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THE OMATIA SUNDAY BEE: JULY 12, 1903.
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H W.men-8 Up-to-Date M Basement -Opposite While Goods U EmbrOidCrCd Collar J sTmPFn SoVc'll B Lingerie DfCSSeS
Basement Bargain Square S
Fine Ysxrd Wide fl
Percale J1
Light and dark, for 'waists, dresses I
Silk Ribbons II
niack and colored, up to 8 II
tnchcH wide. ulaln and fancy, all
311111 IVtilM 31111!) II ...UWlWIIIhlS Turn
overs, stocks
ingerie ami juniper
aaj v a v 4 u a jsju pBj
In Jumper and two-
Pans, mull ties,
tab rollers, w'th
to 2')c each, at.
Bilk, at, yard
10c and 15 c
U1 plerr- styles,
worth up to
t 9 r. .i o
25c Bilk and Scotch Organdies, In
plain and flora, for sum- t(n
mer dresses, at yard IlC
and children's wear 15c
percales from tho bolt, yd.
Peter II POPLINS II Dainty 1
.k. Shnn .1 ! 90k 1 1 i 1 r "
Hill M wV. t Ti " M urcs.scs; iuu-m, 730
JsU I?:nV?,X.rru,rn,B I tab collors, w'th II . " Tl -P I coolest styles- 1) -
M, x h yard wvv 4 worth to jj.8 at r
rriiC3Ea3Ea3
Wash Goods Srclion Basrnrnt
Desirable Stvades
Linen finished Soiling
lingular 15c grade
not a misprint but a
clearing sale
price; off the
holt iit. vd. . .
Women's Tailored
WALKING SKIRTS
1'., !n y ..,.-
feature ami $tf98 j'
wort li $4, ri
ft
M Kindly arrange to do your shop- j IT"? WT F FVIH JFyS rPI (f ' I
II ping before 5 P. M. During July and Ml )j ; V In A A l ' j HJa'J 2 1
H I August OUR STORE CLOSES AT 5- 8 Nf fef . j M V UJ i
II r, z rr znnzT, a i r
annum ii ...rj- nii-viiyirjiiiiiiiiM jhii,:ihmliii mn .trmam t WiHiw riiinii hmmuihiii iihi iiij I
Store Closes at 5. P. M.
Every Day, Except Saturday 10 P. M.,
During July and August
All Pur Linen
Handkerchiefs
Fine sheer quality
initials women's
men sizes
worth up to
15c each, at. .
-all
and
81c
5c H
El
Your Choice ef 40
fl Linearis Dresses
Jj Worth up to $Q98
H $17.50, very
Va .stunning at. . .
hi A V 'I' wwww Bna si
Pj &nrwAk Aranr wmd
In IMulin Section -Basement
jj White Cambric
H(iood quality wido
white cambric for
iiiKJennusl'ms, 10c val-
lies off the
holt for,
M vanl
w FANSiorSc
SS .hip foldiuuf fansj and
silk flat fans 100
. . i
ityles, many
am pies, . S fi
rju ail . .i"'n " J 2
All Silk Chiffon
VEILIISIG J
All colors, including r
black and w h i t e It
worth .'JOe-fl K
Choice of 38 M
Women's Wool Suits J1
In up-to-date tailored
jjju styles, worm
M up to $20.00, J"
F1
LiTge size, fine quality
M HEMMED CROCHET
C, BED SPREADS.
worth '$1.50,
3ATH RUGS, large
size, worth m
U toat.C ft
Embroideries
Big bargain sxuare piled high with
pretty new Embroideries 17 inch
fine cambric and nainsook floune
ings, skirtings, corset cover Em-
UlUlueiicn,
wide Edges, In- fl vN
sertions and Head
ings, worth up to
'25c per yard
at vard.
Millinery
Your Choice of Any Hat in Our En
tire Stock That Sold at $5 and $7.50,
largo and small shapes, every new
style and color, beautifully
and stylishly trimmed, each ....
Will
be
the
i
98c
Great Clearing Sale of
SILKS
All Silk Dress and Lining Taffetas,
Louisines, Foulards, Pon-
gee Silks, etc., have been TO,
selling at 50c yd., all go, yd.,"-'
75c Fancy Silk Suitings, at 35c yard
This season's most-wanted
Dress Silks, worth 75c to
$1.00 yard, at yard ,
$1.50 Dress Silks at 55c Yarji Mirage,
Mandarin, Tussorah, Auto
Silks, Novelty Pongee, 27
inch Figured Taffetas, yd.
Clearance of Black Taffetas
20-inch, Brandeis' Special
worth 85c yard, at
27-inch, our celebrated "Red Edge,"
wear guaranteed, worth
$1.25, at a yard ,
36-in. Tresca Freres & Cie., $ 'J C
Lyons, worth $2, at, yd
35c
i Mirage,
55c
ffetas
55c
Edge,"
69c
MONDAY
iggest Bargain Day
in Brandeis' Great
Semi-Annual
.EARING
New Goods Brought Forward for the First Time
High Claris, Desirable New Summer Goods in Every Department
AT TREMENDOUS SACRIFICES
Laces at 5 Yd.
Jine French, (Jcrman and Filet Val
Laces and Insertions, also Fine Meck
lin, Toint de Paris, Piatt Vals, French
Torchons, Curtain Cluny Laces, etc.,
many to match
large variety
worth up to 20c I L
yard, clearing
sale special, at
per yard
r.T: 11
i, zzzzizzrr-,i
Wcara'f Elbow LenpthB
Silk Gloves
tttea. . .arwhS them thes
These are 12 and 16-but-ton
length made of
pure silk. In- ft o
cludinp Kay- gf0
ser's make, at
Dross Goods
Clearing sale of 75c and $1.00 Dress
Goods prettiest lines of light and
medium weight Dress Goods, from
42 to 54 inches wide,
worth up to $1.00 yard,
at per yard
39c
inne
All the
White Kid Belts
that sI4 up to $1.50
at- 4ft.
I Plo Art Cl.n-"Xfc L
In Gum Fre
Bargain Sqntre Basemeot
White Goods
All kinds of plain and
fancy white goods.
slightly mussed
16c and 19c
values, at, yd. . .
3ic
3$!
Clearance of Shirt Waists
Women's Lingerie and
Pleated Shirt Waists
white and colors worth
' up to $1.50, at each
69c
Women's Stunning Waists
In long or short sleeves
and worth up to ?.B0,
at each
956
Clearing Sale Rugs
SEAMLESS WILTON VELVET
RUGS 9x12 size, usually 50
sells at $35, at each
BRUSSELS RUGS 9x12 size,fj50
up to $22.50, at each t
INLAID LINOLEUM
All the odd pieces and all the remnants
of our best imported inlaid Linoleum,
positively worth to $1.75 yd.,
some patterns enough to cov
er good size room, square yd.
2 BIG CARPET SPECIALS
$1
Best all . wool Ingrain
Carpet, sells every
where at 85c yard.
at,
yard .
53c
Best all wool filled
Ingrain Carpet, reg
ular 75c quality,
at,
yard .
43c
CLEARING SALE OF DRAPERIES Basement
8-4 and 10-4 AH Linen
Pattern Table
Cloths 1195
Worth $4.00 H
BRANDEIS
Children's
White and
Colored
DRESSES,
special at
98c-49c
All Linen
Silver Bl'ched
TABLE
DAMASK,
w'th to
75c yd. .
38c
II
New lot Couch Covers, $2.00 values, at $1.50
Sanitary Couch Covers, full size... OS
Linen Widow Shades, 3-6 ft., each 25
Lace Curtains, worth up to 3.00 pair, white
only, at $1.75
Remnants Cretonne and Art Ticking, worth up
to 35c yard, one to five yards in piece, yard,
at -12V40
EareSSBEDBBBBEE
Ecru Lace Curtains, worth $1.50 and $2.00, at,
pair 98 and S1.25
Large size Lace Curtains, at $1.25
60-inch $3.00 Couch Covers, very heavy, at,
each $1.98
Sample Curtains, some slightly damaged, worth
up to $1.50 and $2.00 pair, at, each....l5
Drapery Swiss, small bolts, 10 and 25 yards,
42 inches wide, at, yard 15
Yur
Choice
Entire Retail Stock
Men's Clothing $
Inculding Stein-Block Suits,
worth $12.50, $15.00 and $18.00, at. .
5
22-ln. Round Thread
All Linen
NAPKINS
Worth 4. 00 1 55
at, per dozen i
Forenoon Only
In Gingham Section
Every piece of 10c, 12 He
and 15c plain and fancy
drss and , chambray
gingham will be
sold, off the
bolt, for, yd ... .
3E3E31
6k
Afternoon Only
Muslins
BTWHMfffTif"
58-in. Mer- B Boys' $1.00
cerized Dice I Rusian Sailor
TABLE
DAMASK,
wo r til
39c, yd
19c
WASH
SUITS,
each,
at. . .
49c
Boys' $2.00
and $1:50
WASH
SUITS,
:?d.':.. 98c
1
Choice of
Any Boys'
WASH
SUITS,
worth $.98
to $5....
Boys' 50c
WASH
PANTS,
Bloomer style,
ages 3 -I h0
to io...lwt
All the
MOUNTED
COMBS,
that sold to
50c and
75c, at.
19c
Very Iurge Size
TURKISH
TOWELS,
Fringed or hem
med, worth up
to 50c m m
a" 8!le...l3C
71 ijJffH
or Old KiiKllsii.
Monday only.
ai.w.MiwirjfjiiWMiBiwJwiiajjwj.i.a
CALLING
CARDS,
One Dozen'
for 10c.
Your namo
printed In Script
Begining at 2 p. m., we
sell remnants of 30-ln.
half Uleached
and unbleached
muslin, at, yd. . .
Plenty of sales people
to wait on you.
2lc
j BRANDEIS
TUE TAFT CINCINNATI KNOWS
Only Good Words Heard of Him as
Boy and Man.
ntlEND OF ALL THEN AND NOW
In School lie tirtu the Habit of Keep
ing Ahead of Ilia Work Hriul
nlneent'ea of Ilia Teacber-a
and Fellow l'npl!a.
CINCINNATI, July 11. Dot anybody
hutu Dill Tuft? Has anybody moan tUingg
to uy about tilm? Uvea there a man,
Villi fcoul ,of any complexion, whouver to
fclniKelf hath aid: "No Bill Taft in mine!"
If there la auch a '!ur. lie certainly
dooan't live In Cincinnati. The Boa re
porter la wllltntc to give odja on that. He
l as been golnic over Cincinnati with a fine
tooth comb for u week, hunting for aome
boUy. anybody, who might ba exhibited
a the enomy of Taft.
In what munt have bmn an evil moment
It octurrad to the reporter that a man wai
to ba JudKd by hla t-nemieit as clearly ai
by hla frlcnd8. .Taft having been born
and bfed In Cincinnati one might rdaaon
ably expect to find here the uau&l art at of
iicniloa which fifty years gnlnda out for
a man.
Now Cincinnati la a queer town. If you
wero going to make a goud imitation of It1
UiO first thing would bu to take a largo,
large pralrlo and aoottrdeon plait It. Next
you would bolaler aome houaca along the
L'dis of the precipice thus foriricd.
You would string aome streets along the
lidfir and others along the valleys, and
)Ut uu aome acalp-ralalng Inclines which
bookt you up to the heights or let you
ilr Into amoky depths. Then If yiu
trutrpltd ttia.whola thrrm up, threw It
i.r.)t the Ohio river and let It He aa It
- fii you wouldn't know It from the real
I tut tmiatl until you tasted the beer.'
'That's the kind of place the reporter
undertook to aoourr for an enemy of Tuft.
II proved to be the hardest job of a long
' amd laburlous career. Possibly the undis
covered enemy may lurk In some unpene-
' trated ravine or perch on some unsealed
aocordeoti plaJt. But the reporter will
lake the membership which ha has earned
in the Alpine club that the dodo bird Itself
la not more Infrequent in Cincinnati than
re the enemies of Will Taft.
That's bat they call lim here. Ills old
1 teachers, bis old classmates, his old pals
t ia the hlH gang, hla old dancing partners
I lis la .Will rraft to them all. And not one
j of them baa anything to say of him that la
but complimentary.
k VWUhaJU li. rcabody was principal of
the school Willie Taft entered at ths age
of 6. Later, in Woodward High achool,
Prof. Pabody taught him Greek, and Latin
for three years. The seeker after truth
asked how the boy had ranked as a stu
dent. "A number one!" came the prompt and
emphailc reply. "He led a class of eleven
boys. And let me tell you that it was no
nu an honor to had that particular class,
for 11 contained somo of the brightest boys
It has ever been my privilege to teach."
"Didn't he ever give you uny trouble?"
In school? Hurdly. He seemed to real
ise, as most boys do not, that work is woik
and play Is play and that there's a time,
for each. ,
'His father. Judge Alphonao Tah, was
a trustee of the school; the only one, by
the way, whoever paid it any personal vis
Its. Alphonao came around every two or
three weeks and would follow an entire
recitation; especially to aee, I suppose, how
his own boys were doing.
"1 guess Will Taft found out early that
It really paid to work when tin re waa
work to be done. He told me later that
when he went to Yule he was so well pre
pared that he had to loaf along the fust
ear, waiting for the rest to catch uy.
"From tliut time to this he has always
been ahead of his work. He lias never
Leon one of the men who are harassed
and pushed by their duties. As a boy lie
got ahead of his work and lie has kept
ahead of it ever since."
Another proof of this forehandednesa on
the part of young Taft was tecalled by
Charles O. Comegys, a classmate both in
Woodward Iligli achcol and in the Cin
cinnati Law school.
It seems that Tuft, ahead of his work
as uaua', Went up to Columbus before the,
clote of his second )ar at the law school,
look the slate examination and was ad
mitted to the bar. He went back ti Cin
cinnati then, fintslied the course, was ex
amined again with Ills class and divided
fiiat honors on that examination.
M si youngsters are willing to worry
along with one examination, without
t-kirmislilng around- hunting for trouble.
But that wasn't Taft s way. He seemed
to thrive on work.
And he had It to do. He was not the
facile learner who acquires an easy if
somewhat evanescent mastery over his
books. He was not dull or slow, but he
worked for knowledge as a mechanic works
over a new machine. He took it to pieces,
put It together, made himself Its master,
"I taught Will Taft mathematics for five
years," aald Prof. Ueorge W. Harper, "and
I know the way he works. He gets hold
of knowledge In a virile, powerful way.
He has a logical mind and when he knows
thing he knows It thoroughly and tiie
knowledge Is his for keeps." -
"What sort of boy waa he?" ,
"Just a fine, straight fellow whom every,
body liked, wbo worked hard, played hard.
never forgot a friend and never appar
ently made an enemy. The last time I
saw him was two or three years ago.
"I was walking along Fourth street and
he was on the opposite side. He caught
sight of me in the crowd, came all the way
across and, stopped me. Bald he couldn't
let his old teacher go by without a hand
shuke and a greeting."
Prof. Pabodle tells the same story. He
was going east a few years ago when Will
Tuft was on the same train. The boy,
grown up and grown famous, sat and
talked for an hour or more with his old
teac her.
"He's loyal through and through," said
the professor. "And another thing, when
Will Taft gives his word he never goes
back on it."
Evidently his old teachers were not a
promising field to a person who waa hunt
ing for Taft enemies. His old classmates
proved to be Just as barren ground.
The man who shared first honors In the
law school with Taft is Alfred B. Benedict,
now practicing in Cinclnnutl. It was the
custom at that time to give a prize to the
student who paaaed the best final exam
inations. But the examiners of the class
of found It so difficult to decide be
tween the two, Taft and Benedict, that
they gave each of them lluu and equal
honor.
"Taft had an enormous capacity for
work," said Mr. Benedict, "and he has
never been afraid of overtaxing that ca
pacity. He is a big man in every way.
He is not a mere fat man. He has a big
frame."
When he was a boy he was awkward,"
said another clasamate, "as any overgrown
boy is. All three of the younger Taft boys
were great big fellows. Will , w as called
by his school friends Lub Taft. Harry was
Little Lub and Horace was Young Lub.
There was nothing more in that than the
customary propensity of boys to nickname
one another.
"As Will grew older he. lost any awk
wardness he may hava had and became
quite, the reverse. He waa decidedly pop
ular aa a dancer. All the girls aald he
was very light on his feet.
"And I know - he waa as hard as na Is
even when he waa a' youngster. I used to
play : leapfrog with him, and I know he
was no softie."' i
"But iiow about his enemiea?" demanded
the reporter. "Of course he had 1 some.
Who weie they?"
"Enemies? was the somewhat blank re
sponse. 'I never heard that he had any.
Kverybudy liked him."
The nearest approach t) spott ng a gen
uine Taft enemy was when the reporter
tacklej Judne hufua B. Smith. Not that
Judge Smith fills the bill himself. Why,
Rufe Smith and Will Tuft were cronies
when the Mount Auburn boys used to
raise articular Ned for the Tavlortown
gang down Lelow their lihi.
The feud between the Mount Auburn
boys and the Taylortown crowd expressed
itself in the pleaalng form of rock fights.
Pretty fierce ones they were, too. No one
knew Just why he fought. It, was a case
of "Theirs not to reason why; theirs but
to do or die." Once, lnded, Will Taft's
father called his son to him and said:
"What la all tills fighting about, any
way?" "Oh," raid young Taft, "we've always
fought thoe boya."
"Hut why?" persisted his father. "Wliy
do you fight them 7"
"Well," said the boy. "Charles and Peter
always fought 'em and we're fight In' 'em
now."
. Charles and Peter were his older half
brothers. The Taylortown rock fights were
simply a legucy from them. There was
nothing personal about that kind of enemy.
Indued, the Taylortown survivors of the
encounters probably feel. as If there was
a rather special tie between them and the
next president.
Ai cording to the stories you hear In
Cincinnati Taft can't even keep an enemy
when he has done his best to get one.
Take the cate of the man Rose, whom he
tin ashed soundly for having printed a
flander o.i the good name of Alphonsu
Taft.
The story la a good one. Everybody
felt a tlnglj of pleasure In reid ng it. Gnj
likes to know that a man can fight when
It In the time for fighting.
But there is a sequel to that story. It
will be remembered that having knocked
Hose down, bumped Host's head upon the
walk, rubbed Rose's nose in the dirt and
sat down hard upon Rose a genera! anat
omy young Taft gave the Rose remnant a
limited period in which ti le removed
from Cincinnati.
The removal was duly accomplished and
anybody would think that wherever the
Rose remnant betook Itself there certainly
would be an enemy of Taft. Not a bit of
It. Several years after the encounter dc-
tcrired above a rehabilitated and chastened
Rose, temporarily returned to the scene of
his former exploits, seised the opportunity
to call on the man who had threshed and
exiled him to call, not for the purpose of
taking revenge or of breathing threats, but
of offering admiring good wishes and grate
ful thanks
When Rose came back to say what a
pleasure it hud been to be lammed by Will
Taft he also gave the aforesaid lammcr
a few sidelights on the lot of the lummer.
" hen you came up and asked my
name," said Rose, "I knew that trouble was
coming and I was all ready for you. Or 1
thought 1 wiii. I was walling for you to
strike.
"But ju struck with you.- left hand"
An amateur alwa strikes out first witt
hia right hand and that was what I ex
pectbd you to do. You hit with your left
tuauad, down I went and 11 was ail over
before I got my mixed calculations
straightened out."
It's true that being honestly threshed
doesn't always make an enemy of a num.
Hut envy generally dors. It wouldn't be
strange If in the big strides with which Taft
hns forged ahead he had stepped on several
folks' toes and left them sore. But nobody
seenm to be limping and the inference is
that no toes were stepped on.
"Will Taft has earned ull the success he
hH won," suld Alfred B. Benedict heartily.
"Tuft has never gone round hunting for
office," said Charles Cornell's. "L'ven
since he got out of law school peotlo have
been following him around, offering him
one office after another. And lie hus de
served everything that has been offered to
him Including the presidency."
That's the kind of tulk.one hears' on all
sides In Cincinnati. It's flue If you're on
a sflll hunt for a mini's friends, but dis
couraging If you're looking for enemies.
(Explanatory note: Senator Koraker has
Just put a high and very spiky Iron fence
around his grounds and lh fine tooth
comb with which the city was gone over
may have slipped up at that point."
OLD HUMIDITY IN ACTION
I'rntnrr of Hot Weather
Itea-loiiMltile tor lluniaii
Illweomfort.
Most
There Is In every liinmm nrg.-inUm a
complicated he.it-regul.iilr.fr funrtl m a sort
of automatic thermostat the locution of
which is supposed to be near the h.ise of
the brnln. It Is due to the artlvitv of this
force that a man may iro from tho equater,
where the mean temperature Is well above
the Km mark, to th.' region of etrrnil snow
where again the temperature Is as far
the other way, ind yet the Internal heat
register of his body will not-, vary a
fraction of a depree. If he Is In go'"l
health It is the healthy working of this
reguluMr that Insures the henlih of tho
Individual, within practical limitations
This force acta chiefly thro'irh millions
of sweat glands, that are located In every
part of the body, and by a well arranged
scheme of nature they are so situated that
the most profuse action takes place.
These glands aie extremely small In some
arena; aa many as 3 0 may bo found In
a square inch of the palm of the hand, yet
from these there Is constantly escnplng
an Invisible persplrat Ion. They furnish one
of the main avenues for the escape of tin
fluids and products of bodily activity. Thi
average amount of this liquid ersplratl ,n
from an adult Is aim it a quart In twenty
four hours.
Humidity, practically p. akmg. Is tin
relative amount of moisture sussnded in
the atmophere. Tnis may vary widely
from Ml per cent or lees In cold, dry areas,
to KS per cent In warm, wet areas, and It
Is the existence of these various degrees
of saturation tlat affects the hcdili and
comfort of the Individual. The reason for
this is that the temperature of the body
Is regulated practically by this perspiration,
us It cvairutes from the surface of the
skin. The condition of the surrounding air
which has to receive this perspiration Is,
therefore, of the utmost consequence.
If the air is alrcad salurated with water
from other sources It docs not readily take
up the mob-tore from the body, and the
water. Instead of passing away In vapor,
remains on the- surface of the skin, with all
if Its solid constituents, to dog up the
pores and produce nmiy discomforting con
ditions, un the other hun-i. if the ulr is
not saturated, it readily takes up the
evaporated moisture and a feeling of re
freshing coolness prevails.
Many conditions arise Vhlch affect this
humidity. The locality in which one
lives may be dry and the humidity low,
but vaiinlilc winds may bring moisture
It. to the una In largo amounts und bo
raise the saturation point to un uncom
fortable degree. Or moist arias may us
effi dually bu changed by winds from a
dry source. Warm air Is much more
easily saturated than cold, but may not
be as acceptable, on account of Its su
pers.itui at Ion, which Interferes with the
free absorption of perspiration. . w hile on
the other hand cold air may be super
saturated, but never to such a degree as
tho former.
One may modify the uncomfortable ef
fects of ton much humidity by proper
clothing worn next the skin. For this
purpose lightweight woolen or silk is tho
best material, us it retains the moisture
'ill H KOHtt. .'H.ll turn uuiui. fp.,,.. tli..
hodv, allowing circulation between, while
cotton does ret do this.. Applhd to lualth,
1. timidity Is of great Importance. Fincij
she evaporation from the body means
stimulation, in Just ratio, and persons
suffering from nervous conditions, whether
they fro for health or pleasure, should
set k conditions w here the degree of hu
midity Is at a fair average, Biich us a
sea trip, or near the water.
On the other hand, those who are suf
fering from "muscle tire," and fatigue
from too n.ueh bodily exertion, should
sock drier areas, as muscle energy doei
n t radiate from the body as freely in
dry ulr as It does under moist humid con
ditions. Moist air favors nil germ dis
eases and t!.erof.re those suffering from
most of the diseases of the air passages
will Improve much faster In high dry
areas Boston r;iolie.
Mot OaUKerous.
The mlsrhWvous uri h i. nanlna; the train
wit li his father' red flannel shirt.
"What's the matter?" asked the engineer.
"Washout down the line. ' leplled the boy.
"Wheie?" anxiously Inquired II. e engineer,
as tile frightened oasstorei . I . ... r...l
around.
'In mother's, hack varrl " vll.l ,Hn
land then he fled far from the tuaddeued
icrowu. juammwre Amerlwai).
REVIVING OLD COMMANDMENT
IlanLropt Street Hallway Pleads bj
Placard for Ooodnaea In
Othera.
Many persons who are compelled to use
trolley cars-and there are a few In New
York will believe that tho millennium has
arrived If orders Just Issued by Frederick
W. Whltrldge, receiver of the Third ave
nue line, should by any extraordinary clr
cumstance be obeyed. Mr. Whltrldgo has
not only framed a circular-letter of In
struction and council to hla conductor,
but prepared placards to be conspicuously
displayed In the cars. One of these Is a
gentle reminder that a conductor who falls
to turn In fares Is a thief, while another
la a suggestion to passengers to do their
share In niakltvg surface transportation
com fortable.
"I have received far too many complaints
of the bad manners of conductors on the
roads of this system," says Mr. Whit
ridge's letter. 't Is Just as easy to be
civil as to h insolent. It Is the duty of
evory public nervant, whether conductor,
president, director or receiver, to endeavor
to he more- polite to the public than ths
public la to him. Conductors will take
notice and act accordingly. Any Just com
plulnt against any conductor for bad man
ners will result In Immediate discharge."
The cards read in this fashion:
THOU SIIAI.T NOT 8TBAL
Every passenger who docs not pay huj
fare steals.
Kveiy conductor who does not turn ia
fares collected steals.
Thou shall not steal.
The address to the public reads:
HELP I'S TO KEEP THESE CARS
CLEAN.
Do not Slit on the floor.
Do not throw rubbish or filth on tha
floor.
Do not let anybody else do these things.
We wish to please the public.
Wo nsk the public to help us.
Inform us of everything wrong.
Be sure your complaints will be attended
to.
The warning should save many a com
promise, of conscience on the part of con
ductor and passenger. But the crusade to
become wholly effective should be carried
Into ull department of the traction system.
The following mottoea are simgestlvo for
framing and hanging on the walla of tho
Kcriora! olfiees:
Thou Shalt not charge twice for electrify
!ii' the Second Avenue road.
Thou shall not abstract I'M.ufiO for a vol.1
jpapt r franchise.
) Thou shalt not chareo $.'l.fV,(VO for a ec-
itlon or trues, on rhlrty-f jurtli street which
' ost It ss than IVe.Mf).
T'.ou she It not sell w atered securities t.j
widows atid ot pilaris.
The Injunction "Thou shalt not steal," of
course, should lie omitted. For these prac
tices urn not stealing. They are high
finance. New York World.
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