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Show STDRIES Tons of Tons Hold Ton Family Reunion CHICAGO. Nearly 100 years Hfo a boatload of Hollanders landed at Chicago. The voyage, voy-age, on the steamboat Boston, started from Havre and continued up the Greet Lakes from Buffalo in another an-other boat, was one of hazard and worry. John Ton and Agnes Van der Syde plighted their troth during the voyage and became the first settlers of the enormous Ton family, which held Its twenty-eighth reunion at Thornton forest preserve the other day. John and Agnes bought a large tract of what Is now Rosedale, on One Hundred Hun-dred Third street fhey decided It was a good locality, according to their daughter, the family historian, Mrs. F. W. Jansen, who still resides at the old homestead, 816 West One Hundred Third street They wrote glowing report re-port to John's brothers and sisters In Holland, and seven of them came over o try their luck In the thriving village of Chicago. The nine original Tons who settled In Chicago had an average of ten children chil-dren each. There were approximately 700 Tons at the Chicago reunion. Sixty-six Tons live in Los Angeles. They also held a reunion. According to the by-laws of the Ton family, which was Incorporated in 1911, fifty or more settling elsewhere than Chicago are entitled en-titled to hold a reunion. Twenty-two Tons in Holland sent greetings by mail. They are the only Tons there, according accord-ing to Mrs. Jansen. ; To remain In good standing all members mem-bers must report births, deaths and marriages to the historian. Only one misunderstanding has occurred oc-curred in the family since John and Agnes bought the land around Rose-land. Rose-land. That was when two of the family fam-ily went into politics. It was like this, according to reports re-ports : Alderman Guy Madderora decided de-cided to run again In the Ninth ward, which Is Rosedale, the last city election. elec-tion. His family descended from Tryntje Ton. He got the support of many Tons. Then Albert Ton decided to run. Other Tons, supported him. Both were defeated, but two or three aren't on speaking terms yet. The family traveling farthest to attend at-tend were Mrs. C. Ton of New Orleans and her son, Burroughs, seventeen, nd daughter, Cornelia, nine. They drove to Chicago. They are of the family of C. J. Ton, who started the reunions. How Chief Nabob Runs Missouri Town ST. LOUIS. Dubbed Chief Nabob by a tramp he arrested several years ago, Jack O. Sturdy need never look for diversion In the performance of his daily duties. Sturdy gained the sobriquet by the fact that in the little town of Valley Park, near here, the Nabob Is Justice of the peace, deputy sheriff, police Judge, notary public, city collector and secretary of the board of education, as well as being be-ing receiver for a defunct mercantile company, trustee of a couple of estates, es-tates, administrator of another estate and guardian for three minors. Sturdy arrested the tramp at the railroad station as deputy sheriff, took his prisoner to his office, where, es police po-lice judge, he tried him. The tramp appealed the case when the Nabob gave a sentence of 80 days, and Sturdy, as justice of the peace, heard end denied de-nied the appeal. "Say," the tramp asked, "Is there anything out here you ain't T" "Yep," replied Sturdy. "I'm not the meanest man In town, and I'm going to give you eight minutes to get out of town." "Eight minutes! Gimme my hat and so long and good luck. Chief Nabob Na-bob P Sturdy likes his Job fine says It Is exciting and very often amusing. lie has his work systematized and as an example has established the following schedule of fines: For Chicken Stealing If In the daytime, day-time, thirty days to six months, depending de-pending on the age of the defendant and the length of time he has resided In the community. First offenders get six months, so they won't get In the habit. Old negroes get off with lighter sentences on the theory that they can't break themselves of the habit Wife Beaters The limit which is a year In jail and a fine of $300, or "some punishment calculated to Impress Im-press upon them the gravity of their offense." Fighting If with the hands, $1 and costs; with feet, $2 ant costs; with hands and feet, $5 and costs; hands, feet and teeth, $10 and costs; If with other weapons, $25 and costs. Speeding One dollar and costs for first offense; second offenders, for every mile over the twenty-five miles an hour permitted by law, $1 added to the legal speed of twenty-five miles. One-armed Driving If the couple are engaged to be married, nothing but the court's congratulations; If not engaged, $1 and costs. If one of them Is married, $10 and costs; If both are married, to other persons, $25 and costs. Week-End Trips of Folk in Big Cities NEW IORK. Americans are great travelers, not only by automobile but by train Hnd boat. The outpouring from a big city for a summer week-end Is an astonishing spectacle; especially when a holiday falls on Friday or Monday. A New York newspaper has checked up and analyzed the exodus by train and boat from Gotham for the weekend week-end Including Labor day, and found some Interesting things: Figures from railroad and steamship officials Indicated that over 600,000 persons per-sons left New York city, bound for seashore, sea-shore, mountain and country resorts. The rush, which began Flrday, was continuous and all trains leaving up to early Sunday morning were packed. Accommodation! were Impossible to obtain unless they had been engaged In advance, and nearly every through train which pulled out was run In two or more sections. Some of them had as many as four. The heaviest travel over the Pennsylvania Pennsyl-vania system was to Atlantic City, Long Branch, Asbury Park and the other New Jersey coast resorts. All of the trains bound for Philadelphia were crowded and the rush to Atlantic City was biggest of all. The greater proportion of those who left town on the New York Central lines was bound for the Adlrondacks and the Catskllls. Hotel proprietors reported re-ported that their accommodations were engoged to the limit This condition also prevailed all over Long Island and at the various watering places along Long Island sound. The Bar Harbor express left In two sections, each one completely filled. The travel to Maine resorts was even heavier than on Friday night, when the greatest rush hitherto known this season sea-son wes experienced. The Wlilte Mountains Moun-tains also drew their quota, and all trains bound for Canadian and Western West-ern points were crowded to capacity. The various steamship lines to Boston, Bos-ton, Sound ports and up the Hudson had more passengers than they could accommodate and scores of applicants for staterooms were turned away. The peak of travel came with the home-coming crowds Monday night. Whereas the outgoing throngs had been distributed over two days, fully 85 per cent of them sought to return between 4 p. m. and midnight Sunday. Add to this travel the thousands who motored and the totals are Impressive. Other big cities reported the same thing. It would be Interesting to know how many millions the outing cost. Little Suzanne Doesn't Like Models j NEW YOUX. Little Suznnne wag Jealous, AIho she is French. She had been living with her husband, Hudolph Snden, a German artlnt. In Greenwich Village 19 Barrow street. Long nco rsdal lines hsl been obliterated by the mutual love of Little Suzanne and Rudolph, Ru-dolph, her talented husband. I Hiring th war they agreed that for them there was neither Germany mr France, but Just Kudolph and Suzanne. Kudolph Suden does nudes. He employs, em-ploys, occasionally, beautiful girl modal mod-al to pose for his Inspired bmali. Now Suzanne herself 1$ beautiful, but nlie Is not a iiiodt-l. Sometimes she sulked a little after tier husband bad shooed the beautiful model out of the studio door. And on such occasions Xuden would rally tier with guy banter. Ah, but he was fluttered that Suznnne would be Jeiileus. Wus lie not the must fortunate of men to t,e nl,ie to amuse the ieubn:y of uch a dafli: as Suzanne? Su-zanne? An, I tin n l.ittle Sifani;e (her frietal-i nil tier fi.it ) H'HiH t. ai'l'ea-a-l , '"'bitig but the tilet u!,,r,nis ha.,,!iie-s ! . .lib! abide In : he i.".:i. of the Sialens j let la'e.'v, the s;;;,-, S i . a M ne's jeaiOUSV grew gTent again greater than It ever had been. Anyway, there was, on the shelf In the closet of the bathroom, a bottle of j bichloride of mercury tablets. Quickly Quick-ly she swallowed them and staggered out that she might die at the sill of the door through which Hudolph must enter. Suddenly It came to her that It might all be a mistake. There was milk In the Icebox nnd Suzanne had been a Ked Cross nurse In the war. So she drank the milk nnd ran to the apartment apart-ment of neighbors the Hlchard O'NVIls who called Hudolph Sudeti In. The ambulance took her to Hellevue hospital hos-pital .lust In time. The doctori have nved her life. : ".My wife," explained Kudolph Suden, ! "has been In n frightfully nervous ('on- j dltloii siM-e she was shell shocked. She 1 did not like and could not understand the somewhat free nnd easy comrade- , t ie of the artists' life in Greenwich Village. Vil-lage. She ilii! not like my in!utlng the aide, but until we moved here a month i.-o ue never had words. Little Su-.' Su-.' .i n n ' will recover. W'e cluill have no ere sorrow. W'e shall move from .tcetr.v ii li Village und lie as happy . e iiiri: In-fore coining down here." , |
