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VOL. XXXVIII NO. 29.
OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 3, 1909.
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Any $25, 35 or 540 Coat
MONDAY
Any Woman's
Cloth Coat
In' the House
There are over 1,000 coats, all new up-to-date
models .' Positively the most sensa
tional bargain announcement ever made by
a local retail store . A sacrifice almost un-
believeable. Black and all colors. Unre
stricted choice of all our finest models. Pos
itively good values at $25.00, $35.00 and
f40.00; all in a gigantic markdown sale, for
$15.00. Come Monday not a day later if
possible.
Any Woman's Suit
In Our
House
$25
Fine lingerie and Bilk messallnes,
This means you get suits
actually worth this season
$45, 159.50 and even $75.00
many have been sold plenty more for Monday.
All Suits Odds and ends of $25 line, now . .$15
GIRL'S COATS Choice of several hundred new
models, all colors, values to $8 $3.95
FURS Fur neck pieces, muffs and fur coats, all
at 33 )i Ter Cent Off.
values to $20.00, closing at . .$4.05
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A WONDERFUL
Dress Goods Offer
A dollar a yard saving on the material and a handsome
man-tailored skirt made free. Never before such an offer,
an offer.
To reduce stock we offer Monday our entire lines fine broad
cloths and novelty suitings, the choicest and most fashion
able goods of the season, every piece positively
worth $2 and $2.50 a yard. Select any fabric you .
like best and the price to you will be per yard. . . . 1)U
As a further inducement we will make to your individ
ual measurements as fine a tailored skirt as one of the best
man tailors of Omaha knows how to produce.
"CI The skirt will be a model in style and finished
JL JTCC workmanship and absolutely guaranteed to be a
perfect fit.
See the sample skirts in the department.
-a FOR HEATER, FURNACE
(f 6J j OR RANGE
Vy Ji aft JL Domestic Lump, ton . . . $5.25
Domestic Nut, ton $5.00
Decidedly the best coal sold for the money. Both
'phones.
January linen sales at Bennetts
never fail to bring out the crowds.
Always attractive with the best
bargains, thousands of housewives
wait for the event. This year the
sale is bigger and better than
ever. Bigger in stocks, bigger in
price reductions. Better for in
creased variety, better for higher
grades of goods. Positively every
yard of goods, every article in the
stock reduced. Savings average
10 to 25. Never such as'! n
several years.
DAMASK
Our 70-lnch Bleached Table Damask 55c
goods, sale price 30
Our 70-inch Bleached Table Damask, In
heavy 75c goods, sale price -50
Our 72-lnch all linen Bleached Damask, 6c
quality, for 7?
Our $1.50 quality Satin Damask, on sale,
at, per yard $1.00
PATTERN CLOTHS. .........
2-yard Pattern Table Cloths our $2.50
line, for $1.08
2-yard Pattern Table Cloths our $3.50
line, for $2.50
8-yard Pattern Table Cloths our $4.50
line, for $3.00
2 -yard Square Pattern Table Cloths $4.25
line, at .., $3.00
2-yard Square Pattern Table Cloths $5.00
line, at $3.50
TOWELS
12 c Hemmed Huck Towels white and col-
. ored borders, cut to TJ
Huck and Fringed Damask Towels best
17 c goods, for 12
24c Huck Towels for . .. 19
35c Huck Towels, hemstitched, fringed and
scalloped, for .... 25J
NAPKINS
$1.25 bleached all linen Napkins doz...08
$1.50 bleached all linen Napkins doz. 81.19
$1.85 bleached all linen Napkins dor. $1.39
TOWELING
18-lnch bleached linen. Crash our 12 Ho
quality, per yard -...9W
10c grade check glass Toweling, sale prioo,
only 6H
Our 17 c BarnBley Crash, best made, 18-ln.,
Bale price ................. ...12 W
January TP- , 1 1, ,
Clearind J. UJL 111LUX
Our entire stock without a single exception at
reduced price now. Iteductions range upward to
23 per cent from regular prices. The chance of a
life time to buy furniture in single pieces or com
plete outfits. .Positively our most Important sale.
CLEARING SALE CARPETS AND RUGS.
$16.00 Brussels Rugs, 9x11 ft, reduced to $8.75
$18.60 Brussels Rugs, 9x12 ft reduced to $1 1.98
$27.50 Wilton Velvet Rugs, 9x12 feet reduced
to $17.98
$32.00 Body Brussels Rugs, 9x12 feet -reduced
to ........ , $10.08
$2.00 Velvet RugB," 27x54 ins. reduced to...98
$2.75 Wool Smyrna Rugs, 30x64 Inches reduced
to -91.69
SJff.OO Wool Smyrna Rugs, 36x72 inches, reduced
to '..-.'. ...... 9129
; - -. -s - INGRAIN CARPETS "
65e half wool 2-ply Carpets for 39
85c all wool 2-ply Carpets for. .....69
BATH MATS
$2.00 washable mate, 27x50 Inches, at ....$1.48
$2.25 washable mats, 24x48 .IncheB, at . . . .$1.75
$1.60 'washable mats 18x36 inches, at 85
Linoleum Remnant .Room lengths, $1.50 kinds
at 85S 75c kinds at 39
:
Sale Sheets,
Pillow Cases,
Blankets, Etc
All at savings that will interest
those who care to turn an honest
dollar to their advantage.
Muslin Sheets Our standard
brand, full 81x90 Inches, selling
regularly at $1.10, in this sale,
for 89
Pillow Cases -45-Inch cases made
of good material, our regular
18c line for 14
Gray Blankets Nice 'soft snap,
10-4 slze best, 75c , blanket you
can buy, at, per pair t. . . .49
Blankets Gray and tan, good
heavy grade, 11-4 size, selling
all season at $1.39, reduced
to 98
Muslin 36-inch bleached, heavy
and strong, excellent, service In
this cloth, actual 7c material,
for 4
w Av noons W
MQ A lady's ho ought to be light
j3r and beautiful. And it must bo - fA
rQ fitted with the utmost scientific accuracy to that vOs
Wv moet debcate part of the body the human foot. lSJ
CYA This la exactly what the "Dorothy Dodd" Shoe Ky )
KpS is and doe. No other ehoe eo scrupulously
vfyS protects the foot from over-crowding. iyy
m , BENNETT'S $
Hardware
January Bargain in Stoves Entire stork
of heaters and base burners to close at
25 per cent off.
Enamelware One lot slightly Imperfect,
worth usually to $1.60, cut to 10S
15S 20tf and 25
Galvanised Tubs and Pails Dented in
in places, at M price.
Skates Girls' $1.00 Skates for.... 754
Boys' 75c Skates for 55
Ash and Garbage Cans, No. 6 Regular
$2.25 values, clearing at $1.50
B. O. E. Sad Irons $1.35 values for 98
Sensible Sad Irons ABbestos, for. $1.25
Enamel Water' Pails 65o quality. . 29
Kice Boilers Blue and white enamel
worth 75c, special 39
Enamel Frying Pans 40c values. . -19 '
Lisk Galvanized Wash Tubs $1.35 qual
ity, cut to t ..98
$1.45 quality, cut to -.$1.10
Corn Poppers, large 35c siza . . .25
6c Fire Shovels, special, at ' 3
10c Fire Shovels, special, at 5
Drip Pans Worth to 18c special at 10
BENNETT'S BIG
GROCERY
Bennett's Excelsior Flour, sack ... .fl70
And 60 stamps.
Bennett's Golden Coffee, pound &Go
And 8U stamps.
Capitol Baking Powder, 5-lb. can. ....... . 3.00
And 100 stumps.
Teas, assorted, pound ............ ... -38o
And 40 stamps.
Allen's Brown Bread Flour . . J 60
And 20 stamps.
Pure Honey, pint Jar .83o
And 10 stamps.
Capitol Pancake Flour lie
And 10 stamps.
Capitol Mince Meat, 3 pkgs .......8S0
And 10 stamps.
Clam Chowder, large can .800
And 20 stamps.
Aprloot Speolal New evaporated California
apricots, 12VfeC kind .......10e
Yankee Itose Toilet Soap, 8 cakes......... .86
And 10 stampB.
Succotash Special "Best We Have," 16c grade
fur 10o
Southwell's Marmalade, Jar SOo
And 10 Btanips.
Full Cream Cheese, pound .80o
And 10 stamps.
Swansdown Codfish, 3 pkgs , 85o
And 10 stamps.
Strait's Pineapple Cubes 80o
And 10 stamps.
Diamond C Soap, 10 bars for .850
AFFAIRS CHAOTIC IN LONDON
Many Co-ordinate Bodies Befuddle
Municipal Begulation.
BILL TO SIMPLIFY CONTROL
Potlre ii Be' Afaaaaed br the
Cltr Aathorltles lastesd ' of
t- Parllameat, as at
v Presvat. ' -
'rom a Staff Correspondent.)' ,
, '.DON, Jan. t 01ucla.) local gov
einroent here Is to drastlfally reformed
and reorganised. If the present liberal gov
rnment has 1U way. and as a- matter of
fact, although the scheme has been put
forward by the London liberal members of
Parliament, there is little opposition to
It from the conservative side, so that It Is
likely to be treated by Parliament, when
It comes before It. as a non-controversial
measure. London Is In heed of reformation
and reorganisation . for greater chaos In
the name of government does not exist
anywhere In the world. The county of
Tvtnrfnn la all that I ororose to consider
here, although "Greater London" as it la
rnllod. includes a large number or inde
pendent boroughs and districts which are
co-termlnous with It. and are just as muca
a part of It as the portion within the bound
aries of the county.
Vait Exteat at City. 1
The county of London measures sixteen
miles from east to west and about twelve
miles from north to south. IU population
Is 4,TM,)0. To govern this mass of people
there are no fewer than 20! separate au
thorities and none of them has control of f
the police. This Is vested In a commis
sioner appointed by the national govern
ment. The greatest of all the governing bodies
Is. of course, the London county council,
which exercises a general supervision over
the whole of the area, but there are many
things which it cannot touch at present.
Then there la the court of common coun
cil of the old city of London, the council
of the city of Westminster, and twenty,
eight metrovcJitan borough councils. The
county council and the borough councils
are doing much the same work In many re
spects and their officials are always over
lapping each other. The poor law la ad
ministered by thirty-one boards of guard,
lans. and In the old city. In addition to the
common council, there are 111 vestries and
114 boards of overseers whose duties would
be performed much better by the central
authority. The metropolitan water board
governs the water supply of the whole
area and a Urge outlying district, and
the Thames and the Lea. both of which
flow through the city, are in the hands of
bodies known as conservancl-a. The metro
politan asylums board performs the duties
indicated by Its name.
Ceaatr Caaaell CeatraJ Body.
Tha new nroooaal is oractlcally to enlarge
and glorify the county 'count 11 and make
it the supreme governing body tor inaon.
Th present county council has 137 mem
ber, and the new body, which will be
called ths aauoioipal c-uucU of London.
will have 200 member. The borough coun
cils will be retained, but they will be shorn
of all their power, and will be made
merely executive committees of the mu
nicipal council, to administer Its local
work. The munclpal council will be the
only body having any power to levy a tax.
This alone will be a great reform, for all
the bodies mentioned levy their own local
taxes and the rates vary In the different
districts of London. Sometimes a man
living on one side of a street pays at a
rate twice as high as the. man on the other
side, who Is in a different borough, or
even a different parish of the same bor
ough.. If the new scheme Is adopted there
will be one uniform tax rate over all Lon
don. The boards of guardians, vestries and
boards of overseers are to be abolished
altogether and their work will be taken
over by the borough councils, which will
be required to submit an estimate of their
expenditure every year to the central coun
cil which may accept It or reduce it, as
It pleases. The borough councils will have
no power, as at present, to control the
streets, or to prevent the construction of
tramway.. They will be unable to Indulge
In municipal trading and all such existing
activities will be taken over by the new
council., -
New Asylum's Maaaareme'fct)
The work of the Metropolitan Asylums
board, which cares for the sick. Insane and
the helpless children, will also be taken
over and administered by a committee of
the new municipal council. The Metro
politan Water board will not be interfered
with, a Us Jurisdiction covers a much
larger area than the county of London, and
the river eonserv ancles are already being
dealt 1 with by a bill now before Parlia
ment, which sets up a new authority to
govern the port of London.
There is a strong movement, however, to
secure for the new council the control of
the police. It Is felt to be an anomaly that
London alone has no cjntrol over its police
force, while every other city In the king
dom and every rural county has. Tula
condition is a survival of the time when it
was feared that the citlaens might use
their power to intimidate Parliament, and
Parliament, to protect Itself, kept the con
trol of the police In Its own bands.
Under the new scheme It Is also pro
posed to set up a criminal court for the
couaty to be presided over by a recorder
appointed by the crown. It is provided that
the present recorder of the city of London,
who preside at the Old Bailey, shall be
the first holder of- the new office and It Is
understood that this provision simply
mean that the control of London's chief
criminal court ahaU be transferred from
the old city of London to the new municipal
council.
FINEST CRIPPLES' HOSPITAL
Children's Lord Mayor of London
Beaches Life's Ambition.
QUEEN ALEXANDRA. LENDS HAND
Help to Organise Band of Children
to Aid In Collecting- for the
Home Parliament Give
bolldlng.
Aaswrred.
is that the president?" asked 1)1 dis
tinguished statesman through tb tele
phone. "Yea" responded a vole at the other
end of the wire.
"This is Rsoator Lotsmun. I wish to
ask you, Mr. President, not from idle
curiosity, but to establish a point I am
trying to make, what would you. do In
such an emergency as that which con
fronts General Castro, who''
There was a rending, trashing sound
aa if the telephone at the other end had
been smashed to atoms.
men ail was U1L Chicago Tribune.
V
LONDON, Jan. 2. (Special.) Hundreds of
lttte cripple and their parent are blessing
Sir William Purdle Treloar, who has been
called the children' Lord Mayor of Lon
don, for the great work which has Just
been completed by the opening at Alton,
Hampshire, of the Lord Mayor Treloar
Cripples' Home and college. The institu
tion, which has now become a permanent
feature of England's relief work, is the
result of a year of strenuous effort by a
man who ha devoted the greater part of
his life to ameliorating the lot of London's
crippled chlldTen.
Sir William Treloar has long been a prom
inent figure In public life in the old city of
London. He Is a great merchant aud he
has been a member of the city corporation
for year. Two year ago he was chosen
Lord Mayor of London, the highest honor
that can come to a cltlsen of the ancient
city, and he determined to devote his year
of office and the great influence which the
office gave him to establishing an institu
tion which should do what no Institution
did really cure the little cripples and re
store them to the world, able to support
themselves and free from all disabilities.
Record a Beggar.
"I have always been a pretty good beg
gar where the children were concerned,"
Bir William said to me at the opening cere
mony a few days ago, "but I determined
whim I became Lord Mayor that I would
beg as no one had ever begged before, and
that I would leave a record behind me in
the way of begging that would not soon be
forgotten. I surpassed even my own ex
pectations, for In less than a year I man
aged 'to beg a hospital and seventy acres
of ground from Parliament, and I got $350,.
000 from the public."
Before telling about Sir William' achieve
ment it may be well to say something about
the man himself and about his lifelong in
terest in the crippled children. Like so
many of the men, from the time of Dick
Whlttlngton to now, who have ruled over
the destinies of the largest city in the
world, Bir William was not born in Lon
don. He Is a Comlshmaa and no one who
looks at him could doubt for a moment
that he came of sturdy country stock. He
1 more than six feet tall and although he
1 nearly 70 year old he 1 a straight a
he was when he came to London as a boy
to seek hi fortune. He 1 said to be the
handsomest man who ha presided at the
Mansion House banquet within the mem
ory of the present generation.
Treloar Hamper Faad.
HI Interest In the crippled children la
no new thing. Nearly twenty years ago it
occurred to him that there must be thou
sands of little children who were pre
vented by illness or Infirmity from attend
ing the banquet given every Christmas
time by the corporation of London to the
poor children of the city. He investigated
and the result of his Inquirle was the
establishment of the Treloar Hamper fund.
It began in a small way, but for the last
fourteen years, Sir William Treoar
boasts, not a single crippled child In Lon
don has been without hamper cf good
thing to eat and toys to delight at Christ
mas time. The title of the fund explains
Its object. A corps of investigators seeks
out the little crlppl and every Christmas
time a hamper of good thing Is dis
patohed to each of them. Mucn of the
money is raised by public subscription
and many of Sir William's associates in the
cocporation and in the trade guilds, which
form so great a feature of London' civic
life, contribute in kind; but there 1 always
a large deficit to be made up, and this In
variably has been contributed by sir Will
lam himself.
From supplying Christmas hampers to
the cripples to trying to cure them was a
natural step. Sir William found that while
many of the little unfortunates spent their
lives in and out of hospitals few of them
received permanent benefit. Most of the
child, cripple are victim of tuberculosis
of the bone and the core of this terrible
disease Is a slow process. Few hospitals
can spare a bed for thn months or years
necessary to effect a cure and the result
has been that the little victims have been
merely patched up and sent home again
,to fresh suffering. One of the inmate of
Sir William' home, a little girl only U
years old, has undergone no less than
twenty operation in hospital. She 1 now
in T fair way to be permanently cured
without further operative treatment.
League ef Cklldrea.
These facts impressed on Sir William
the need for an institution devoted 10
the patient and scientific treatment of
such cases and he made up his mind to
crown his life work by founding it. The
opportunity came when he became lord
mayor in 1907. He threw the whole in
fluence of his great office into the scale.
He issued letter after letter to the p.-ess,
pointing out the need of an institution
such as he had planned and the money
began to flow In, slowly, but steadily.
Then he interested the queen in his work
and the money began to flow faster. He
secured her permission to organise the
Queen Alexandra League of Children to
aid in collecting for the home, and the
queen herself designed the badge of mem
bership. The league ha now many thou,
aands of members, who are described by
Bir William a "the little children who
are doing well, working for the little chil
dren who are 111."
HI crowning feat of begging, however,
was when he Induced Parliament to turn
over to him the great hospital at Alton,
which was built for the car of wounded
and sick soldier during the buer war.
It was called the "Absent-Minded Beg
gar" hospital because the War ct'flc
built it in response to Mr. Kipling's stir
ring appeal for the men who were fight
ing England battles. The war ended
before it waa ready for use and it had
never been occupied. A it stood It had
cost th government about 1700.000, and
Parliament voted it to Bir William Tre
loar for his cripples' home absolutely free
of charge.
The home is Ideally situated for its new
purpose. It starids near Alton, on the
Hampshire Downs, one of the healthiest
spots In England, and is only a few miles
from Aldershot, the great military can.p.
The elevation is about 800 feet above
sea level and there is nothing to arrest
the soft breezes from the English chan
nel. The grounds,- which are about sev
enty acres in extent, lie along the Bide of
a hill. At the top Is the governor's house
and the administration buildings vhlch
overlook the whole. A little lower down
are the nurses' quarters and nestling un
der the shelter of the hill is the home
Itself.
Arrangement Entirely Vnlque.
The arrangement la probably unique
and ia made possible by the unlimited
space which was at the architect's dis
posal. There are twenty wards, each con
taining twelve beds, and each ward stands
by itself. They are arranged in a semi
circle and running round the inside of
the circle Is a covered way, communicat
ing with each ward. At the outer end
of each ward there is a sun parlor. The
wards, of course, are only one story high.
They are built of pltoh pine, on brick
support, rising out of a concrete floor,
and there Is a free circulation cf air
over and under and on all sides of them.
All the sanitary arrangements are away
from the wards themselves. Situated as
they are, there is, of course, a maximum
of sunlight.
In addition to the wards there Is a
achool for older boys. Th majority of
the patients will be less than 12 years
old, but about fifty boy from 17 to 18
will be taken, and while they are being
cured of their Infirmities they will be
taught trades. The smaller patients will
also receive the ordinary schooling while
they are inmates of the home.
The whole institution Is now In full
running' order and Is in charge of Dr.
H. J. Gauvain, who showed me round the
wards. Apart altogether from his qual
ifications as a medical man, no better
man could have been selected for the post
than Dr. Gauvain. He Is a genuine lover
of children, and, although the home had
only been open three weeks at the time
of my visit, he knew every one of the
hundred little patients by name. They
all knew him, too, and his coming was
the signal for a romp, for th little crip
ples are wonderfully like other children.
They all knew Kir William Treloar, too,
and welcomed him with a happy smile,
although they regarded him with greater
awe than their own doctor.
All Application Sifted.
''We have accommodation for about 100
Inmate at present." said Dr. Oauvaln,
"but our capacity for expansion 1 limited
only toy the amount of money we get
80 far we have only received about 100
patient because we are sifting all th
application very carefully. We have de
rided that we will not take In any case
that we cannot see a reasonable hop of
curing. That may sound rather cruel,
but it is a real klndnesa An incurable
case occupying a bed would only, shut
out a child that might be made whole.
"We are here to cure, not only to patch
up and relieve. It doe not matter if the
treatment take ten year; we will not let
th child ga until It Is quit whole, Tb
average term will be from six months to
two years and after the children go home
they will have to come to soe me in London
at regular intervals, -ana If I detect the
slightest symptom of a return of the dis
ease back they will come to Alton on the
spot."
Dr. Gauvain took me to see the little girl
who hud undergone twenty operations.
When she camelnto the home three weeks
before, I was told, she was pale and
emaciated, but when I saw her she waa
plump, and pretty, and happy. There is
but little doubt that she will be entirely
cured in a year or two.
The treatment consists chiefly of fresh
air and sunlight and good food. Medicines,
of course, are given as required, and there
Is a fully equipped operating theater in
case operative surgery should be needed.
What is needed now, most of all, Is an
"X" ray apparatus, and Dr. Gauvain is
hoping that some one will present it to
the home.
The patients range in age all the way
from six months to 11 or 12 years old. Most
of them seem to have little tho matter
with them as they lie In bed, but when
the covering is drawn aside pitifully twisted
limbs or deformed Joints aro disclosed.
Some of the little patients, however, are
obviously under treatment, for as they lie
in bed their limb are held rigid by ar
rangements t weights and pulleys and
others are fixed Immovably In boxes.
One of the features of the place Is the
forest school where the children will be
taught in fine weather. At the top of the
hill is the beginning of a forest five miles
In extent and part of It belongs to the
home. The school has been established In
a natural clearing and is approached by a
path through the thick undergrowth, with
the great forest trees arching overhead.
The school Itself consists of an open shed
built of rough hewn logs, and with a floor
raised high enough to be free from all sus
picion of dampness. In winter the children
will be taught In a schoolroom near the
wards and those who cannot leave their
beds will have lessons by the bedside. A
soon as they are old enough they will be
gin to learn a trade, for one object of the
home is to enable them to support them
selves In after life. IXU1S HYDE.
JACOB POPP DEFIES THE LAW
English Tobacconist Derive Constant
Advertisement of Business from
Frequent Arrests.
LONDON, Jan. 2. BpeCa1.) Summoned.
361 times before the. magisuates of the
little town of High Wycombe, England,
Jacob Popp claims the distinction of being
the most prosecuted person In the world.
In fact, hi case ha achieved a national
reputation. Every week there Is a sum
mons against Popp. It Is always for the
same cause, breaking the S.tbbaUi by sell
ing tobacco and confectionery. But, de
spite all his summonses, Popp continue"!
on hi career, defying chief constables,
summons servers, magistrates and the dig
nity of the law In general.
Jacob Popp 1 not a lawbreaker from
choice, but from principle. It seems, the
same law doe not prevail alt over Eng
land. Ia London, for Instance, tobacconist
and confectioner may keep open on Sun
daysChat being, in fact, their best trading
day but In the little village of High Wy
combe, in the midlands of England, things
are different. High Wycombe seems to
have a conscientious objection to tobac
conists, anyway; and that they should de
fame the Sabbath by selling their unholy
wares is not to be borne. Consequently,
the chief magisterial dignitaries of tho
village have put their august feet down
on tobacconists who break the Sabhath.
As Popp Is the most flagrant Sabbath
breaker, he has had summonses alinout
equal in number to the famous leaves of
Vallombrosa, and still he doesn't seem to
care. Popp has one of those peculiar tem
peraments that can 'laugh even at a police
summons. He laughs outright, which, of
course, makes the magisterial bench who
lsxues the summon quite angry. They
would hang Popp, but, fortunately for him,
the law does not allow a person to be
hanged for selling tobacco on Sunday. Un
fortunatelyfrom tho magistrate's point of
vitw the law does not allow tho impo
sition of a fine of more than about $2, and
thus Popp pays quite willingly every time
he is called upon to do so. Even at this
rate, his 361 summonses have cost him
the tidy sum of about SS60, including fines
and costs.
In the course of a recent interview Popp
was asked to explain how it waa that he
oould tolerate this constant legal perse
cution. "Well, Sunday Is my beBt day for trade,"
he said quite frankly. "Besides this, I do
not see why I should be persecuted not
prosecuted under an ola taw passed in the
time of Charles IL Sunday trading in my
line is allowed in various part of Eng
land, and it will be allowed in High Wy
combe, too, before many years have passed.
Most of the trade of the village is given
up to making of chairs; but the .manu
facturer do not ' object to their good
going by railways on Sunday, nor do they
object to tha running of trains, or tho
working of railway officials. My trade 1
perfectly Justifiable, and I am going to
keep my shop open on Sunday If they is
sue summonses until the. crack of doom.
"Fm thermoro," he continued, with a
cheery imlie, "I might let you into a secret-
A very large portion of my trade
has come from these very ummone. I
do not mind paying a S3 fine on Monday
morning if I do $10 worth of business on
Sunday. My name ha become known all
over the country, and I have had more
advertisement out of these summonses
than I could possibly have obtained by
any other mean. The fact that I have
Just had my 361st summons doe not worry
me at all. I am sure I would mis
If they did not come."
Popp' conflict with the authorities hay
been turn-d by him . to good- account In
the form of various funny posters and
cards ridiculing the local officials. One
of these show a huge crowd gathered
about hi shop, on the window of which
are th words, "Open on Sunday, a
usual," and underneath it the word:
Tiie sequel you'll be pleased to leaon.
Although they fine hlin still,
Is that this nonsense only put
More money In his till.
In another advertisement, he prophesies
that the fame which ha come to him
through the summonses will bring him a
knighthood, and ha predict that High Wy
comb will Mm day appoint "Sir" Jacob
Popp on of its chief magistrate,