New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-11

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Fort Dodge, Iowa, have small nee.,
And it should be understood riss
here that his ideas and beliefs shu.
the size Of necks that abound in Po.
Dodge, Iowa, are not pradicatad ind
or seeing Senator William s. Hn.
yon, who comes from that thriv,,
city.
Kenyon is fairly slender perss
and doubtless can get into a No j;
collar, but to judge the necks Of !,
big city full of assorted people h
the neck Of one man would be 70 An
specifically and to base a hypotA.
sis on an altogether too hasty yis
Of the situation. Champ Clark dos
not have Senator Kenyon in mind i;
all when he desires to know why In
men of Fort Dodge have small nesks
To fully appreciate the ex-Spai.
er's point of view it is necessary |,
go back a little. A few years ac
Champ Clark aid former Repreant
alive Grosvenor, of Ohio, used h
go about the Chautauqua circuit
holding joint debates on the subjxI
of the tariff. They had excellslt
teamwork, and comprised about thl
best headliner act the Chautauqm
had to offer.
One night they spoke at a LAX
town in Michigan, and from then
their billing took them to For
Dodge, Iowa. Thinking to escsp
the heat Of one of the Pullman Com
pany's i'll ventilated cars, they ar
ranged to go as far as Chicago b
boat. They had their baggse
placed aboard, and then, while wait
ing for the vessel to be on its war
they stood near the gangplank COZ
versing freely with the captain
"And, by the way" inquired Gre
venor, what time do we reach CHI
cago?"
"Chicago?", repeated the captain
eyes," says Grosvenor-and al
most his exact language is quote
here-"Chicago."
"Why, we don't go to Chicago .
ALL" replied the captain. This boa
runs to Milwaukee. The Chicag
boat went about half an hour ago
So Champ Clark and his speasil
mate had to take train to fo'
Dodge, Iowa, and their baggag
went by water to Milwaukee, Wis
On reaching Fort Dodge, ate
their hot, humid journey, they ve'
practically agreed that it would
necessary to go forth to the store
of them that sell and purchase Tres
linen. That was easy enough 70
Grosvenor, but Champ Clark veal
a 171a shirt and an IS collar OF
outstanding but comfortable bra'
that is scooped out in front. fhe'
weren't any 1715 shirts or Is colla'
in all Of Fort Dodge. Champ ua'
was perplexed, but he finally ~
down pink shirt, size II, thai
thought he could crowd himself nv
also a II collar. 1t is not easy 70
II collar to a II shirt on an
neck, but there was no other We
For an hour Champ Clark expe'
mented with scissors and pieces :
string. By cutting the flaps on y
collar and cleverly fastening /"
ends of his collar button with eo
ton cord, Champ made himself 70
sonably presentable to the people
Fort Dodge, Iowa.
A year or so ago the ex-Spesa'
again found himself in Fort Doas
and he had his baggage with n'
but, recalling his adventure tns'
he set out to ransack the place :
an 18 collar or at least TN ~
just for the sport of the thing
This time he could not find . 9
lar larger than 1917. Clark tsa''
to the proprietor of one habsroa'
cry and asked him, as man 70 =
why they didn't have full-growA :
lars in stock.
"There's never been any denls
for such a thing" the man told ~
"a few years ago, as ! refienD'
a lecturer came here to SPEAK
our Chautauqua, and he wan1eo
buy an Is collar. We talked =
after that of putting in one o. :
Of the larger sizes, but we des@
that it wouldn't pay. Our 8
don't seem to care for them