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spend thousands upon courtesy nj g whose
business Is simply to see that customers
are greeted properly and have seats and
are attended to promptly and courteously
by those behind the counter.
This system Of making customers feel
themselves nc home in a store. through
luxuriously appointed waiting rooms with
attentive maids. and even little hospital
wards where a trained nurse will help a
bad shopping headache. and through gem
eral rules that all visitors are guests Of
the firm and shall be so treated, the more
progreesives stores are determined shall also
apply especially 20 visitors from abroad.
so they are seeking the American born
and trained salesman who oan speak foreign
languages to act as interpreter and store
exhibitor for those who speak no English,
For such a man, who has grown up under
the showing goods system or New York.
10 less liable to try to force sales and make
the foreign visitor uncomfortable o
simply visiting the store. And every
great store has a desire 10 be known "a one
Of the show places OF New York which
visitors surely must see as part OF their
trip to the metropolis.
This 10 done seffshly. for the stores know
that when a woman gets back 20 her home.
sooner or later she will talk about the stores.
And this sort OF oral advertising. IL favor
able. is worth far more in Indirect sales
than. the trouble spent to please. Even
the little country dreesmaker who may
want ideas of styles and visits the big
stores to pick them up will probably tell
her home customers: -This idea l got from
an imported dress in Sellem's great dress
making department. and Sellem's be-
ONE n sort Of standard for hat village.
which eventually will bring it custom.
The demand for h sort Of men who can
give such impressions TO Paris and Madrid
n Berlin has become so great that the
West Side Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation has established a special school Of
languages to train Interpreting
salesmen and other selling agents TO deal
in German, French and spanish. In addi-
ton to giving a speaking and writing knowl-
edge OF these tongues the instructors will
the main points Of business and
social etiquette of foreign peoples. so that
the interpreter will not unconsciously
on foreign toes. and so give offence
in his work Of interesting visitors in Ameri-
can articles,
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BEAR WITH A VARIED HISTORY
JEFF DAVIS HAD MANY OWNERS
AND VAS ALWAYS ~ TROUBLE.

Began His Career ny lluHging . servant
Girl Almost 10 Death and Va Finally
Killed ~ the Ilusbsnd os the Glri
kept . Man Frisonee TIVE Days
Il read the story in TIE Sun the other
day abou the Long Island saloon keepers
pet bear that got into fatal trouble by
hugging a servant girl" said an elderly
and benevolent looking man from Homes
dale, Pa. "and I want to say that tho saloon
keepers bear wasn't the frst pct bear to
get into similar trouble by hugsine Q servant
girl. as almost anybody up in Wayne county.
Pa. will tell you. for they nearly all know
the fate that befell Sam Aliens pet bear,
JET Davis.
The bear was born on the headwaters
OF the Ottawa River. in Canada, in the
winter Of 1891. One day in April Of that
veal q party Of trappers found the dead
body OF another trapper In the woods along
the Ottawa. and q few feet away q dead
she bear. Three little cubs were nestled
between the paws Of tho dead bear. whining
piteously. The story wa plainly told By
the situation. There had been an en-
counter between The trapper and the old
bear. and the bear had killed the trappsr.
but had received her death wound also.
The clothing was nearly all torn from the
trapper. every rib on his right side wa
broken. and there were bad wounds In many
places on his body. The dead trapper was
taken to the nearest settlement and buried.
The three orphaned bear cubs were carried
Oh by the trappers who discovered them
and the tragedy. J. B. White. . hotel
keeper from Waymart. Pa, ten miles from
Honesdale. was In Canada ct the time. and
he ran ACROSS the men who had the cubs,
heard their story and bought one Of the
little bears. He brought It home to Way
mart. and 1t soon became . great pet about
tho hotel.
"A abort time after White oams homo
with the Canada bear cub . danoe was
held at his hotel. Tia bear cub was preeent
and had the freedom Of the ballroom.
Among those who attended the dAncs
was Sam Allen. a proprietor Of the
Of other H~onssd.isrs. Il hsppsned thsas
Landlord White had . section Of stove
pipe that he was to send 70 some ons In
Honesdale. and the Henesdale party said
thew would take IL down In thsir wagon.
The landlord aid n: pseoe Of stovsptpe
not DO forgotten. When ths Festivities
Of the dance had rsachsd thsir height ths
orphan bear u was forgotten for the
time, and when after q while the owner
the cub looked around for IL the cub
was nowhere 70 be found.
SIT was lato whom tho danoe broke up,
but the Honesdalery did not forget t6s
piecs Of stovepipe which Wa 70 DO tahsn
10 that place for Landlord White. Thsy
placed IL In thsir wagon and drove away.
When they vmlo s y e sSs Alisn Acu.s
perhaps much surpriss asnone thsm whsn tie
little hear cub tumblsd out Of Il. but II thoro
IVES ths flct ID not Il reoocd. AZ any MsD
laeor On Gam Allsn and White 0omS % 3
dichsr for ths cub and Allsa ga IT. - u.
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human dwelling - MT mot With. hut now
ant ain cro secs % r%dsoidrc. that n n stone
h"uac. generally crlmbiine Ia ruin. and
very ~lrc'y. - hs great surprise. the travel
lsr ends % Inhabited Generally N b. q poor
fildy of con'aIini from Lhe Abruzz', ma
barn stricken aud old. WIN attempt to exc
OF = livelihood on this desolste wilder
mesa
The husband will rrrraps try IN reolaim
a LOCO ot ,ard. ard - flint of hard toll
no rRy succeed N growing CROUCH corn
~ kcop 're family ~ bread during the yesr.
III" wife br-ed- chickens and pigeons.
and tire son. u thepe il one n he is not
serving ris time 2 the army msy he Q
shepherd or a cat;le driver.
m .ome large farms Of the Campsgna
owned by noble families there are large
cdso,o n where the tdifors ar over~eer Of
IRE estate lives II thr farm is not rented
hut run by the owner the fdhore has several
men under his orders who wear the livery
o. the noble house that employs them.
There are the head herdsman. the bundrf
or drivers. the shepherds, carriers and
many others.
The agricultural implements are anti
quated. the ~ploughshare is Of wood the same
- hat described by Virgil, the scythe is
~ponderous. and the grain il. thrSshed or
trodden out by horses and oxen or some
times beaten out with a fail.
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THE INTERPRETING SALESMAN
NEW CLASS STARTED By THE
WEST SIDE Y. ". e. 4.

me American Born lntespretmg salesman
the Newest Tms q the selling Force
ee the Hig s~tores-Found Necessary TO
the mule u American store Courtesy.
The American born interpreting sales-
man 10 the newest thing on the selling force
of a few Of New York's big retail establish
ments, and 90 suooessful 10 no proving
In his specially Of handling foreigners that
q demand has sprung up for competent
men in this line.
For a long tine many OF the stores which
displayed "Ici on parle Francois" or So
Habla Espahoi' signs to attract foreign
visitors nave been dependent on foreigners
whose early selling experience was In the
shops Of Paris or London. where III system
Of handling customers b very different.
for in Paris and London the shopkeepers
do not ncourag visits from the person
who ID Just looking around, with no inten-
ton Of making an immediate purchase.
In fact. such q visitor receives scant
courtesy from clerks. and the American
way Of showing dozens Of articles on re-
quest or Of giving dozens Of samples 10
unknown. Moreover. the clerk ID probably
blamed II he does not mako sale.
The foreign born interpreter. trained
IN such a school Of s~alesmanship. finds 10
very hard to grow used to American store
methods Of encouraging visitors to buy and
OF entire courtesy 20 those who wish merely
to look around with the idea OF comparing
prices. When he takes In tow foreign
visitors or parties who wish to 60 about
the big New York store he 10 particularly
liable to revert to Paris methods n try
to force sales even though he 10 not held
responsible.
Of the American store o~ourtesy-that 10.
making the non-purchaser' o visit sopleasant
that she will come again or speak highly
Of the store to her friends. The New York
stores have the cost Of this all figured out.
Il ins tst ua 70 BRING each yi.isor and Just 70
attract crowds to look o the store
they frequently advertise articles far below
actual COST,
The foreign visitors. who know some
thing Of the American stores Ways, Some
times DO not care to uss the foreign
interpreter, because they fear he will em-
ploy Partisan sales methods. and instead
Of trusting themselves to him prefer to try
broken Enelish at counter which OF course
so. : .ids.. ''9 X. p ons ssins ae ne. = N.1 Yos K
store wants 10 for lie visitors and customers
be comfortable and to take away q kindly
impression Of tho store.
Many OF the stores under no circum-
glassware or china knocked on Q counter by
accident. Tho theory Of this 10 that II the
customer q made to pay for her oAreleas-
ness she will be angry and talk unnatteringly
Of b store and 90 create an ~unfavorable
opinion In the minds OF her soquaintanoss.
A story b~eginnins: Il had the msansst
thing done TO me to-day. At .Blank's they
put q out glass bowl too near the edge sndI
knocked Il over and they made me- pay SIS
and nov I've got TO do without my hat
would do more damage han 500 worth
OF advertising could undo. Other stores
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lunch; the aqud Gotta. his evening meal or
dinner.
DurinS the day, - while away the long
idle hours, the shepherd will pick here and
there herbs and roots wild chicory perhaps
and a few blades Of a grass which resembles
endive. These he puts carefully away and
when he returns to his hut he flights wood
fire. fills a pot Of water in which he drops
a small quantity Of olive oil and throws in
the herbs Co boil. Paste on Sundays and
bread OF week days is broken in the mess.
which the shepherd shares with his dog.
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the lssso. which they handle very s~kilfully
Once the colt il caught he is dragged 1T
driven home and fastened 10 Il pillar in the
centre Of a Field and his training begun.
Many Of the Campagn m horses are sold to
the Government for cavalry remounts ana
as they are capable Of enduring great
fatigue and withstanding great heat and
cold they do excellent service.
The nocks Of sheep on the Campagna
are another characteristic feature. Their
number is estimated AZ a couple Of millions
and n meets them almost everywhere.
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- }sp se~xas - ezs<NA4A
pA~v 60 s~~sA~< ~ s~p@~seE sas~~ 800
nsss~ 10 Nssssss<sF<R s~sksspos4 - sr>s<st
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asr.~@Ds q .~@~~Bf sNn~s ak@s ~f
assststs % aN~4 ts>srs eNrtF 5000 ~
srHs<wy q lsi~sv 90 s~~Y s~svv . f~stt
<<t<s ~ es~<F tssss . as~r* $500 -
Hsesf COS ~ stssr sssrf she8 e<s~
80 tss Ng& 49, ~ 60 800 ~ 49,
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ss~s~s~a - xnsss sA~sa sEs~s sugs sash
q <raAzsR Hsu~s esstNf etss
ths f~~~ssnE - a&s e~H9sFt q . ne
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sxMs syss 1919 stNssitg Hesssf Fsfw
~ ssss Ngest essrtNges so ssHtaFf .
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AN AGED BRITISH TREE.
mo Cowtherpe Oak. Reputed 500 Years
Ord, F1Ourishin1 IN Yorkshire.

One Of tho Oldest OF British trees is tho
Cowthorpe oak. which has been standing
near Wetherby In Yorkshire for 500 years,
according to veracious chronicle. Il 10 a
tree that has been described often and has
figured in works OF fiction.
1t Ia related of this tree that on occasion
a. many as forty persons have been gath
cred within tho hollow OF its trunk, although
1t must be confessed that some Of these
were children. The most recent measure
ment showed that it's girth OF trunk at the
ground was 81 feet 8 inches n tho cavity
was II fest by . feet.
Tho tree IN not % so very tall, reaching
only 81 feet into the air. There are twenty
FIVE props about the tree 10 support the fad
ing branches.
The cavity has boon noticeable only since
the beginning Of tho nineteenth century.
Many Of the earlier measurements show
that thu tree onoe wa much creator In
girth han how.
Aged a. It IA the tres bore aoorns In 1901
and 1906 and always produces . fair amount
OF foliage. In 1893 an acorn borne by tho
Cowthorps oak vas planted near BY and Q
tres \ growing up slowly - memorial 10
tho parent.
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~ ceanuaNNs alnSessaS sssv seAee sFs
sersfas q 40 sps1awss ssf aNEy ssvlass
80 aseH ftrv go 9IefaNa eve eANsfH
eIesaus $50 sTes 'wssssNxesrs tHf psa<sssA
~sa~tsag % EesNlHt . ~ sra<si.s y
safaif~ sNsaN ssa~s fsste fst'F@ ~a~ssFfH
HiHsV - Ae~ l~gfe~isaes y ~testrsF S"sN
~ sress 4@~s Haesisss - 80
seaitsega 90 eNr~U go fgfFea ~ ss~1~~
1883 smf esasf pNsgeNs - 10 NN&
80 80 sfetENua q - ssNNasA~ ,
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spend their time leaning on the pole. watch
ing the herds. gazing vacantly into space.
dreaming perhaps. or sleeping under the
shade of some solitary tree. while their
dogs do all the active work. keep guard
over the sheep. prevent them from stray
ing. drive them and direct their cours-.
The sheep follow after the shepherd and
are not driven before him. and At nightfsll
when they are all gathered together he
leads them TO the fold. The fold 10 movable
and nov pitched in n spot and now in
another. II 10 made Of a network OF Irvine,
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WINGED Of that fact.
.Now those machinists didn I get thsrs
by. dawdling.. shirking and looking for q
soft snap. At the same m l must admit
that Il il becoming increasingly difficult
to get enough intelligent, ambitious Ameri-
can youths to take up the machinists'
and kindred trades for the reason hat
many hold back hoping to find q place with
close study and application and which is
les servile. And I have noticed this: Tho
American boy rebels at routine. Routine
10 not nearly 80 tiresome n ~disagreeable
to the English or the foreign boy. who 10
cSUS;to% ssTa sS . Il 1TH% G Inssassssl sn sro to : !:
sThe foreign boy who applies himself
along q given n 10 apt TO be satisfied with
his work. Tho American boy 10 not 20
easily satisied. He is used to . more
to Determine whether the work he 10 dom z
il suited to him and his tastes and 70 sise
up its money possibilities.
sThe disposition OF The American boy to
hike change IL not helped BY the fact that
Industries Of this country tho tendency
10 to classify. to Specialize along certain
hnes--to nave a certain sort OF tool only
made In ono department. ~ particular
branch Of the business only taught In another
q PARTICULAR hind Of work instead Of get
ine Z general idea Of many kinds.
fAs TO the statement that the main am
bition Of the Anglican working boy 10 70 get
IA essy ofioe pcsition tho statistics Of the
technicsl night schools and Glasses will not
bear IL out
AZ the Hos manufacturing plant. which
employs Q small army. OF lads on the ap-
prentice system ut q sliding scale Of pay for
the five years term. 80 per cent. Of h boys
serve the full term. the man who hires
them said, allowing no disposition to throw
up their Jobs. to abandon the trade Of ma
ohinist for something easier. OF the
bunch he THOUGHT the American born were
g hard workers. - ambitious. end perhaps
more shilfui than the Europeans.
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FbhiAA W - JUL NAtao W. aAHo NsAo
next day to tell me that before he had .
cant proceeded to subject him to q regular
inquisition. Much amused at having the
tables turned. the employer Just sat back
and answered questions like this: How
much did he payf How long were the
hours' Did he give many holidaysf Was
he kind TO his e~mployeesf Yes. tho young
ster actually asked him that.
As for the bluffng. let me illustrate:
Application was made to mo for Q lad who
knew something about engineering. ! APP
preached q boy Of 10 on the subject. Had
he studied mathematiosf Had he learned
anything about trsonometry. Il sked.
"No. he hadn't: but that didn't matter.
He would 60 and apply for tho job anyway;
he knew q fellow who would coach him .
little. He got the place. Whether he kept
II for long I don't know.
Ship painters were needed. and . youth
| know told me he wa going TO make .
try for the work. which paid. I believe.
something like o . day. He had been
earning 81 q week in . shop.
NO. he had never painted a stroke In his
life, but he was taken on because the work
had to DO done In rush n there was 40
time to look up references. and the lad
told me afterward that by Watching and
copying the man working next to him no
got on all right. For all I know he may DO
painting ships yet.
Now. in either Of these cases an Enslish
youth would never have dreamed Of butting
in. With few exceptions the English boy
Is afraid to undertake to do anything he
has not thoroughly learned AK an
American boy; Can you do % and so7'
and be answer Sure whether he knows
The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1907-09-20
TflEGRAPHERS TELL
OF THEIR TROUBLE
jacksonville, Fla, Sept. II, 1870

jacksonville, Fla, Sept. II, 1907
Elitor TRIBUNE:
| We have received communication,
from some of the readers of your valu.
able paper, asking for information re.
garding the present difficulties between
the telegraph companies and their EN-.
pDyes. We are not able to answer
these questions individually, but trust
that you will be able toput before them
the following which is an explanation
of oar side Of the controversy.
Or grievances are Of long standing.
For years our salaries have been de-
crea sing, the cost of living increasing.
Typawriters and sending machines were
introduced, greatly increasing our earn.
ing power to the companies. Notwith,
standing this increase in efficiency, We
were comp He'd to purchase the type.
writer's and sending machines to per-
form the companies work. Soon it be.
came i'm possible to obtain employment
in the larger offices without type.
writer.
Nine long hours each day we are COM
pellel to remain in badly ventilated
bull lingS, dcciphcring the never ending
succession Of dots and dashes, record
ing each correctly, the mind keyed up
to the highest tension, Il nervous strain
that sooner or later breaks down the
strongest.
Sc ,rcely able to nake both ends meet
from day to day, with hopeless future
before them, the operators struck for
what they believed should be theirs.
After four weeks of the struggle, their
ranks are unbroken, their confidence in
victory mistaken.
We ask for an eight hour day; an in
crease of IL per cent. in salaries; equal
nav to men or women where equal lab
or is performed; typewriters to be lur'
nished by the companies where their
Continued on page A.
The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1907-09-20
COMMITTEE SCORES
GOVERNOR BROWARD

One of the warmeSt sessions of the
county executive committee ever held
in Dade county took place in the court
house in Miami Tuesday.
There have been hot political fights
before the committee in times past,
but this was the first time that it has
been called together for the purpose
Of discussing the proper mode of re-
senting the action of officials who de-
liberately violated their obligations to
the committee
Resolutions were proposed censuring
the governor and the recently appoint
cd Judge of the criminal court of re-
cord for their recent actions as follows
We, the Democratic Executive Com
mittee of Dade county, do hereby pro-
test against the appointment of w. |.
Metcalf as judge of the Criminal Court
Of Record for Dade County, and we
hereby call on w. |. Metcaf to redeem
his written promise and refuse to ac-
cept the appointment to said Office, as
he was defeated for same in the prim-
airy election held in Dadc county for
the purpose of nominating a judge for
said court. BE it further
Resolved; That should Mr.. Metcalf
accept the appointment to this Office,
we hereby call on our representative
and senator in the legislature to use
their influence to prevent his confrma-
ton by the senate. Be it further
Resolved; That a copy of this reso-
luton be sent Mr.. Metcalf and Govern
or Broward, together with a copy of
the agreement.
That whereas, Governor N. b. Brow
ard has apparently disregarded the
primary election held in Dade county,
for the purpose Of electing officers to
the Criminal Court of Record for Dade
county, and appointed w. |. Metcalf as
Judge of the criminal court, man who
was defeated in the primary.
The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1907-09-20
CANAL TOO NARROW
FOR BIG SHIPS

win the Panama canal be obsolete
for war and commercial purposes be-
fore il is completed, and will 1t prevent
the construction 10y the United states
of monstrous battleShipS? These qleS-
lions will he submitted for the next
congress 70 answer,
Under present plans the Panama
Locks ore 10 have Il width of 100 feet
Two new battleships will have beam
of eighty-fve feet. The most SK'l'lu II.
towing with only seven ana ohe'''a'i
feet of leeway on each side OF one Vi
these ships would be necessary 10 se'
them through the locks without serious
damage to the ships or the locks or oo,n'
All the greater navies are granua'.F
increasing the width of beam OF the'r
ships, while the big transportation com,
NAMES are doing likewise. Our haVa'
records show that the beam of war
ships is increasing on an average y,
ana foot a year. 1t is expected tha'
tho Panama canal will be completed III
obout seven wears. If the same ra'''
of progress is maintained in nava' con-,
strnction during that time bat''eS''p'
with ninety-two feet beam Will be a !;,,
THE two new Cunarders the Lusl'an'p
and the Mauritania, have a BEAM asm.r q.
eighty.eght feet. Naval experts aa.
nesn reached and will not be for many
Congress will therefore be ASKED St" oow 10
aoc;de whether the canal shall De CON-
pleted upon present plans III ,n,a uS a '
width of the locks wn'ch "o ';,h ssfetv
a waterway that could not w ,l', s saoat
he ma vigated by the largest s"'pS '"'