The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-02-04
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&S REPRESENTATIVES, Y
NEW YORK Feb. s.-The most ex-
rensiVe pearl necklace on record IS
tho cause OF a New York jewelers. law
suit The lawsuit isn-r particularly In
teresting-;t's Just between two deal
ers-but the necklace is First. be-
cause its present owners identity is
being carefully guarded and second.
because whoever it is paid over ST.
100000 for it. Figures like that al
ways stagger Tne. Tn order TO have
them mean anything r have t. rensem-
Der that it's 1900 times $1,000. or some
thing comparative like that. Any way
the necklace is supposed TO have been
IN The Russian ~oyalty's collection. and
consists OF $50 pearls n only pearl
NECKLACE OF which the sale price is on
record. comparable 20 this, was owned
ny Mrs. Isaac Dudley Fletcher of New
York. It was made up of 500 pearls
and was valued at s1.25O,0e0 Half or
IL was sold later to Joseph f.. Widener
or Philadelphia for 100000. which it.
self is q fair price % pay for an orna-
Enent
II might be possible for a boy 80 be
silent under praise given him which
really ought to go 10 some one else;
but If that some one else" is his own
dog never The other day. the papers
mentioned that youthful George Van
8egrift was the first TO discover q Are
81 West 18th street and was responsible
for the immediate notification Of the
ire department Next day, this letter
was sent to the paper
II would like the police ana hremen
to know that my Scotch coolie dog was
the one that told me about the fro in
West 47th street last night. ] vent
in the yard TO see why ne barked and
vhiped so hard. and I saw the IRE. [
rushed in and told my dad and be tele-
phoned the fire engines.
George v~andegrift"
The yearn 70 go on tho stage" evi-
IDENTIFY never dies. Charles Dillingham;
has Just received an offer from Con-
xtantinoplo of the services OF the old
est man in the world. a Turk, aged I4S
years The offer IS written by one N
Fouad. who states that his protegee's
qualifications are good health and a
strong constitution" lie adds that he
Is making the same offer TO the faculty
Of the. Columbia Univerfsity School OF
Medicine and the Harvard schooi Of
Medicine. which has confused Mr. Dill
inghaTn as to just he is expected
70 do with tho ancient one
10 rou remember how pickles and
sweets in combination were barred
from you when you were a child Now
what do you suppose was the novelty
featured by a Eifth avenue confection-
er this past holiday season? Chocolate
covered pickles. Yes. absolutely. He
calls them "something distinctly diff
~terent" and goodness knows he's right.
Katherine oliver. one OF our talented
young pianists. is possessed or a prac-
tical ingenuity which is not generally
supposed TO belong to the artistic tenn
permanent We were dining at the same
home the other evening. and along
about . O'Clock, the third guest turned
10 Miss Oliver and said. We'll. Kath-
erine. you're having a good time. aren't
you? You haven't snapped into your
other party" That remark could
hardly be expected not to arouse ones
curiosity. and they evidently realized
it, SO they explained the secret. Get
your other sleeves. Katherine dictat-
I'd her friend. whereupon Miss oliver
brought forth a lovely long pair OF
ehjfSon eleeres and sanpped them into
he straps over her shoulders. turning
her evening gown into a fairly moder~
ste afternoon frocl- so elastic are the
fashions nowadays. You see she
explained. when l 90 to a dinner or
an evening party at d strange home,
I take along these sleeves. leave early,
and Join friends somewhere at the
thestsr or restaurant, all properly
dressed Cor public places. on the other
nand. IL I so to an afternoon party
hat 7 think may last over into the
eveninE. 7 wear the sleeves and take
rhem out when evening comes-if I'm
invited to stay on It's a wonderful
pan"
Abraham SchulrAan. who lives at ae3
Union avenue had rather OF a busy
hour the other morning when he went
10 look for a joo. He answered. tht ad-
enlistment Of William stechel, coat
maaufacturer, for o shipping clerk.
hnt although he was on hand at I a.
m. there was a crowd ahead OF him.
Waiting in the ante-room. Abraham
noticed four young men whispering
together: and then suddenly they pick
cd up some packages lying about and
dashed ou1. Abandoning thoughts of
the JOB for the time being. he dashed
after them Il developed into a taxi
race with 2 policeman on Abraham.s
running board. and the ultimate stop
ping OF the fugitive taxi with shots
from the officers revolver. The four
vero held on a charge 81 grand lar
ceny. These details disposed OF. Abra-
ham went back and asked for the JOB.
He got it. Mr.. Stechel lost $1,000
worth OF goods but got an active ship
ping CLARK.
LUCY JEANNE PRICE
ArnHxac AGEAEr