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Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-07

scanning everything that comes from
the originators of fashion whether 1t
be from the silk manufactures of
Lyons in France from the looms of
Italy or Germany or from the Oriental
nations of the far east, and are ship
ped at once to the emporium that is
attracting the attention of the mer-
chandising firms of the country and
which is making such marvellous ad-
vances in the history of goods-selling
in Greater Los Angeles.
Stepping into the store of this pro-
gressive and aggressive establishment,
the perfect discipline and clock-like
regularity with which the business of
the big store Is kept moving will at
once appeal to the most observant, that
master hands and master minds are
at the helm of this wonderful business
institution. The heads of departments
have all been selected for their knowl-
edge and thorough mastery of the
lines over which they have control.
The silk man for example is not bet
ter qualified in his precious and beau
tiful lines than the man who buys the
granite ware. Each is a specialist as
it were over his particular lines and
these men dig into the secrets of the
manufacturers, seek out the importers
and are as familiar with what the
markets of the world have to offer
as though controlled by themselves.
The staples are laid in a year ahead
while the fashion makers have ever
their alert eyes upon the latest fam
cies that fashion dictates. novelties are
sought and find their way to the coun-
ters and show cases of the Fifth
Street store almost contemporaneously
with their coming into existence.
Frequently too, the manufacturer
Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-07
Little Green Stamp
Big Business Getter
Sperry & Hutchinson Demonstrate the Fact That
Business Men Are Able to Give Something for
Nothng-by Advertising Advertising

That the advent of the nationally
famous Sperry a. Hutchinson company
into Los Angeles has met with the
instantaneous and hearty approval OF
many thousands of thrifty housewives
is evidenced by the throngs of shop
pers who are asking for the little green
stamp at the stores of the merchants
who offer them TO cash customers
That people are glad to get the trading
stamp issued by the SpeTry & Hutch
inson company is not surprising
TO anyone who devotes a few moments
time to the inspection of the really
magnificent line of premiums given by
this company to the customers OF the
merchants who give out their stamps.
II is a well known fact In the large
manufacturing centers of tho east and
middle west that the S. & II. Green
Stamp concern maintains one OF the
most powerful purchasing organiza-
tions in the world, and the necessity
OF this Is apparent to any person who
carefully examines the premiums given
by this firm and observes the extra
ordinary quality as compared with the
merchandise given by other so-called
premium organizations.
In Jackson. Mich, where the trading
stamp was formulated and developed
by Sperry & Hutchinson ia the summer
success, far exceeding the most SAN
guine expectations OF the originators.
The merchants thoroughly appreciated
the greatly improved condition of their
business which naturally followed. as
the shopping public was very quick to
grasp the idea of obtaining beautiful
and valuable articles for use in their
homes without cost.
The thought which dominated Mr..
sperry's mind at the time he evolved
the trading stamp plan was the CEN
tralizing of premiums in one store, or
clearing house." where the customer
might utilize the stamps obtained from
all the merchants in redemption of
one or many premiums. This was
move far in advance of the old fash
ioned and wornout idea of Civ
ing q small and practically valueless
premium with each individual sale.
The growth OF the business during the
last thirteen years has been phe-
nomenaI. Received at first with sus-
picion. II has gradually forced itself,
through its merit. upon the attention
of some of the most powerful retail
business organizations in the United
States. In almost every city of i'm
portance in the country the well known
STAMPS may be seen. In the earlier
days of the business 1t was necessary
for the company to overcome many
objections raised by merchants against
the use of the system, but so great has
become the prestige of the S. & H.
Green Stamp that 1t has In many cases
become necessary for the company to
refuse to establish its business in
cities where thev have been impor-
tuned TO open a branch,
The Los Angeles branch is less than
three months old, but notwithstanding
the short length of time that Sperry
& Hutchinson have been in the city
they have succeeded in placing con-
tracts with about 200 merchants in
divers lines of trade. The show room
Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-07
.5TH ST. STORE
LUSTY INFANT
GREAT MART IS DEVELOPED
DURING PAST FIVE YEARS
Wldeawake Department Managers Are
Shrewd 5uyers-Active, Courteous
Clerks Have Contributed to
Wonderful Success

F Not more astonishing than the
growth Of Los Angeles has been the
astounding development CT many of the
mercantile houses of this city. From
modest beginnings, many of them have
developed in size and volume of busi-
ness many stores of much more metro
politan cities than Los Angeles.
Among these may be mentioned with
just civic pride the Fifth Street store
which today occupies a place in the
merchandising trade in the very fore
most OF this citys palatial establish
ments. This must be as gratifying
to the management of the concern as IT
is to the people of the city, who to
their credit be it said are substantial
supporters of those aggressive and
progressive concerns which have added
so much to the fair name of Los An
geles as market of large and grow
ing trade.
Five years ago, there were some
mighty good mercantile establishments
in this city, and it was freely prognos-
ticated that at that time the city was
amply supplied with stores sufficient to
care for the demands of the trade for
a long period to come. But the pro-
moters and owners of the Fifth Street
store anticipated-and anticipated
with certainty-the necessities of
the city in the years to come
and with the confidence born OF
faith in the city and it's future pro-
ceeded to establish themselves here
with the result that we have with us
one of the best, and largest mercan-
tile department. stores to be found any
where in the west. They calculated
well the purchasing power of the pop
ulation at that moment and discounted
the future by entering into the busi-
ness which today must prove gratify-
ing TO their most urgent wishes.
They knew that with cash, the most
powerful lever was theirs to produce
results. This as their medium of per-
suasiveness, that merchandise could be
bought and placed before the patrons
of their establishment that would make
bis mess for their new plant, and
steedily with each year this firm has
Continued to give to a rapidly increas-
ing patronage the values for their
money which would establish them
safely and strongly in the condolences
of the public.
The first determination of the man
agement was that there should be no
demand of the patrons of a large es-
tablishment that could not be had un-
der one roof and to this end there is to-
day under the roof of the Fifth Street
store almost every necessary article of
mans, woman's or childrens desires.
With the perfect system in vogue
in the Fifth Street store, there is al
ways present in the American and for
eign markets the skilled eye of trained
and accomplished buyers, carefully
Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-07

finds himself overstocked-that is, pro-
duction has exceeded the demands of
the country. He is ready to let go
these oVerproductions but it requires
a large house with almost unlimited
capital to handle such vast stocks. To
do this he stands ready to make sac
rifices that will move the goods, and
give him a clean floor for his coming
seasons productions. There is just
where the Fifth Street store takes the
advantage to be gained by the very
determination of the overloaded manu-
facturer. There are no amounts OF
merchandise too heavy for this con-
Germ to take advantage of and pur-
chase. With the strength of ready
cash they are enabled to take advan-
tage of these offerings and to the GUS
toners of the house they are distrib-
uted at great saving and economy over
the regular sales of such goods.
To attempt to enumerate the various
of the mammoth store of
the Fifth street establishment would
require pages of The Herald. 1t is a
grand exposition of every necessary ar
ticle of the Individual and the house
hold, where patrons may go, look
over the vast array of attrac-
tions. select their purchases from at
tenttve and courteous clerks and prac-
tically buy everything wanted under
one roof, be assured that they are get
ting the very best that money. can
purchase and at the lowest prices that
are to be had anywhere in the United
States.
The Fifth Street store has distribu-
ted over $4,000 stamp books to it's
patrons and that fact alone is indica-
ton of the marvellous strides made in
advance by the great store.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-07

and warehouses in the Forester build
ing, 640-642 South Broadway, are filled
with a varied and beautiful assort-
ment of premiums, all of pronounced
value, graduated from articles worth
S. up to $25 That the people have
taken to the collection of S. & H. Green
Trading Stamps is evidenced by the
large number OF books in the homes,
and 1t is safe to say that every stamp
given away at the various stores finds
little squared space in someone s
book. The Green Trading Stamp is the
nearest to realization of something
for nothing" ever presented to the
people. The collection of S. & II.
Stamps does not call for the outlay of
one cent; the merchant does not add
to the price OF his wares. and when
the collector has filled a book 1t will
be accepted at the Sperry e. Hutch
inson stores and exchanged for the
premium desired by the collector. Two
books call for articles of greater value,
and three books still greater.
Many have reasoned that the stamp
business is injurious to general mer-
chandising, but this contention is not
sustained. If the stamps represented
an expenditure, then indeed could one
say that their distribution would be
injurious to those who either cannot
or will not give Green Trading
Stamps.
AS 1t is, the merchants now giving
stamps are well satisfied, and the
thousands receiving them are enthus-
'iastic over the S. & II. plan.
The ordinary family will expend 800
month, and II stamps were taken
on every purchase made, that would
fill one stamp book, or, In other words,
the collector has made an extra $5 on
account of judicious buying.
Not bad at that, when one stops to
think that the maximum effort to at
tain this result is moistening the
stamps and applying them TO the little
squares in the stamp books. Many
money lender loses sleep devising ways
and means to realize per cent upon
his money. The stamp collector invests
nothing and can sweetly sleep, secure
In the fact that every page of stamps
represents certain value without the
investment of one cent in the way of
capital.
The business. is not local alone, but
has been inaugurated throughout the
country, and stamps collected in New
York are redeemable in Los Angeles,
San Francisco, Chicago, Cincinnati or
Mauch Chunk, Pa. As a matter of
fact, they are even better than a we'll
secured note, for only a few days
ago a lady, now a resident of Los An
geles, formerly of Philadelphia, called
at the local show rooms of the S. e. II.
presented a book that had
been filed in the year 1897. proving
that age cannot dull or
change of environment depreciate. the
value of Green Trading Stamps.
All over the country the different
S. e. H. stores are really show places
for a select class; that is, those who
are mutually interested in the main
tenance of the stores through the
assiduous collection of green stamps.
Manager Dillman, in charge of all |
western territory, has accomplished a !
wonderful work since coming to this !
Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-07

city, and he leaves this week, going
to Seattle, there to establish head
quarters and start another Trading
Stamp craze. Dillman is not one of
those nervous individuals one would
naturally expect to see as the head of
such an enterprise, but on the other
hand is placid, unassuming and as
beamingly pleasant as Jersey farmer
an influx of summer
boarders, but he is never asleep, and
back that full forehead of his is d
set of working brains, ever alert, ever
thinking of a new wrinkle in his gem
eral scheme of organization. Organiza-
tion is his hobby; it is what has made
Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-07
HINDUS BELIEVE GHOSTS
RIDE ON TIGERS HEADS
Uneducated East Indians Have
Strange Superstitlons in Re-
gard to Wild Animals

The uneducated Hindu (and he is in
the greatest majority believes that the
ghost of man killed by a tiger rides
on the head of the beast that slew him
to warn him of danger and to guide
him to new victims. 1t is declared that
God provides for the tigers daily
wants to the amount of one rupee a
day; that is to say, If a tiger kills a
calf worth six rupees he will not be
allowed another victim for five days.
Eating the flesh of tiger Is sup
posed to give one great courage and
alertness, but the whiskers must first
be singed off the beast or his spirit
will haunt the man who fed him and
he is likely to be turned into a tiger
in the next world
In a small Indian village in the in
terror a villager was killed by tiger.
The police investigated the accidental
death and rendered this verdict: PAN
du died of a tiger eating him; there
was no other cause OF death. Nothing
was left of him save his bones and
some fingers, which probably belonged
to either the right or left hand"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-07

a success of the trading stamp busi-
ness, and no one realizes this more
than does Manager Dillman, than
whom there is no one closer to Presi-
dent Sperry. He is naturally proud of
his success in Los Angeles, but is not
over proud, for he has done the same
thing before many time, and expects
to do so again many, many times. He
is a stout advocate of advertising, and
the first thing he did after he had his
campaign mapped out in Los Angeles
was to run full-page advertisements in
number of papers, Then the busi-
ness began to hum. 1t has been hum
ming ever since. Meanwhile, S, & H.
continue to advertise, insuring a con-
tinued humming business.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-07
Justified

Eyes, your honor 1 admit I jolted
this man."
What was the aggravation?'
"He insisted upon springing a new
Cook pun on me-"
Discharged" Cleveland Plain
-nao1om
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forums and on the stump Here are
the names of some of the books:
Famous Orators of the World AMI
Their Orations," "Dunbar's Complete
Works." This Country of Ours"
Farming by Inches" "Hiawatha," 70
ture,' by 100 colored young men;
young Peoples History of the World"
Masterpieces of English Oratory,' and
anything else not listed, call on or write
e. L. ROGERS, Agent,
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The Dunbar
News Company

Is the place where all colored papers
and magazines can be had. Call at S15.
S13 e. Washington, or 3061s S. 9th. l
purpose, step by step, to create a reg
ular news store, handling all colored
literature, books. ETC., also the big
Sunday dailies, and leading white mag
azines. Telephone $685. E. L. Rogers,
Manager.
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If the average colored person will
expend as many dollars in some kind
of business as he will readily do for
lodges and socials, his children will
have job when they grow up, Ell?
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AT the East End Shoe Store, 1907 E.
Capltol avenue. can be found the COL
ored papers, magazines and tracts. Stop
over there while ordering. shoes and
call for something to read.
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SOMETHING EVERY YOUNG MAN
SHOULD HAVE.

We are selling, as agent of one of the
greatest and best publishing houses
in this country, few books we think
should be in the library of every
home, especially young men who have
aspirations and desire inspiration,
and more especially men who de-
sire to be speakers and appear in the
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How to Talk'-for sale at Thomp-
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That Negro Business Mems T.aaeua
is the timeliest thing of the last dec
ade organized here.
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1t is no benefit to have given me
something, but it is a benefit to have
enabled me to obtain something for
myself. Emerson.
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SOM ETHING YOU WANTED
The Industrial History of the
Negro, for sale at Thompson S
and 1907 E. Capitol Ave
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Evening journal., 1909-11-18
PHILADELPHIA ROW
OVER MILK PRICES

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Nov. 1S.-A
member Of the board OF managers Of
the MIX Exchange. which met in the
Bourse yesterday. declared that the
conflict between the exchange anc the
Shippers Union would mean Scent
milk for the householder all winter.
Il was pointed out that retail dealers
IN tho MIX Exchange were almost
equally divided on the wisdom Of ad-
vancing the price to o cents next
month. Those I'm favor OF the advance
& was said. were urging the farmers
10 insist that dealers pay 8 cents a
quart Wholesale so as 20 AFFORD them
a reason for adding ! cent to the re-
tail price
other members are equally insisteni
for the retention Of the present Scent
scale. They declare that 10 advance
the price to cents would practically
mean 10-cent milk. as many housekeep-
ers take only a pint OF milk a day, foi
which they would have TO pay cents
So much discord has risen within IN,
ranks OF both organizations, that dis.
ruption Of one or the other would no
surprise tho trade.
While some OF the farmers are charg
ing cents wholesale for milk otheri
are selling Il az 4 1-2 cents 80 tina
no scarcity was reported yesterday a
any OF the receiving stations.
Evening journal., 1909-11-18
URGES LABOR TO
ENTER POLITICS
British Delegate Suggests
Organization Of an Inde-
pendent Party
BY United Press Leased Special Wire.

BY United Press Leased Special Wire.
TORONTO. Nov. 1S.-Declaring that
the American workingmen should BEN
eft by the lessons of the past and
realize that he has no chance TO have
his wants filled by politicians while
he operates from within an estab
lished political organization. J. R.
Clynes. member Of the British Parlia
ment and a fraternal delegate to the
American Federation Of Labor conven-
tion today suggested to the Fedora
tion the formation OF a labor party by
the workingmen of the United States.
The political purposes Of American
workingmen have woefully failed" he
said. land separate organization along
broad lines is now their only hope. A
labor party would not only promise
social reform: IL would bring il about.
In 1905 the Federation leaders failed
to direct the votes Of American work.
ers against their enemies. That was
to be expected. The only way to get
results is TO work as a unit. name
labor candidates and then support
them exclusively.
THE work should begin now. The
employers are organized. They get
what they want from the old parties
Labor cannot. SO Il must organize,
tight its own fights, elect its own can
didates. and make the laws the work
ers need"
Evening journal., 1909-11-18
DIRECT SLAP AT
ROOSEVELT, THEY SAY

BY United Press Leased Special Wire.
PITTSBURG. Pa. Nov. 1s.-Local
politicians are fairly boiling over to-
day following the action Of President
Taft yesterday in yielding to the de-
mands said TO have been made by
United States Senator George 4. Oliver,
and taking action that will result in
the formal appointment Of Frank j.
Klumpp as census director In the
Pittsburg district. All sorts OF stories
are in the air as to what the action
may signify. the one that has made
the greatest impression being that
Taft has taken a direct slap at the
Roosevelt administration Klumpp be-
ing an avowed anti Roosevelt man.
In the appointment OF Klumpp, AL
Ian H. Willett. professor Of economic
at the Carnegie mechanical school Is
side-traclled. His appointment was
recommended by Census Director Du-
rand and announced while Taft was
spending his vacation at Beverly.
Evening journal., 1909-11-18
WILMINGTON MAN
TO WE'D AT SMYRNA

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
SMYRNA, Del. Nov. 1S-srhe younger
set Of smyrna is having a week Of pleas
ant festivities in connection with the ap-
preaching marriage Of Miss Mary Denney
Hazel, OF this town, to Charles e. VIII
liams, of wilmington. on Monday even
ing at the home Of Mrs. Frank S. Mall
colin. the "Old Maids Club gave sup
Der 10 Miss Hazel The table was decor
ated in pink. chrysanthemums, while the
candle shades and favors Of tho same
hue completed the color scheme Of pink
and white. During the evening beautiful
silver candelabra was presented to the
bride elect
Last evening Miss Hazel entertained
al her home and this evening Mrs. Frank
S. Malcom, Miss Lillian spealSman and
Miss Agnes Carrow will give card party
at the home Of Miss Speakman, in honor
OF Miss Hazel. Friday evening Mrs. w G.
Roe ard Miss NJ. Edith Beck have ar
ID a ''Kitchen shower" for the pros
nective bride az the home Of Miss Beck
on South street.
Miss Hazel is the daughter Of School
Commissionef Herman p. Hazel and a
niece Of 3. A. Hazel. vice-president OF
the Atlantic Snuff Co Mr.. Williams is
assistant to the manager of r. 6. Dun
and Co. at the wilmington office and is
a native Of Smyrna
Evening journal., 1909-11-18
NEW CAPITAL AND
LABOR PLAY

BY United Press Leased Special Wire.
NEW YORK. Nov 1s--It is the almost
universal opinion of New York critics to-
day that the New Theatre came into its
own last night with the initial production
OF John Galsworthys strife, a capital
and labor play that really seems worth
while. The play is a vlrile portrayal Of a
great Industrial strike depicted without
the slightest partisanship for either cap
ital or labor. Behind the story OF the
strike lies a bitter ironlcal moral-for at
the end Of months Of struggling. wrang-
ling and starving, the two parties come
10 a compromise Identical with the one
proposed before the suffering began.
The presentation OF Strife" proved that
the New Theatre with its great stage and
immense auditorium is better fitted for the
production OF sweeping dramas Of massed
scenes and bold action. than for the de-
velopment Of delicate intimate comedies.