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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-24
SELLING SHOES.
Men More Distinguished for Their Tact
and Patience Than Women.


Noticing that the sales force in a large
department store had been changed from
female to male clerks. Star reporter asked
the manager the reason therefor.
Because of the complaints on the part
of our lady customers and of the falling or
of our trade" he answered I'VE found 1t
about the same for woman clerks in the
shoe department for ladies as 1t would be
for woman clerks in the ready made mems
clothing department-they don't fit the sit
uation.
"Our lady customers have told us that
there was something about saleswomen In
the shoe department that caused them to
prefer stores where men are employed. 1t
may be the attitude OF one class of women
to another 1t may be the natural jealousy
OF the sex. Ii may be their lack of patience
In an occupation that demands the utmost
patience, or 1T may be other reasons. but
we have made the substitution, and so have
other stores, and the effect upon the trade
has been so marked that we would not re-
turn TO the SaieSwomen IN the shoe depart
ment.
"The fitting of the feminine foot is one
of the hardest things in business. The sue
cessful salesman Is the one Of the most pa
tience We find that statesmen are not so
ready to tell the customers what they
should wear, and TO insist upon IT,, as are
saiesWomen. While it is a@practice for both
the salesman and the saleswoman to urge
upon customers the accepting of larger
size than the customer usually demands,
our customers tell US that the saleswoman
will carry the insistence to a degree that is
annoying In many instances. This drives
away trade from a store very quickly. as
lady buyers pass this information along
from mouth to mouth much more readily
than men,.
1.-THE sizes of shoes are no longer marked
In q manner which is distinguishable to the
purchaser, as size s, II, etc. A shoe. for
example, win be SO. 5,4 will be So. and
so on. These numbers convey no informa-
tiofn to the purchaser. When a lady comes
into the shoe department and asks for a
pair Of shoes the salesman win ask tie size
desired If the lady says "A 8, please. the
salesman will invariably look at the mark
ings In the shoe removed. II these mark
ings Indicate full size or a half size larger
than the shoe demanded by the purchaser
he will get her the size of the shoe that
agrees with the markings, and not the size
she has asked for. III IN Vs5
And then comes the test between sales
man and Customer II the latter says the
new shoes are too large, the former replies
that they are the same size a. the old
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-24
The Value of Sea Weeds.
From Leslte's Weekly.

Irish moss is used as foundation for
many desserts in the dietary kitchens where
especial dishes are prepared for invalids.
An authority on the question of seaweeds
states that scurvy. the dread of sailors,
caused by the absence of potash In the salt
meat which forms a part of every ship
provisions. would be ameliorated by the
liberal use of the sea-moss jelly. which Is
rich in potash. Irish moss has always a
place in the medicine chest of the old
fashioned housewife, who pins her faith to
its healing properties for colds, sore
threats, etc. On the coast where the moss
is gathered and also In the majority or
Irish families the moss Is boiled. strained,
boiled again with lemon juice and sugar.
until 1t Is OF the consistency of sirup. 1t
is taken hot, a teaspoonful at a time. and
Is said to be very good remedy for the
maladies referred to. The Indians use the
ashes OF seaweed for granular swellings- 1t
Is also used by the Chinese, and SO highly
Is 1t priced by them. both as a medicine
and food, that 1t Is gathered in some
parts of the Pacific coast. principally at
Monterey. and sent back to China.
The supply of seaweed Of every descrip-
ton seems inexhaustible, as that pulled or
reaped from the rocks is replaced by an
other and more luxuriant growth the fol-
lowing year. On the Atlantic coast 1t IS
harvested only during the months from
June to August,-hut at Monterey 1t Is gath
cred every day all the year around.
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pair But the customer insists, the shoes
l have removed are too large; l wish
smaller pair And here is where the pc
culiarity of the two classes Of salespeople
comes in; the saleswoman seldom yields,
though 1t Is the customer who pays the
the saleswoman does not appear to be SO
DESTROYS.
Ladies' are apt to be very touchy about
the fitting of their shoes, and we have found
that saleswomen are more inclined to be
pert than men, though in the fancy goods
departments saleswomen make superior
clerks to men. In the shoe line 1t is more
natural for men to handle this class of
goods than women; saieswomen will not
stoop over and take the trouble with their
customers In the difficult performance OF
fitting the feet as will statesmen"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-24
Tailored Suits, $40.

II3 Tailored Suits in Womens and Misses sizes former
prices of which SEQ $22 and $25 Light and dark plain
coors and mixtures of Panama broadcoth and cheviot
Eton and coat steare represented Choice SIo all sizes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-24
Tailored Skirts, S..

Manufactured Skirts of black, blue and white Panama
and Sciian also several stylish novelty mixtures reduced
for this sale from $3.50 and $3.50 to S. All sizes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-24
SIX RECORDS BROKEN
Annual Athletic Meet of the
High Schools.
CENTRAL WINS STAR CUP
Macdonald Makes Best Individual
Showing.
SCORED Is OF 5714 POINTS
Most Successful Meeting Ever Held
by the Local Scholastic League
Summary of the Events

The thirteenth annual field and track
meet of the District of Columbia high
schools was held yesterday afternoon at
Van Ness Park and proved the most sue
cessful ever held under the auspices of the
local scholastic league. 1t was a record
breaking day, as six new figures were hung
up In as many different events. Central
High School again won the silver cup Of
fered by The Star.
Central again carried off the meet, when
they scored 57h points Technical was sec
ond with 3SA; Western third. 91a; Business
fourth, 81 and Eastern last with "a. Cen
trail scored in every event on the pro-
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gram except the broad jump and pole
vault. Macdonald made the best individual
showing as ne secured fifteen points for his
team The University of Pennsylvania will
certainly secure a prize when this young
man graduates from Central and next year
enters that university, as he looks to be one
OF the coming weight throwers of the
country and with the excellent coaching
secured in the higher colleges he should
develop rapidly. He Is good base ball
and foot ball player.
Technical showed up well in the field
events. Western. Business and Eastern were
about even in the field events.
Records Broken.
Records were broken in the discus throw,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-24

seconds while the former time made by
2. P. Magoffin was So Is. w. G. Thrall, of
Technical cleared the bar at 10 feet 8
irches in the pole vault and lowered the
record by nearly seven inches
Summary.
The summary of events:
100-yard dash-Ffrst heat by Roberts Gen.
trail: Wilson. Central, second Time, OIL. Sec
ond heat won by Kemper. Central; Phelan, West
ern, second. Time. o.104s. Final heat by
Roberts. Central: Kemper, Central. second, and
Phelan. Western, third. Time, 0.l0b.
SS0-yard run-Won by g. Z. Wilson, Central;
Dick. Central, second. and Wallace Central. third.
Time, 207H.
220-yard dash-First heat won by Leger, Tech
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when Macdonald of Central threw it go
feet, which is 1 foot 1 inches better than
his previous record, made last season. In
the 12-pound hammer throw he also broke
a record when he heaved the missile 121
feet 8 inches, which is better by 1 foot l
inch than Duganne's record of last year
The time in the SS9-yard run was lowered
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nical Roberts, Central. second. Time, o.242s.
Second heat won by W. G.. Thrall, Technical;
kemper. Central second. Time. 0.24S. Final
heat by W. G.. Thrall. Technical: Kempers
Central. second Roberts, Central. third. Time,
0-23%
220 yards. hurdles-First heat by J. T.
Tuohy. Business; A. C. Welcker. Business. second.
Time OBI. Second heat by Hamilton, Gen.
trail; W. v. Renner, Business. second. Time,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-24

Deputy Marshal James BourIand and Fred
Hudson. who was acquitted OF q murder
charge. engaged In q pistol duels at Ana
darco, Okla, yesterday. andE both2w&re fasa
tally wounded
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-24
Seen and Heard.

From Puck.
Enid-"My new bonnet attracted a great
deal of attention In church
Edna-"Why. all the girls said It was
your new shoes
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by G. E. Wilson. of the Central school, his
time being POI 2-5, which is one-fifth of
second better than +. NJ Byrnes time made
In 1904. Charles J. Brown, of Technical
took the 220-yard hurdles and lowered the
time from % 1-5 to % 1-5 seconds. Noble
Clagett, of Central lowered the 440-yard
run. when he covered the distance in SIS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-24

Representative Lacey was renominated
for te1f11 term 10y republicans of the
sixth Iowa congressional district yester-
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-06-26

5 VINO submitted paper entitled
! Present Status Of the High School
(; The paper received a great amount
! cf praise and set before be teachers
/, Tie exact standing of the schools o:
! the State 1t is largely statistical.
There was required = great amount
OF work in getting the paper together
and the teachers appreciate the great
amount of labor put upon the paper
by the local superintendent Or;e
McConkey and Mrs Mary r Nc
Gwisan followed with valuable dis
cussion upon the same topic.
An address was next given by c.
/: W. Fretz. entitled, CLASSIFICATION OF
High Schools. Four-Year. Three
Year and Two-Year Courses" The
paper was excellent and was Chuck
full of Information. His thought op-
ened the field for many earnest and
thoughtful discussions c. ". Boet-
ticher led. and he followed up the pa
per With many excellent thoughts
Principal Humphrey followed and
he advocated the principle Of MAX
ing the course in the high school to
suit the needs of the community in
which the school is located. If. there
are not enough studies in the curri-
culum for more than two years. then
there should be a two year course.
and SO on His strongest point. how
ever. was that the course of a high
school should be decided by the
school for itself. For instance. If the
school is in mining district, the
school should offer course which
would prepare the student for edu-
Gated men in that work II in. a dis
trict OF a great many clerks. then the
school should have the privilege of
Offering an excellent course in book
keeping The courses should be
adopted to the needs of the schools.
Individuality" is the name OF the
suggestion. and should imply what the
high school students can use in life
Concluded on Page Eighth
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-06-26
All Have a
Good Word
For Fairmo1t

The spirit of energy and entaus:'
asm still pervades the meetings OF
The educational association. Never
before has such an ambitious and
hard working and such a large num-
Der of delegates gotten together at
any session of the teachers.
Words of Praise.
This is the best meeting we have
ever had said President Laidley
this morning after the session to a
West VirGinian representative. The
people OF Fairmont have given us
the very Kindness reception and we
certainly feel grateful to them for
their hearty cooperation Their
kindly feelings have enthused me and
all the rest of the teachers with a de-
termination to do better work when
We get back home. I have also deter
mined to take greater interest il
the work Of the association and try
to make it more interesting"
Superintendent Miller. of the State
schools. is exceedingly. enthusiastic
over the work that the teachers are
doing. He said to reporter of this
paper
This is an excellent session and
great good will come to the schools
Of the State on account of it. Further
more the people of Fairmont have
treated US well; everything
has been done which contributes to
the success of this assembly of the
The Morning Session.
The programme was opened this
by Superintendent Roster
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-06-26
Pythian jubilee
TEND BIG AFFAIR AT MT
LAKE PARK.

The knights Of PythIas of t:lis city
and district VIII attend the grand
Pythian jubilee OF Maryland and
West Virginia to be held soon at
Mountain Lake Park. There VIII be
a large company of knights so from
the local lodge Special fares VIII be
granted BIZ the railroad company
Captain Robert Miller is drilling
the knights ana viii have them thor
ouShly familiar with the manual by
the time of the jubilee The company
drills every Monday night and all are
urged to be at the armory on Main
street by eight O'Clock on drill nights.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-06-26
Bad Whiskey
GOT SOME ENTERPRISE PEOPLE
INTO a MESS OF TROUBLE
LAST MIGHT

Police court this morning was al
most a Ferro hearing Dominick. Guy.
and John Ferro. OF Enterprise. came
into town and filed up with bad whis-
key Guy Ferro is the father of the
boys and tried TO take the boys from
Officer Ridsely. who made the arrest.
Officer Ross assisted Guy was fined
SIS: John s1i: and Dominick. Sc.
Their fines amounted to 81 dollars and
they had S2095.
w B. Mueller was plain drunk
that Officer Could found on Madison
street He was fined SIX dollars.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-06-26
UNIVERSITY
REGENTsLST
TO PETITIONS
Students Ask for
Maxey' S Retention

MoRGANToWN. June es.-Tt the
two meetings yesterday of the board
of regents. as is usual with this body.
the first part of its session. the bust
ness was mostly deliberatfye. "A mum
Der Of items OF business were taken.
up and debated at length. to be left
for final settlement at some later;
meeting. ). = sssss ss
at the morning meeting special
committee composed of Regent:
Grant, President Purinton and Prof.
Emory was appointed to investigate
the cost of building the south wing
of Woodburn hall. a report from
this committee will be heard later.
so that an appropriation may be
asked from the next legislature. The
committee appointed to look after
matters pertaining to dormftory
for. young Lady students was contin-#
ued until the October session. When
a report VIII be given and plea for
mulated for an appropriation for
this purpose -
The following promotions were
made:
Edwin f. Church. assistant pros
fessor of mechanical engineering, to-
be associate professor OF mechanical
engineering: salary. $1,000. 80 -
William E. Dickinson. Instructor;
fconcipde6 ON para Eonr}
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-06-26

NEW yoRK June &c. eNooni.-
Dan o,Reilly. The famous criminal law.
ley, arrived to look after the young
smillonaire's Interests oReally con
yersed briefly with Thaw. then held
conference With magistrate Barlow.
Thaw was formally arra;snei and
was Immediately remanded TO apFear
before the coroner. With guards at
tending Thaw wes bundled into pa
troll wagon and driven down town.
The police, late this morning. located
Evelyn Nesbitt Thaw. at a house in
the city. She was calm, when detec-
Nyes found her, but was not molessed.
She win be held under espionage un-
ltl her part in the tragedy is explain
ed When arratsned before Coroner
Dooiey; Coroner Delafeli had Joined
Thaw. The District Attorneys Office
was represented by Attorneys Knott
and F,urbull Thaw was held >without
bail. and committed TO the Tombs.
The inquest viii be held Thursday
morning Thaw would make no state
sment after being taken to the cell
He spent his time IN going over the
events of the night with his counsel.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-06-26
Awful Deed
DRUNKEN HUSBAND SLASAED
HIS wlFE-S THROAT IN
PRESENCE OF THEIR
LITTLE CHILDREN.

CHICAGO. June 26.-Charvat Kon
duraS, barred from his home by his
wife, when he returned intoxicated
last night gained entry this morning
and :slashed her throat from ear to
ear. killing her He then several tae
arteries of his own throat and is now
dying in hospital Honduras three
children Witnessed the tragedy.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-06-26
MaxeY WilI Have to Go.

IoRGANTowN. June .6.-The
Post this evening will say tnat the
Board of Regents have decided TO re-
tire Edwin Maxey from the law de.
partment and it seems now that his
successor will be Attorney Push, of
Columbus, Ohio. or chas. E. Hoss. of
Point Pleasant, w Va
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-06-26
MORE TROUBLE
Engineers and Pilots on Finnish Pas.
Seneer Boats Struck To-day.

ST. PETERSBURG. June e6-Er.
cry day brings fresh news OF mutiny
or disaTection in the ranks OF the
army and navy and revolutionary
propaganda is making rapid progress
in the ranks. The engineers and pi-
lots on the Finnish passenger boats,
plying at Neva, struck today
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-06-26
w. c. T. U. Me-tino.

The Woman.s Christian Temper
ance Union Will hold :ts regular quar-
terly' business meeting at the library
parlor this evening at I1:45 o'clock
a good attendance is desired as busi-
ness of importance VIII be under con-
sideratioa.
Al Tri:nnee Hats reduced jus. u:
at The Bon Ton.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-06-26
DIED THIS MORNING
William, JoIIiH Passed Away Of Dis
eases Incident to Old Ace,

SSS '"S'eS'!S - O'o rye.
William Jolliff. an aged citizen of
this county, died early this morning
at his home in Smithtown after an
illness of diseases incident to Old age.
He was brother of Mr.. James Jo1-
liT. OF Pierpont avenue. this city.
and an uncle of Bernard Jollif, also
of this city Undertaken r. c. Jones
went to -Smithtown this morning to
arrange for funeral services but
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-06-26
Express;on of Tharks.

Mr. and Mrs G. w Brown wish to
express to the;r friends their apppre-
citation of the kindness shown them
during the illness of their little child
which died recently
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-06-26
HARRY THAW
DELlBERATE
MURDERER.
SO Says New
York Coroner

- NEW YORK, June 26--Harry Ken
dali Thaw. the young Ptttsbu-g acil-
Iionaire. ssoas Of the late William Tsa~-,
was araiSneisfn Je1e-son Market
court this morning, charged with
shooting and killing Stanford White.
the millionaire architect, during a
performance last night at Madison
Square Garden. for me=real as fan
ecied wrong that White had done Eve
Iyn Nes6ftt, the former actress and
artist model. whose marriage to young
Thaw, two years ago. was a society
sensation The police searched
throughout the night for Mrs. Thaw,
but have been thus far unable to To-
cate her. Thaw was quite calm when
arraiSned this morning. He was still
attired in his evening dress.
Captain Hodkinss visited Thaw in
his cell, handcu6ed himself to Thaw
and the pair started for police court
I In patrol wagon Thaw at first
showed nervousness when confronted
by an army of photographers il the
open aud attempted to conceal nis
countenance. Thaw while in police
headquarters went through the usual
routine through which all prisoners
must pass.
He was then photographed FOR the
rogue.s gallery acd bertilion meas
urements were taken He was then
taken TO the JeTerson Market Police
court Thaw refused to discuss the
crime or its cause in any shape or
form this morning. saying he must
first obtain counsel. After the frstl
ordeal OF examination after his arrest
:Thaw slept soundly for several hours
on a wooden bench inshis cell
Coroner Dooiey examined Thaw and
declared The man perfectly rational.
He Is satisfied that it was a deliberate
murder. the most deliberate CT his Of
.fcia1 eSpsr;ence-
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-06-26

interest IN voting contest Increases
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-06-26

a lot of new Shirt Waists received
to-day. THE BON TON. #
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-06-26

+<SN x x X x x :
CAPT. LANG ENDORSED. !
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-06-26

HARRY HARTLEX Advertising Manager Hartieyss.
R. VANCE, Manaser Joiftfe's. sssssssssS
J. L Hall, Proprietor Haii,s Hardware-
c b HIGHLAND, Proprietor Hishands closhins stol
s DIR coNaWAY,5 Proprietor conaMay, Phsrraey
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-06-26

CONCLUDED on Page EightD
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-04-27

would so debase the criminal laws.
Tie pointed out that the expense to
Holt county to try these cases would
probably run from $4,000 to 10000,
and that 1t would be a useless and
profligate expenditure Of the money of
the people of Holt county to spend 1t
in prosecution which everybody
knew would accomplish nothing, that
the very men who had started the
prosecution had brought about con.
dition of affairs where conviction was
impossible, and he accordingly dis
missed the cases and discharged the
defendant.
The citizens of Rock county cogni-
zant of the facts highly commend the
action Of the district Judge in dismiss
ing these cases. Everybody realized
that the depositors had killed their
cases, If they ever had any. 1t was
plain to everyone that the criminal
laws were being abused, and that the
dismissals have saved the taxpayers
of Holt county a vast amount of
money.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-04-27
RATS FOR CATFISH BAIT.
SOMETHING NEW IN PIscAToRIAL
LINE FOUND HERE.
THEY CAUGHT THE FISH, TOO
Jack kennis. a colored Porter In Nor.
folk, Found a Nest OF Little Rats
With Their Eyes Barely Open, and
Used Them on His Hook.

Angle worms, frogs, liver dough,
grasshoppers, flies, etc. etc, all the
devices used by slilful piscators for
the batting of fish have been used by
Norfolk fishermen but Shades of
Isaac Walton and Thoreau! Who ever
heard of batting hook with rats?
Yet that Is what Jack" Kennis, the
obliging porter in Reeds barber shop
did and he caught them, too.
He found nest Of young rats that
had scarcely gotten their eyes open
and, slipping them into his pocket, he
shouldered his rod and hied away to
some sylvan glen by the side of the
murmuring stream. Running hook
through the back of the rodent, he
dropped the line in the water and
la2ily awaited results. Before long
there was tug and a cOmmotion In
the water that denoted something do
ing" and Jack" with a grin on his
face that would have melted snow
image, landed "A wiggling, bobbing cat
fish of two and n half pounds.
Al Johnson is green with envy as
he sees his prestige as the champion
fisher of the population taken from
him by another.