The Lampasas Daily Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 89, Ed. 1 Friday, June 19, 1914 Page: 2 of 4
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THE LAMPASAS DAILY LEADER
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Central Park Visitor Said He Saw a Goat Smoke
WTEW YORK.—Bob Hurton, assistant keeper of the zoo in Central park, was
Ai entering the lion house the other afternoon when a young man staggered
across the walk and leaned against him for support.
“What’s the trouble?” Hurton
asked. •'
“1 think I have seen something.
I should have a doctor,” the agitated
visitor said.
The young man explained then
that, unless he had been the victim
of an illusion, Hurton was needed be-
hind the animal house.
“Have the elephants broken
loose?” Hurton asked.
“No,” the visitor said. “But I
think I saw a goat smoking a cigar.
On the way to the lot back of the elephant house Hurton met Bill Sny-
der, the head keeper.
"What’s this I hear about a smoking goat?” Hurton asked his chief.
Snyder was perplexed by the question, but, with Hutton, he followed the
visitor who had discovered the zoological phenomenon.
In the lot was Perfecto, a large ram, presented to the menageries by the
manager of a circus. Perfecto was standing in the center of the inclosure.
There was a far-away look upon his face, and he was holding in his mouth
half of a cigar. In telling the story later, Snyder said that the cigar was
burning and that Perfecto was puffing away at it in evident enjoyment.
“But, Bill, how did he get a light?” Hurton asked.
“That’s nothing,” said Snyder. “You remember in 1910 the case of the
weeping grampus—”
But Bob had fled.
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Substitute for Young Bride Fined for Forgery
fkT EWPORT, R. I.—If Hattie Belmar of this city ever gets another chance to
lM act as a substitute for a blushing bride who is too young to get a mar-
riage license it is more than likely that before accepting the position she will
demand to be introduced to the real
bride. It is not by any means certain
that she will take the job at all, but
if the bride is so constructed that
Miss Belmar’s clothes do not fit her
she will have to look elsewhere for a
substitute, for Miss Belmar won’t
even discuss the proposal. As a mat-
ter of fact, she was sent to jail.
When Albert E. Evans, a cook at
the naval station, decided to marry
Alfreda Guimond and told her so he
was looking into her eyes. When he
considered her from afar and noted her size and youthful appearance he felt
that there was no chance of getting a license to marry. She is only seven-
teen and doesn’t show her age. So he spoke to Hattie Belmar about it, and
she said she would gladly get a license to be used by the youthful bride.
They got it. Albert thanked Hattie and married Alfreda.
Alfreda’s parents were amazed and went to Rev. Arthur Crane, who had
performed the ceremony, to demand an explanation All that he knew was
that there had been a license and everything looked all right.
Then the parents moved on the city hall. The city clerk, with’argument,
said that he had never given a license to any seventeen-year-old girl and
would like to see her. Alfreda, the bride, got the clothes of Hattie, the sub-
stitute, to deceive the city clerk.
The bride is short, the substitute is tall, and the clothes looked as if
they had been thrown on the bride from an upper window.
City clerk wise; parents angry; police alert; bridegroom garrulous; sub
stitute arrested.
W’hen Miss Belmar was arraigned in court, charged with forging the
license, she was fined $15, with costs of $2.60.
“Honesty Sie Best Policy” Brought Into Play
| NDIANAPOLIS. IND.—The old slogan, “Honesty is the best policy.” was
jL brought into play the other night at the union station when a pocketbook
containing $520 was found by a young man, who said he was formerly a bell-
boy in a St. Louis hotel. The owner
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of the pocketbook proved to be a
wealthy cattle owner of Oklahoma
City, who refused to give his name
According to the bellhop, he had
arrived from Chicago on an evening
train, and not knowing the city, had
stopped in the station to inquire the
location of a hotel when he espied the
pocketbook under a bench. After ex
amining it and finding the large
amount of money and one of the
ranchman’s cards, he began to call
At the first call the cattle owner re-
out the name which the card bore
sponded and grew very excited when he discovered his loss, explaining that
he was on his way to Buffalo to be married.
The bellboy then presented the pocketbook to its owr^r, and after the
ranchman had satisfied himself that the contents were all there he proceeded
to give the finder a flve-cent lead pencil and a lecture that “Honesty is1 the
best policy.”
Birmingham Will Aid “Spooners” in the Parks
1) IRMINGHAM, ALA.—All embargoes heretofore maintained against "spoon-
D ing” in the public parks of this city have been lifted, and so long as the
habit is confined to legitimate lovemaking, whether it be done in the dark
or under the shadow of the electric
lights, there is to be no police inter-
ference.
For several years young men and
women have been complaining that
their courting privileges were unrea-
sonably restricted, and many pro-
tests were lodged with the city com-
mission against the police.
Judge A. O. Lane, commissioner
of public justice, determined to change
the regulations. He declares that the
city will offer every protection and
encouragement to “legitimate spooning” in the parks this summer. By
“legitimate spooning” he means lovemaking. Every engaged and courting
couple will be allowed the use of the parks.
The police are instructed to watch the. parks and see that real lovers
are not interfered with.
Commissioner of Streets and Parks Weatherly says plenty of benches
will be provided in the parks. He declares the city has no right to regulate
love affairs, and his department of streets and parks wlH pursue the policy
of “hands off” from these delicate and sacred matters.
Mrs. Wilson Searight, head of the welfare department that protects and
assists young girls, believes the new policy of protecting lovers is all right
in principle,_ and she will do her part to help them.
FASHIONABLE EFFECTS THAT
MAY BE CALLED IMPERATIVE.
IN THE LATEST MODEL
STRIKING CREATION
plain Heavy Linen for Household Use
or for the Hot Weather White
Frocks Seemingly Never Will
Go Out of Favor.
Plain heavy linen makes very at-
tractive table cloths and napkins. It
is used in a restaurant where the fur-
nishings are all interesting, and it is
used by some fastidious housewives.
In the restaurant referred to it is quite
satisfactory, for the cloth is changed,
naturally, for every diner. But in the
ordinary household it has this one dis-
advantage: It does show wrinkles and
spots more quickly than a heavy fig-
ured damask does. So if there is not
a fresh cloth for every meal, damask
may be a better choice.
But the linen is beautiful, and in any
household it might be used for a spe-
cial dinner set. The napkins and table-
cloths for every meal—damask—may
be like the ordinary napkin hem, fine-
ly done by hand, or else they are hem-
stitched in an inch-wide hem.
With the coming of warm weather
all-white frocks always assume an im-
portance which they lose in the cold
weather. In warm weather nothing
else can really equal the all-white
frock for day or evening wear. Noth-
ing else looks so cool and fresh and
inviting. The present fad for gay
girdles makes the all-white frock
doubly interesting, for the brightest
sort of girdle does not seem garish
when it is worn with such a frock, and
it adds a dashing note that the white
Itself lacks.
Colored braid is a popular trimming
In use on many of the spring suits.
Usually braid of the color of the
suit is used, but sometimes braid in
dark blue or black or green is used.
Braid sashes are one of the notes for
the spring. They are generally formed
of two strips of braid stitched together
lengthwise to form a girdle or sash
five or six inches long. They are made
of braid woven in various combina
tions of deep red, dark blue and green
and black.
Leather belts are used now and
again, in all seasons, whether they are
widely used or not. And they are al
ways effective. There is something
smart about them that woven fabrics
lack. Probably with this idea in mind,
the Paris dressmakers are using
leather trimmings on many of their
new models. Leather waistcoats,
leather collars and cuffs and bands of
leather which are used like braid or
ribbon for trimming, are all shown. A
suede finish is the most popular,
Some of the newest white and tan
doeskin gloves show three rows^'of
black or dark-brown stitching on the
back. This dark stitching adds a smart
feature to the gloves
Model of striped black and white
taffeta with sleeve* and belt of black
taffeta.
HOW TO MAKE SMALL SEAMS
Method of Dealing With Sheer Ma-
terials That Is Recommended
as Effective.
With sheer materials in vogue small
n seams are imperative, and some peo-
^fiple~iave difficulty in making them.
Try this way:
Cut the material very smoothly and
evenly. Hold the edges together and
The cape seems to be here to remain AJY^reast therir-ciosely to the end. Turn
for some time. One of its interesting
manifestations is as a separate coat
with a skirt to match. In this guise
it appears attached to a waistcoat that
buttons snugly. Sometimes the cape
and vest or waistcoat are of the same
color and material, and sometimes
both colors and fabrics contrast.
HAIR JEWELS
them over, crease down to make them
flat, then sew in the regular French,
or double, seam fashion as close to
the edge as possible, thus producing
the smallest, neatest seam imaginable.
Always use fine thread and a fine
needle for the second seaming to ob-
tain best results.
When any very soft sheer material
must be stitched on the machine, if it
is not properly adjusted for the pur-
pose, it is likely to pucker and cause
no end of annoyance. You will have
no difficulty if you will cut strips of
thin manila wrapping paper or tissue
paper, put it under the material and
then proceed with the sewing.
Pockets in the Trunk Lining.
The practise of lining a trunk with
eable fabric, which can be
pasted or glued, will preserve the
trunk. Before fastening the fabric in
place stitch long stout pockets along
the length of the material, stitching
on the machine several times to insure
good wear. These pockets are invalu-
able for putting away the daintier and
more valuable part of one’s wardrobe.
These pockets can be fitted here and
there with the patent snapper which
keeps them securely closed.
There is a vogue for jeweled effects
Id the hair ornament of the day and
the evening, little combs and pins,
barettes and bandeaux that make just
the right amount of brightness in the
coiffure that is likely to be demure
and simple. Not only rhinestones, but
"olored jewels as well, matching the
costume or contrasting with it. There
is an Immense vogue abroad for these
colored effects.
Correct Hint.
When your corset steel breaks,
make a slit near the bottom of the
broken steel, on the inside, and insert
a steel ?.aken from the side of an old
corset. This strengthens tho broken
eteel.
Deep Blue Fashionable.
The very deep shades of blue are
fashionable not only for the street
but in the evening. In fact, the night
and indigo blues threaten to oust
black for the quieter sort of dinner
and theater costumes. In transparent
materials—those favored for the late
spring and summer—pastel blues and
greens will be very good, indeed, and
there is a smoky tone of gray that
is pronounced charming by women
who have hitherto favored steel and
slate shades.
Violet Perfume.
It is fortunate that it takes only
about three drops of essence of violet
to scent a bottle of perfume, since one
drop of the essence means the sacrifice
of 1,000 violets.
This pure perfume is of course
blended with chemicals to strengthen
the odor, but even then It is possible
to distinguish the real violet perfume
from the heavier artificial flower co-
lognes on the market.
(Conducted by the National Woman’s
Christian Temperance Union.)
MILK IN PLACE OF BEER.
Milk bottles instead of beer bottles
reign supreme at luncheon in the
Pullman car factories. Two peddlers
at the main gate, which is but one of
the seven entrances, sell nearly half
a thousand bottles of milk each noon.
Exclusion of demoralizing influences
being part of the original paternalistic
regime, no saloons; with but one ex-
ception, were allowed in the town.
Liquor interests seized upon the near-
est available spot and 30 grog shops
soon clustered at Kensington, just
across the railroad tracks and south
of Pullman. This place quickly mer-
ited the name of "Bumtown,” which
still clings to it.
“Few things,” writes Prof. Graham
Taylor in the Survey, “are more strik-
ing to the observer who watches the
swarms of men at the main gate dur-
ing the noon hour, than the absence
of beer cans and the prevalence of
milk bottles. Bumtown, however,
lives up to its old reputation and
boasts of 52 saloons, 25 of which are
on the single block nearest to Pull-
man.”
MODERATE DRINKER TO BLAME.
We maintain, not as radical reform-
ers or as prejudiced prohibitionists,
but merely as fairly intelligent observ-
ers, that the example of the moderate
drinker is far more dangerous than
that of the habitual drunkard—just as
the “respectable” saloon is far more
dangerous than the basement dive.
What young man ever takes his first
glass with the intention of-becoming
like the reeling, degraded sot he
passes in the street with disgust? Or
like the pitiful wreck of humanity
seeking to regain his lost manhood in
an Inebriate asylum? No, he intends
to be like his friend, Mr. A., that pat-
tern of morality and sobriety, a leader
in business and social circles, a -pillar
in the church, a moderate drinker. “If
Mr. A. can stop when he wants to, so
can I,” argues some mother’s boy, and
—but we all know the old, old story
only too well.
NO LONGER A “FANATICAL” IDEA.
Rev. Charles M. Sheldon of Topeka.
Kans., preacher, author, sociologist,
police commissioner—perhaps best
known to the world as “In His Steps”
Sheldon—speaking of a recent lecture
tour said: “When I spoke in Chicago
of the prospect that saloons would be
swept from the city within the life
time of nearly every one present the
applause was prolonged. Everywhere
I go, even in Wisconsin where the con-
sumption of liquor Is 64 gallons per
capita, I find the same quick response
to the statement."
And everywhere temperance speak-
ers and workers are finding the peo-
ple ready for the final onslaught upon
the liquor traffic as the enemy not
only of the town and the city but of
the nation. “A saloonless nation in
1920” does not seem so improbable a
goal today as It did to some of them in
1911.
GOING UP AND GOING DOWN.
Two men, one well dressed and the
other seedy and wobbling, walked
along the street. A third man asked
a fourth: “What makes the differ-
ence between those two men?” and
got this reply: “One patronizes dry
goods and grocery stores,, and the
other patronizes saloons.” That was
explanation sufficient, but this may be
added: “The seedy man Is well edu-
cated and his wife a college graduate,
while the well dressed man has little
education but gets value in return for
his money. Saloons make difference
enough in two men, one going up and
the other going down.”
INTERESTING FIGURES.
To those who say that to abolish
the liquor traffic will throw men out
of work, It should be shown that the
number of those thrown out of work
from inebriety Is much larger. The
number of men in Massachusetts in
the liquor traffic in 1905 was 6,954;
the number of arrests for drunken-
ness was 73,972—67,468 males and
6,504 females. Some of those, of
course, were repeaters, but the aggre-
gate number of those thrown out of
work through inebriety is several
times the number of men employed in
the liquor business.
KANSAS PRINCIPLES IN MISSOURI.
The Willis Wood theater, which was
recently opened in Kansas City, Mo.,
was christened with White Rock min-
eral water instead of champagne. This
happened not because things arq usual-
ly done that way in Missouri, but be-
cause Kansas teachings had taken so
firm a hold on the manager, a citizen
from the latter state, that he still
did things the Kansas way despite the
example of his adopted state.
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Vernor, J. E. The Lampasas Daily Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 89, Ed. 1 Friday, June 19, 1914, newspaper, June 19, 1914; Lampasas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth897624/m1/2/: accessed July 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lampasas Public Library.