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Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-24
AVOID QUESTIONABLE TACTICS

A SALESMAN'S first pride should be
u in giving the firm employing him
the very best service of which he
is capable-at all times and in all
places. In doing this he is not only
fulfilling a moral obligation, but he is
getting himself in the front line with
a thoroughly modern movement Any
salesman who is satisfied to give less
than his very best service is as dis
cordant in a selling force as an anti
quated frame dwelling in a block with
twenty-story skyscrapers. In order to
give the best that's in you, man
must always be a worthy exponent of
the integrity of the company he repre-
sentS.
There may have been a time in the
automobile business when this consid-
GRAFTON was not so generally recog-
nized-and the concerns whose repre-
sentatives stretched the truth to
make sales are today feeling the re-
fiex of their actions in the past. In
measure any firm intrusts it's reputa-
ton to it's statesmen. Don't forget it is
an important trust. Reputation for
honesty, fair dealing and a live-and-
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-24
BUICK IL MAKES DEBUT

The Buick model II, which makes its
debut this season, bids fair to lee ONE
as popular as it's companion model 10,
winner of the Nassau sweepstakes and
runner up in the Savannah light car
race. This new model has a four-cyl-
inder motor, 41ax5 inches, conserva-
lively rated at thirty horsepower, a Sc
lective type sliding gear transmission
with three speeds ahead and reverse,
112-inch wheel base, full elliptic springs
in the rear and a large five passenger
body. The valves are in the heads of
the cylinders, following the well known
design which has always made Buick
cars SO powerful and fast. The same
chassis with a runabOut body is known
as model 16.
The 1909 model 10 Buick is regularly
equipped with magnetic and has an i'm
proved Oiling system. Its fOur-cylinder
motor gives twenty-five horsepower,
and it is shown as runabout and as
tOurabout. The old reliable model F,
two-cylinder touring car, which has five
years of marked success behind it, APP
pears for 1909 with several minor re
finements.
The Buick line as now exhibited con-
tains one more model, the large So
horsepower, seVen-paSSenger car. The
same chassis is shown as a semi-racer
with two seats, large gasoline tank, tire
rack behind and space for a small
trunk.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-24

u as a ''wolf chase" have found a
new use for the automobile.
These ''wolf chases'' are organized
from time to time for the purpose of
Kidding the region Of coyotes, which
are the breed of wolves there to be
found.
1t was when two visitors from the
east happened along at Harvard,
Neb., and found one of these hunts
scheduled that the motor car was in
PRODUCED into the game. The eastern
ers were George E. MeSSer and Arthur
Wheeler, and they with the co-opera-
ton of Raymond Herzog of Harvard
took two Franklin touring cars into
the event, being in at the death and
shooting from their point of vantage
in the cars like the tiger hunters of
India mounted upon the backs of ele-
plants.
The hunters were divided into four
squads of fifty each, and each division
was lined up along one side of
great square several miles on side.
A place where it was known coyotes
were to be found in considerable num-
Der had been selected for the round
up of the animals it was sought to ex-
terminate. This was some distance
from the town, and the 200 hunters in
loads of ten were packed into the two
automobiles and taken out to their
stations.
At each corner of the square was a
captain, mounted upon a horse. Each
commanded one of the four sides, and
no one was allowed to advance until
all were ready. Then a signal was
given to close in.
Every man had shotgun; no rifles
were allowed and everyone was or
dered to shoot low. These regulations
were for the purpose of minimizing the
danger to the hunters themselves of
crosSfire.
The automobile party kept with the
line of beaters until all had worked in
half way to the center of the round
up. Then with their twenty-eight
driven straight across the prairie to
the point at which the hunt would
reach its climax
This was at a strawstack near a cor
raI and there eight wolves were
brought to bay Baffled in attempts
to break through the relentleSSly tight
ening chain of human foes, the eight
made a last stand and faced their ex-
ecutioners.
When the men on foot were about
$50 yards from the stack the firing be-
gan. 1t was all over in a few minutes,
and the eight lay lifeless, surrounded
by the 200 hunters. A ninth had been
seen to escape through the line soon
after the hunt started.
Over 200 jackrabbits and cottontails,
caught in the same trap, had been shot
as the men closed in. Only the cotton
tails were saved for food.
Because of the time saved by the use
of the automobiles in the stationing of
the men the entire hunt was held be-
tween the hours of II and 1870 o'clock.
The "wolf chases' are without sane
ton on the part of the public officials;
so no one in authority can be held re-
sponsible in case of any injury. Every
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-24

interest as for that of the company
or the customer that implicit reliance
can at all times be placed in him. Re
liability usually wins the prize of con-
fidence, which gets new customers and
always holds the old ones. There
never was a bigger lie than the old
adage, "Alls fair in love and war; or
greater fallacy than the idea that
strictness in absolute fair play can be
relaxed when it comes to salesman
ship-so cultivate the reliability
habit and be extremely jealous of it
at all times to the credit of yourself,
the company and all your customers
Ford Times of Ford Motor company.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-24

participant goes in at his own risk, but
no one has been hurt in the past few
years.
When the chase is planned an I'M
signed notice is given upon billboards
and published in the daily paper The
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-24

expense of the hunt is met in part by
an auction sale of the wolves killed,
coyoteskin making the animal worth
about $1.75 and by the revenue from
commissary wagon which accompanies
the hunters. Any money left over is
used in the purchase of clay pigeons.
and the remainder Of the day is spent
in trap shooting.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-24

tremely careful never to abuse the Gre
dulity of the customer for the sake of
making a SALE A salesman should
never make statements which his con-
Germ would not indorse. He should
not stretch the limit of actual facts
about his line of cars beyond those
which can be demonstrated in every
day use by the average owner. Gus
toners must rely on your word as the
mouthpiece of the factory.
1t is as much for the salesmans
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-24

"WoLF CHASE" IN AUTOS

n WO HUNDRED men on what the
people of Central Nebraska know
u as a ''wolf chase" have found
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-05-08

NO photograph so fully did justice
OF this classical outline as does the
Silhouette made by Mr.. Haeseler.
Apparently the beautiful effect is
accomplished by reason of the concen-
tratlon on the outline alone, and the
elimination of everything else. The
perfect lines with the strong nose.
high forehead, small mouth and per-
feet chin recalls some of the classic
heads made by the sculptors of
antiquity to picture the beautiful wo-
men of their period.
Goes Far Back for Oriqin.
The silhouette art goes far back for
its origin. The profile or shadow out
line of the human figure, filed in of a
dark color, the shadows and extreme
depths being sometimes indicated by
the frightening effort of gum or some
other materials, was known among the
ancients, and by them carried to a
high degree of perfection, as instance
the monochromes on Etruscan vases.
But the term silhouette is of very
modern origin comparatively. for it
did not come to be applied to this
kind of work until after the middle
of the eighteenth century.
Many persons entertain the fallac.
1ous idea that Etienne de Silhouette
from whom the art takes its name.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-05-08

Gourmets and connoisseurs are the
benefciaries of the convention of the
Shellfish association, which meets in
New York
The subject of the gathering, which
will include representatives from
eighteen states is to perfect means to
prevent the lobster, the terrapin, the
crab, the oyster, crayfish, shrimp and
scallop from disappearing from the
menu. f-e'sssssssssss
It is alarm lest Indifference to the
proper protection of the natural sup
ply of these delicious foods produce
a condition when there no longer will
be lobster to go along with the
small bottle that has finally reused
experts on the subject to action.
There have been gatherings and
conventions On a variety of themes,
but probably never has there been
one whose object is more curious than
this.
Curious because of the change that
has come over public opinion regard
ing the foods the convention seeks to
protect.
It is not such a long time ago that
a lot of the dishes shat are now the
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-05-08

Hard shell crabs could be caught the
year round, but the assembly passed
protective measures governing the en-,
tire industry, 49,.
During cold weather the crabs bury
themselves in the mud flats of the
Chesapeake and it's tributaries, and
remain there till warmer weather
comes. Boatmen while dredging for
oysters often bring up crabs. When
buried in the mud the crabs spawn
faster than any known animal insect
or fish. All that is required accord
ing to experts on the subject is a rea.
sonable protection to- the industry,
and there is no reason why a time
should ever come when it will not be
possible to go into restaurant, and
get the soft shell, the deviled crab or
just the plain boiled hard shell.
Not so much will have to be done
in the interest of the oyster, for wise
laws drafted by the United States
government, and aided by state regu-
lations, have already taken pretty
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-05-08

gastronOmic joys Of, those with train
ed palates were liefssss in, very ight
esteem by the public ~
For example, no one would at one
time eat soft shell crab. The now
fought-for delicacy used to pile up in
profusiOn along the shores of Mary
land, the Chesapeake bay being the
country's greatest crab center. But
they were scorned by the whites and
were esteemed to be only negro food.
Turn Up Noses at Crabs.
When railroad was building
| through Maryland, and the contract
CTS had to feed the force of laborers
| who were working on the operation,
the men insisted on having in their
contract clause that they would not
be compelled to eat .soft shell crabs.
But now the possibilities of sea
food have been developed into amaz-
| ing popularity by chefs, and as finan-
clal proposition, the countrys supply
| of shellfish is well worthy of the pro-
lection toward which the convention
aims.
NSoAA1iioI1S 1OpOl 10 nave DoOu
spreading that the lobster is doomed,
and that it is only short time before
he will he only memory. SO with
| the crab. The supply of shrimp is
| still equal to the demand, but the ter
rapin, which doesn't exactly come in
| to the classification of ~shellfish, is be-
| coming so rare that it is now an
| event to have an order for one hon.
estly filled. ... H.
1t was at the White House con-
ference of governors, called by Presi-
dent Roosevelt last year, that the
| project for national association for
| the conservation and extension of the
shellfish industry was suggested.
Natural resources played an impor-
tant part in the discussion of this
conference, and there was not a gov
ernor or representative from any of
the coastwise states who did not lay
particular stress upon. the Importance
OF guarding the supply of sea food, es-
pecially the shellfish, since these stood
more in need of protection than or
binary fish,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-05-08

value to cents a pound, an Increase
of 800 per cent.
Maryland will have more interest
than any other state in what action
the convention takes to protect and
aid the crab supply, for this little COM
monwealth is the biggest producer of
this kind of crustacean. The crab is
found all over the country, but no.
where in such profusion as on the
banks of the Chesapeake bay.
1t is said, indeed, that it was at
Chisfeld, Maryland, some thirty-five
years ago the value of the soft shell
crab as an article of food was first
discovered
When they were first shipped to
market in the big Northern cities, the
soft shell crabs could hardly be dis
posed of at any price, but one day the
gourmands woke up, and thereafter
there never was a time that all that
could be found could not be disposed
of at a price permitting; a liberal
profit. Ill.,
Protects Crab Fishing.
An act of the general assembly of
Maryland prevents the opening of the
crab season till the first day of May.
1t closes on the first day of November.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-05-08
ss**
TO PROTECT EDIBLES
DEAR TO MIR. GOURMET
National Shellsh Association to Devise Means to Pro-
tect Supply Of HOLSTERS, Crabs and Other Shellfsh

Impressed with the possibilities of
united action, Charles H. Bacon, chief
of the New Jersey State Bureau of
Shell Fisheries, called for a conven-
ton for the benefit Of hundreds Of
men who have millions invested in
the different branches of cultivating
and marketing edible shellfsh.
Washington Co-operates.
Representatives of six states were
present at the initial meetings which
resulted in the formation of the ma
tional association. Mr.. Bacon was
chosen president, and Mr.. Caswell
Grave of the Maryland State commits
sion secretary. ~
Washington was prompt to COOP
ate with the movement, and will have
a representative at the convention, for
there is no failure on the part of the
administration to recognize the i'm
portance of the movement.
Already the United States govern
ment has been making efforts to pre-
vent extinction of the lobster, and
these will be considered in detail at
the convention. .....
In the experiment stations along the
coast of Massachusetts the fish COM
mission has planted no less than a
billion lobster fry in five years. But
it is estimated not less than SO per
cent of these are destroyed immedi-
ately after they are put in the water
by the natural enemies of the little
Holsters, which strangely enough are
other little Holsters.
This decline of the fishery has
shown that it is not enough to hatch
the fry and plant them in waters. If
the lobster fisheries are to be protect
ed the government must put into the
water fellows who have had some
growth, and hence are able to some
extent to take care of themselves. In
other words, the marine stations must
become nursing grounds for young
Holsters. $1,000.
In his babyhood the lobster is a
most vulnerable creature, but the ex-
periments thus far having shown
that S per cent of the fry can be
brought along to the point where they
are able to withstand the strenuous
experiences that await them, there is
ample encouragement for carrying the
work still further.
Lobster Becoming Scarcer.
The lobster has been steadily be.
coming scarcer in the last five years
despite the persistent effort Of the
United States fish commission to
bolster up the supply.
The main causes are the relative
infrequency of the breeding periods,
the slow rate of growth and reckless
and Illegal fishing.
The lobster does not ordinarily
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-05-08
A Good Character.

They were trying an Irishman
charged with a petty offense,= in an
Oklahoma town, when the judge
asked:
Have you any one in court who
will vouch for your good character?'
+ "Yis, your honor" quickly respond
ed the Celt; there's the sheriff
there"
Whereupon the sheriff evinced signs
of great amazement.
"Why, your honor" he declared, Il
don't even know the man.
"Observe, your honor" said the
Irishman triumphantly, "observe that
I've lived in the county for owe,
twelve years an the sheriff doesn't
know me yit! Amt that character
for yep
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-05-08
"CAMERA OUTLINE' FAD
AMONG SOCIAL ELECT
Revised Form of the Silhouette Produced by Means
of Photography.

of Photography.

Society is captive to a new style of
photography, the camera outline"
Some people speak of the newest
form of reproducing the features as
silhouette, but the designation is
hardly accurate.
In the real silhouette the profiles
were made by tracing the shadow
made on a sheet of white paper by
the light of a candle. H.. +.
This~style-was primitive, and would
be laughed at today. But it answered
the purpose in that period In fact
the modern world owes it's sole knowl-
edge OF the features Of many noted
men and women to the vogue of the
silhouette couple of centuries ago.
But the up-to-date silhouette is a
very different affair. 1t is made by
the use of the camera. Naturally the
photographers modern machine can
be relied upon to obtain a far more
accurate reproduction of the outline
or ones features than could result
from the drawing of a shadow pro-
Jected on a sheet Of paper. Therefore
the outline of the camera yields may
be said to be absolutely correct.
TO complete the silhouette it is only
necessary to fill in the rest of the pic
ture in black.
Naturally the eyes with all their
expression are lost, lot of other i'm
portant detail is swallowed I'D in the
wave of black paint, but so lifelike
are the outlines that it is really pos
s1ble to recognize the subject of the
photographers art.
Produces LifeIike Result.
Haeseler of Philadelphia is one of
those who has been especially sue
cessful In producing lifelike result.
Failing into the fad, many of his
wealthiest and most important sub
1ects. socially, have sat to him for
pictures In the newest mode, and it is
his habit to let those who visit him
go over a bunch of the camera out
nnes,' as they should technically be
called, and strive to identify their
subjects.
This is done with surprising suc-
cess. One hostess even went further,
~ oA'AAAo O. uAAIACI, Cluu udVluS nOr
guests compete in a game Of seeing
VINO could identify most of a collec-
tlon OF s1lhouettes, borrowed from the
increasing collection Of Mr.. Haeseler.
Most of the subjects were well known
TO the guests, but it was remarkable
to what an extent he outlines proved
to be recognizable.
Among striking exann1ec of +b;,
KIND OF work may be mentioned the
"ell-knoWn face of Mr.. William M.
chase, the artist, a prominent ad-
mlnistrator of the Metropolitan Mu-
scum of Art. Mr.. Chase is never seen
without silk hat, a pair of eye
glasses on his straight nose, and
rom them hanging a cord. His beard
goes to point
Nobody who knows Mr.. Chase could
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-05-08

Silhouette was the French minister
of finance in 1859, and he patriot
ically set for himself the difficult task
Of replenishing the nationa! treasury
which had become sadly depleted dur
ing the source. of long wars with the
Britains and Prussia.
Silhouette attacked the wealthy
mobiles for their prodigality, and earn,
ed their dislike. He@instituted sweep.
ing economies on every hand.
Soon he came to be ridiculed by
the very country he was so honestly
serving and his parsimony made him
the most admirable possible subject
for caricature.
Knocked Out by Daguerre.
Thus every fashion that was plain
or cheap was styled by the wits as
"a la Silhouette" and as the profiles
made by shadwos thrown on paper
were then very much in vogue among
the poor, the rich preferring to give
commissions to painters to hand their
lineaments down to posterity, the
word ''Silhouette" attached itself firm
~ 10 the black profile.
For many years the silhouette had
to make it's fight against the work of
the artist, with brush, pen or pencil
But then came Daguerre,, and in his
train, followed the. camera, with the
whole host of improvements and in
ventions, until the marvellous photo
graphy of the twentieth century had
become an accomplished fact.
But society, ever prone to be tickle,
and dissatisfied with that which it
has had for any length Of time, has
declared that the pendulum has swung
back again, and that the silhouette is
once more the vogue
Therefore the rush to have every
member of the family taken in the
''new-old" way, with camera lending
its help to make the illusion more
realistic
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-05-08
Youthful Japanese Horseman.


Toru Tateishi, fourteen years old
son Of prominent lawyer in Fushima
city, is appointed by the government
to proceed to Budapest, Austria Hun.
gary. The young lad is to learn the
art of horse riding, of which he is an
expert. All his expenses will be paid
by the department of agriculture and
commerce.
The boys mother, a bright and
courageous woman, filed with Samu.
raj spirit, was so pleased with the an.
pointment that on the evening of the
sons departure for Toxic she invited
a large number of his young friends
in honor of her son and babe him
farewell at the railroad station in that
cheerful unconcerned way just as II
her son was going for few days
visit. He sis to stay in Europe for
three years.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-05-08

Paul Jones, Jr., a second year stu
dent in the Harvard law school, Cam.
bridge, Mass, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Paul Jones Of New York city, has just
been presented silver medal by the
humane society of Massachusetts in
recognition of his brave attempt to
save the lives of two fellow students
who fell through the, ice while skat-
ing On the Charles river last January.
The event which led to the young
students recognition by the society
was counted one of unusual heroism
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-05-08

breed oftener than once in two years,
and the period may be even longer.
If they survive all the dangers of the
youthful period of their lives it is five
years before they become adults.
Figures show the extent of the de-
cline. In 1880 19,836,233 pounds were
caught, valued at $479,341. This was
an average of nearly 21-2 cents per
pound. twenty-five years later, TAX
ing the figures for 1902, the last that
make the same kind of comparison
possible, the supply had shrunk to A.
02S,S45 pounds, but the crop was val
ued at $1,271,962. This shows how the
supply had failed to keep up with the
demand, for, while the supply had
fallen off, the price had mounted in
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-05-08

Mrs. John A. Stirling, who was Miss
Clara E. Taylor, an American actress
from whom her husband, Capt. Stir
ling, recently secured a. divorce in
Scotland, naming Lord Northland az
correspondent. Mrs. Stirling has ap
pealed, contending that the case was
not properly conducted and she wa,
made the victim of evidence in favol
of her husband which she was given
no chance to deny. The costs Of tho
suit was saddled on Lord Northland
whose picture is below that of Mrs
Stirling.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-05-08

Admiral Longnecker, a well-known ma
val man, deny his identity.
The musicianship of Wassili Leps,
the violinist, is made very clear in
the high forehead, the hair brushed
back, the straight nose, sensitive chin
and eyeglasses.
But Mr.. Haeseler has not confined
himself to reproducing faces. He has
also turned his art to doing full
length figures, and here he gains still
more notable triumphs Miss Bertha
Clarke, a society leader, noted for her
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-05-08

slender lines, could never deny her
self as she shows in this outline. The
silhouette of the child painting a pic
ure book is also very clever and
novel, combining the silhouette with
the modern photograph most inter
estingly. Perhaps. one Of Mr.. Haese-
ler's best and most artistic poses is
that entitled Study Of a Huntress"
1t is a picture of well known New
York society girl and is said to be a
most faithful image Of the young lady.