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About The commoner. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-1923 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 20, 1905)
1 ' 'W JiPPnpwwwiepRPipv m.HPijjppywPBUPP OCTOBER 20, 1905 The Commoner. .ire mighty thankful it Isn't a 'hand l,rrss with you manipulating that old roller on one side while John Marshal Croley swung the lever on the other side. 0, how heavy that old roller used to get! And what ugly blisters you used to dress after the last side was off. But thinking of that old printing ofllco, and of that old Sentinel, is what brings you back, and brings you back, too, with a jar. Just as you are in the middle of memories about the time when you were perched up on a stool in front of a bourgeis case trying to decipher the correspondence from Forbes, or Maltland, or Forest, a grimy faced urchin sticks his head in the door and yells: "Got any more copy to send over?" Then you jump twenty-five years forward and land, ker-plunk! right in the middle of the task of getting out this week's papar; But you have had a delightful ex cursion on a special train over the Recollection & Memory railroad, and you hitch up to the typewriting ma chine and go to work with a light heart and a clear brain. Pshaw! The girls and boys of to day don't have fun like you used to have. It takes 'em too long to dress. Why, you were so anxious to get started that you went right over in the same clothes you wore to school. And now the boys have to send flowers and maybe drive over in a hack. Huh! You used to think you were doing it up brown if you had a dime's worth of mixed candy in a paper bag when "sne" opened the door for you. THE CITY OF UPSIDE DOWN Into the City of Upside Down Two little children fare Tottie so pink and Teddie so brown. All aglowaro this mischievous pair With a mad desire to tumble and tear Everything upright and nothing to spare, In the City of Upside Uown. How we loved the City of Upside Down, Free city of mirth and hurrah, Where mother was queen of a tumbly town, As pleasant as any you ever saw Ruled by Sultan or Padishah For love stood guard, as the only law In the City of Upside Down. Rich were the cars of Upside Down, The chargers many and bold, And every nook had its doll or clown, Every house was a palace of purest gold; And our ruler never would frown or scold When we jdrove like wild through those .darling, old Ruins of Upside Down. But years have passed over Upside Down, And only its glory gleams, i'or she who was queen in a simple gown Has gone to the beautiful' City of Dreams Yet oft like a vision at night it seems The tender smile bt my mother Learns O'er her children, in Upside Down. Dr,ever agaIn in Upside Down Will Tottie and Teddy stray; us a sad, sad place is that lonely town Since its queen and its magic van ished away And tears come unbidden to blind us by day As we dream of the angel of light T at play the City of Upside Down. -Hank P. Gallagher, in the Nebras ka Independent. i "" 13 The Il1111 Greatest Mercantile Establishment in the World i ,,j. 1 1 wtiiim SESESTTn fnfctvrzr Remarkable Expansion in Buildings to Meet Wonderful Business Growth Present Enormous Plant of Montgomery Ward y Co. Further extensive enlarge ments in contemplation. The most successful enterprise of the age. The wonderful growth of Mont gomery Ward & Co., from a single room in 1872 to its marvelous mer cantile palaces of tho present time, as shown in the accompanying illustrations, Is a magnificent tribute to honest merchandising. Today the business if this great concern towers above its imitators and would-be competitors as high as its lofty tower on me L.tn.o rrom 01 unicago lowers over tne passers by on the street below. The eight mammoth separate and distinct structures entirely occupied by Montgomery Ward & Co. exclusively for tho transaction of its colossal business, would, if gathered Into one grand group, be recognized as one of the wonders of the world. Each of these magnificent buildings is a giant in itself, and the total realty holdings of Montgomery Ward & Co., are the very largest of any mercantile establishment in the world. Every foot of the many acres of floor space represented in these structures is crowded with merchandise of every description, fully set forth in their marvelous catalogup, and still there Is insistent demand for additional space to accommodate the Increased and increasing business. Already magnificent plans are in view for further enlargement during the coming year, which will give due consideration to future possibilities, permit of unlimited expansion and development to any magnitude. Not only is this great house the original, the very first In the world to develop the Cata logue idea of selling everything direct to everybody it is also the leader In magnitudo of business done, in growth of It3 patronage, in maintaining Its old customers for the longest periods and In expansion of area year by year to meet business requirements. Its catalogues and its customers are everywhere. It ships goods regularly to every country on the globe, to every inhabited island of the seas, to every state and county in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central and South America, as well as to Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and Oceanica. The magnitude of the business transacted by this vast concern is almost beyond human calculation. We have just finished the printing of a large.new catalogue, number 74, containing the economical bargains and choice selections in every line of merchandise for tho season of 1905-6. This large, illustrated book is the standard Buyer's Guide of the world and com prises nearly 1200 pages, 126,000 different articles, quoted at the very lowest prices. This catalog is the leading and recognized authority on anything that may be purchased in any store to eat, to wear, to use. It is the largest city store brought right to your door. Always complete; always has the latest tnings; always absolutely trustworthy, containing lowest prices on honest goods of the exact quality represented, without exaggeration or falsehood. The policy of this firm is to make its catalogue the undisputed leader, far in advance of anything others can ever hope to attain. ISftty rr my MtCMGAN AVC.ASNCX KB WnK"ilr?y'"' yi tz cyg'i rnHu JPPBSt!.. iWWrayj'T jIB B S jKkIijHBIi BIG Catalog Free The popular Ward Catalogue, very latest edition. 1200 vap.es, a new book from cover to cover. The catalogue that Is known everywhere and liked by everybody. It has been In use for a third of a century and has made friends in all parts of the world. Don't bothor with unreliable, Incom plete catalogues, when you can get tho genuine Ward book for the mereasking. Tl Cut here, fill in carefully, and send to Montgomery Ward & Co., Chicago Send me FREE and prepaid ono copy of your Now No. 74 Catalogue for 1905-6. I saw your adv In Oct. COMMONER. 3. F. D. No.. Name. Post Office, County. State. No Charge 'his Is the catalogue for wldo awake Ibuvors. It's reliable, brand new. com plete in every department honest in descriptions, and quotes the very lowest price for really good merchandise. I No cheap goods at Ward's. Catalogue No. 74 will prove a money saver for you. The complete 1200-page catalogue, very latest edition, will be sent free, postpaid, to eyery grown man or woman who will cut out this coupon and send to us with his or her name and address plainly written. We don't ask you to write a line only your name ana address cut out coupon ana man to Montgomery Ward Co., Chicago Michigan Avenue, Madison and Washington Streets 15 THE BUSINESS OF THE DAY Representative Champ Clark tells of an amusing story in connection with the inauguration of Thomas T. Crittenden as governor of Missouri, a ceremony attended with more frills than any other in the state since the Civil war. According to Mr. Clark, there were on this occasion military organiza tions and bands galore, and sjpecial car loads of people came from Kan sas City and St. Louis to witness the pageant. Captain Hawley of St. Louis was grand marsnal of tne day. Lieutenant Governor Brockmeyer, a quaint character, was presiding over the senate, and as he waited notice of the time for the senate to pro ceed to tho hall of the house of rep resentatives, where tne two bodies in joint session were to receive the new governor, he lolled back in his chair on the president's stand and smoked a big corncob pipe with the utmost nonchalance. The senate lobby was crowded, and senators were in their seats, on tip toe of expectancy, tor the strains of martial music could be heard from all directions. At this juncture a figure in a glittering and brilliant uniform pushed through the crowd and marched half way up tne aisle. This was Marshal of the way Hawley. Drawing his sword, lie made a pro found military salute, and announced with much pomposity: "Mr. President, the governor of Missouri and his staff now approach." Without removing his pipe from his mouth, Lieutenant Governor Brock meyer responded: "Veil, let him come; dat Is vot we are here for." 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