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80,

which sold postofHces all over the land. This
takes account of the souvenir picture postcards
which sold in the United States by the millions
Of there is nothing official about these
illustrated postcards They do not bear their face,
do federal postcards, stamp emitting
mission through the mails souvenir card
ried in the mails only when stamp is affixed
to it. Consequently it is the swelling OF the
sales of onecent stamps and not the expansion of the
governmental postcard that indicates
and widespread popularity of the souvenir postcard fad
in recent years.
million dollars for the postal cards which will be issued
to the patrons of postal system between and
New Year day. 1915. However this contract is char
acterzed features great aside
the large amount of represented Foremost
these is the fact that Uncle Sam is in effect contract
ing to supply himself with postal cards of his
Heretofore all postal required in this
country have been turned out by private manufacturers
and indeed for past the manufacture of postal
has been the principal industry of the little city
of Rumford Falls. Me- Henceforth however, the gov
will print its postal cards at the great govern
printing Office in Washington, the largest printing
plant in the world.
The postoffce department will continue to pay
the postal cards. just it did when they obtained
private manufacturers. but the process will
to Uncle Sam taking money out of pocket and put
ting into another. AT the time the government
will by the plan of obtaining its post
supplies. 1t has been realized for time past
by the postoice officials that would be great
if the could print its postal
cards at Washington (the point from which they
distributed to all parts of the country instead of hav
ing them manufactured in Maine with the consequent
of time in sending them to Washington for distr
button The government had proven by years of practice
that produce its postage stamps paper
money cheapy than if the work given to out
sders and accordingly Postmaster General Hitchcock
who live business man, determined to If SINH
lar saving combined with efficient SERVICE could
not be effected in the of the postcards The gov
eminent printing Office submitted competitive bids
basis its outside rivals and it underbid
them ALL
A second important feature in connection with the
contract for postal cards is found in the fact that
this deal contempates cards of better quality than
heretofore been in Especially will there be
improvement in the surface of the card and this
will enable it take ink readily. In future prob
ably, there will be few complaints from people who are
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Trade Organization of Printers

Some interesting information in regard to trade or
eanzaion among printers in the Typographical
Journal official publication of the international typo
graphical union is in the form of review OF book
by George E. Barnett associate professor OF political
economy in the Johns Hopkins university The book.
which is just from the press. is entitled The Prnters
Study in American Trade Unionism" Mr.. Barnett was
in Indianapolis considerable length OF time. several
years ago. gathering information at the headquarters Of
the International Typographical union TO be used in his
book
"a perusal of DR.. Barnetts book" says the review.
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with the utmost zeal and thorough
ness, though in many Of its details its
taste was open to m-ch question.
When the late DeSn Bradley ar
rived upon the scene IN the year 1882
he found an income derived largely
from agricultural estates steadily
dwindling in value. while the condi-
ton of many of the great flying but
tresses as well as the north transept
was indescribable. The late Dean
himself was wont frequently to de-
scribe the north transept when he
first inspected it as presenting almost
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THE GOVERNMENT. PRINTING Office 90

dscloses the fact that meetings of printers for
the purpose of considering trade questions held in
New York early 1776 and in Philadelphia in 1856.
Continuous organizations formed in New York,
Philadelphia Baltimore and Boston before the close OF
the eighteenth century shortly thereafter and the T
biographical Society of New York in existence from
1897 In 1899 the Franklin Typographical society
organized in the city. In 1909 the New York
Typographical society organized and is still in exist
The Philadelphia Typographical society organ
lied in 1902 and is also still active.
However, Dr. Barnett asserts that there is evil
dence that there had been printers society in the
Quaker city previous to this known the Asylum Com
pany' The date of the first Baltimore organization is
equally uncertain but probably early 1903 There
was society in existence in Boston in that
author says that societies to have been
formed outside of the four cities named before 1870 In
which year the Philadelphia society received communi
cation from the Orleans Typographical society. in
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nights lodging. The old man thanked
him heartily.
Last week the charitable chap gave
the old man an overcoat and told him
If he needed help to come around to
his Wall street office. Finally the ben
efactor asked the old man who he
was. Why didn't he get job?
ooh, I'm the night Waterman in this
building" was the reply. 81 stand out
side to get the fresh air."
Now when the charitable person
meets the old man he ignores him.
New York Sun
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for many years past In grad
ually paying off this immense loan

Charity covereth Multitude OF Sins.
He was charitab1y inclined and ev-
cry night for more than a week ne
pitied the old man whom he met
standing in the doorway Of down.
town Office building. The first night
it was very cold, so he asked the old
man if he wouldn't like drink to
warm him up. They had their drinks
and the charitably inclined person
gave the old man so cents to buy q
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the one standard
size that is in almost
universal use. Prac-
tically all of the cards
manufactured will be
of the regulation size
that has long been
familiar to everybody,
namely 3Ax51a inch
es, but there will be
provided some of the
double or reply post
al cards which have
come into use in re-
cent years and which
enable a correspond
ent to send with his
postal card a means
of reply ready to
hand. There will also
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HAVE SPENT MUCH ON ABBEY

church has been in the hands of Mr..
Blore, Sir Gilbert Scott, Mr. Pearson,
Mr.. Michaelthwaite and now Prof.
Lethaby.
There have been times in the his
tory of the abbey when its very ex-
istence has been in jeopardy. The
first of these occurred about the end
of the, seventeenth century. Sir Chris
TOPPER Wren was called in and the
work of restoration was carried out
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the appearance of a quarry.

the APPEARANCE Of quarry.
1t was time for extreme measures,
and that the situation was saved at
all was due to the vigor and the bust
ness acumen of the late dean. AS 1t
was the abby had to pay fearful
price. A loan of e25.000 was made to
the dean and chapter by the eccles-
iastical commissioners. This enabled
the authorities to get level with the
worst of these structural defects. On
the other hand, they were compelled
to suspend the sixth canonry, the In
come derived from which has been
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the conclusion OF
the days work I'M
til he has returned
to this depository
the printing plates
which have been
in his custody.
Finally the postal
cards i'll b e
counted repeatedly
during the process
of manufacture
perhaps a score OF
times in all-and
thus tab will be
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Cost of Restoring Westminster Has
Been Heavy Charge on Church
Authorities.

The cost of keeping Westminster alb
hey in repair is very onerors and
delicate one and the long line Of sur
yeyors of the fabric is a distinguished
one indeed, writes a correspondent of
the Church Family Newspaper. Dur
ing the last 20 years this matchless
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10 particles cnging clogging the while
writing with the style card While the new
grade postal card will be of finer quality than the DID, 1t
lighter in weight and this latter consideration
hundreds and mayhap thousands Of dollars saved
for Uncle Sam has to for
transportation Of all posofce supplies by weight and
postal cards will have reduced travelling expenses
on Journeys they make from the time they leave
the printing until they reach the ultimate consumer
ambition of Postmaster General Hitchcock to
artstcto put them, in fact
plane very handsome postal cards issued by some
foreign countries that end he plans to change the
tint the color of the ink in which
is printed tins and coors will be selected for
the new cannot be determined until expert
ments have been made.
will made in three different sizes
will anything except
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-01-06
Restrained by Politeness.

Prisoner, have you any reasons to
present why the sentence of the court
should not be pronounced upon your"
mo, your honor. / feel as il /
should like to say few words about
the defense my lawyer put UP for me.
but there are ladies present; you can
go ahead with the sentence, your
honor"
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PosSiple TO release or operate press
until several different officials are in
attendance, each with key that
plays part in unlocking the press.
The dies or plates used in printing
the cards and which are furnished by
the postoffice department, are like
wise carefully guarded. When such
plate is given to printer for use
in making impressions ne must give
a receipt for it to the official in
charge of the vault where these
precious plates are stored and the
printer cannot leave the building at
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be introduced a
new style postal
card, designed es-
pecially for the
convenience of
b u s i n e s S men.
This new card
will be exactly the
size of the stand
ard card index"
card, or somewhat
smaller than the
regulation p o tai
card and it's ad,
vantage is found
In the fact that it
can be filed with
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during the four years beginning January 1, 1910
This that the American people who adopt the
very convenient scheme of allowing Uncle Sam to
furnish the stationery for their correspondence will
purchase and send through the mails nearly billion
cards every twevemonth In other words,
erage, every man, woman and child in the United
States will 10 or II postal cards every year. In
actual practice there are, of course, hundreds Of
thousands of persons, including young children, who
never buy postal card from end of the year to
the other, but, the other hand, the above-men
toned average is attained through the firms and
business houses which, in many instances. hun
dreds or thousands Of postal cards day.
1t will be understood that the trainoads of postal
cards for which Postmaster General Hitchcock has
just given the order the regulation official cards
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-01-06

BARKING, HACKING, FsASPING COUGH
can be broken up quickly by Aliens Lung Balsam.
This old, reliable remedy has been sold for over
20 years. Ask your druggist about it.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-01-06

Constipation causes many serious diseases. r.
is thoroughly cured by Doctor Pierces Pleasant
Pellets. One laxative, three for cathartic.
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A woman who is perfectly stunning
isn't always stunningly perfect.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-01-06

When you can't tell the truah. don't
tell anything.
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is no doubt but
that the institu-
ton can keep the
country supplied
with postal cards
no matter to what
proportions the
correspondence OF
the A m e r ! C a n
people may grow.
Just as Uncle
Sam guards very
carefully the man
facture of postage
stamps and paper
money, so will he
take every pre-
caution against
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-01-06

OSTMASTER GENERAL HITCHCOCK
recently signed contract for the supply
of postal cards that will be used by the
American people during the next four
years. The mere magnitude of the man.
ufacturing project involved is calculated
to make this of general interest, for, be
it known, the head of the postofice de-
partment has ordered approximately
three and one-half billion postal cards for
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g I2E.N| or the 6Z<ylERy~

the possible dishonesty of employees in the
packing and distribution of postal cards For one thng
the presses used for printing the cards will be controlled
Dy an intricate of locks which will ren0er IL HI
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-18
ELEKTRA rHANKs ST. PATRICK.
Sets ssx DaSs Respite Freh resaafytnw IN
moarclins Ilease keepsrs nusa.

Nine. Mazarin. Hammsrstsin' . EIekIra
offered her ferVent thanks tn Ireland 9
patron saint yesterday. She u not a
dnughteT of Erin. but because ot the
saints day she did not have tn 90 TO tina,
hoTrid court and be pealered by an
aNocat who would want her To explain
IA the ninute~t detail Why she did not
pay "a hoard bill Ot tIzD O,lelle baszsells!
AN artist Nth a salary like, 'arusn'a, BuI
shadows enter the life oI celebrated per-
sons Just a. troubles come TO ordinary
n'''rtaiS. aud here - tho aifaiT Of the
pcnsloO.
u ~ not the money demanded bv
Nine l.s Bois 81 the tension. That ~ a
'rihe INT u u the justice ot It, The
money VAS for board Eiel,ra never ate:
tor the month Of March. whereas in fact
She went 10 live at another place before
February had expired. To N. exact.
she transferred her residence tn another
place "t fcbruary IS. That Other place
~ lamIlv hotel in FiIth avenue
NJ Mime lie ROSS boarding house, az
~ Past Twenty eighth street Mime
AaNArtn took up her resIdence When she
tame To thus country IN llNcenber aud
hegan hard study for tho character OF
r''EfrH u was the OfIinIon IN the board
ing NOUS that the Al list WAS the hardest
working l'"rsun IN ih, ho,Is... Rs.heArSAls
morning and afternoon Two piano ac-
crmpanists ~ 81 an h'aIT Hut success
cams. Of tho hard worh
ttcs'rr dId not leave Mine Ie Rois's
plaC" because of any Decentralization
Nh" mad" the change tor artistic rs.nsous
ami be,sadse her new TesIdenc. - more
convenient for her Operative WORK But
MIN" L. BoIs pays NOR" attention to the
comn,"r"'ai SIDE Of life than she dos TO
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-18
PO>Ts sRDS Nor NtIL tHLE.
Th~ Jeanne d'Arr suffrage B.pagse Ran
Int an Z NeNPerted saag.


They were the prettlest possible shade
of yellow. the post cards that the Jeanne
d'Arc Woman suffrage ISeag,I. had
printed - advertise the meeting that
was hcid last night AZ the residence of
tn" founder Mrs NelIe Van SlinReriand
Ii9 last Twenty seventh street On
each one WIS ernbla zoned the league
coat " arms hank~d v = r0rtrau ~ the
Maid IN f,i'l armur with Isplum"d helmet
IL SEEMED to Mr. Sling.rland that no
one would refiIsr t. rezpond 10 "a summons
,-uuched m - attractive form. and she
feared her drawing rpum wouldn't 10
large enough - hold haH III Jeanne
a Arcrrs who would appear she mad
however raCkOned without the Post
ONO - partner
Al thos" lovely lands. each one bearng
"a 90" cent STAMP ~ tts upper rirht hand
corner. came hack Ia her within iSentv-
frH.r hour. after they werr naIisd
T. WASH that any rffCIl plt IN an
objection tp Jeanne CD-tigIl" g Co me
Oh. 'nr sr,tn' II m. 60 rsis u WaS rnsr,Iv
In.' -" i"sIgI.. tsd tTr.-i iu d. tU,, btg -
lhlrg Tine ,-arIs cNC'I sd.-i thr me cent
f,.-' fi'' building r"f'Issd - despatch
thrm ur their way until snu-h"r S,amp
was - Ng-si =. "t,h one
81. a." Jnsuu" q Ar, League was game
IhoI refused 80 uuy NOR. Etamu- In
stead % uprruitfea Was quickly formed
Zach memp.r - which hi'd her o. ths
nearest tsi-T,h~ne and calling up twenty
mombrr- uu" 10y one announced the
meeting
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-18
uOok y ,RBED IOR >W GGLING
Ne and Irierds t:Ne susISms Om-rr .
Tu-~Ie on Hobekrn Pter

'r.0Ind pssonz. - years Old, cook
o. ." hamburg American Inner AmerikA
7-.-1 i"wn tho SHIPS ganRPlank IN
b.. H-u Last n'Rht with several boNes
" gus neatly tucked away INSIDE. the
f..'..'0f - hi- trousers. customs Of-
Co. 'ns-pu FaIlek noticed that the cook :
(" ..ursl dimensions did not harmonic
.- H"i ght and nabbed him on ihs.
-
r,-gstn To hEh, and two other
= men gTabhe,i falisk ann hsipei
. -.." ne ofhcer toward the sdge ~
'H- "0 Squeezing that the trio were
f' 20 throw him overheard. Fallek
~ - desperately and got out Oi the
OBJ. '... - ne s~apen Just a. they hacked
" ." ~" stTingpteue. Then a.sis-
.a. f..'' ird faliek got 4 strong mold
~ '.--' I,ut ths. Othsrs s--capeu
.H> was locked zap at fOboken
y 't.i4utrtcrs On chaTg- Ot as
- no .,,tr-ry. Eallek saId ne found
fs"'I pOA"z ~ snugGied cigars
--. f0-seaNiOn
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friend 81 Sir Edwin I.Andseer he -
now ~ years old and stall rides To hounds.
Mrs wemyss began her literary career
with a family magazine 20 which her
nine brot hers and two sisters contributed.
~" also kept a diary when she was q
years Old m which abe wrote q summary
81 what she wished her character to he
Sweet loveiOg. give,ng up. merry. clever.
tidy. ob~dient gentle mild. one had
humble remembering all thing, thought
! fui. free 20 give I have sinoe found
she adds. that one bad quality - not
sufhcient allowance Mrs. Wemys-
has had two books published IN England
b,eid-- ne new one, The Professional
Aunt
william , and COningsby " Dawson IN
tho preface tn one Of the new volumes Of
The Great English short Story Writers'
say that the prejudice against the short
story ~ largely due TO the lack OF a definite
standard a. to just what . short story
should he IL the story succeeds u
appears To he by accident rather than de-
sign Sometimes u 10 interpolated into
the text 81 a novel by the most haphAzArd
and clumsy means. somstimes u " really
~. 49, Dawaor s,~g.s, ,ha, -,h.
$50. .,.nd.rt daroapds Ina, tho .ho,,
-, -h.II Ia comol.,. i'm i,s.,f tia, !,
..,Ii \. .hoy, hecs,,.. \, canno, h. Jcn~
"a ,h., !, .h.I, coc.,., ~ h,,, ons me-
dent
Mr. r J M~credy. whO has written the
volume called -HeaIth's Highway ~ an
APOSTLE 81 the opsn air life and a fine eE-
ample Of the BENEFITS 70 be derived from
Il Ne camps out At night all the year
round and apends a large portion OG his
time in the cycle saddle or AZ the wheel nf
= mo ''sI, az ,. s :,
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personal reputation ~ the little kIndgom
1t Holland where her life Of the Country's
hero IN It's Dutch translation - = standard
IN Holland itself Miss Putnam's book
like other biographies must invite com
Darison NIth Mo,ley classic hut she
worked and wrote With scholarly enthu-
~iaEm gained access To- lstterB 10 the
rIginal Butch ~ the archives OF Geneva
and other earIy Protestant centres and 10
documents which Motley never knew
Her researches IN consequence. throw
hight IN phases 1T the subject which he
left untouched
good -Nampl" of the spelling of three
hundred years ago a. we'll asan interesting
presentation ut 'he customs and manners
of the period ~ given IN = " Moorman's
biographical and critical study ot the poet
Robert HerriCk. to b~ published soon
Dr. Norman quotes letter written by
John Fyrick. a. the poets grandfather
spelled his name. to his son Nicholas on
the occasion Ut the latter marriage
which reads as follows some NichO-
las Fyrick. your mother and ! have Ne
commended unto your bsdfello~e and
Won: for trust now that We ne married
man: for hard by your brother StenSord
that youe weir appointed - marry on
Monday the tenth of December. and II
youe be naryed Ne pray God to send
yOue bottle muche joye and comfort
together. and To- all hir friends and
yours
Halle Erminle Rives. whose latest
romance The Kingdom NJ Slender
swords" - nov among the six best
sellers IL tin. wife II Mr. Post Wheeler.
who " ~ second secretary 20 the Ameri-
can Embassy IN JarAD and quit that
post 90 become first secretary at ~
Petersburg Mr. Wheeler wac veil known
in this country as an author and II will
bs recalled that he was Tissots model
for the Christ Mrs Wheeler uses her
maiden name a. a pen name She is
Kentucky woman and a cousin Of AnSsli-
Rives. Princess TroubetSkoy. Til.
story 70 The Kingdom Of Slender swords
- said Ia contain a slightly disguised
portrait ~ Lafcsdio Hearn in the mys-
FERROUS recluss whom she calls AIOysius
Thorn
Ur. X Weir Mitchell in an unusually
frank preface To hes latest volume Of
posms The Comfort oT the Hills says
lin the year Isss ] printed the first OT
ak small volumes 81 verse. The editions
81 each were limited TO 30 or g0 copies.
with an average sale Of about fifty copies
Having generously given away the rest
I am amused Ia find these volumes arr
nov sought for by the collector Of hrst
editions and are occasionally bringing
absurd prices This present collection
IL the only one ! have not paid for out
- wNaINa.
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dan Ersniag Posi u was he who per
-usded John -. ArChbod to write his
defence u the Standard OF Company.
4 want no little here below. ! want u
all and quick. ~ the motto 1t to-day
the lust for immediate and universal
Do~.o-sion." saws Prof Charles Mills
fiaVIey in mis- Idols oG EduCation The
author ia a professor IN protninent
Western van yersItY and his hook advocater
a crusade against the nOn-essentIais m
collegiate and university lie and at the
same time recommends number 81
el~n1ents which he believes arc greatly
needed
The publishers 81 Helen Keilers auto
biography. Which reCounts with such
.implicity the story 81 hes T@uarkah bic
achievements against her searihie IA ndi-
clps, have had their attention called
10 tho fact that tins book Is now used
in German schools