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About Dakota County herald. (Dakota City, Neb.) 1891-1965 | View Entire Issue (April 14, 1911)
t2i&&mwmM)i!F&i! ? . m DAKOTA CITY HERALD JOHN M. REAM, Publisher. TAKOTA CITY. - NEBRASKA. FDR PUBLIC CONTROL nAPED .JUL -JM- I. - . f , y .. V our mm mm:om VAIL FOR REGULATION AS WELL AS PUDLICITY. in ijaiu HMM What vSfaail It B,? ,L CUmWRrTi ones r ' m i- -J Qs I ! I i i h I' I 4u pr FT M- 1 1 fcxo; POLITENE83. Tho decay of French politeness hns becomo a Bubjoct for passing concern on tho part of the French thomsclvoH. Jt has been frequently remarked by visitors to France, who havo alleged la chango In French winners within tho period of their recollection, says jtiio Cha-leston News and Courier. Tho tamo phenomenon la something nl aoged of tho wcathor In Now Eng land. Scientific meteorologists pooh pooh this. Thoy dcclaro it lo bo all out of tho question for cllmato to bo Smatcrlally affected oxcopt by Imper ceptible processes requiring ages to (show results. So as to politeness In jFrnnco; somo contend that tho chango is moro apparent than real. Most of thoso taking part In tho con troversy Insist or admit It to be a fact. Theso urgo that tho causes bo identified and correctives nppllcd. There Is a disposition, of course, to attribute it to women, "especially ele gnnt women whoso ill-manners hnvo no limit," as ono expert submits. Is tho matter worth serious consldorn tlon? Or, rather, should not tho Bymptom bo welcomed? Is not po liteness itself a sympton of decay, liko tho beauty of old cathedrals, tho mellowness of long-stored vintages, or tho art of telling tho truth? Man In a natural stato Is not romarkablo for good manners and will llo cheerfully. That school which holds that tho do cadenco of a people may bo traced by observing its cultivation of tho habit of telling tho truth would prob ably reason thnt the diffusion of po liteness Is in tho samo way signifi cant, if a less important barometer of failing physical and intellectual Tirlllty. A robust entity does not bother about etiquette. Modern llfo Is complicated. Jt lo swift. Wo llvo at high tension. Tho sins of society pcoplo havo becomo Inured to them. Neurasthenia, ono ltnows, is often tho Inevitable, though much-to-be-doprocatcd, result of going tho pace, nays tho Cleveland Plain JDsalsr .But '.vliat la one lo think of neurasthenia In tho poultry yard? Comes a publication which devotes Itself to poultry and other topics of tho farm. In it a correspondent writes of tho symptoms of ono of his lions listless, nervous, Indifference to food nnd society. And tho editor replica thnt the symptoms aro thoso of a nervous dlsoaso, and he declares that tho only euro for tho hen 1 tho rest euro lit Home quiet retreat, away from tho feverish utmosphero of the poultry yard. This is a withering In dictment of present-day civilization. A neurotic hen think of thatl A dobutanto of last season, no doubt, "who should now bo in tho full feath er of glorious youth a victim of nerves! Tho form of Curtlss btplano which jtravelB on tho water and land aa well las la tho air Is winning admiration (at San Diego. Tho machlno is a standard blplano equipped with bl jcyclo wheels and a pontoon about jthreo feet wldo by twelve feet in length placed immediately beneath the aviator with its long axis at right angles to tho pianos. At tho extremities of the lower piano aro two small trlangulnr copper tanks, whoso (function is to provont tho pianos jfrom cutting too deeply into tho wa ter. Mr. Curtlss seems to havo thought of ovorythlng but a name for his novel craft Tho suggestion that It bo known as tho hydroterro aeroplane shows closer ncquaintanco with the classics than with tho habit of the American people to Insist upon cutting long words short. t The February Urn loss this year In tho United States and Canada amounted to J1C.415.000. Wbllo a Snllllon more than tho Febmary Iobb last year and $300,000 in excess of ttba February loss In 1909 tills was Iflvo millions below tho aggregato for last month, and somewhat bolow tho (average monthly loss during tho Jtwelvo months last past. Thoro Is inothlng alarming nor is thoro any jtblns encouraging. In the flro loss fig jures of tho first two mouths of tho present yeur. On account of a heavy loss la January, thoy aro eight mil lions In excess of tho total for the 'first two months of 1910, but halt a million below that for tho correspond ing period of 1909. Because a Chicago man insisted upon being a cnudldata for trustoo of one of tho largo Now York life insurance companlos, tho company has been obliged to spend about $60, 000 in having ballots and proxtos printed In eleven different languages and mailing them in soalod envelopes to all parts of tho world. Ho Is the only candidate on tho so-called policy-holders' ticket, although 36 trustees aro to bo olectod. It was a wise aw which raado provision for policy-hold-era' tickets, but in this Instance it lias not been advantageous from a financial viewpoint, at least "Potentla," an International more- icut which tends to mako all man kind as brothers and sisters, Is th ttest wrinkle among tho highbrows. rhe dreamers of dreams continue to Ireain in spite of tho prevalence of icommcrclallstn. Now that wo know the world to tiave been born at least 400,000.000 reara ago, It is more than ever our rising how tho frivplous old thlnp kreps up Its perpetual giddy whirl SAYS BOTH HERE TO STAY Prank Recognition of Public Riant: by the Prcldent of Western Union and Telephone Companies. Public regulation of public service corporations has como to stay. It ought to havo como and it ought to stay. That Is the flp "ltd unequivocal assertion of Theodoro N. Vail, presi dent of both the American Telephone nnd Telegraph company and the Western Union Telegraph company. It came In tho form of hlB nnnnnl ro port to the seventy thousand stock holders of tho two great corporations. Although Mr Vnll's advocacy of full publMty in connection with tho affairs of such concerns was well under stood, nobody in financial circles had anticipated so frank an avowal of full public rights In tho shaping of their general conduct. It camo conse quently as a surprise, not only be cause of Its novelty and squareness, but also on account of the unqualified ncquloscenco of a board of directors comprising such eminent nnd consorv ntlvo financiers as Robert WInson of Klddor. Peahody & Co., und Henry h. Illgglnson of Boston, Honry P. Davi son of J. P. Morgan & Co.; Senator W. Murray Crane, George F. Bacr, T. Jefferson Coolldgo Jr., Norman W. Harris, John I. Waterbury nnd others. President Vnll's declaration Is her nlded as tho first recognition by thoso in high corporato authority of tho Jus tlco of tho demand that tho public bo regarded as virtual partners in all matters, that pertain to the common welfare. Ho goes directly to the point, "Public control or regulation of public servlco corporations by perma nent commissions," ho' says, "has como and como to stay. Control, or regulation, to bo effoctivo means pub licity; it means Ecml-publlc discus sion nnd consideration boforo action; It means ovorythlng which Is tho op posite of and inconsistent with effoc tivo competition. Competition ag gressive, offcctlvo competition means strife. Industrial warfnro; It means contention; it oftontlmos moans tak ing advantage of or resorting to any moans thnt the consnlcnco of tho con testants or th degreo of tho enforce ment of tho laws will permit. "Aggresslvo competition moans duplication of plant and Investment. Tho ultlmato object of such competi tion Is tho possession of the Hold wholly or partially; theroforo It means either ultimate combination on such basis and with such prices as will cover past losses, or it means loss of return on investment, and eventual loss of capital, Ilowovor it results, nil costs of BgproHslvn. un controlled competition nro eventually borne, directly or indirectly, by tho public. Competition which Is not ag gressive, presupposos cooperative ac tion, understandings, agreements, which result In general uniformity or harmony of notion, which, In fact, Is not competition but is combination, unstable, but for tho timo effoctivo When thoroughly understood it will be found that "control" will glvo more of tho benefits nnd public ad vantages, which aro oxpooted to bo obtained through such ownership, and will obtain them without tho public burden of either tho public office holder or public debt or operating deficit. "When through a wIbo nnd Judi cious stnto control and regulation all tho advantages without any of tho disadvantages of stato ownership are secured, stato ownership Is doomed." "If Mr. Vail is right," says Harper's Weokly, In a conclso summing-up, "thon It seems protty plain that wo are entered upon u now era in both economics nnd politics. And It Is high timo wo did If evolution 1b to sup plant rovolutlon iib an efficient force in tho development of civilization." Unreliable Physiognomy. I nm a profound dlBbellover in phys iognomy. Fuatures aro false wit nesses. Stupidity frequently wears n mask of Intelligence. I know busi ness men who look HUo poets and poets who look llko business men. Men of genius invariably look like Idiots, uud It you pick out the man who looks most eminent in a party you aro suro to find ho Is n nobody, I nlwnys distrust men who look mng nlflcont Nature Is a stingy creature. Sho soldom gives a man the doublo gift of being great and looking great. Sho took cure to lame Byron nnd de form Popo and dlnilguro Johnson. But the crowning example of her Jealous purslmony 1b Shakespeare. I havo al ways boon disappointed with Shaken poaro's face. It does not Mo up to his poetry. If Is dull, hoay und com monplace Adventures In London. Vegetable Fancy Work. Llttlo Airs. Brldu had almost every thing to learn about housekeeping, but she wus so enthunlastlo In her interest that every ono was glad to help her. "I hnvo somo partlculaily lino as paragus," tho marketman told her one day, and ho displayed a bunch for her admiration. "Picked not three hours ago," ho added, Mrs. Bride looked at It with unaf fected nmuzomont. "Does It grow llko that?" sho asked. "I always supposed the cook braldod tho ends of it" Youth's Companion, Poor Green. "Green's wife is a suffragetto, Isn't ho?" "Ycb, nnd Oreon says he wouldn't mind that so much If sho didn't always act as though It la his fault she can't vote." Neighborly Comment. "What do you think of Mrs. (Jam nion's idea of keeping Lent condi tions? "Judging from my cxporlonce of her. 11 ininK 11 is in never returning any thing sho borrows," Make Their Homes on House Tops S Iriiusr look at iwl NEW YORK.--All of Now York's animate myriad do not dwell on tho fitirfnco. High over tho heads of slghtworfl, nt tho summit of some of tho tnllcst ofllco buildings in tho world, llvo men, women and children, who find life particularly good thero In tho hot nights of summer. A writer for tho Now York Trlbuno wbb invited to visit such a homo tho other day, and nfter using tho elovntor to tho roof entered a comfortable look ing living room, occupied by n happy looking family. Far from earth an It was, tho room looked pleasingly carthllko nnd real. Tho living room hnd ono entrance through a passago from an ofllco, and two exits, ono to tho roof and tho oth er Into n largo parlor. Beyond that was n big bodroom. Tho roof was, of course, at noon In summer, a hot desert surrounded by a hot parapeL "Busted" Cupid Kicked Out In Cold GEE' THAT ONCT TTHAT MYtRRERS 'IVEHT WRQHG --!-!-??? MUSKOGEE, OKLA. A sleepy and "busted" Dan Cupid, kicked out Into tho world becnuso of his poverty, ono morning recently wearily "hoofed" It along tho tics to Oktuhn, whenco ho had como a fow short hours boforo. Llttlo Jenny Hosmor, an Indian maiden of sixteen years, who had olopod from Oktaha with Wesley Mo ran, nbout her own ngo, was not long in deciding that a couple cannot llvo on lovu filolio, ulid leu hours after tho elopment had begun tho young lover, tired and dejected, was return ing to tho plow ho had hurriedly left standing in tho Hold, having been given hLs dismissal by his llttlo sweet heart Jenny Hosmer, although only six teen, Is heiress to n thousand acres of land nonr Oktaha. Tho entlro town nlto of Wlobort belongs to her, having boon given It In a will by 11 relative. When cho grows up Jenny will bo rich, but riches could not compare with her lovo for Wosley Mornn. To Grandmas Quote DKS MOINES, IA. In tho remark ablo suit JUBt tried hero for tho custody of llttlo Jeanotte Edwards bo tween hor rival grandmothers, in which letliimiiy purporting to bo tho wishes of tho chlld'11 fnthor and moth er, both of whom aro dead, conveyed by means of n spiritualistic medium wan offered. Judgo Itansler awarded hor to tho temporary caro of tho chlld'a mother's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Robinson, and assessed tho costa of tho action against Mr. and Mrs. L. II. Edwards, tho parents or her dead father. Mrs. L, II. Edwards of Cedar Falls, sister of Socrctary of Agrlcuturo "Tnmn Jim" Wilson, nnd Mr3. W. H. Robinson, a physician of Denvor, woro tho litigants for tho possession of Joanetto, who is eight years old. Tho opposing grandmothers aro spiritual iBts, each marslmllng what sho be lluved to bo a formidable line of ghost ly ovldonco In support of her cause. Sells Wife and YOU CAN HAVE 'ER FEFt A OOUAIf 4M& I'LL TROW Ifl DE KID3 PHILADELPHIA According to the story told by Mrs. Mary Guglsa of 1817 South Loo street, this city, to Magistrate Hughes sho and her throe children woro sold by hor husbnnd for Jl lu ti man who, alio declares, has threatened to tuko her by force. In broken English sho asked that hor husband bo found and mndo to support hor and tho three children whom he had left at homo to starve Though tho alleged transaction took place somo time ago and though tho woman repulsod tho man who claimed hor as his property, sho declared that she was still In fear that hu might como forwaul, now that hor husband has disappeared, and force htmselt into tier homo. "It wbb throo years ago," sho said, "that my husband sold mo. Ho wanted money for more liquor. He gavo mo and tho children for $1, uud I dldu't know anything about It. Whon tho Amplifying the Idea. "Young Mosslekus has bought a patch of ground In tho suburbs nnd thinks ho Is going to got rich on It Ho's u crank on what thsy call Inten sive farmlug." "Yes, and ho goes in for intensive ocurtlng, too. He has just married a girl ho uover saw uutll a week ago." Season of Calmness. Jane Jones said to me: "lu caso of not knowln' what to do next, I'vo found It handy to sot around a spell and do nothln'. Arter that you'ro al ways some calmer und kin hoop your self in. rCIift-.(MlRlthOjg5i WfeJ &M fcV" Naff But the view from tin altitude of 3fa0 feet as splendid, and at night, when tho moon camo out over tho thousands of lights of river und bay, tho sight was enchanting. Tho "sky pilot" who led tho way said that tho heat was not overwhelm ing to him up thoro or to his house hold at any timo. "for," ho remarked logically, "if thero is any breeze go ing, don't wo got it?" "Do you over hnvo any mosqultoca up here?" "Very seldom." "How about thunderstorms?" "Being near tho clouds doesn't nrnko it any worse." Being a3kod if ho did not miss U10 grass and flowers ho sighed a llttlo, recalling soino country bower, no doubt, but quickly pointed out a bed of flowers In a cupola that "tho boya" called their "flower houno" or "hot house." "So you havo boys? And how do they enjoy this elevation?" "At first they thought It was tho greatest out, but you know how kids aro. It all lost its novelty in time, and now they think moro of tho sub way than of tho sights from so great a height as this." wait sovcral years was out of tho question. And so Moran loft his plow standing In tho furrow, tho team still unhitched, and In his shirt sleeves olopod with Jenny Hosmer, who wore nothing but a llttlo dress o' cheap calico. Being without a penny, tho two walked along tho railroad ties to Mus kogee. When this city was reached at four o'clock In tho morning Jenny had already tired of a poverty-stricken lovo, and she "sent Wcsloy back to Oktaha." Taking tho maiden nt her word, back to Oktnhn Moran walked. Tho girl's aunt and guardian, Mrs. John Newberry, who camo to the city look ing for tho girl, found her at tho homo of J. It. Redding on Oak street. When the 1111 11 1 rode up before the house in tho polico patrol, Jenny climbed In, smiling, but said not a word. On tho long ride back to head quarters she refusod to answer ques tions, but later told a reporter that sho had sent Wesley homo. In tho enmo llttlo calico dress In which sho eloped, Jenny was taken back to her homo In Oktaha. Tho two camo to Muskogeo, tho girl said, bocauso sho liked to seo a big city, and Wesley did, too. Jenny says sho Is sixteen, but sho looks not moro than thirteen. Spirits in Suit Tho evidence, asldo from testimony showing good character of tho liti gants and their ability to provido for tho girl, deals almost exclusively with matters spiritual, so that Judgo Ban slor was put in a position where ho must net as umpire between two dis putatious spooks. Tho principal oral witnesses wero the grandmothers, but a lot of docu mentary evidenco was submitted, all purporting to have emanated from tho spirit world. Mrs. Edwards testified that sho was ablo to get Into commu nication with hor son. Bart, father of of Jeanetto, more satisfactory when sho had tho child with her and that ho was far happier under such cir cumstances than when hl3 child was with hor maternal grandmother. Mrs. Robinson gave precisely simi lar testimony with respect to tho spirit of her daughter, and gavo this as tho principal cnuso of action. On cross-examination sho admitted sho was not fully informed on all tho Ins nnd outs of spiritualism and was not entirely clear as to whether sho actu ally talked to hor daughter or wheth er It was only hor "subconscious solf" with whom sho conversed, but sho was suro tho influenco of her daugh ter was directing her In tho suit Children for $1 man camo to me and said: 'I will ltve hero, 1 own you, you boloug to mo, 1 paid for you,' I thought ho wns crazy. I said, 'you won't llvo hero,' and I tried to drive him out of tho house; then ho showed mo my marriage cer tificate and said ho had bought mo for $1. I snatehod It from him, nnd I havo It now whore he can't get if but I am afraid." iwuKinumo uugues sent two o. his officers to tho woman's homo tc verify hor story. Tho youngators were huddled to gether on tho kitchen floor boforo tho stove, which apparently had not had iro ui u ror uaya. The baby of nine months was crying, and the other two Joo, Ave, and George, a year or bo' younger, wore gnawing at chips ot wood which they had picked up in the stroot to klndlo a flro. Thero wns not a vestige of fowl lu tho houso and the children wero bluo with cold nnd half starved. In ono of tho upper rooms tho officers found an emaciated boy, Mrs. Uuglsa's brother, who recently enmo from Poland, nud who is mirror ing with tuberculosis. Mngistiato Hughes provided enough money to buy food for tho family tor a fow days. The Night Owls. Oldbach Do you believe in heredi tary Influences T Youngpop Suro; now my baby Is wakeful at night, nnd 1 fully believe it Is Just because my wifo nlwnys In sisted on sitting up and waiting for me to como homo. First Choice. Mr. Jawback My dear, I was one ot tho first to lenvo. Mrs. Jawback Oh, you always say that" Mr, Jawback I can provo It this time. Look out In tho hall and see tho beautiful umbrella I brought homo. mm ADVERTISING MAN. , Here Is an occupation open to & your boy that Is certain to be ! profitable If he Is able to be- $ . come proficient In It. It de- J manas a tnir amount or talent V and unlimited energy and per- A .. .. All. .. Ill A O phase of modern business life has shown moro prog ress during the past two decades than advertising. Formerly there was llttlo In the business to develop or utlllzo talent of a high order or to commnnd especial respect from tho public. Tho modern successful adver tising man is an influential factor In business nnd even in public life nnd recolves n salary commensurato with his ability. The managers of the sales departments of tho largest business concerns aro but tho highest type of advertising men and upon their direct efforts rests tho prosperity of such in stitutions. Governments, oven, hnvo uso for tho ad. man and do not hesl tato to give him ample remuneration for the results he obtains by means of stimulating popular Interest. Thero is no occupation your boy could choosq that offers brighter pros pects it only he exerts himself and all his tnlent and energy and Is deter mined to get to tho top. It Is not es sential that ho should possess excep tional qualifications for the work. As in most kinds of life work, hard work and study will carry him to the de sired end In this case, a loftier pin nacle than may bo attained in most business careers. Assuming, then, that your boy wishes to mnko a stir In tho world as a director of publicity, that ho' is 1G or so years of ago and has had the usual schooling, IiIb first stop will bo to go to ono of tho large ndvortlsing agencies nud ask opportunity to begin at the bottom. As in other beginnings, his first Job will bo that of ofllco boy, and his pay $5 or so a week. However, he will be given work right at tho beginning that is tho very foundation of all advertis ing. He will be shown that advertis ing measurement and cost nro based on tho agate line, nnd will bo set to figuring up the spaco taken In various publications by different advertisers, nil of which Is put Into tables for fu ture reference. Thero nre 14 ngato lines to an Inch. The length of the lino is tho width of the column. The cost Is estimated at the rate of so much an ngato line. Through tho business handled by his firm ho will become familiar with tho writing of advertisements, the charges made by different publica tions, the field covered by thorn, what tholr circulation is, what special class of advertisers patronizes given mnga zincs or other publications, what pub lications nre boRt ndnpted to facilitate tho sale of various articles, what form and slzo of advertisement to use, ex ercising his artistic and publicity sense by becoming familiar with the display value of various kinds ot type, etc. As ho advances in knowledge of all theso things, nnd thereby becomes of gi enter value to his employer, your boy's pay will steadily increase until, nftor a couple of years, lie will prob ably be getting fl'O or so a week, nnd will be on n fair road to higher and more rapid advancement. Advertising agencies are firms that place the advertising and publicity work for companies or individuals that do not nuilntuln their own adver tising departments. Thus John Doo & Co.. wholesale hardware merchants, conclude thnt this year they will spend $20,000 In ndvertiBlng; so they arrango with an agency to distribute this money for them, tho agency se lecting tho publications or other means and apportioning tho outlay where it will do tho most good. For this work the agency receives a com mission of 10 to IT. per cent., not from the hardware firm, but from tho pub lications. Therefore, tho principal soliciting done by tho agency ib to got these ac counts from advertisers. As the agencies themselves aro solicited by magazines and other publications, your boy becomes familiar with both sides of the game. Your boy's advancement to tho po sition of solicitor will depend entirely upon hlmsoir. Naturally ho will have to possess a protty good knowledge of the business, ho ns to meet all argu ments and objections from persons who also aro woll informed, and he must present an apponrnuro that will beget confidence. Probably ho will not be competent to do all this until he has horn with nn agency for suv oral years; hut all tins time ho will ho improving himself In the ofllco and becoming an authority on advertising generally, llo will be earning Irani $15 to $20 or even more n week by tho time he Is in his early twenties, if he has npplled himself assiduously to his work. Then will come his determination to lncrense tho business of tho firm by his own efforts and he will go out nftor an account. If ho succeeds ho will recolvo ono-thlrd of the commis sion the agency gets. Thus, If ho per suades tho manufacturer of a faco cream to let his Jlrm spend $10,000 in advertising, the ngency will recolvo at least $1,000 commission from tho pub lications solocted, and your boy will get $:I33 of this. Ho Is now a full fledged solicitor V - severance, dui me outcome win v bring him satisfactory financial J reward and may even lead to J J something far beyond that. It p Ic a calling that offers practical- X , ly unlimited possibilities, $ By C. W. JENNINGS. j .,.,.,,.,.,,,.,,,. J! JJ S7 and it will not be long until his earn ings aro largo. If ho shows that ho can got large business ho will bo put at that work exclusively and ulti mately will bo mado a member of tho firm or will establish ono of his own. Tho possibilities of this business aro shown somowhat by tho fact that tho largest agencies handle ns high as ?3,000,000 lo $5,000,000 a year, of which their commissions 'nre more than ono-tenth. Deduct office ex penses, fees to solicitors, etc., and you can seo what the earnings may be. Another opportunity is likely to como to him even before ho is mado a member of the firm ho may bo asked to enter tho employment of a manu facturing or Jobbing or other concern as advertising manager or manager of tho sales department The salary in this position may bo very large. There aro numerous Bales managers who receive as much as $25,000 a year; for upon their efforts rests tho prosperity of the business, and tho man who handles advertising and other publicity business Is supposed to know where tho expenditure of a dollar will bring bnclc many more. His experlenco as advertising agent gives him an accurate knowledgo of how to spend money to get the best results. The writer Is acqualntod with three young men ' who established them selvos as a firm of publicity experts, catering principally to tho exploitation of lnrge business Interests. Thoy raado arrangements with ns many as 5,000 newspapers throughout the coun try so that, upon payment of stipulat ed charges, they could secure simul taneous publication in all of these pa pers of whatever project they wero booming. Before long they wero handling tho exploitation of large trncta of land in the south, and even undertook successfully tho direction of a vigorous campaign started by a largo stato to attract settlers. This led to their entering into a Hlmllnr arrangement with ono of the great South American republics. Now they aro making literally loads or money. Tho bend of this partnership Is In the early forties and his chief partner only about 35. Sooner or later your boy should havo a fow years' experience in the advertising department of a newspa per; for there he will bo given the variety of work at top speed and in every branch of the business thnt Is almost essential in one who expects to reach the top. He can get so inti mate a knowledgo of people and their wants In almost no other walk of llfo. If he wishes to remain with tho nows paper or magazine, his goal will be that of advertising manager, or busi ness manager, which, commercially speaking, is tho most important post on the publication. (CopyriGht, 1910, by the Assoclutcd Lit erary Press. )' Plea of a Purist. Thus writes a purist of Dorchester: "For tho honor of Boston culture, will you not call attontion to tho proper pronunciation of the new vocabulary concerning airships? Positively, It sots olio's teeth on edge to hear about 'a-ro-o-planes' and 'a-re-o-nots,' to say nothing of 'Bleerotts' and 'biplanes' and 'avayshun. It is bad enough to seo 'airplanes' in bold type, but 'a-re-o-plane' is tough. Say a word, too, about that terriblo new coinage 'onto.' When the bravo 'arc-o-not' gets up onto' his ear.' it is really pretty bad. but not so dangerous as to get up 'onto his hanjer.' And while you uro about It. do ask 'cm to take time to say 'telephone' and not that dreadful 'phone.' Sho who 'phones' so often woars a gigantic coiffure and some what germy fillet, nnd exhibits a vast amount of dentistry for tho money. And a3k her, too, not to buy a 'rimlet' of 'voyel' for her dross, nor to take 'Johanna HofC if she wishes to 're Juce.' Or, if the subject is too largo for your spuce, will you just ask the Colonel, who finds opportunity to nd Just atomic as well as cogmtc affairs?" Bobtou Transcript. Feared Census. Britain's House of Lords was for nearly half a century an Implacable opponent of a census of tho popula tion, fearing a growth of sentiment politically antagonistic to the landed aristocracy as tho result ot the dis closure of tho rapid growth of tho commercial cities and manufacturing towns. The first census of England, in 1807, revealed a total population of 8,892,53G, not much more than London has today. Sorry He Spoke. Mr. Snapp What a spectacle that Mrs. De Coltay was, sitting there In tho box without a thing on hor shoul del s. Mrs. SnuppNothlng on her shoul ders? Why, John Snapp, your eyes weren't off them five minutes while wo wore in the theater. No Reason for Pride. "W won't print any such stuff as thnt!" said tho editor, loftily, us he hnnded back tho manuscript. "Well, you needn't be so haughty about It," rotortod tho Irregular Con tributor. "You'ro not tho only ono who won't print It." Tit-Hits. Might Be Improved. "That policeman whq comes to seo you, Hrldgot Is he nn officer of good standing?" ".list fnlr. mum; he's a bit stoop hhouldcred." She Knew the Symptoms. "What makes you think he had been to a drinking party?" "Ho enmo homo," bobbed the young wife, "wealing u phonograph horn for a hat" IAWMPt jfr Yon'll bo de-fjk K kr lightod with the re- kB Mr suits of Calumet Baking B m Powder. No disappoints H mm no flat, heavy, soggy biscuits, B M cake, or pastry. Q H Just tho lightest, daintiost, most B ft uniformly raised and most deli- K clous food you ever ate. K L IUehNlM(hitrmrdWarM'a JW JL Pur Food ExptUon, jbB kw chiu9, ior. mjF MADE HIS ESCAPE IN TIME Metaphors of Millionaire Found No Response In the Breast of the Farmer. Tho millionaire accepted tiio farm er's cordial invitation to rldo, and with much scrambling gained a scat on top of tho hay. "My good man," said tho millionaire, patronizingly, "this swaying, rolling, sweet-scented divan is a couch upon which I could win slumber and bo ir resistible to tho arms of Morpheus whenever I courted sweet sleep." Tho farmer stiffened. "I'll hear no more of your talk; I'm a respectable married man, an I'll ask you where you'ro goln' so I can avoid the place.' Dreamily the millionaire smiled. "I'm getting back to Mother Nature., who has been outraged and abused by mo for years; I am a broken man. and she will forgivo mo and bring mo back to health." Tho farmer stopped tho team and pulled a threo-tlned pitchfork from tho braco socket but his passenger was gone. Success Magazine. ON THE RAILROAD TRAIN. First Passenger So you're a base ball umpire, oh? I'm a banker, and. I guess It's been 20 years since I was. insldo of baseball grounds. Second Passenger Well, I guess-. It's l)pen about 20 years since I wac insldo of a bank. Feeble Guardianship. "I wonder," said tho Sweet Young Thing, "why a man Is always so frightened when ho proposes?" "That," said tho Chronic Bachelor, "is his guardian angel trying to hold; him back." Stray Stories. Getting the Worst of It. "Bllgglns isn't very lucky In driving, bargains." "No. Ho says lie can't even chango his own mind without getting the worst of tho deal." Reducing the walta between the acts will not lighten a heavy play. It Does The Heart Good To sec how the little folks enjoy Post Toasties with cream Sweet, crisp bits of pearly while corn, rolled and toasted to an appetizing brown. "The Memory Lingers" TOSTUM CEREAL CO., Ltd., Uattle Cieck, Mich. V. grflflt mm J&&U &i4m& ,iv ii i w i.r. r dw-i