T was a large hat blown up with
air and capable of being Debated
when the wearer had taken her seat
in the theater.
Il am afraid that If designed a
really artistic and useful dress women
would not wear It.
1.-THE very last thing on earth
wanted was to get women to wear
hobble skirts, but l had fear l did
not think it unlikely that they would
adopt it. It is SO very silly. you
know.
When I read of the lady, who, ow-
ing to very hobble skirt, broke one
of her legs in getting into a taxicab
l felt indirectly responsible. l kept
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-01-28
SQUIRREL MAKES GOOD FIGHT
Severe Bites to Several
Youngsters Who Would Hold
Animal In Captivity.

Birmingham, Ala.-A squirrel, 10
bloody boys and a crowd OF curious
spectators entered to produce one Of
the strangest and most amusing Incl
dents that has occurred at the Ter
minal station since that place was
opened.
The incident was the efforts Of sew
eral boys to hold small squirrel
which did not like captivity.
One youngster grabbed the squirrel
and attempted to place 1t in a bag.
The boys hands were lacerated ter
ribly by the captive, and imme-
diately surrendered to another one.
The second tanner grabbed the little
animal only to be bitten about FIVE
times on the hand. Blood spouted
over everything nearby. This process
Of exchanging was gone through with
until every youngster in the bunch
was bitten and scratched by the fight
ing squirrel. Finally passenger, un-
able to witness the blood of the kids,
suggested the placing of the squirrel
in paper bag. Strange to cay, when
this was done the kids walked of
with the squirrel perfectly tame and
quiet. After biting the boys and
scratching all of them many of the
men marveled at the tameness OF the
creature when 1t was placed In the
bag. It could have easily broken
through the paper. and escaped.
The boys, bleeding in several places
about the hands, marched of proudly
with the squirrel.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-01-28

Stealing a red-hot stove has LONG
figured as 1.-THE limit" of predatory
daring, II not an impossible feat. But
something closely akin to it is report
ed from Hoboken, N. j., where a man
IL under arrest charged with having
carried OF stove in which fire was
burning. And to make the affair seem
holder the stove was taken from .
police station.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-01-28
Appeal Made Effective.

A certain Hartford (Md) farmer has
hit upon a mode of relief from tres.
passing fowls belonging to his neigh
bors. On one end of thread four
inches long he fastened a grain Of
corn and on the other end a tag in.
scribed please keep me home" These
were scattered where the trespassers
were usually found, and a score or
more of hens carried home the appeal.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-01-28
Two New Popular Games.

London.-Two new games are pop
ular at country house parties this sea-
son. One is called fantasia, and is
a sort of table bowls on which heavy
bets are made. The other is roulette
with cards. Four packs are used, the
players placing stakes on cards in
stead Of ordinary numbers. Hostesses
are delighted with these two games,
which serve to amuse visitors unable
to play bridge.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-01-28
Elmo for Foes of Stork.

Paris.-Hector Depasse has intro
duced a bill in the chamber of depu-
ties providing that fine of from IS
to $40 may be imposed on landlords
who refuse to let apartments because
applicants have children. The fine
would be doubled If the offense were
repeated Jacques Bertillon said he
feared such law would be imprac-
ticable. He suggested that when a
house containing 20 apartments fails
to have 60 children in it the landlord
must pay tax varying according to
the number.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-01-28
Feminine Moods.

women will go far In certain
moods, far beyond their own fears and
nearer to the dictates Of temper than
a man would dare Let the stress be
great enough, and the kindest of them
will become as the most cruel, the
gentlest as the actually criminal. -
THE Girl With the Red HAIR" by
Max Pemberton. +
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-01-28
Arrests Rooster to Save Man.

Geneva.-City Marshal Fred Baker
arrested bantam rooster and locked
1t in the city Jail as a possible means
OF saving the life of Henry Kent, a
typhoid fever victim, in the Geneva
hospital. The rooster insisted on
Growing near Kent's, window and the
noise annoyed him so much the physi-
clan in charge advised the incarcera-
ton of the rooster.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-01-28
Wireless From ireland to Canada

"TeIesS TTOW TTeTdHo &c Canada.
Pisa, Italy.-William Marconi per.
sonally directed an exchange Of COM
munications between the wireless sta
ton at Coltano and the stations at
Clifden, Ireland, and Glaze bay. Nova
Scotia, thus inaugurating a new service
by which it is expected the rates of
wireless dispatches to America will be
greatly reduced.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-01-28
EXPL ORE BIG AUSTRIAN CAVE

had piled up cone-like heap Of debris
$50 feet high. From here radiated a
maze of other halls, passages and gal.
leries, many of which ended precipi.
lately in dark abysses. AS food was
running short the party had to re-
turn.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-01-28

That an insane asylum inmate who
won prize for magazine poetry
should not occasion surprise or even
amusement. considering most maya
zine poetry.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-01-28

A New York husband has asked the
Supreme Court to affirm the binding
nature of the wife's marriage promise
to ''obey." This is dangerous prece-
dent, for wife may retaliate by ask
ing a legal enforcement Of the hus-
bands promise to ''endow with all his
worldly goods"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-01-28
Rains Black Cata.

Woodbury., N. 1.-THE fact that
some one unloaded about two score Of
black cats in this city aroused w. T..
Cozens. an agent of the s. P. C. A
The cats. however. all found good
homes. They are of Jet black variety
and as a whole look as though they
had come from q cat farm.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-01-28

silent about my invention because l
did not wish to be found out
II am very penitent. know I
ought to be broken on the wheel. II
any other man had done it l would
get up a society to have him broken
on the wheel. But l will not get up
society to have myself broken on
the wheel. That is for other people
to do.
AT present. you know. we are 60
ing back to eastern dress fashions
The thing now is to hide the face and
show the figure You can't see more
of a woman's face nowadays than her
chin. Breaking on the wheels is quite
conformable with eastern IDEAS"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-01-28

The typewriting championship has
Just been decided in New York again.
This is the first time it has been de-
cided since day before yesterday.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-01-28

The aviation fashions will probably
soon appear. The public may be de-
voutly thankful If feminine admirers
of the bird men do not take to wear
ing biplanes and Antoinettes for head
gear.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-01-28

Silly to get an injunction to keep q
woman from going to ball. Keeping
Der dress from getting home in time
would be infinitely more effective.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-01-28

The prophets were right. Two
months ago they predicted that the
hobble skirt would not hold favor in
the shape 1t had then. It Is now grow
ing worse.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-01-28

Aviators, like other experimenters,
are learning by their mistakes. but in
their case the trouble Is the mistakes
are such costly ones.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-01-28

An Austrian specialist has found
form of idiocy that is infectious. You
may have noticed yourself how infec-
tious is the pun-making habit
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-01-28

A sea-going ship went to the rescue
of an airship, and 1t is now the turn
of an airship to repay the effort.
Turn about is fair play.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-01-28

Chicagoans are threatened with q
coal shortage. Not to be able to buy
fuel will be highly unsatisfactory
way of saving money.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-01-28

However. the moon can come back
all right every time.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-01-28

It is true that a man has flown from
the desk Of a ship to the shore, but
the day of the aeroplane lifeboat Is
not yet in sight.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-01-28

A Chicago young man has spent over
100000 in two years. This high-fying
record, however, was made without .
Paragraph.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-01-28

The horse may have to 60 in order
to satisfy school of prophets, but the
hay and oats crop are still large and
in good demand.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-01-28
Small Wonder,

We quote the following extract from
a review of a farce recently produced
In New York:
There is a mythical sea captain
whom Mr.. Son-in-Law invented to ex-
plain his visits to Baltimore to pacify
his first fancee.
There Is real sea captain who
turns up in New York to iconfound
Mr.. Son-in-Law. b.
There is a bogus sea captain, i'm
personated by friend of Mr. Son-in-
Law when the demand for the appear.
ance of the mythical sea captain on
the part Of the family becomes too in
sistent.
Business Of all the sea captains
appearing on the scene at the same
time"
And yet people wonder why New
Workers look old at 30
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-01-28

As illustrating the dangers of get
ting up too early in the morning, q
New York man was run over by a
milk wagon.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-01-28

The problem Of making 1t rain Is
no more vexatious than that Of max
ing 1t stop.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-01-28

1T is an authors privilege to be In
accurate" says a noted writer. Privi-
lege? It's habit
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-01-28

The sky pilot is no longer a theory,
but a visible fact; visible, at least,
until he vanishes in the blue dome.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-01-28

After the surgeons take man and
make him over they regard him as
worth talking about.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-01-28

Columbus did after all bring upon
this once happy country the peach
basket hat. He Led up to it. He
made 1t possible here.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-01-28

stay out in the country If it insists
on acting so foolishly in town.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-01-28
Just as Good

did he leave footprints on the
sands Of time?" mo: but they took
his thumb prints. "-Judge.i/
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-01-28

Ohio man killed while on his way to
return a borrowed umbrella. Prob
ably insane, anyhow.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-01-28

According to a Harvard professor.
1t is not a cats nature to kill Q
mouse. Unnatural brutes, cats!
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-01-28

A woman doctor advises polygamy
as a cure for our social evils. Is the
lady married, may we ask?
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-01-28

The feminine airship has material
lied. 1t may be depended upon to
have its wings on straight.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-01-28
WAS NOT NECESSARY 70 ASK
Man Wins Bet as to Sex Of Lusty-
lunged Youngster on
Steamer.

The boat had gotten we'll under
way, and the excursionists. having
made themselves comfortable il 'heir
various hooks, We're beginning 0
think that, after all, this world may
have its good points, wien they we're
suddenly brought to" with a Jerk
The disturbance that made their sit
up straight in their chairs and th+eat-
ened to disseminate even the hduiId.
ity was a specimen of the voliey Of
sound that can issue only from the
lungs Of an infant that is very angry
as we'll as very healthy.
Some one brighter than the OTIS
suggested that it be taken below to
see the "horsie"
That won't do any good" said the
female constituent of a couple sit
ting by the rail; the only way TO
silence that baby would be TO drop
him overheard"
Him" repeated her companion In
dignantly; that's a girl No male ON
earth would have the nerve to keep
up howl like that in a place like
this, and in the face of so much re-
sentiment, It's a coming suffragist,
that's what it Isl"
The woman looked at him plying
ly.
mo little girl baby would have the
strength for that noise" she said
I'll bet you anything you say
against two pounds of your fudge
that it's girl" said the man; and
Taken; we'll ask its mother" replied
the woman hastily, as the familiar
noise indicated the return of the un.
infant
But the next instant and the next
one and the one after that brought no
walls. And then there was a rush Of
wild-eyed excursionists to the scene
of death or distraction, they knew not
which. And then the women looked
at each other self-consciously, and the
men looked at each other wisely.
For the mother. with no other idea
than that of patting her hair into
place, had stopped before a mirror.
And the erstwhile demon of noise.
with its head coyly on one side. was
smiling and cooling and gurgling at it's
own reflection.
The man who had made the bet
slapped himself on the knee.
Il win," he said. and laughed.
And the woman nodded in afirma.
ton and sighed.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-01-28

Always In Motion.
Humanity is like the seat ID
never quite free from movement
The Washington herald., 1911-08-22
POst-0fflce Beaten
By Cornell Tigers
Tigers Hit When Safeties Are Needed-Hess-
Ter Stars NTH the WILLOW.
By C. w. SWAN.

By hitting the ball at opportune times
and playing a good game in the field.
the Cornell Tigers took a hard-fought
game from the Post-office tribe yester-
day in District League Park. Score
q to /.
Clyde Richmond was on the firing line
for the Paperhangers, and while he was
touched for a total of eight hits for
nine bases. when a hit meant run 1t
was not forthcoming. In other words,
Clyde was there in the pinches. 1t look
ed bad for the Tiger HEAVIER in only two
innings. the fourth and fifth. In the
fourth Vaughn was caught off third on
a close decision. and that killed the Mail
mems hopes, and in the fifth with two
gone Vaughn hit a screamer down the
third base line which hit Ryan, putting
the side out. Had Ryan lodged the ball,
two runs at least would have crossed
the pan. But that is suppositon.
Ryan Is Hit Hard.
Ryan opposed the star Paperhanger
finger on the mound, and was touched
up for nine safeties, including a triple
and a double. When bingle was needed
the Tigers slammed the pill, and that
gave the Paperhangers the game.
The Tigers started in the second round
to hammer Mr.. Ryan. Hessler slapped
a short fly into left that Bradley could
not reach and Dutch" gets credit for
two sacker. Hessler went to third on
wild heave, and when he tried to score
on Kings drive to Ryan, Hessler was
caught at the plate. Smith then popped
to Gertman, and 1t looked as IL the
Tigers We're doomed to go runless that
session. Richmond singled to left and
Handiboe poled the pill to center for
triple, Jimmy Kerr misjudging the ball
and King and Richmond scoring. Mullin
dropped a bingle into left field. Handi-
Doe crossing the PAN Moran forced
Mullin at second. Four hits-three runs.
In the third, the Tigers annexed one
more. Macdonald walked, but was
forced at second on Marceron's drive to
Barnhart Billy then stole second and
third and scored on a wild pitch. No hits.
One run.
Tigers Get Two in Fourth.
The next session the Paperhangers cor
raled two. Smith was hit. Richmond
singled, and Handiboe and Mullin popped
out Moran came across with a bingle
tc left. and Smith scored. Big Cy then
slammed the pill to center field for
single, Richmond scoring. Cy then tried
to steal third with Moran on the sack
and was an easy out, ending the inning.
Three hits. Two runs. One more came
across in the fifth. Marceron singled and
stole second. Hessler drove a bingle to
center and Billy counted. The next three
men went out in order.
The lone Post-office tally came in the
fourth session. Kerr singled and stole
second and went to third when Smith
threw low to second. Vaughn followed
with his second hit, and Jimmy Kerr
was over the plate with the first and last
Mailmen's run. McMorris singled and
then Mac and Vaughn worked the double
steal. Fenton famed and Vaughn was
caught OF third on a close decision.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-22
FRAGMENTS OF THE FRAY
B. As SEEN FRon "a
E9 TIE PRESS BoXX
Washington once more tomorrow.

Washington once more tomorrow.
The sox didn't expect to beat Walter
johnson, anyway.
The Nationals will wind up their years
work in Chicago with tomorrow after
Moons game, unless it should rain or
a draw battle compel them to remain
over for the open date Wednesday.
Schaefer scored by clever head and
foot work in the seventh. He was on
second and Walker on first, with one
out. Gessler raped a bounder to Nc
Connell, who tried to start double play
by way of Tannehill. Walker was forced,
but Gessler beat TannehilI's relay to first.
Schaefer kept right on going, and slid
home safely in spite of Mullen's good
peg to Block. 1t would have been an
unusual but not cruel double play If
Schaefer had been nailed.
Lord made a low throw to first, giving
Schaefer a life to start the ninth inning.
Walker forced "Middles" out; then Cess
Ter hit sharply to Mullen and Charley
worked a fast double play with Tame
hill, getting both Walker and Gessler.
SldLISu III lHe llllu Lulu
hit bad bounder through Schaefer, but
Cunningham ran back and fielded the
ball on the Hun, tossing 1t to Johnson
just an instant too late to retire the
fleet SoX captain.
Schaefer pulled some amateur night
stuff in the third when he dropped Lords
bounder right in the base line and Lord
made no effort to reach first. While
Harry was crossing the diamond to take
his field position, Schaefer tripped
lightly back to first, stepped across the
base, then walked all around it, and
finally touched 1t with the tip of one
spike, retiring the side.
Gessler's skidding catch of Blocks
Texas Lacquer in the seventh cut off a
run. for after Mogridge had struck. out
Mcintyre was passed and Lord tore of
a single.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-22

Lave Cross, who played third base Tor
the Nationals six or seven years ago, Is
down and out. Lave has just resigned as
manager of the Charlotte IN. c. club
and says he is out Of baseball for good.
The veteran still has a host of friends In
the Capital who remember him well.
This talk about Charley Hickman. the
former great Washington slugger, being
dropped to the lowest minor league seems
a bit premature. Hickman has been
signed up by Louisville, Of the American
Association. When Doc White was
here with the Chicago club short while
ago he said that in letter from Hfck-
man, the big fellow stated the New York
Giants had made him an offer to NIL
utility role. acting as pinch hitter. Al
though Hicks legs are not as good as
formerly, he can still clout that old ball
and would make a most valuable pinch
hitter for any big league ball club.
Announcement was made In these
columns Sunday that the Hamline Church
team of the Sunday School League would
play the National Athletic Club. Presi-
dent De Grange, of the Sunday School
League, lost no time in getting into COM
with the writer. NO team IN
the Sunday School League plays ball on
the Sabbath" he said. I'VE reserve that
day for church and not for baseball"
Hurrah for DE Grange.
ICY Young is not out Of major league
reads a recent dispatch, which
goes on to say that the veteran has
Joined the Boston Nationals. This
causes Keough, Of the Chicago Tribune.
to raise. the question "Is the Boston Ma
tional aggregation a major league club"
From where we sit we should say "No."
Every time some club signs an out
fielder the report Is cast broadcast Hes
as fast as Ty Cobb" Ray Powell. Of the
St. Joseph club (western League). who
goes to the Chicago White Sox. u touted
as a second Ty Cobb They al look good
when they're far away.