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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-03-23
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TULSA. March 22.-The tenn
perature: Maximum 53; mini
mum "a; Southwest winds; part
ly cloudy,
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-07-23
Once Started Continued Through
Life, Say Detectives.
SIeuth Tells of Apple, Chewing Gum,
Secret Packet and Dog Collar
Schemes in Stores-Loss From
This Source Heavy.

New York.-Four Years ago Lottie
Gross married Her husband knew
that she had served a term in Moy-
amensing for shoplifting. But she
promised him-and she meant it
that she would never steal again. And
then the baby came Il wanted pref
ty things for her." said Lottie. And
SO l went back to the old game. If
l couldn't quit for the best man in
the world guess l never can quit
Stealing is like disease-except that
1t can't be cured"
That's about what the detectives
think. Once a man or woman gets
well started at stealing and he or
she Is a thief for life.
The big stores lose more by am
ateur shoplifters than by profession
ais" said D. J. Better, manager for
the criminal department of detec-
tive agency. "A woman steals some
trifling thing, that catches her eye
and gets away with it Then she
comes back-and keeps on coming
back. They never let up"
Cotter takes the professional thief
catchers view of the defense of KEEP
tomania. Now and then there may be
a kleptomaniac Most kleptomaniacs
are just thieves. They get started to
stealing-and It's like rolling snow
ball down hill-the stealing grows.
There was the woman we may call
Anna Eva," he said. "She is one of
the most dangerous professional store
thieves and shoplifters-there is a
differnce in the terms-in the country.
Her husband is a captain of lake
vessel. So is one of her sons. They
have a good home at Cleveland, where
the daughter is married to good
man. But Anna Eva began to steal
She has been a professional thief for
years, and now has prison record.
Mind you, she has no criminal as
sociates. do not suppose she knows
another thief to speak to, though she
may know them by sight. She has
nothing to do with other crooks. She
just steals. She travels most of the
time, living at good hotels. She is a
kindly, placid, pleasant woman of mid
die age-and professional thief.
Like all the others, she began as an
amateur.
II don't know that there are any
particularly new schemes against
which store managers should be on
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-07-23
YOUNG BRIDE SUES PARENTS
Wife of Seventeen Years Takes Play
things of Childhood to Her
New Home.

Denver, Co1o.-"Three dolls and a
teddy bear"
AS Constable Sam c. Dorsey of JUS
tice Rice's court called off these ar.
ticles from a long list Of children's
playthings, Edith Y. Chase, a seven
teen-year-old bride, sorted them from
a pile heaped high in the outer Office.
She was to take them to her home
her new home-following decision OF
the court in a replevin action that she
was entitled to the playthings of her
childhood, even though her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Willis, attempted
to retain them when their daughter
became the wife of S. L. Chase, SON
of Adiutant General Chase, last De-
cember. The marriage was object
ed to because of the girls tender
years.
Other things is the lot were little
red wagon, a post card with soldier
buttons on it, magic lantern, one
school cookbook, two skirts for a
doll, one picture of Cupid. and other
things, with value only to the
one who has possessed them in child
hood
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-07-23
DOG SACRIFICES ITS LIFE
Little Canine Makes Vain Attempt tc
Save Owner In Burning
House.

London.-A touching story of Pc
meranian dogs vain attempt to save
the life of its owner, who was fatally
burned in fire at neutrality-suspicious.
news recently, is being told here,
The victim OF the fire was Mrs
Southgate, young wife of chauffeur
in the service of Count Apponyi. She
was seen by policeman standing al
a window with her clothes in flames.
While the officer and chauffeur
were breaking down the front dool
the little dog was seen jumping up al
the window, barking frantically. He
then rushed back to his mistress ano
apparently attempted to put out hel
burning clothing with his paws.
When an entrance was effected the
woman was found to be in a. dying
condition and the little dog was dead
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-07-23
His Wants Were Met.

An air of assurance distinguished
the jaunty young man who had APP
peared in answer to an advertisement
for a clerk; but his manner did not
commend him to the leather merchant.
is there good opening here for a
young man who keeps his wits about
him and doesn't care to begin at the
bottom of the ladder?" asked the appli-
cant, before the merchant bad an OPP
portunity to speak.
Yes" he replied, after comprehen-
siVe survey of his jaunty visitor, there
Is. A thoughtful carpenter, foreseeing
the appearance of just such young
men, provided good opening IN the
middle of that left-hand wall. Kindly
make use of it."
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-07-23
BANDEAU HAT HERE TO STAY
Millinery Idea Seems to Have Won
Permanent Place, After Many
Unsuccessful Attempts

Every so often the bandeau rises I'M
pertinently and tiptilts woman's head
gear at a daring angle. Sometimes
this attempted uprising on the part
of hatbrims is sternly quelled by the
refusal of womankind in general to
accept the style. Such was the case
last spring and the spring before that
but this year the bandeau really
seems to have established place for
itself in millinery, and the latest mod
els from Paris milliners show BAN
deaus under the brim at the back, the
hat tipping forward over the face and
shading the eyes. This achieves, OF
course, an entirely new line, for the
trend of trimmings and shapes has
been backward and downward at the
back and pointing downward over the
nose will accomplish metamorphosis
in millinery if the bandeau idea takes
hold.
Two or three bandeau hats, dis
played in a Washington window, at
tracted much attention. One was a
tiny affair of black Milan with bit
of brim turning down at the front
and on one side. The low crown was
elliptical in shape and was just high
enough to fit over the hat. All around
this pert little hat went a wreath of
"black-eyed Susans," and from the
bandeau, set under the brim at the
back, depended streamers of buff rib
bon, edged with a picot border Of
black.
The other bandeau model was an
old-fashioned leghorn fiat" which
was tipped forward on two-inch ban
deau covered with blue MORE ribbon.
Streamers of the blue MORE ioated
from the bandeau and masses of for
get-me-nots formed a low crown on
the fat-brimmed leghorn shape. At
the front, little cluster of heliotrope
added a charming bit of color con-
trast.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-07-23
REWARD FOR LONG SERVICE
Silver Medals of Honor Given French
men of Thirty Years In Ono
Industrial Establishment

The press of Havre has just pub
hshed list of 107 persons ga men
and % women) employed~in this city
and its vicinity to whom silver medals
of honor have been awarded by decree
of the minister of commerce and in
dustry of France, for faithful service
of thirty years in the same industrial
establishment or Business house.
In this list are included superin-
tendents, managers, dock foremen, ac-
countants, clerks, weavers, spinners.
tailors, dressmakers tramway conduc-
tors masons, cabinet makers, boiler
makers, stokers, laborers, etc.
The medal of honor for employees
and workmen was established in
France by the decree. of July 16, 1886,
which authorized the minister of COM
merce and industry to give them to
persons whose services had covered
thirty years. This service must be in
the same establishment, although it
might have changed hands several
times. Intervening military service
will not interfere
An important condition is that the
beneficiary be citizen of France, al
though his employers may be foreign
ers.
The medals are presented with suit
able ceremony, to the employees by
the mayor or his representative at his
office, in the presence of the employ
ers and the friends of those to be
hcnored.
This institution is very properly
held in high regard by those for whom
it is intended. 1t is, in fact, form
of decoration bestowed by the French
government analogous to the legion of
honor, since those who have received
the medal are permitted to wear on
the lap of their coat, or in the case of
women, pinned on their corsage, a
narrow tricolor ribbon Of red, white
and blue.
There is an organization at Havre,
the Association des Medailles du Ira
vail, composed exclusively of those
who have received the medal of honor.
This institution has, of course, moth
Ing to do with the old-age pension sys-
tenn in operation in France; but it is
undoubtedly factor in bring about
Industrial solidarity, esprit de corps,
loyalty to employers, and cordial rela-
lions between employers and their
mployes.-Consular Reports
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-07-23
RED GROWING IN POPULARITY
In All Its Nuances Rich Shade In
creases In Favor as the Season
Advances.

Instead of the craze for red being
on the wane it seems to increase.
The softness of the dye is what makes
1t transparent and lovely. Otherwise
it would be impossible. In ruby, cher
ry, brick and any of the darker tones
it is fascinating, while in flame, wa
termelon, primrose, coral, it is more
seductive still.
Salmon is tone that has but re-
Gently arrived. 1t has become popu-
lar because of its vivid tone, pink
itself being too dull to suit the exigen-
cies Of the moment. Shrimp is dye,
too, that is popular. But, like all the
rest, it must be In supple rich silk or
satin, or in mousseline de sole. The
big sashes that are known as the "Di-
rectoire," Though they are not real
ly so), form kind of draping at the
side or back, and at present appear
to be falling off in favor. saw half
a dozen frocks for a Dublin bride to-
day, made on the Rue de la Paix, and
there was not sash on any of them.
Exchange.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-07-23

glove) of the shape shown in diagram
B. The kid must be folded at the
points indicated by the dotted lines,
and the two portions marked G and c
glued to the board, and when dry, two
or three sheets of blotting paper cut
to fit can be slipped into the corners
so made
The blotter is furnished with fold
over flap, lined with soft silk and
edged with a fine silk cord, which is
carried into a loop in front for the
purpose of securing 1t to the small
barrel button. sewn on to the lower
part Of the case.
Diagram A shows the flap drawn
over the plotting paper, and fastened
down, and initials of the owner can be
worked upon the exterior where indi-
Gated.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-07-23
BLOTTER FITS POCKET
PRETTY PRESENT FOR MAN WHO
DOES MUCH TRAVELLING.
Convenient Little Article Probably
viii Be Appreciated Most by
Those Who Are Constant
Users of Fountain Pens.

This blotter will take up very little
more space in a pocket than an en-
velope of a commercial size, and
might even be carried in an ordinary
letter case.
Users of fountain pens will ind IT
extremely useful, and it is quite sim
pie to make. In constructing it, In
the first place piece of thick card
board five inches in length and three
inches in width will be required, and
that side which is to form the back
of the blotter must be covered with
thin silk.
This can be easily done by cutting
out a piece of silk somewhat larger
than the cardboard, turning it over at
the edges and fastening 1t down with
liquid glue or some other strong ad-
hesive.
The corners, under which the sheets
of plotting paper are to be slipped,
may be fastened in position, and they
are made of strips of kid (plenty OF
material will be found in an old kid
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-07-23
BOY HELD AS BLACKMAlLER
Telegraph Runner, Aged Fifteen, Con
fesses to Attempted Extortion
In London.

Paris.-A telegraph boy. aged fif
teen, was arrested on charge OF at
tempted blackmail. He and his COM
rades at a branch postoff1ce had been
in the habit of opening kilograms and
reading them. In this way the boy
learned of an intrigue that was being
carried on by married woman. He
wrote demanding $50 as the price Of
his silence. but his letter fell into
the hands of the woman's uncle, who
gave him in charge. The lad confess
ed. but the woman declined to prose
cute
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-07-23
OFFERS CHILDREN FOR SALE
Poverty Stricken Mother Advertises
Two Girls and Baby Boy for
$3.50 Each.

Berlin.-For several days various
newspapers OF Thuringia and else
where in central Germany have con-
tanned an advertisement stating that a
mother offers to sell "a beautiful girl
of fourteen, a handsome girl of five
and a bonny baby boy aged one" for
$3.50 apiece.
An investigation shows that the
woman is a divorce, who, despairing
of making a livelihood for herself or
her children, conceived the idea of
selling them Only the eldest girl is
a child OF her divorced husband. the
two younger children having been born
since she lived apart from him.
The authorities have decided to
withdraw the children from their moth
er's care and to place them in insti-
tutions-
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-07-23
THIEVES NEVER QUIT

the alert" said Cotter Every one
knows the old trick with hunk of
chewing gum. The first thief sticks
ring under the ledge of the counter
with the gum. Then the other comes
along and runs his hand under the
counter edge and gets the ring and
vamooses. Open umbrellas are often
used as receptacles.
The neatest trick turned lately was
in the west, when a good looking, well
dressed man sauntered into jewelry
store with an apple in his hand. He
looked at a tray filed with valuable
rings.
"Wah!" he suddenly sputtered
This apple is wormy"
Whereupon he threw the apple into
the street. The confederate. on the
lookout, picked up the apple and the
gem which had been hidden in it and
made off, An almost equally nifty de-
vice is to equip = collar of a pet
dog with secret pocket. When the
stolen ring has been placed n the
pocket, while the operator is citing
the animal. it leaps to the floor.
Catch my dear little doggie." yelps
the bereaved shoplifter.
Every one hurries to oblige. The
dear little doggie fits its little tail
into the groove and scampers for
home, as it has been trained to do.
The shoplifter profits by the fact
that the managers of stores hesitate
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-07-23
London's Primitive Water Pipes.

London's water supply formerly
came through wooden pipes. These
were of the simplest construction,
formed of the stems of small elm
trees, drilled through the center and
cut in lengths of about six feet, one
end being tapered so as to fit into
the adjoining pipe. The wooden pipes,
of which at one time more than 400
miles were in use, leaked consider
ably, decayed rapidly, burst during
frosts and were always troublesome.
1t was not until 1880 that they began
to be superseded by cast iron, and a
quarter of a century later some of the
old wooden pipes we're still in use.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-07-23
TAUGHT ROOSEVELT TO DANCE
Dancing Master Who Died at Eighty
Eight Was Also Instructor to
Many other Notables.

New York.-John H Trenor, who
died at his home in New Rochelle at
the age of eighty eight years, boast
ed that he had taught Theodore Roose-
welt, William K. Vanderbilt, Chauncey
NJ Depew and James Gorden Bennett
how to dance. Trenor for many years
taught members of New York society
the art of dancing and accumulated a
large fortune. He claimed to have
built the first apartment house in New
York, at the corner of Sixth avenue
and Forty-eighth street.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-07-23
When the Mind Is Ripened.

No man can learn what he has not
preparation for learning, however
near to his eyes is the subject A
chemist may tell his most most preci-
Gus secrets to a carpenter, and he
shall Se never the wiser-the secrets
he would not utter to chemist for an
estate. Our eyes are hold
en- that we cannot see things that
stare US in the face until the hour ar
rives when the mind is ripened; then
we behold them and the time when
we saw them not is like dream
Emerson
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-07-23
Latest Dresses Packed Easily.

The one person who most heartily
rejoices at. the vogue for diaphanous
materials and almost-nothing blouses
is not the man who sells these cost
~ things-for most of them are cost
ly--but the woman who has to pack
a weekend suit case. Where one stiff
shirt waist and a frilly blouse for
dressier occasions used to go, now
she can stow away several Of the thin
Grape blouses and at least two of the
dressy lace or net ones.
The fat collars are another boon
to the woman when she comes to
packing much in little. The collars
are cut on absolutely straight lines, so
that they don't crush like the shaped
ones of other years always did.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-07-23
Pertinent Query.

The drummer had been Dragging
about his achievements for goodly
time, and finally the meek little man
IN the corner piped up.
Excuse me" he said, "but perhaps
you can tell me why you gentlemen
are called drummers."
Well, why shouldn't we be SO
called? We drum up trade, don't WEI"
was the retort.
Il know" said the meek little man,
but the drum is not wind instru-
ment '-Harpers Weekly.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-07-23
IN THE THICK OF THE FIGHT

the strenuous game polo. when played
as these champion poloists play it,
really is. The photograph wildly por'
trays an intense moment of the sec
ond game Of the international match
played June II, when the following
players deft to right Waterbury
Freake and Milburn (Americans In
white shirts, English in dark shirts)
were engaged in hair raising scrim'
mage as Captain Freake sent a smash
ing drive, but failed to make a goal.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-07-23
ReuennefnI Shade

THE spirit of your deceased hus-
band, madam, wishes to communicate
with you on the subject of your re-
marriage" said the medium.
Very WELL" said the woman, Let
him proceed. What is It he wishes to
say?"
He says" murmured the medium.
going into trance-"he says he is
very glad you are going 70 marry Mr..
Skeezicks. He always hated him
Harper's Weekly.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-07-23
ORANGE aestores Mani. Memory.

New York.-Found wandering aim
lessly about the streets of Brooklyn
Chauncey Rogers, f1fty-seven. of West
Orange, N. J.. was unable to remem-
Der his name or address AS he en-
tered the police station he spied an
orange on the lieutenant's desk.
~OrangS" he said. "Ahi That's 1t.
where live" Further investigation
confirmed his discovery.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-07-23

to prosecute. They believe that hon.
est customers are inclined to shun
stores in which such arrests are fire.
quently made, fearing that an entire
ly innocent action might lead to an
unpleasant seizure and search. But
the total loss by shoplifting and by
store thieves is SO great that the Ma
tional Retail Dry Goods association
was recently formed for cooperation
in protection.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-07-23
Four Years Without Water.

Hemet, Cal.-Charles r. Reickehoff
of this place has touched neither wa
ter or any other kind of liquid than
the juice of fruits for four years.
Reickehof, who is the son of mil
lionaire living at Orange City, Ia,
came here some years ago determined
to live on nothing but fruit and nuts.
He says he is In perfect health.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-07-23
Woman and the Fly Pest.

Doctors, generally, and specialized
boards of health have done much to
bring home the danger that turks
within the forepaws Of the common
house fly, but In the end it is a wom-
ans fight Each woman must try to
rid her own home of the pests and
appeal to her politician brothers
sense Of public duty to have the fly
breeding places cleaned Woman s
World.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-07-23

suggestion. Il MS
frock has the ex.
tremely 8 h 0 r !
waist W hi C b
French designers
exploit when they
are not offering a
model with an
extremely 10 n G
waist. The skirt
joins the waist
beneath a band of
fine embroidery
which continues
to the skirt hem
on the left side.
A narrow pleat'
ing of the batiste
is placed as a
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-07-23
Quaint trimmings for Riddles.

In unexpected spots
Are motifs appliqued.
II may be cretonne flower
Or pair of green love birds.
Flower pots or funny wooden trees
With brightest of wooden blossoms
aglow.
These are on pocket flap or just
below the neck.
They are quite irrelevant to the gen
eral scheme of the coat or frock.
One little damsel had rose on her
collar in the back.
Then two tiny buds appeared on her
cuffs.
A blue eponge coat had pair of
green birds cut out Of cretonne and
stitched on the left lapel.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-07-23

band about the bottom of the skirt
The embroidery finishes the sleeves
while the round neck is outlined by
pleated frill of the batiste. A knot OF
rose ribbon worn to the left OF the
front adds touch of color to the
frock.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-07-23
Anclent kin At Weddina.

Lead Hill. Ark-Elmira Wagner
attended the wedding of her great
reat-granddaughter here, Dosie
Clarkson, who was married to John
Upshaw.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-07-23
One OF the Thrilling Scenes from
Hardest Fought Sporting Contest
Ever Witnessed.

New York.-Those who have fol-
lowed the international polo match
played between the English and the
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-07-23
POPULAR IN FRENCH CAPITAL
chiId's Frock With Short Waist Reak
Iy is One of the PrettIest Of the
Models Offered.

A very pretty model for child'a
frock of marquisette or batiste is this