r;
.illE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: DECEMHETl 15. 1007.
SPARKLERS 0N.I1ER SHOES
Kr. Og-tfm Ooelet . Row , Wean
Bejewelled fiucklei.
KATROU CBEATES BIO SENSATION
Ho Arts at WHtn at Dake
Roibargae's Slater Cavaea
t'haarrla to Boa-la-Law.
jUONDON. Dec. 14 (Special. In society
tiers there is much talk about the diamond
Mrt. Ogden Ooelet wears on her shoes. At
the rnarrisje of the Duke of Roxburghe'e
Wr they caused mora stir than the bride
aeraelf, . and afterward at the reception,
little groups of people atood around Mrs.
Ooelet endeavoring to get a glimpse of
the amaslng gems.
tSj the way, ia It a custom of youra In
Wear York to wear Jewels on your outdoor
Shoes? Hera even ordinary metal bucklea
are not considered in good taste out of
doors. Since Mrs. Bradley-Martin wore
two yards of diamonds round her neck one
afternoon yeara ago In Hyde park nothing
hh caused such a sensation as Mrs. Ogden
Octet's bejewelled shoes.
They say the Duke of Roxburghe was
about as vexed aa a man coujd be with his
tnotlier-lnVlaw far encasing her dainty little
fort thus. When all Is aald and dune, aha
baa the right to please herself, and as a
relative of the family remarked: "It would
tm' no business of his If she chose to go
barefooted with diamonds on her toes."
Jt would seem that Mrs. Ooelet made up
kef mind to outrival the kalscrtn, who the
previous week had appeared at the stattj
ban at Windsor castle with diamond buckles
on her shoes. In the case of her Imperial
majesty, bowtver, this was permissible, .aa
they were worn In the evening. This makes
all the difference.
The unkind people said Mr. Ogden Ooelet
wdlre hers In broad daylight so that the
newspaper people and the nubile might see
them and talk about them. If such was
her ambition she has certainly achieved It,
Kaiser's Big Tip.
The kaiser's gift of 110,000 for distribution
among the big and little flunkeys of Wind
aor castle, by way of an acknowledgment
of .'he king's hospitality to him, haa called
attention to the prevalence of the custom
here of "tipping", the servants of one'a host
or hostess. It In an abominable custom.
There Is nothing to be said In Its defense,
It Imposes a heavy tax on slender purses,
Hospitality deserves some other name when
It has to be paid for In this fashion. T be
a guest for a few days at a fashionable
country house costs far more than what
one would be charged, at a first-class hotel
li am -told that this practice does not
obtain In America; that, In fact, an Amerl
can would feel Insulted if his guest should
ti hla
tilng.
WNuld
his servants. But here, as a general
the man or woman whom you visit
feel Insulted If you didn't. It might
have been reasonably expected of Ameri
cana tn society here that they would .have
aet their faces against this pernicious prac
tice. . But they have not done so. They
prefer to conform to a bad English cus
tom rather than abide by the better stand-
art of conduct in their own land. Their
rule seems to be -not merely when In
Roma to do as tbe Romans do, but to go
J?m one better. All the wealthy Amerl
ctff peeresses sanction the tipping of their
aervanta by their guests. And when It
comes to tipping, the Americans are the
worst offenders. They do If on a. most
lavish scale. They are open' to the charge
of having put up the rates, which before
their aflvent were exorbitant enough, good
naaa knows. This la especially notloeable
In the matter ot shooting parties. There
are acores .of people who are oc mpelled
to" refuse Invitations to "shoots" because
If la Impossible for them to tip on th
aoale expected by - the aervanta of their
hosts.
' Gold Everywhere. ' .
The man who does not giva $38 to the
head gamekeeper after a three' or four
.tfijys' Vshoot" Is regarded by that august
ptsonage a "no gentleman. . Ho la also
expected to give gold to the butler, foot
'wan and the chauffeur and various other
retainers, so that his few days' sport run
him Into within measurable distance of
H09. People in ordinary circumstances ask,
"la It worth It?" And however dearly
they love sport, decline Invitations, for, aa
they say.- they can take a small shoot
, aha have It "on their own" for the tipi
' they have to give during the season
other people's servants. '
-.'There la one and only one honors bt
exception that X know of among Amerl
' nans prominent in society here with re
pact to the extortion of tipa from guests.
And that exception is furnished by the
. ' Bradley-Martina At Balmaacan, ' their
. Scotch country seat, a notice Is printed
1ft every bedroom that no tips are to be
given to the aervanta. It la a thousand
. '. ttea that mora Americans do not follqw
', heir example.
' We expect the duchess of Marlborough
back In London at any moment. It la ra-
, ported that ahe haa grown quite home
ak.'k and la pining for England, or, at all
Making Good.
There la no way of making lonftna
' friend Ilka "Making Good;- and Doctor
fierce medicines well exempmy uus,
ea4 their friend, after more than two
. dscadea of popularity, are cumbered by
tne hundreds of thousand. They have
"made good" and they have not made
- drunkards.
. A good, honest, square-deal medicine of
known composition Is Dr. Pierca'a Ooldca
Medical Dtntevery. It still enjoys an Im-
. mens sale, while most oi the prepara
tions that nave come into Vroinlnence In
. the earlier period of Its popularity have
"gone by the board and are never mora
heard of. There must be some resnoa for
this long-time popularity and that is to
ha- found In Its superior merits. When
owe given a fair trial for weak stomach,
' or for liver and bluod affections, lu supe-
,. , rlor curative quallilea are soon manifest;
' hence it has survived and grown lu pop
ular favor, while scores of less meritorious
articles have suddenly flashed into favor
j r a brief period and then been as soon
IX rotten.
or a torpid liver with ita attendant
Indigestion, dyspepsia, headache, per
ispS dullness, foul breath, nasty cos led
tojigue. with bitter taste, loss of appetite,
' . with dlstress-rfier eating, nervousness
'. and debility, nothing- Is so good as Dr.
iierce'S Gulden Medical Discovery. It's
: an honest, square-deal medicine with all
lu Ingredient printed on bottle-wrapper
no secret, no hocus-pocus humbug,
therefore don't accept a wbttltut thst
the dealer may possibly make a little big
.. ger pro tit. ' IntUt on your right to have
a hat you rail fur.
Don't buy Dr. Korea's Favorite Prescrip
tloa expecting It la prove a cure-all." It
i Is only advised for woman's sjxrfcii all
menu. It make weak women strong and
. aick women well. Less advertised than
some preusratluns sold for like purpooes.
ita sterllr.g cursttve virtues still maintain
u posiiiuu ia me irons rsnaa, where it
' tlood over two decades ago. As an ln
' vtgorstlng tonic and sire ng thenlng nerv
i Ine It Is uiieniualed. It won t Satisfy those
.A who want'booie," for there is not a drop
. tit alcohol In It.
. Dr. Herce'a Pleasant Pellets, theortt
fi'it Little Liver Puis, although the tirt
- jjill Of their kind In the market, still lead,
sud when once tried are ever afterwards
lu favor. ty to take as candy one to
threo a duaa. Much iinuaUd hut ttcner
events, for her children, . from whom she
can never bear to be long separated. .
Her frienda arev all Immensely Interested
In the beok she t aald to be writing- on
meTlca's prison system as compared with
the prison system ' In England. She . al
ready has had handsome offers from pub
llshers here, but she Is sticking out for
high terms, aa she means to present the
sum she receives for the book to- her
creche in Bloomsbttry. ' .
. Woodstock Hopes for Peace.'
The people of Woodstock, of whlchthe
duke haa accepted the mayoralty for this
year, are living In the hope that the. much
talked of settlement between him and. the
duchess may .be effected aoon aa otherwise
there will be little entertaining at Blenheim
which' means a considerable toss of money
to the little town. Of all the matrtmcnal
separations In high life which have taken
place In England In recent years there
ha been- none which haa caused such
gossip . and such bitter quarrels - among
friends as the Marlborough. One half of
the duke's family aide with his wife.-' no
bly his mother, the Marohloness of Bland-
ford, 'who says "he la a chip of the old
blook" a reference, of course, to his dis
solute ratner Horn wnom sne procured a
divorce. . Most of his' aunts, who include
Lady Sarah Wilson, stand by him and say
rather appalling things about his American
wife. So there It Is. Meanwhile, the duch
ess's fsther pays with unerring regularity
each quarter 112,500 for the upkeep of
Blenhel m bo thftt th duks will not bo com-
pelled to let It.
' Maer Americans la Field.
The oldest followers df the amarU hunts
say they have no recollection of ever hav
ing seen such a large contingent of Ameri
cans in the field as thia season.
Thomas Hitchcock, with hla great friend.
David Gray, the well-known author- of
Oablops," Is at Hambleton hall, a delight-'
ful place near Oakham, which he has taken
for the season. Both mostly rldo Ameri
can horses though several new Iriah hunt
era have Just been added to the stable at
Hambleton. With his hunting David Oray
Is accomplishing a double object, aa he Is
making notts for ' another of his racy
volumes. - ...
Another American of whom, a good deal
waa seen In the field Is R. K. Beeakman of
long island. His recent accident, .which
was rather more serious than waa at first
supposed, will keep, him out of sport for
some little time.. A sprained wrist la gen
erally tedious. . ;
Lady Alaatalr Innes-Ker seem determ
ined to emulate the ladles of her husband's
family as she purposes to go In heartily for
hunting. She and Lord Alaatalr have Just
taken Wooden Mouse which Is close by
loora Caatle and from there both mean to
do a great deal of punting. It will be In
teresting to know how this American bride
will enjoy the sport. Her countrywomen
go In but little for such, pastlmer. One can
count almost on the fingers of one hand the
American women who here, at all events,
are among modern Dianas.
LADY MART.
STATUE THAT- MADE TROUBLE
Londoa Medical fetadeata RnhI
leal Vtadeat
a on ' Menorl
the Dog.
Inscription on Memorial tor-
LONDON, Dec. 14. (Special.)-Excitement
still ram high among the warring clan of
vivisection and antl-vlvlaectlon In the Eng
lish metropolis. Since the first ' assault of
the band of University and Middlesex college-hospital
students upon the "Little
Brown Dog"' whtoh ha been erected In
Batteraea in memory of a tr4ewsrh. had,
been "done to death In the laboratories, of
University college," there has been no
fresh attempts to: destroy ' It. but that la
no doubt due to the fact that it haa been
guarded night and day by the police.
The canine statue haa long been an eye
sore to the large band of medical students
In London attending colleges and hospitals,
where vivisection la still practiced. - It has
been especially offensive to - the student
of the University college., for that Institu
tion is named particularly In the Inscrip
tion on the base and pedestal on whtoh the
dog la placed. Besides being a' memorial
to a particular . terrier, who died In - the
hospital In February, 1902,-- the Inscription
CENTFR OF A DISPUTE.
Btatue of the Brown Dog, "Done to Death
at University College. London," Which
Has Been the Cause of Bitter Animosity
Since It Was Ereoted by the Antl-Vlvl-sectlonists.
Recently There Have Been
Sevfral "Brown Dog", Demonstrations
try Medical Students of London. -
add that it also marks the death of "tho
22 dogs vivisected In the same placs In the
year 1902."
The statue waa erected by the Interna
tional Antl-VIviseotlon council. For a long
time it went begging for an acceptor, for
Ixmdon boroughs were ehary of exrltlng
the storm of protest thst was certain to
follow Ita erection. Finally the council
found a friend In Batteraea. where there
la an antt-vtvlaectlon hospital. 8o the
"brown dog" was erected there and duly
unveiled to the accompaniment ot much
eloquent denunciation of ratline torture In
the name of science.
The money had been raised by popular
subscription ' among sympathisers, with
Hon. Stephen Coleridge, ths leader of the
antl-vlvlsectlon movement in this country
snd a son of the lata Lord Chief Juatlrn
Coleridge, In his attacks on vlvlsectlonlsts
Mr. Coleridge had said soma hard things
of Dr. Bayllsa of the University college and
accused him of torturing a dog. The doctor
ucd Mr. Coleridge for libel and was
awarded IIO.Cka damagea. It was a crush
ing verdict, but such indignation did It
arouse among th anil-vlvleectlonUta shnt
wiuun a lew weexa iney auDacriDea SJU,u.
wl.K'h, after satisfying all claims arising
out of the lawault, added 15.00 to the funds
of the society. So It was really a triumph
for the friends of the dog and ths statue
was one of the results.
The assault upon the statue was made
under th cover of one of London's No
vember fogs, when days are aa the Bight.
A sledge hammer was used, but th arrival
of the police prevented mure than a slight
Injury to th memorial. Ten students were
arraatad and next morning fined -i each
by an Irate magistrate, who threatened two
months Imprisonment ta all who had th
nerve to repeat the offence.
Announcements, wedding stationery and
calling oards, blank book asd magaxln
blndlftf. 'Peon Dou. 16tH. A. L Root, lac,
Amazonian
k dxv m
BRITISH
IjONDON. Dec. It f&neclal.l Were It
.... . . i j i .
in k- , ., .,iw,, , .rr
In the increasing activity of the sufiraget-
tea in England there would be abundant
cause for alarm In the vehemence of the
leaders of the movement and their repeated
attacks UDon the "marked" members of the
: . . . . ..... .
...
not lacking that men like Mr. H. Asqulth,
chancellor of the exchequer, and Herbert
Gladstone, the homu secretary, who are
i tii - ,,rn,.
VICltt; IIWDVIIS IV l 1 1 fllW, lllTliL T V ' O
for Women" are thnrnuehlv scared Both -
of them have declared that they will not
speak at liberal meetings unlees women are
excluded, having had their fill of the
variety of Interruptions meted out to them
at their public meetings by such militant
suffragettes as Miss Annie Kenney and
Miss Chrlstabel Pankhurst.
Nor Is the alarm Confined to these two
members of the liberal government. A bill
COUNT PUCKLER AS LUNATIC
Aatl-Seialtle Aitator Held t'p la
This Light la Ger
' many.
BERLIN, Dec. it. tfepeclal.) At" last It
seems probable that a termination lias been
put to the pernlolou activjty of Count Wal
ter Puckler, the notorious anti-Semitic
agitator. He will no longer be allowed to
Indulge publicly In his favorite pastime
Jew baiting. He has been adjudged a
dangerous lunatlo and the other afternoon
was arrested at a fashionable hotel here
and conveyed under police escort to Dall
dorf asylum.
But It Is not his fulminatlons against the
Jews which have led to hi suppreselonV It
la for something which, under German law,
I regarded aa a far more heinous offense.
He haa been guilty of leae majeste. He has
abused the sacred person of , the kaiser.
And no man sane or Insane can be allowed
to- do that with Impunity.
Count Puckler has for many yeara been
the most Implacable foe of the Semitic race
In Germany. He has delivered hundreds
of speeches against them and written score
of pamphlet denouncing them. He organ
ised a band of armed retainer on his own
estate to harry and persecute them. ' He
regarded them a a people entirely beyond
tbe pale of human mercy. He has fre
quently declared that an one who mur
dered, a Jew conferred a public benefit and
performed an act which would be applauded
In heaven. - His 'chief ambition was to In
troduce Into Germany that species of
massacre known tn Russia as "pogroms."
Because of his rank, his wealth and oratori
cal gifts of no mean order, he did succeed
In .stirring up much Ill-feeling against the
Jews among certain classes, and Inciting
many acts of violence against them. -
He . has been frequently prosecuted, sev
eral times fined, and has been Imprisoned
more than once for' his Incendiary haran
gues. More recently he haa been acquitted
on the ground that he waa "non compos
mentis." Secure in the Immunity from
punishment this conferred upon him he
oontlnued his agitation. Thereafter, as long
as be confined himself to advocating the
murder of the Jews, the authorities took
no further ateps against him, treating htm
aa a harmless lunatic But when He began
to attack the kaiser. In their estimation he
became a dangerous lunatic. It was be
cause of the kaiser's partiality for Herr
Ballln, and other Hebralo captains of in
dustry In the fatherland, that he Incurred
Count Puckler'a hostility. The count wrote
two or three abusive pamphlets assailing
him. In the asylum In which he Is con
fined, he wllUb allowed to write anything
he pleases, but It won't be printed.
WOMAN'S GARMENTS WRONG
Aataor-Artlst Bays She la real
os Which to Haag
Fatah loa.
LONDON. Dec. It. (Special.) They say
over here that Dion Clayton Calthrop Is
evidently going to be a credit to his "line,
and prove anew the truth that the sons
and grandsons of famous fathers and
grandfathers are not necessarily nonenti
ties. Calthrop's lineage Is Indicated in his
name part of his lineage, anyway for the
whole of It would take as much name as
a Spanish royalty.
Calthrop will not be celebrating his 80th
birthday until next year, but has succeeded
In jetting a lot done. But It Is as an au
thority on dress that this author-artist
; The Country kit of the Cfcllhroj)
m
Suffragettes Scare
a-
- V 'jrV-
Hit!) U?M: "imi
1,..filirr,,tv
SUFTRAGKTTES AS "SANDWICH WOMEN."
la to be introduced in Parliament closing
Dnwnlnsr street, which contain the official
residence of the prime minister, aa a pub-
.... . , . ,
Ho right-of-way. Many choose to see In
tn an attempt to forestall an attack by
the enraged suffragettes. The move has
not dlacnuraaed the leadera of the women,
nowever. -
The same meet nc 1 ustrates admirably
the humor which has relieved the serious-
neM Qf tfc- A ban(J of Mudrnta
nnd arrlved eary and had 8ecured front
aeats. They refused to allow the speakers
rt . k,.. ui.. m.vi.t.i,.! cmkKnHt
lJ I , a I V. . V," iu.... a .,
who haa a sham wit and a ready retartee
that seldom falls to turn the laugh on her
Interrupter, stood on" her feet for an hour
trying In vain to get a few words In edge-
ways. Finally ahe gave way to her mother,
It was at this stage of the proceedings
that the student played their trump card.
Dead mice began falling In the laps of the
prominent . suffragette who sat on the
stage under the gallery. A few screams
seems . to have attracted most attention,
and as his views thereupon are rather un
conventional, It waa on this subject that
I sought an Interview with him. His com
ments were surprising, and I set them
down here . word for ord as he gave
tem: . .
"Do I think I could make a radical
change in women's view on dress? Most
DION CLAYTON CALTHROP.
certainly, and In men's views, too. Not one
woman In a thousand has the least con
ception of how to dress. She usea herself
as a peg on which to hang fashions. She
refuses to treat herself as a personality.
She Is a bundle of over-expensive gar
ment wrongly devised and badly worn
that Is, worn without any reference to
herself as an Individual with a unique
tsody, a separate existence In fact, a soul,
"The ordinary woman's figure face, ex
pression, hair, charges with every stray
wind in fashion's room. She is athletic
for one year, dreamy th next, bold, with
a cheap Parialenne flavor, Spanish, any
thing but herself. Let her be always the
same Just an ego separated from all other
V
V
r 1 -jj
f A t ' ' a ,, i
' m.. .-vaa. -.v-WV ts3- 4
-v .1
t -h-V. -.,
f -- Vi : .
BRADBOURNB HALL.
Family, Which Trace Its History in Norfolk, England, Back to the Ytar suu.
Englishmen
f 4 i.
were followed by a chorus of screeches and
a panic was narrowly averted.
Realising the situation Mrs. Pankhurst
... , ,, nT,n,m the
"threw up the sponge" and announeea ira
meeting at an end- In ten minutes the
hall was as desolate and deserted aa a last
year's bird's nest.
Mr. Asqulth and Mr. Gladstone, as the
marked men oi tne present suvci n.,...v
have had some experiences w-lth the sui
fragottes which they arc not anxious to
repent. At West Leeds a meeting addressed
by the latter gentleman waa a complete
fniinrn Ar-rnuHA nf the Interruptions of
........ .
women, "file suffragettes were ejected by
"bouncers" aa fast as they mode their
presence known, but so many of them hsd
been distributed about the hall that the
supply lasted the whole evening. The last
one to be thrown out was Miss Annie
Kenney who seised the hat of the steward
who was carrying her from the room and
hurled it at the home secretary, crying
"You are a disgrace to your name.
egos; building herself up to a knowledge
of what exactly suits her and getting the
very best things always to wear. She will
be able to afford to do that becausa her
fashion will last as long as she lives.
"And how can one make women . begin
to see themselves and notice the nice points
of themselves In a truly artistic way?
Have you noticed how an actress of great
personal charm exert an extraordinary
Influence on the clothes of the day?
she Is playing In a successful piece and
her own performance captures the public
heart, there will spring up replicas of her
all over llie place, ner nair, ner voice, nur
shoes, her -ornaments will be copied by
thousands of women who fondly Imagine
themselves as resembling her. The force
of her Individuality spreads Itself In never
ending circles.
"If I were to dress a modern play
would Invent a new fashion for every
woman who appeared In It. One of the
main roads to the heart runs through the
eye, and there should be beauty police
men always on duty. Then we should not
see smart women In big women's fashions
we should arrive, in the end. In Individual
fashions. Miss X would be always recog
nlzable as Miss X, she would , not be, as
she Is.: the counterpart of the tall blonde
Miss 7. and tie short, dark Miss Y. The
fluffy girls would no longer wear tragic
gowns, and the impressive women would
not wear petite creations."
CLAIMANT FOR VAST WEALTH
Madame Valette, Parisian Widow,
Seeks to Secure for Herself
. Portland Millions.
PARI 8, Dec. 14. (Special.) Since the In
translgeant first told her remarkable story
the "other day, Madame Valette, the Paris-
Ian widow who Is the seventh person to
claim the Portland millions, haa been be
sieged by Interviewers, but has refused to
add anything of note to her original state
ment. At present she has made no plans
for going to England, but has contented
herself with notifying the company formed
there to. prosecute the Druce claim to the
estate that she herself Is the actual heir
ess.
Madame Valette lives In modest circum
stances at 13 Rue Odessa, close to the
Montparnasse station. The better to un
derstand her claim, it Is necessary to go
back to the middle of the last century,
There then resided In the Avenue de
Champa Elysees a well-to-do family which
was frequently visited by Mr. Druce, who
was In business In Baker street, London.
Mr. Druce was captivated by the beauty
Of the mistress of the house and laid
siege to her affections, with the result that
a aon waa born to them. This son was al
ways known by the name of Druce, and,
aa a matter of fact, was always kept well
supplied with funds by his father. The
young fellow grew up and married, and
trie present Mme. Valette Is his daughter
and claims to have been brought' up tn
the house In the Champs Kly sees'. When
she wss 12 years old her other grandfather
died, and both ''ahe and her father were
obliged to leave the house. From this time
onwards Mr. Druce visited them far less
frequently and also cut down their -eUJow-ance,
with the result that he father was
at last obliged to adopt the profession of
a painter of miniatures to get a living.
Mme. Valette, on her side, took employ
ment In a tobacco shop.
MERICANS REAP HARVEST
Many Showing John Ball How to Save
Time and Money,
EMPLOYERS EAGER TO IMPROVE
Dlfflcnltlea Occaaloaally Reislt froa
Employee Old Fogey Methada
Are Gradaally Dlaap
pcarlna. IXDNDON. Dec. 14.-(8peclal. When the
prince of Wales a coupl of years ago at
business men's banquet at the London
Guild hall sounded the bottle-cry, "Wake
up, England" he gave the start to a move
ment for the regeneration of British busl
neas methods, and It haa fallen to the lot
of a number of smart American firm and
Individuals to do the "waking up."
Within the last year there has been a
veritable boom In business system In Eng
land. Every American business man re
members the boom In systeni which began
ten years ago in the United Slates. Card
ndex rystems were as thick as blackberries
In autumn, and the business office that was
not equipped with loose lesf ledgers, boom
typewriters, addressing machines, filing
cabinets and a host .of other appliances
was hopelessly behind the times. Now
these things have become the very mm
monplacea of business In America, but In
England the boom Is Just beginning.'
There Is little danger, however, that we
In England will run across the man who
was so common In America a few years
ago, who ran his business for the sake of
his system, rather than hia system for the
sake of his business. . I have known a man
who employed only twenty people In his
business, but who maintained a staff o
fourteen girls to run the card Index sys
tem by which he kept track of them. He
was surprised when the system ate' up
all his profits from the business.
System In Raslneaa.
The English business man Is going in for
system now, but he is going slower than
the American did. Nevertheless there 1
a great boom In system nublicatlona and
appliances. There are at least hair
dozen publications In London now devoted
to the science of business and all of them
have been started within the last year. All
of them, too, are either being run by Ameri
cans or are branches of existing American
publications. Some of the best known are,
System Organiser," "The Magaslne
Commerce," and-the "Business Men's Mag
aslne." So far they are all weeklies or
monthlies, but the dally business paper I
London Is not far off.
There are at least a dosen firms In London
now supplying up-to-date office furniture,
filing cabinets, Index cabinets, loose leaf
ledgers, book typewriters, addressing ma
chines and all the other paraphernalia of
the scientific business man, and they are all
American, America In fact, is reaping the
harvest of England's business awakening,
One of the men who has come over from
New York to reap his share of this harvest
Is K. W. Johnson of "System." Mr. John
son declares that he Is very much encour
aged by the reception which his magaslne
has met In London, and he predicts a great
future for the man who caters to the wants
of scientific business.
"Of course the growth Is slower here
than at heme," he said to me the other day,
"and we have a good deal of opposition to
encounter. The employers and heads of
businesses are conservative and slow to
change, but when we have converted them,
we find that we are blocked by the em
ployes. They hate a change from the rut
In which they have been accustomed to go,
and' they are afraid that any Improvement
will mean that they will lose their Jobs.
Employes Are Hostile.
"A case In point which I heard of the
other day was that of Huntley ft Palmer,
the great , biscuit manufacturers of Read
ing. An American agent convinced the
heads of the firm of the desirability of In
stalling' an up-to-date office system and a
proper system of calculating factory costs.
He thought that when he had done this
his work was done, but he found that the
plan had to be abandoned becouse of the
hostility of the employes. They simply re
fused to work the system and It had to be
abandoned. .
"In spite ef this opposition we are gain
ing ground steadily. When a man finds that
his competitor is distancing him in the race
for business because he has Installed mod
ern methods and appliances, he soon de
cides that he must be no longer handl
capped by his antiquated plant and ways of
doing things. Every convert that we make
means a dosen more within a few months.
0KC -lit
An Ideal Xmns Present
sfust the thing for father mother, brother, sister, relative '
. or friend something that fits any library or any purse.
The . Globe-Wernicke "I2asticM Bookcase encourages
good reading and the collecting of good books. It's the
corner stone of a good library and a 'higher education.
The original and only perfect sectional bookcase made
and sold at the lowest price. Call and examine our stock ,
Ctow while the assortment is complete. ,
For Sale By Us Exclusively
Orchard & Wilhelm
Another men who Is keenly Interested In
the system boom, but rather from the view
point of the user than of the seller or or
ganiser, la H. Gordon Selfrldge, formerly a
partner tn the firm of Marshall Field Co.
of Chicago, who Is building an up-to-date
dry goods store In London.
Selfrldge to Teach Lesson.
Mr. Selfrldge modestly disclaims all Idea .
of teaching Ixmdonrra how to do business.
but from what I have heard of his plans , -
the dry goods store whli:h he is about to
open will be a revelation to those accus
tomed to the old fogy methods of the
London shopkeepers. Mr. Selfrldge Is a
Strong believer In system and moih-rn meth
ods of business and he preaches the gospel
Of science In trade at every opportunity.
'My Idea of successful merchandising
and all other forms of business." he said, '
Is that every man In the organisation
shall do that which he can do best and
stop when his limit of the best work is '
reached and hnnd It to someone else who
can carry It on at the highest point of
efficiency. Our eysem. If It works prop
erly, tells us how this can be done and
enables ua to reduce the time given to
each particular piece of work,'
I see a Kreat elianuc coining ovrr huM-
ncss methods lu KiHlund.l Tho old plan
of muddling through Is being superseded
by keen Interest and scientific methods.
OnS great reason for that is that a few
years ago business In England was un- '
dignified and carried with it a social
stigma. In America, on the contrary, the
big business man .is the equnl socially with
anyone in the land. In England business
Is now gaining the recognition due to the
ability and other qualities necessary for
the successful business man.
Easiness for Haslness Rake.
"Another reason that England has lHgged
behind has been that business In England
has not been the goal of the business
man. He doea not see the fun and Joy
of successful business. With hlni It has
been a hnlf-way house to n country home,
or a yachts or a grouse moor, and tho
ultimate goal has absorbed tho best of lils
thought and enthusiasm. The new genera
tion of business .men In England Is talc
ing a Joy In business for Ita own sake,
and it Is this type of man who Is study
ing the science of business and equipping
himself with all the modern appliances.
"We hnd a business exhibition In Ixm
don last year and we are going to have
another next year. I was astonished to
see the keen and Intelligent Interest which
the young British buslne3 men took In
the new Ideas and appliances exhibited
there. They are taking up business now
as they used to take up sport, and the man
who does that Is going to win.
"Imagine a fishing competition in which
the man who wants to win fishing with
an antiquated rod and an old-fashioned
reel against competitors equipped with the
very latest scientific appllnr.ces for luring
and catching the fish. There you have the
case of the old-fashioned bustnees s men
In the modern race for wealth.
"My experience Is that the employers In
England are much more ready to listen
to new things than the employes. I have
In mind the case of one Important manu
facturer who has given a system manager
cart blanc to overhaul his fuctory and
make whatever changes In the organiza
tion he thinks fit. The manufacturer does
not agree with many things that the new
man is doing, but ho reallzos that tho man
has the advantage of an outside view.
As a matter of fact,, conservatism Is, as a
rule, laslness. The man who goes on In
the same old rut can go to sleep and let ,
the machine rdn Itself, but the progressive
man must sit up with his reforms and ,
see them through."
'Another branch of business in which .
American methods have bten Introduced
in England Is advertising. There are
dozens- of American . advertising experts
and advertising artists In London and
their methods are becoming more and more
popular every day.
GUESTS AT CACTUS BANQUET
Dr. Leon Klbert Landone of I.oa
Angeles Proves Edibility of (
Frnlt to Friends.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Dec. 14. Dr. Leon
Elbert 'Landona gave a dinner last nlirlit
to six physicians to celebrate the comple
tion of his fourteen days' food test, during
which he ate, almost exclusively, spineless
cactus. At last night's dinner tho menu
consisted of celery and cactus soup, ome
lette with chopped cactus and green pep
pers, fried cactus, salad made of the cactus
fruit, lettuce, celery, sherbet flavored with -the
fruit of the cactus and the Juice of
the cactus fruit as a drink. The guests
expressed themselves as delighted with the
menu.
'
