The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-08
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"A TOWN. known BY the w omen.

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3}S Dear Women don 4 call you ladies'.
God made the women. The cook LADY
and the scrub-lady were made B. aftert
wards. 5Is sf3
n You love the town Of 4 your birth, y or or
the town Of your adoption. You < q magnify
dts advantages. and you belttle its e. dis IS
advantages. ! "a S.s.
No woman IS half a woman unless
there is. engraven upon the 10 king glass s
Of n her mind that patriotic motto Of.
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town first other towns y after
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4'sSY Oh d d re- the u owners q ], Your town.
Man may think that he Is monarch Of
all he can survey, but he isn't a 55l
He who would beard the b lion n In t#h his
de I; who Il would press II his Y fing er5 upon
the button OF trade. that business may
Jingle when he connec the wires y hos
would smoke his cigar before the ais
read y-to smoke mouths ofamany cannon &
,dares not face his wi fe-of- over;-a-y
ny, the tailor " no does not 1T him 70 70
suit her. & IA 8s.s
a The mother OF creation is v, the & buyer
of creations necessities. g$5 sii
353 Without depreciating II the Il great me-
Ichanical and financial interests OF the
country. will make the 81 rprising and
yet positively true, stat ement. verl fed led py
the unimpeachable statistics of the world
that the larger part 0 q the product q
for9the inside and outside OF the human
body ana rs used IN the econ on1y. con,-l
fort, and luxury Of hoine-livng. ISL %
Woman controls the family. She is
the queen OF the home. the home -makar
or the ome-hreaker.l the cap tain Of the
house, and the naturally elected buyer
Woman, not man, holds trade n "a the
hollow OF her Shan nd.
4 Eighty per4 cent.so OF the adyertlae
In your newspapers, In your ma gazlnes
ana III your family papers. are written
for the eyes OF woman, and announce
goods used by women and purchased ny
women, q III ,6ia :, !. n, =. . 4,
children. ana for every member q tn the
a The women Of your own. not the men
OF your town, make tho business 9 Of your
town. "a 5g l.g X VI y.
make or break the town. 1. . ii. Y
NJ Unless the town be merely O. q gu
han bedroom. Its character IS reckoned
by It's business, sl ,5
Il show me the business street Of
town, and II Will tell you the since
81 Its churches, the size OF ~ ilprarles'
the breadth OF Its schools. and the char-
acter OF Its people lis liz 81 q,
3 Tho business street Is tho giant ar-
tery of the system OF progression.
n local home-b business ls local pro-
gression. .f.s N. 4 i. ~ Y. I, ),
available money for better churches bet
ter libraries, better schools. and better
everything. rs
Annihilate local business, or stunt Its
growth and there comes Il q depression
thing even ~ e EVIL
txation,S Fl I'D sts:f E .5s3 g IA ,st It'll
Would YOU YOU ms representative women,
selves, satisfactory to yolir, visitors. good
enough for your children, 80 progressive,
90 pleasant, SO filled with, every needed
advantage. that your sons can AFFORD to
make the town OF their childhood the
home town Of their life and business, and
your daughters may not ha driven across
its borders In search Of husbands
In your hands rests the fate OF your
town, y Is S-1ss 5.Est q I..FS. u Il.
AS You viii IT, SO will az he.
The business of your tawns makes the
town, and You make the business,
4 Let your local uuty Lp6 tyQuT tAAIst my
There can he no second duty, While
the first duty remains unattended to,
There cannot bef business without GUS
toners, ~ d h. ii 8. u, lS4s f,yt w i 5s M
You are the customer, n II!
DON'T go to the distant city a-shopplng
or a7bpylng unless necessity demands.
Give your local stores the first chance.
If your town ia halfway decent, there
-ts very littla of necessity, and almost as
little Of luxury, which you s9oannot buy
at home at big city prices, "a
\ Don't for q nom ent think that would !
be as foolish as to say H. ts q, won,an's |
duty Ia buy svspyt hing at the local store,
unless j 1t pays to do SO; for am aware
that n ''ero are eXasp tional towns where
the LOCAL stores a re not worth pa tronising;