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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-05-21

them. In addition, he knew the history of wall
paper and pointed out interesting changes in
styles, in ceiling decorations, in ~friezes, etc.
When they left him Mrs. D. said impulsively:
We'll, that man is an artist. feel positively
rested. He takes a load right off your shoulders.
and now" she sighed resignedly, Il s'pose we have
to go back to that stupid furniture department
again" And it truly seemed more stupid than
ever. The salesman was affable enough, but he
seemed only to follow them about, state prices
and tell them what was "the latest"
He did not know how to suggest what would
harmonic with the rest of the room, nor how
1t might fit in any way into their particular needs.
Neither did he educate them to an intelligent
appreciation Of his furniture as the other sales
man had done with his wall paper.
The first salesman was a genuine comfort be-
cause he gave them the advice Of a specialist.
He knew that out Of every dollar the customer
paid for those goods four or five cents came to
him for his service. So he did not merely touch
his cap as a lackey does in the v~estibule. but he
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-05-21

But the race of shoppers are out to get the full
worth of their money and many a time they recog-
Mia their helplessness. If they only knew whence
to turn for help! But the inept sales-person at
their elbow merely tells them the price-which is
plainly marked-and looks patiently resigned or
indifferently a~pathetic while they founder about
and get what they don't want or what they ought
not to have.
Come, come, rub your eyes, and put the micro
scope to your goods. 1t Is the way to touch the
pocket-nerve Of your customer. He wants your
goods and you want his money. That Is, he wants
your goods If you can prove it to him. And you
want his money, not now, merely, but next week
and next month and next year. Use your tele.
seope on next year and bring 1t close to you. II
you understand what you are talking about, and
II you talk about what you understand, you can
see his money coming to you a year hence.
ypu have surely tied a string to him. He Is
a willing captive-you have shown him how to
convert his money into goods that satisfy.
Copyright, 1908, by Joseph 3. Bswles.)
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songs and we're quite studiously and
painstakingly devil-may-care. And |
went to one Of their balls. It was most
preconceivedly riotous. Everybody
seemed to have a particular bit Of
wickedness-or what passed as wick
edness-to do, and every one did his
or her part at the right time and with
all the outward symptoms Of gusto.
SO far as l could learn the students do
what they please. If they ever did
more than that then the quarter has
deteriorated. The trouble As, prob.
ably, that the persons who think 1T IL
not SO gay and care-free as It once
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-05-21
His Elusive Memorv.

Employer-William, did that man
who called to g me while l was out
leave his name?
Shaggy.Haired Office Boy-Yes, sir;
his name is-is-well, the last part Of
it is shaw"
Employer-What's the first part Of
It?
Office Boy (making a strenuous ef-
fort to recall. it)-Well, sir, it's either
Grim, or Hawk, or Hen, or Brad, or
Fan. or Ker, or Rick, but to save my
bloomin' life, Mr.. Townsend, l can't
remember which.
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OF THE WORLD. ~
BY E.S.MERRIAMII
Photographs copyrsnt by Underwood s Underwood

Photographs Copyright by Underwood & Underwood.
listener. why, they're so stolid they passed a
law once that a man shouldn't kiss his own wife
en- a Sunday. And one man who had just got
home on Sunday from a long journey broke the
ordinance and was hauled up in court for it
Fact. 1t was a good while ago, though"
"Frelchmen kiss each other-Tve seen them.
And Italians-why you'd think to see a couple of
noble Palermitans fling themselves into each 9TH
er's arms that you were witnessing the end of
some soul-stirring drama, whereas it only means
all right What in creation those mercurial peo-
pie keep s~aved-up, to express their feelings in a
great crisis, l simply can't imagine
The plump matron giggled.
They say King Edward has the true British
dislike of sentimental poses, but when he goes
over to Germany a-cousining among the royalties
he remembers his own German ancestry and he
and the mighty Kaiser Wilhelm embrace like a
couple of gushing schoolgirls. 1t must be a
sight"
Speaking of kissing, didn't you suppose every
body knew that a kiss on the stage of a theater
is just a hollow show, as little like the real thing
as a painted tree? Some friends of ours a little
way out of town got up a very clever play last
winter and had a professional coach and all that.
1t was for a charity hospital. Well, Mrs. Smith
and her husband were both in the cast, but Mrs.
Smiths best scene was with the hero, her lover.
The play was a great success, but poor Mrs.
Smith found a queer chill in the air when the af-
fair was talked over afterwards with some of
the women on the board of directors at the hos
pital. 1t was only later still and in a roundabout
way that she found they thought her beautiful
kiss was far too real to be proper. And wasn't
her husband mad when he heard of the gossip!
Why-you know the stage effect is the emptiest
show. AS a matter of fact all that happened
when his face bent so close over hers was her
own frantic whisper, For heavens sake let me
straighten your wig; it's sliding over one ear"
did you ever see them rub noses in New Zea-
land? That's the limit. Of course you don't often
have the chance, for it's only the aborigines-the
Maoris-that do it, and now a good many of them
are civilized out of all their native picturesque
ness, just as our American Indians, etc. But out
in the mountain district where you go to see the
geysers ard hot springs there are a few that keep
up a queer mixture of store clothes and primitive
manners. There's a native girl there who acts as
a guide through the geyser region-she's really
quite well educated and up-to-date, but-don't
you know how some coquettish French and Ger
man girls deliberately keep up a foreign accent
when they speak English, because they know it's
rather fetching? Well, this Maori girl will rub
noses with you in the most demure fashion If
YOU signify that you're interested in anthropol-
ogy or sociology or whatever head covers the
subject"
1t is really curious when you come to think of it.
ing How dye do. The traditional cowboy fash
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THE PARIS "QUARTER LATIN

when they relate the same sorrowful
story. 1t seems to be q personal
grief, some bereavement that has sad.
dened them for life. ! don't know
why, for the Latin quarter seemed to
be doing business when I was there.
At any rate, there were droves of
students, or persons took to be stu
dents, with funny whiskers and long
hair and flowing ties, and they got nj
gether at various places in the quarter
and drank beer d wine and sans
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Touching the Pocket Nerve

equipped himself with the
knowledge of the man inside
the Office door-the man who
gives advice and gets paid for
1t, not only in money but in
appreciation, lifting the load
of anxiety from those who
seek him.
Don't be a butler even
though you are a courteous
turnkey.
Be a doctor and diagnose
the case.
Be a lawyer and convert
your jury.
Be an architect and con-
struct a helpful argument.
Or be an artist and put in
strokes that tell.
Introduce yourself to your
own goods. Make them
friends of yours-not the kind
that stick, but the kind that
chant parting is such sweet
sorrow" and are gladly swal-
lowed up In wrapping paper
and string.
How the race of shoppers
flock to such an expert!
Mr.. Provider is willing to
shop with his wife when they
are going to deal with Mr..
Expert. Miss Proudfoot .un.
bends to Miss Bright behind
the counter who shows that
she knows not only color but
style and the appropriateness
of each to the individuality OF
the Wearer,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-05-21
The soft Answer.

Struck on the head with an egg
while addressing an audience at Croy-
don public hall. Mr.. Victor Grayson,
M. Pr declined to be disturbed by the
softly yielding argument which has
impinged itself against my cerebel'
lump-London Daily Mall.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-05-21
Presented with FOUNDERS aust.

At a meeting Of the Young Mems
Christian association In Queens hall,
London, Whitelaw Reid, the American
ambassador, in behalf OF the donors
Of the headquarters building in New
York, accepted a bust by Frampton
d the late Sir George Williams, the
founder Of the Young Mems Christian
association. Mr.. Reid said that the
gift could nowhere be appreciated
more warmly and alphabetically.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-05-21
S. G. Blythe Says \ Is the Fashion
to say 1t Has D~eteriorated.

The Latin quarter is not what 1t
once was, say Samuel B.. Blythe in
Eyerybody's. There is authority for
the statement. Any person who has
been two consecutive weeks in Paris
win ten you so with sobs. The lam
entations Or those who have been
flere six months are heart-rending
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-05-21

was have grown a bit less careless
and gay themselves. They have
changed their viewpoint. However, 1t
is the proper thing to say the quarter
has gone back. It makes people think
you know all about 1t.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-05-21
onlx Iona sleevea Now.

Mistress--Here is a nice dress for
you, Martha.
Maid-Thank We. ma'am; but can't
take 1t, really.
Mistress-You foolish girl, of course
you can take it. l insist.
Maid-No, really, l can't, ma'am.
IT'S got them ol~d-fashioned short
sleeves.
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The Way IFS said.

''These are the bridal rooms" an
nounced the bellboy to the blushins
young couple.
20, what a sweet suite!" exclaimed
the bride.
81 don't know anything about that"
said the bellboy, "but the head clerk
says he hopes the suit suits"
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BY Miss Diana Hirschler, IL. b
Expert Trainer in Salesmanship

Mr.. and Mrs. Doubtful have
decided to renovate their
house and are deep in the
discussion of wall paper,
waxed floors, new dining room
table, etc. Mrs. DIS conversa-
ton is full of Lucy recon-
mends Blanks for SO and so"
Mary says we ought to be
very careful if we patronize
Clark's, because they break
their promises" Jennie tells
me her rug didn't wear well
that she bought at The ORR
ent," ETC., etc.
In the midst Of 1t Mr.. Near.
by comes in and catches the
drift of the conversation. He
breaks in with: "Say, Bob, II
you want wall paper I'll tell
you of a cracker-iack salesman
to go to. / believe he fairly
eats wall paper, he's SO wide
awake about it. He knows
what you want better than you
do yourself"
Mr.. Nearby interests Mr..
and Mrs. Doubtful so that they
call for this salesman at that
particular store. He immedi-
ately enters into their plans
with spirit and astonishes
them with his extensive
knowledge of patterns, their
designs, their blending colors,
the qualities of paper, the eff.
fects of light and shade and
whether they would permit
many pictures hung against
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II, in replying to a toast at the po-
litical banquet, you lost your head,
don't be unhappy, for, If you only stay
late enough, you'll be sure to get 1t
back again all right in the morning.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-05-21
AMENITIES.

HUH"
"Sir, l keep the commandments"
"That must be because you've got
an idea that they belong to somebody
else"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-05-21

WORK

Thousands of American women
In our homes are daily sacrificing
their lives to duty.
In order to keep the home neat
and pretty, the children well dressed
and tidy, women overdo. A female
weakness or displacement is often
broughton and they sufferin silence,
drifting along from bad to worse,
knowing well that they ought to
have help to overcome the pains and
aches which daily make life burden.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-05-21
FOR SICK WOMEN.

For thirty yecrs Lydia 3. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
andhas positively cured thousands of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, infla mmation, ulcera-
ton, ibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, flatulency, indiges-
ton, dizziness,o or nervous p%rostration.
Why don't you try it?
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-05-21
LYDIA Z. PlNkHAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND

c0MeS as a boon and q DIeSSIng,
as it did to Mrs. F. Ellsworth, of
Mayville, N. Y, and to Mrs. w. P.
Boyd, of Beaver Falls, Pa, who say:
~ was not able to do my own work,
owing to the female trouble from which
1 suffered. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege.
table Compound helped me wonderfully.
and I am so well that I can do as big a
days work as l ever did. I wish every
sick woman. you'd try it.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-30

to the British public for prompt and
generous response to the lord mayors
call for funds to help a friendly ma
tion in the face of calamity which
Is among the greatest OF modern times.
The lord mayor in addressing a meet
ing tonight made eloquent reference
to the sadness Of the terrible vista
tion to the land Of sunshine, song and
music-The land all loved in their
holiday moods. He was sure that his
fellow countrymen would not wait to
be asked to give assistance to such
cause.
All the special dispatches to the
London papers confirm the terrible ma
ture of the catastrophe, which has
plunged the country in mourning and
heart breaking suspense, owing to the
impossibility Of obtaining exact news
of the extent of the disaster and the
number and names OF the victims.
The dispatches commend the Italian
governments energy in dealing with
the situation and instance King Vic
tor Emmanuel's splendid example in
proceeding to the scene Of the ,disas-
ter
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-30

devastation wrought by earthquake IN
Italy was received here with profound
interest. The tremors We're recorded
on the seismograph instrumnts OF both
the weather bureau and the coast ana
geodetic survey and the weather
bureau officials had figured out almost
with mathematical precision the sec
tion of the globe where the great force
of the shock was felt, but there was
nothing to indicate the. tremendous
violence of the disturbance. The state
department and the Italian embassy
anxiously awaited official advices re-
garding the catastrophe. During the
course of the day President Roosevelt
dispatched to the Italian government
a. message expressing the deep SYM
pathy.
The American National Red Cross
today sent out telegraphic requests TO
all of it's branches for relief funds to
be applied to the sufferers from the
earthquake in southern Italy. The
Italian Red Cross Society, being so
fully organized, it will not be neces-
sary fr the American society to do
more than to send money contribu
tions, which will be done as promptly
as possible.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-30
ANXIOUS TO HELP.
Pope Plus, Unable to Go to Scene,
Asks What Assistance Is Needed.

Rome, Dec. 29-The Pope would
like to go to the South, but this his
physicians will not permit on account
Of his health. He has telegraphed the
archbishops of Palermo and Catania
and the bishops of Mileto and Catan-
zaro expressing his deepest aff1iction
in the appalling calamity and order
ing the saying of prayers. He asks
also what money is required, as he
desires to contribute funds to cope
with the situation.
Premier GiOlitti has appointed ma
tional committee to Succor the un-
fortunates The president Of the or
ganization is the Duke of Aosta. The
King has made a generous cOntribu-
ton to the relief fund. Minister Of
Public Works Bertolini and Minister
of Justice Orlando have left Rome for
Sicily. Signor Orlando is a Sicilian.
A report of technical observations
from the observatory at Messina says
the earthquake lasted for 23 seconds
only 1t was accompanied by remark
able atmospheric phenomena.
The surchargcd air was filled with
sparks and flashes Of flames, which
fiared up until the heavens seemed
afire The crest of the earth appeared
suddenly to drop. Thse phenomena
were followed by distinct lateral os-
citations that threw the panic-strick-
en- people off their feet as they rushed
to the streets. All kilograms from the
straits are coming in with great delay
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-30

2Se employees have been accounted for.
MANY of those who succeeded in es-
Gaping with their lives are incapable
Of relating their experience. I question
ed all that were in a condition to talk.
Most of them told the same story. They
said the first thing they knew they
were thrown out of bed, and. amid
crashing ceilings and falling furniture,
managed to make their way to the
street Then, in the blackness of night
and amid pouring rain that added to
their horror and distress, they rushed
tlindly away amid the crash of tum-
bling buildings and the shrieks and
groans of those buried in the ruins.
MANY were struck down while trying
to escape by falling balconies and ma
surry. and still many others lost their
reason and are today wandering ;iini-
lcssly in the open fields outside the city
or up and down the ruined streets they
knew so well. The looters and the rob-
bers were shot down dead by the rifles
of the soldiers.
1t has been proposed here to remove
the survivors of Messina to Catania.
The previous reports from the prov
inces that a number Of villages were
rafaged have been confirmed. Seven
teen are dead at Riposto. The town of
Seininara in Calabria 20 miles from
Reggie, is said to have been destroyed
with the lose Of 100 lives.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-30
MAINE ITALIANS ANXIOUS.
Most of the 5000 In the State are from
the Devastated Section.

Portland Me, Dec. 29.-Word was re-
ceived today that Major Gen. Charles
d. Hall, L. S. A., retired, a former Port
land man. probably is at the scene of the
earthquake in Sicily. General Hall and
his family planned to pass Christmas
week in that country. Whether he was
in any of the towns affected has not been
learned.
The calamity in Italy is felt by con-
siderable number of Portland people who
are natives of the southern part of that
county. Over 50 per cent. Of the more
than 1000 Italians in this city are from
Sicily and nearly all Of that percentage
are from Mineo. the town reported rs
having disappeared. Men in this city who
left their families at home are grief
stricken.
Rev. v. A. Castellucci, the Italian pas
tor here. has received hundreds of in
quires and many have requested him to
cable to towns adjacent to Mineo for de-
tails. There are in Maine more than 5000
Italians, nearly all OF whom are Siciians
or from the southern part of the country.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-30
FRESH TALES OF HONOR.
All Communes and Villages on Straits
of Messina Are Destroyed.

Palermo, Dec. 29-Navigators who
have come in here from the Straits OF
Messina report that the straits have
taken an entirely new shape since the
earthquake. They describe them as
"Twisted" Many villages and forts
along the straits have been destroyed.
Lighthouses have been swallowed up
by the sea, and navigation is impos-
sible at night and dangerous by day.
One of the survivors picked up at
sea by the steamer Washington was
a man named Francesca Lojacono. He
was wounded and unconscious. On re-
viving he called wildly for his wife
and children All efforts to quiet him
were useless, and he insisted that the
steamer put him ashore. Finally he
became bereft of his senses and
springing suddenly to his feet he
Jumped overheard still calling for his
wife and babies. He started SWIM
ming toward the land. but soon dis
appeared beneath the waves.
The news that the King and the
Queen of Italy are coming down with
medicines and dressings for the care
of the wounded has created a splendid
impression here. A navy hospital ship
left here this afternoon for Messina.
A traveller returned here this after
noon from the other side of the straits.
He says that Reggie, San Giovinna,
Scilla, Cannitello, and all the other
communes and villages bordering on
the straits are in ruins. Great num-
bers of dead are believed to be still
under the wreckage.
The British steamer Ebro came in
here this afternoon from Messina. She
has on board 16 wounded, including
Alfred ]. Ogston, the British vice con-
sui at Messna. Mrs. Ogston lost her
life. but the consurs daughter was
saved Mr.. Ogston describes the de-
struction of Messina as "Frightful be-
yond words and exceeding in horror
the widest flights of the imagination
One of the trains that came in here
from Messina this afternoon brought
the widow OF the chief of police OF
that city and her son. Both seemed
half crazed with grief They made
frantic but vain efforts to save the
life of the husband and father and
the other children. The clothes of the
widow and her son are literally in
rags.
The reported death of Deputy Nico,o
Fulci and his wife has been confirmed.
Ludovico Fulci, who also is a deputy
refuses to abandon the wreck of his
brothers home. He is there now
working with bleeding hands and half
dead from fatigue, determined to re-
main until he finds the body of his
brother.