Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, February 09, 1908, HALF-TONE SECTION, Page 4, Image 20

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    MLny Rousing Bargains ii
20c Embroideries, Vkc n fl
u
Ml Mail Orders
All niiJ.il orders filled
except in case of hour
sales or where otherwise
stated. Send in your
order at once.
A Full line of matched sets and
odd pieces of edges, inserting and
wide bands, worth reg
ularly 20o and 28c yahd,
go pn sale at, yard
7k
New Spring Merchandise for Monda.y
Special Lace Sale
THE RELIABLE! STORE.
Linon Torchons, Cotton Torchons, Vals, Zion City,
Nottingham and Cluny Laces, etc. All kinds of
laces and insertings, in ths lot, f
greatest line ever shown in Omaha j
at the price, per yard
Utile Wonder
Cement for fixing anything,
especially In china, brlc-a-brac,
cut glass, etc. It Is
colorless, odorless and re
quires no heating. Trice
Monday 1!5
Demonstration on main flour
you are invited
High Grade Wash Goods Depf.
This is the largest, the finest and the hest
assorted stock of high grade wash novelties
ever seen in the western country all the lat
est novelties from England, France and Ger
many. Bradford Novelties, Lorraine Novelties,
Scotch Zephyrs, Anderson's Ginghams, etc.,
all foreign, at, per yard, $2.50, $1.98, $1.50,
$1.25, 98c, 75c, 59c, 50c, 39c and 25c
Car loads of wash goods from all the Amer
ican mills.
Arnold's silk and mercerized novelties, Galey
Ord's silk novelties, Amoskeag ginghams,
Toil -du Nord ginghams, Lawrence & Co.
novelties, King Phillip's Mills novelties, etc.,
at, yard, 50c, 45c, 39c, 25c, 19c 15c, 12Mc
and 10c
For popular priced wash goods Bee Domestic Room ad.
A Silk Sale Eclipsing All Othersat Hay den Brothers
A purchase of over 30,000 yards of high .grade silks, secured at about 50c on the dollar, from the great auction sale of
VTHE PHOENlX SILK MFG. CO., January 25th, through Greefe& Co., selling agents, corner of Spring and Mercer streets, New
York.' ON SALE MONDAY AT ABOUT HALF REAL VALUE. All fresh, perfect merchandise in the very best colors and
newest weaves for spring wear. Assortment never previously equaled. The Greatest Bargain Opportunities in New Silks Ever.
Those Elegant Silks Displayed in Our Window the Past Pew Days 36-lnch plain and fancy taffetas; 27-inch plaids, checks, stripes, novelties and
plain colors; 19-inch novelties, new Bordeaux stripes, plain Loulsenes taffetaB, Mesealines, Rajahs, rough pongee, etc. in all newest shades
such as mals, coral gray, russet; anaconda and topper brown, Chasseur and Copenhagen blues, biscuit and all shades of reds, TO- liQf
greens, etc., pinks, navy and light blues In two lots values to $1.50 yard at 7 Ut"
Si!9 niS. stripe, check sbort ot nain and Novelty Silks All colors and weaves, from 5
and figured Rajahs; 3G-inch plaids; white, black and colored taffetas;
20, 24 and 27-inch fine novelties; all newest colorings and patterns to 25 yards in a piece, regular value up to 75c yard. On sale, in one
at, yard, 1 1.00 and g5 great lot Monday, in Domestic Room, at, yard ... -38k
BLACK SILKS THE l'HEONIX MILLS BEST NUMBERS IN THIS SALE AT LESS THAN REGULAR MILL PRICES.
ineir 91. wo mack Tarreta, 30 Inches wide. Their $1.60, Black Taffeta, 36 inches wide. Their $1.27, Black Taffeta, 30 inches wide,
'ard $1.35 at, yard S1.10 at. yard 89
Their $1.77. Black Taffeta, 36. inches wide, Their $1.52$ Black Taffeta, 36 inches wide. Their $1.03 Black Taffeta, 36 inches wide,
ara $1.20 at, yard $1.00 at, yard 75
Out-of-Town customers who cannot attend Oils sale should order by MAIL AT ONCE. We will till all orders rect-ived up tiU Wednes-
uay cvfuing ui were very special Bargain prices. rite at once.
-am8 High Grade While Goods Dept.
Matchless Muslin Underwear Bargains Monday
s
We purchased for cash from an overstocked manufacturer over 10,000 garments at a price
which enables us to offer them to our customers at less than actual mil cost, Shirts, Chemises,
Corset Covers, Drawers, etc. Made from fine cambrics, nainsooks, etc. Daintily trimmed with
lace, embroideries, insertings and wash ribbons, all well made, generously proportioned.
Ladies' Skirts, Gowns and Chemises,
worth to $2.00 a garment, on sale at,
choice " 75c
Ladies' Corset Covers, very newest
6tyles, made from fie materials, reg
ular 98c value 29c
From 9 Till 10 A. M. We will
place on sale 100 dozen Corset
Covers, many worth to $1.00, in
one lot, choice r. . ,21c
From 11 A. M. Till 12 M.
Ladies' Skirts, regular values
to $1.50, lace and embroidery
trimmed, greatest bargains
ever, at, choice 49c
Misses' and Children's Cambric
Drawers, cut full and well
made, regular 25c values, 10c
Misses' and Children's Twilled
Underwaists, with tape bottom,
25c value, at 10c
From 9 Till 11 A. M. Ladies'
Gowns, one great lot, worth to
98c, will go at, choice. . . .39c
Sale of Men's and Boys' Shirts Continues Monday A new lot,
regular values up to $1.00, all 'sizes, choice, at 25c
Manufacturer's Stock Men's, Women's and Children's Hose Worth regularly 25c pr., at XOc
Muslins, Sheetings, Domestics
In Our Famous- Domestic Room
Every brand genuine.
BLEACHED, YAKS WIDE
Hope 7o
Lonsdale 3o
Fruit of the Loom 9o
Unbleached Bna.tlag-..
All brands.
8-4 . l8o
8-4 80o
10-4 .' aavBo
Bleached Sheeting
All brands.
8-4
.300
9- 4 aao
10- 4 85o
73x0 Unblea. Sheet... 390
81x80 Unblea. Sheets. .. .4o
Nothing "Just as Good."
81x90 Unblea. Sheets. .. .69o
61x90 Unblea. Sueets. . . ,69o
81x90 Wamautta 76o
Prom I to 10 A H.
One case genuine Amoskeag:
apron cheek, gingham, blue
or brown, 10 yd. limit 690
Teuzledown, te close... 74o
Good heavy outing flannel,
per yard So
Remnant, of lOo outing
flannel 3VaO
Bent Prints made.... . .60
Ked Prints 8Ho
Other great bargain, for
all day.
JVeiv Lace Curtains
A magnificent '
display of .
Our assortment you'll find it difficult to match;
qualities you'll find impossible to duplicate at our
prices. '
Hand Made Arabian Cur
tains, $10.00 to S3.98
pouble Net Brussels Cur
tains, $15.00 to S3.98
Irish l'olut Lace Curtains,
at $7.50 to $3.8
Heavy Bordered Novelty
Curtains, 3.08 to 2.25
Gable Net Lace Curtains,
at $3.00 to $2.50
Nottiughant Lace Cur
tains. $3.08 to. .$1.98
Fine Cluny Lace Curtains,
.at $7.50 to.. ...$3.08
Colored Curtains, all
styles, pair $3.98 .
Sample Iron and Brass
On Stle it About 33 i per cent Disctunt
Reg.
Reg.
Reg.
Reg.
12.25 Iron Beds 1.50
$2.50 Iron Beds 1.85
$2.95 Iron Beds 2.25
$3.50 Iron Beds 2.C5
1 No big talk or claims, hut the values will certainly
& prove interesting if you are in the market for good values.
Tapestry Portiere. A wonderful assortment of styles,
and colorings, very attractive values, at price., 84.98, '
5.50, $6.00 and..... SI 0-00
Klgh Class Kero.rl.ad Curtain. With tapestry borders,
splendid new line to .elect from, special values Monday,
a pair 99.98
Sample Bop. Portiere. For .ingle or double doors, on
ale. at Just Half Frto.
The Leading Dress
Goods House
of the West
Our high grade wool dress 1
goods department is now re
plete with all the latest nov
elties, broadcloths, etc., from
all parts of the civilized
world.
French, German and Aus
trian Broadcloths, in about
80 different shades, at, yd.,
$7.50, $6.00, $5.00, $4.00,
$3.00, $2.00 and. . . .$1.00
Novelties, Panamas, voiles, her
ringbone stripes, Invisible plaids
and Btripes, tailor euitings, even
ing shades in novelties, etc.,
yard, $8.50, $7.50, $6.50, $5.00,
$4.00, $3.00, $2.00 and. .$1.00
Popular Priced Dress Goods All
. the new spring novelties, etc., at,
yard, $1.00, 75c, 50c, 40c, 39c
and 25
Ftra Specials for Mond.iy.
50-inch Panama, black and navy,
yard 65
64-inch Storm Serge, black and
' navy,- $1.50 value, yard. . . .75
$1.50 black Voiles, yard 65
The grandest display of high grade white
goods ever seen., in Omaha.
St. Gaul hand embroidered Swisses, hand em
broidered Batistes, hand embroidered Or
gandies, etc., at, yard, $2.50, $1.98, $1.50,
$1.25, $1.00, 75c, 59c, 50c, 39c and 25c
English Lingerie, checks and stripes, at, yd.,
50c, 39c, 25c, 19c and i 15c
Mercerized Jacquards, $1.00, 85c, 75c, 59c, 50c,
39c, 25c, 19c, 15c and lSVs-C
French Lawns, at, yard, from $1.50 to. .10c
India Linons, at, yard, from $1.00 to. . . .74C
Persian Lawns, at, yard, from $1.25 to . . . 10c
fuglish Long Cloths, at, yd., from 39c to 7Vc
40 in. Lawns, at, yard, from 25c to 8Vc
Domestic Swisses, at, yard, from 25c to . . 10c
Uneguaiied showing Advanced Spring Garment Styles
There never was a season in the history of Omaha merchandising in which a more diver
sified or attractive showing of fashionable designs was offered than the present at Hayden's.
From the plainest to the extremes the new style ideas are shown in prodigal variety. Hundreds
of new garments to select from.
Handsome Tailor Suits, made in all tlie newest styles of very best ma
terials, in all wanted shades for spring wear, shown at $19.90,
$25.00, $30.00 and up from $35.00
New Spring Jackets, in all the most charming new
styles, fine coverts, broadcloths, etc., priced ror early
sale at $7.50 SIO.OO $12.50 and $15.00
New Linen Waists Scores ot the elegant and
popular tailored designs the very latest and nob
biest for spring, at .J " $5 nd $7.50
Elegant Dress Waists In silks, chiffons and nets un
usually attractive values at early prices
$7.50 $10.00 $12.50 $15 to $25
New Dress and Walking Skirts Matchless variety for
selection voiles, panamas, serges, cheviots, etc.,
all most approved fashions and
colors ..$7.50 $10.00 $12.50 $15 to $30
Matchless Bargains In Winter Weight Garments
. Everything must go to make room for spring stock.
$12.50 Coats In stylish fancy mixed fabrics, 52-lnch
lengths, 75 to select from, at, choice $3.50
$25.00 and $30.00 Caricul Jackets A splendid line
for selection on sale, to close, at, choice $8.95
Children's Coats that sold at from $4.00 to $6.00,
on sale, to close Monday, at $1.50
$5.00 Walking Skirts Made of fine panamas and
suitings, newest styles on sale Monday, at $1.9S
From 8 till 0 a. m. $1.50 Suleen Underskirts 59
From O till 10 a. m. Women's $2.00 Long Kimonos,
at 79
From 8:30 till 0:30 a. m Children's Dresses, $1.60
value, sizes 1 to 6 years, at.
69
50 other patterns at same
ratio of price reduction,
values to $30.00.
Dining Chairs A carload of
very sightly, strongly built
Dining Chairs, regular $1
values; on sale Monday at,
each 70
. Grand Ribbon Sale
Monday morning we place on
- sale 500 bolts of extra wide all
silk taffeta Ribbons, in all best
colors 35c Ribbons, at, per
yard 15c
The greatest Ribbon Bargains of the
season. If you need ribbons, Improve
this opportunity.!
15c TOOTH BRUSHES, lc Only" a
few of a kind, a big variety of styles
offered in one lot, to close, Monday,
at, choice 7
Rug Specials Monday SHiSi
ark.
$15.00 Tapestry Brussels Rugs, 9x12 size, splendid
assortment, at . . . $12.50
$22.50 Axmlnster Rugs, best quality, size 8-3x10-6,
floral and Oriental patterns, on sale at. . . .$17.98
$10.50 Tapestry Brussels Rugs. 10 patterns to se
lect from, size 8-3x10-6, choice $12.98
$35.00 Oriental Rugs, size 9x12, rousing bargains,
at. sale price i .$24.98
$28.00 Smyrna Rugs, all wool, 9x12 size, sale price
only $19.98
$5.00 Wilton Rugs, sizes 36x72, great range of pat
terns, at . $2.98
7-foot Window Shades, best quality water colors, sale
price .... 25
Cocoa Mats, at 75c, 65c and 50
High Grade Linen Dept.
We carry the very best makes of Irish, Scotch
and German Linens, Imported direct by us through
the Omaha customs bouse. .
72-inch Fine Bio. Linen.
$2.00 values $1.50
$1.60 values $1.10
$1.25 values 79c
$1.00 values .... 50c
We Have 68-inch Scotch
Full Bleached.
$1.98 quality .....$1.25
$1.60 quality 08c
$1.00 quality 60c
$10.00 Table Linen Sets,
at $0.08
$7.60 Table Linen Sets,
at $5.0O
$5.00 Table Linen Sets,
at $3.49
'.!)c All Linen Towels 25c
20c All Linpn Towels 19c
19c All Lin. Towels 12 He
Kor popular priced linens
see Domestic Room.
Hayden's Hardware Department
Mi rt '
P
The Bicycle
Wringer'"-
Ball Soaring $2.75
Barney & Berry Ice Skates,
$1.00 value 49
Steel Roller Skates, $1.50 value
at ...98
2-quart enameled seamless Rice
Boiler 39
$1.50 Ironing Board, only 89
Extra Heavy Copper Bottom
Boilers 98
35c Steamers, Monday ... 19
Four Coat Hangers, wire or
wooden 10
50c Galvanized Coal Hods 25
Parlor Brooms 15'
The Ball Bearing Wringer,
guaranteed three years, regu
lar price $3.95; Monday only,
at $2.75 The O.K. Washer, $19$
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Read These Grocery Prices for Monday's Sale
21 lbs. best pure cane Granulated
Sugar $1.00
48-lb. sack, beat fancy high patent
Flour B1.35
10 bar. any brand best Laundry
Soap aSe
10-ln. sack, best granulated white or
yellow Cornmeal 15c
lbs. choice Japan Rice 85o
4 lb., best Pearl Tapioca.... 85o
2- lb. can. fancy sweet Sugar Corn 6o
3- lb. can. solid parked Tomatoes 8Ho
2- lb. cans fancy Wax,- String, Green
or Lima Ltians 7Ho
3- 11). cana Hominy, Squash, Pumpkin,
Sauer Kraut or Baked Bean..7Ho
Gallon can. Apple.. Tomatoes, Plums,
Pumpkin, Peaches or String Beans
for 3&o
011 or Mustard Sardines, per can, 3V4o
Imported Saj'dineti, per can 8V3O
I..urge bottle Snyder'. Catsup 18a
1-lb. cans Hoyul or Price'. Baking
Powder 35o
1-lb. ran. Assorted Soup. TUo
Peanut Hutter, per jar So
Burnham's Hasty Jellycon, pkg...So
The beat Soda or Oyster Crackers. .60
The beat crisp Ginger Snaps, lb... be
The best Michigan Butter Cracker, to
The best crisp Pretzels, lb So
Regular 124c, 16c and 17 C Cookies,
fur this sale, per lb lOo
sues ram uii kovbat
Choice California Prunes, per lb. 4Ho
Choice Santa Clara Prunes, per lb.,
at THo
Choice California Dried Grapes, per
lb Bo
ChoiCe Muscatel Raisins, per lb. 8Vo
Choice Cleaned Currant., lb... 8V0
California Peaches, ser lb 12 Ho
Fancy New York Crab Apples, per
lb laVio
Fancy Pitted Plum., per lb 16o
Fancy Silver Prunes, per lb 15o
Seeded Raisins, per pkg 7He
The flm-at glazed Lemon. Orange or
Citron Peel, per lb 15o
DOH'T 1CISS THE HIOBXAJtS Hi
TEX. OKANOE 8AX.E MONDAY
Closing out balance of our
IteKi'lHi' 30c .filer everywhere, our
price, per dozen 8O0
Regular 25c el!er everywhere, our
price, per dozen l7ao
Regular 20o .eller everywhere, our
price, per dozen 1A0
Reirular 11 o seller everywhere.-our
price, per dozen 18o
Regular 16c seller everywhere, our
price per dozen . . ; lOo
Regular 12c seller everywhere, our
price, per dozen 8H
rBXIS TEOETABLES TO
MOVDAY
Fancy head Lettuce, per head Be
2 heads fresh Hothouse Lettuce... Bo
Fresh Cucumbers, each Bo
2 head. Bellevun Celery for 60
Large bunches fresh Beets 60
2 bunches best -Shalot Onion. 60
2 bunche. fresh Parsley So
2 bunches Hothouse Radishe. 60
Fresh Spinach, per peck 8O0
Large Cauliflower, per head. . ,7'o
Fresh Brussels Sprouts .... .1 l&o
Fresh Hothouse Rhubarb, bunch, 7o
Cape Cod Cranberries, per quart... 60
Fancy Holland Seed Cabbage, lh le
Fancy Fresh Dates, per pound.... 10.
BIO BAHAMA EAZiB
Kxtra fancy, large, ripe Banana.,
1'ort 1. orison fiult, regular price
everywhere 20c a dozen, our price,
per dozen lOo
Quaint Features of Life
1' ..-
Priest Hemmxrte. Part.
VNIQL'K marriage ceremony'
A. I wasxelebrated In Ifoly Trinity
I church, Cincinnati, January 20,
I ...l, t .... 11..... n Cun...n
, 111. i, H.I1W It
, remarried his father and
mother, who have Uved to
gether la wedded happiness for fifty years.
Archblkhop Meeller and about fifty priest,
were present at the golden wedding cele
bration, and after the ceremony the arch
bishop made an address. In which he pub
licly congratulated the couple on their long
and happy married ltfi
"Your life has been kucordlng to the dic
tate, of the apostle, who .aid a r.-an shall
) love his wife a. God hve. his church," de
clared the archbishop. The family group,
with grandchildren, nuinbfved thirty-one.
"In our fifty year, of married dife w.
have never quarreled." .aid Santen.
Paster Get. the Ru.aee.
Th. member, of the Presbyterian church
of Kenosha, Wis., have for some month,
been growing restive under the criticism
of their pastor. Rev. William McPhetera.
The last straw came when. In the course ot
a sermon last Sunday, he referred to th.
young women of the congregation as "a
flock of cackling parrots." This was too
much, and a meeting of the congregation
was railed. Though the year for which
Mr. McPhetera was engaged was almost up.
th. congregation decided unanimously to
Uvi no luor. ot hiin, Instead he will be
paid the remainder of hi. year', salary
and the church door, closed until another
pastor can be secured.
Smvlnar 1 III. Shirt.
Afraid of bank, and fearful of Invest
ments, there 1. a man walking somewhere
about Queens Borough, Greater New York,
each day with ttte.OOO In bill, pinned to hi.
undirslilit. He ha. carried the money
about in that manner since th. Octebtr
financial flurry. Ignoring the advice of his
friends, he carries the meney about with
him, believing that It 1. safe only under
hi. eye, or, more literally, under his shirt.
County Judge Burt Jay Humphrey ot
Queens, who live. In Jamaica, told some of
his friend, of the man.
"I hope someone will hold htm up and
teal hi. shirt and put the money In circu
lation," .aid on. of hi. friends. '
A Babbatarlaa Ds.
"I ran beat that." said a man, when the
story of th. time-telling fox terrier, which
was recently published, was under discus
sion. 'iTIp was an Irish setter hi. name
was really Tipperary, and Tip for short
He knew when it was Sunday and he kept
the day. He was the only Sabbatarian dog
I 'ever knew.' He uset to sleep on a rug
In my room. I had to. keep early hours,
in those days, and evqry morning at 7
1 clock Tip would put his cold nose against
my face and remind me that It was time
to go to work. Then, while I was dressing,
he would go to the village aostofflce and
bring hometh. mail. On Sunday morning,
he never stirred off hu rug until I was
good and ready to get up, which was usu
ally quite late, and nothing could Induce
him to go to the poetofflce on that day.
And the best part of the story la, it 1.
absolutely true."
A Wonaerful Telegraph Operator.
Maine newspaper, speak of Peter A.
Foley of Portland as "the most wonderful
telegraph operator in the world." Foley U
totally deaf, an affliction which ordinarily
would be supposed to make telegraphy an
utter Impossibility to him, but since he be
came deaf, eight year, ago, he has de
veloped what may be called a sixth sense,
and by touch and sight lie can detect th.
finest movements of the Instrument and
correctly Interpret them. By means of the
sense of touch In hi. finger tip. he takes
messages transmitted from the ends of the
oentTbent and can also read a message by
watching th. sounder. With the left fore
finger placed lightly en the sounder he can
take a message as accurately a. th. aver
as operator.
of the house and tore a hole from end to
end.
The family, censistlng of Bernard, his
wlfo, and three children, were In the
kitchen, and, though the log passed be
tween them, all escaped with a few minor
bruise.
le Wreck. Miser1! ho.se.
John Bernard, master mechanic of the
Suocess mine, and his family escaped death
by a narrow margin when a log seventy
five feet long and eighteen inche. thick
plowed through the family house near Wal
lace, Idaho, and after doing so burled ten
feet of Its length In the ground beyond.
Bernard's house Is at the base of a moun
tain. The log got away, presumably, from
cutter., and .hot down the mountain aid
nearly half a iile. It .truck th. rear end
Blind Man of the Senate
(Continued from Page One.)
life a. It I. expounded by the president, for
instance. There t. not much In It for him.
Yet he I a gieat lover of nature, a. he
feel. If.
He loves trees and flowers, especially the
fragrant ones, with roses and southern
honeysuckles In the lead. TheJr place in
Lawton' has more trees and shrubs than
any other place In town, though It Is what
Mrs. Gore calls "a little home."
And most of these trees and shrubs were
set nut by the senator himself. But his
love for flowers and trees does not Include
animals. He lias no use on earth for
either dogs br cats.
In fact, aside from his friends and family,
there la only one thing of really great In
terest to blin and that is his work. He has
plenty cut out for him in the near future.
As he drew the short term he will be out
of the senate in two years unless re-elected
In the meantime. So next summer, al
though he has Just finished one campaign,
ho must go to work on another. Fortu
nately he Is perfectly well and strong, so
the prospect has no terrors for him.
It Is because he has always crowded hi.
life with work that he has made hi. blind
ness a matter of such small importance,
for it really Mem. that to him. Th. handi
cap which looms r big to the outsider, he
sliitply does not waste time thinking about.
Here Is a little Incident which shows how
completely he has effaced the conscious
ness of It from his life.
His wife suffers with asthma In Okla
homa aiicl a yor or two a;jo her husband
urged her to g away for the winter so as
to ea ape it. la talking about It he said
to her:
'Your 111 health I. the only misfortune
we have."
"Why," .aid his wife, "most people would
think your blindness was our great mis
fortune,"' "Oh," he said, "I never think of that."
Apparently he does not. He Is too busy
thinking of work. Undoubtedly the fact of
his blindness made people feel kindly to
ward him when he became a candidate
for Senator. But he had to fight for suc
cess. There were four candidates, two of them
being strong ones, and the blind man asked
no quarter. He made the fight as any other
man. would have mu le It and he expects to
serve his slate as other men serve It.
It may be thought that he will be handi
capped when It comes to following a dis
cussion in the Senate chamber, because he
cannot see who Is speaking. Bjt their
voices will soon becomo as familiar to him
as their faces are to other men. Besides
this, every person who addresses the sen
ate is recognized specifically by the vice
president as 'the senator from ,'' what
ever state It may be. With the far greater
than ordinary concentration of attention
which Gore will be capable of giving he
will doubtless keep better track than most
member, do of what Is going on.
Newspapers Prevent Panic
(Continued from Page Two.)
ness is wrecked, employment will cease.
And what will It profit a man If he gets his
small hoard from a bank at the price of
his business or of his Job?
"Think of this befor. you Join a line of
the panic-stricken."
From city after city the handling of the
situation by the press in giving to the pub
lic knowledge of the true condition and lif
eliminating erroneous belief showed a
spontaneous unanimity which could only
have had Its basis on a common apprecia
tion of the Importance to the public of
emphasizing the truth.
"Flurry Falls to Disturb Trade," said
the San Francisco Call, in a typical story
dealing with the real effect of the panic,
and from New Orleans was echoed he
slogan backed by powerful editorials an
alyzing the situation In It. true light. Pay
after day, as a perusal of Its editorials
shows, the Picayune of that city laid bare
the basis of .olidlty In thl. manner. Dsy
after day It, with the Times-Democrat and
the Daily States, made obvious the true
situation.
To call the roll of honor of all those who
contributed to the fund of public knowl
edge, who hammeied home the truth, who
literally saved the day, would be an enor
mous task. Characteristic utterances may
be quoted from only a few. "Cheerfui
Outlook for First of Year" wss the word
of the Baltimore World backed by reasons
plain to even the most skeptical. "West'
Is All Right," said The Omaha Bee, show
ing that "real and genuine prosperity
9
abldeb In the west." "Absolutely No
Reason Why There Should Be Any Panicky
Feeling Among the People Here," said th.
Buffalo Times, backing the assertion, as
did ull papers, with a pluln statement of
the actual situation that made the truth,
which the public seemed to have forgot
ton, uneseapable. To the northwxt th
Minneapolis Tribune and many other puti
Ucations set forth the words of encouriiti.
ment of Secretary Cortelyou. '
No greater Justification of the Inn kneyed
phrase, "I see by the papers," could h
found than the treatment afforded hy th.
newt-papers to a situation offeririK unlim
ited opportunities for sensational und terror-breeding
statements. A tremendous re
sponsibility honestly shouldered makes tin
press not only the greatest imlllutive of
panic, but the greatest repealer of truth
to the decrease of the practice of error by
the masses, and the greaieht dlsscmlnatol
Of public knowledge. So far as the repetl.
Hon of truth and the constituent elimina
tion of error Is praiseworthy and a vital
part of our daily life, so far Is the 'pubha
preB. Its leading mouthpiece, not only
praiseworthy, but a vital, concrete and
animating part. "I by ')' papers" I.
really the watchword of American advance.
"Truth must be repealed over and over
sgaln," and If there !e .ny foundation of
truth on which the structure of business
and Intercourse rests, surely the public
which profits by it, the public whose social
structure rests upon it as a cornerstono,
owes a measure of recognition to the fore
that lays the cornerstone and keeps it In
repair, which repeats the truth and make
obvious th. obvious the Irs American
pre.