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The Detroit times., 1910-12-09
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In Paris women are wearing hatpins
TO suit their hats-simply because pub
lie opinion won't let them wear the
longer ones There were many arrests
and prosecutions before French wo-
men came TO their senses. however.
lii America, women go about with
the sharp points OF hatpins projecting
anywhere from one TO four inches
menace to all who come near them.
There's no question about two
men who wear these murderous sti-
lettos, called hatpins. ought TO be ar
rested.
Despite the fact that hat crowns are
smaller than for two years past, the
same old hatpins are being worn, and
as a consequence they project more
ana more Hats cost so much that
we women, alas. cannot afford new
hatpins to At them
A man told me the other day That
he was standing on the back platform
of a crowded car recently. and noticed
a woman who wore a long hatpin turn
suddenly to say something TO friend.
At the same moment woman who
stood near screamed and pressed a
hand TO her eye. The car was stopped
at once and the injured woman re-
The Detroit times., 1910-12-09
BIRTHS.

GIRLS.
William Carroll, 800 Macomb.
Sidney Spittle. i5l bellevue.
Edward Esgly. l20 Hastings.
Anthony Barrie. l4i Livingston.
Joseph Jrezohszkiewltz. So Adele.
Gustav Wills. AL Grandy.
Edwin Greisch $40 McDougnll.
VIM. II. PETE. 1910 Helen.
Gnazzio Gelter, 996 Mt. Elliott.
Cornelius Ward, 81 liz l.arned-st.
Joseph Janicki. 97G Milwaukee.
George Robinson, BIS 25th.
Martin Cinpct. Sb3 Hastings.
Ernst Link. ais Hendricks.
Albert Joswick. lie McDougall.
Eugene Franks. 62S Bellevue
BOYS.
Edward r.. RutZ. $50 Baker.
Giovanni Fargnoli. 16l Riyard,
Paul Jacobowsky. i02 Cicotte.
Joe Karchewski. 1890 Central
George Colems. 1SS Seyburn.
Michael Bannan. 312 Grandy.
Charles knagGs, 1869 Gratiot
Gotttricd schultz. 4l0 Hendricks.
John Schmidt. l0l6 Bellevue.
John piCkrahn, SEA Chene.
Andrew Thiery. 5tl Orleans,
Fred kacs. 1869 Harper.
Salvatore Alagno. lS1 Congress.
Paolo Launioella. 200 Fort.
George Chaser. 16S Rivard.
Joseph Van pcmrchc. TAO Franklin.
Frank kmice. $40 Twenty -fourth
Edward Robetalle, Us Harvey.
Martin Smistck. 12il 81, Aubin.
CLYDE Moore, III Harmon.
John JuClIiewicz 800 Willis
Charlie Spring. l45 Cleveland.
The Detroit times., 1910-12-09
TRAVELLERS GUIDE
DETROIT UNITED uNTERURBAS
LlNHl

PORT HURON LIMITEDs-7 n. m.
and every two hours to d. m: Sun
days only. III y. m. Through locals. 9
a m and every two hours to o. M
hourly 20 p. m, including limiteda
hourly TO IL y. m. Shore line to MI
Clemens. e:2S a m. hourly to HE'S o.
m.
FLINT LIMITEDS-.7:ss a. m. s:ss
a. m, '12:35 3. m. ESQ p. m. si:35 o
m. Through locals. 7 a. m, every two
hours TO p. m: oxford only, IL D. m.
Flint. sundays only. IL p. m. To Romeo
a. m, a. m. and every two hours TO
10 y m. III p. m.
JACKSON LIMITEDs-s:15 a. m m.
every two hours to 6.15 .. m Through
locals, a. m. and every two hours IN
Q %. m; Ann Arbor only o a. m, 20 n
m, p m. 10 p. m. IL p. m. Northyilfe
only $50 a m. hourly to $50 o. m
7:So p: m, P m, III y. m. Saline cars
from Ynsilanti
TOLEDO LIMlTEDs-7:2o a. m and
every two hours TO $50 p. m: Saturday
and Sunday, $50 p. m. Through locals
$50 a. m. and hourly to $50 D. M
Monroe only, $3.50 p. m. IL .. m.
WYANDOTTE DIv.-5:3s a. m. hair.
hourly to s:3S D. m. hourly to lI3s
d. m. "
PONTIAC Div-e n. m, 20 70 30 min
service to $3.50 y. m. hourly to 10:3o
o nj, IL D. m; Birmingham only, is m
ORCHARD LAKE DTV.-s a. m. hour.
iy TO IL o. IN.
'These cars run through to saRins-
The Detroit times., 1910-12-09
WHEN THE MESSAGE RINGS TRUE
Results From Persistent Advertising
Are Never Disappointing. ,

A number Of newspapers through
out the country are makipng feature
of advertising talks, frequently allud-
ding to business firms that have trav-
eled onward and upward TO success
through honest and persistent adver-
Using, backed, Of course. with the
right goods and the right kind Of store
MANAGEMENT. Such firms. so these
writer's tell us, have gradually won
the confidence OF the public and when
they appear in the public prints With
an announcement of a special nature.
immediate results are never disap-
pointing.
A convincing verifcation of the ad-
vertising trueisms advanced by these
writer's occurred in this city last week
when the Ballantine Co.. tailors, cor
ner OF Safest. and Westinghouse,
announced that they had arranged 10
dispose of their stock Of fall and win
ter woolens by making consider
able reduction from their regular
prices for made-to measure suits.
Their first newspaper advertising APP
peared on Friday and il is really a
pity that all doubling Thomases"
regarding the power and efficacy of
persistent honest advertising could
not have been present to note the
immediate and gratifying response
This tailoring concern started just
four years ago TO advertise in small
but regular way No part of their
business received more attention than
what they had to say to the public
in their printed messages in the news.
papers. Their aim was to simply tell
what they honestly believed they
could do in the direction of providing
men with madeto-measure garments
at sensible. reasonable prices They
honestly believed that in Mr. Ballan-
tine they had cutter and draper
who possessed unusual genius for
designing garments that conformed to
individual requirements--that made
every patron. no matter what physi.
cal peculiarities he might possess.
appear to the best possible advant-
age These straightforward talks,
coupled with sincere desire and ef-
fort TO give satisfaction, proved 10
have the SNOWFALL elements OF accre.
ton. and today this concern OF mod.
est beginning occupies no uncertain
place in the tailoring world.
II seems simple. thi. recipe FOR
commercial pre-eminence and sue
cess. and yet there are those who try
TO climb by other methods-spas
modic advertising. questionable and
merchandise apparently oblivious OF
ind ftcrent TO the sage remark OF =
+. Darnum that you cant fool al
the people all the time"
The Detroit times., 1910-12-09
DAILY DEATH LIST.

Herman IT Cook, $40 Perry. sc years
angina Fpctoris
Albion a. Goodyear Grace Hospital.
81 years shock from crushing injuries
80 foot.
Marglna Wilkalm. "a Hastings. :
months, cntcritis
Joseph Iieimes. E}oiso. Mich 81
Years strungulution by hanging.
suicide.
Ambros I.ech - MaTV's IfospItal.
20 years, pneumonia.
John smith. 500 GronG River. 80
years, delirium trcm"ns
chas Sw,sles IS. Junction. 90
y,ars cancer OF stomach
Mary H. furbcr, Toledo Ohio. 50
Years. cancer OF breast
Rachael NJ Mpsurr. 300 John r. -
ycaiS c,ncinom3 of liver
Louise Jennings aJl McDousall, -
years diabetes
julius Hader. ~ Elizabeth, east ea
ycar.. urtmil
Mary DomzalsSi. 40 81 Aubm. IS
years. pcraicious anemia.
The Detroit times., 1910-12-09
SUPREME COURT.

LANSING, Mich, Dec. 8.-The SIT
preme court met yesterday and dis
posed of the following cases
Affirmed Dawson VS.. Gibson es-
tate; Taylor W.. Home Telephone
company; Parsons VS.. Bills; How
croft VS.. Detroit United Railway
Ward VS. Ward Cheney VS.. Cheney;
Wilson VS.. Hugus; Stansell vs. Am
erican Radiator company; Krett'
Mich VS.. Detroit Chemical works :
Glow x Sons VS.. Dowadiac Gas
company: Leffonier VS.. Detroit Il
Mackinac Railway company; Dascho
VS.. Michigan Alkali company; Lin
ton VS.. Howard estate; Shepard VS..
Schrutt; Daniels VS.. Grand Trunk
Railway company 1.-TWO cases.: peo.
pie VS.. Lowrie.
Reversed; People vs.. c. II. Little
company; people VS.. Yund; people
VS.. Gilbert; people VS.. Mcdonald;
Osborne VS.. Reading Central Tele.
phone company; Jagerittey VS.. De
troit United Railway knights Of
Modern Maccabees VS.. Sharp; Vein
Well well Fellow VS.. WI Mining com
pany; Whitney VS.. Bloom; Yost VS..
Grand Trunk Railroad company;
Weadock VS. Swart: Conley vs.. Me-
Gregor; Sager VS.. Hartshorn; Farm
ers & Mechanics Bank vs.. Clancy
Hanselman VS.. Grand Trunk West
ern Railway company: Risk vs.. Iron
Cliffs company; Hosking vs.. Cleve-
land Iron Mining company; Brown
& Brown Coal company VS.. Antezak;
Schwartz VS.. Wujec; Despres, Bridg-
es & Noel VS. Zierleyn: Tuthill VS..
Katz.
Mandamus was denied in Boyn-
ton VS.. Perkins; Miciner VS. Rohnert,
and Paul VS.. BenZie, circuit Judge
Maslen VS.. Anderson, modified and
affirmed.
In Macomber VS.. Cottrell. former
decree modified.
Motion to dismiss writ OF error in
the matter Of Eaton estate granted
Court adjourned until Thursday
The Detroit times., 1910-12-09
COLLIER GETS VERDICT Y6o
\ $4,000 AGAlJls1 e.
Jury Returns Decision In LIbo) -
After Deilberstino Hour
and Hall. AN


BATTLE CREEK. Mich. Dec. ~.
After celebrating for an hour and .
naIr the jury in the trial Of the Iibel'
suit brought against the Postuna
Cereal company OF Battle Creek By
Robert ]. Collier. owner OF Collier'ul
Weekly, New York. returned verdict.
for the plaintiff with $4,000 damages.
The case will be appealed by Mr. Post
to the supreme court
Charles w. Post. chairman of the
defendant company, was not In the.
courtroom when the decision was
reached, but Mr.. Collier wag there.
From remarks by counsel for Col
lier's TO the Jury, made just as he was
committing the case to IL, Il In under
stood that the amount OF the damages.
unless set aside by higher court. VIII
be expended I'm a crusade similar TO
the one woven into the early history
OF the present litigation.
"In whatever degree you find that
this defendant has damaged this
plaintiff" he said, Ito that degree, dol
| lar by dollar. you will be discouraging
! future frauds, for every dollar OF your
verdict will be spent by Mr.. Collier
| for that purpose"
A similar suit of a similar nature In
which the Postum interests appears
as the plaintiff has been brought
against Golfers based upon the edi-
torial of July q. 1907. and subsequent
articles which appeared in the Week
ly 1t is for large damages, but the
papers were served some time after
Collier brought his action. Trial OF
this suit has cot yet been reached.
The Detroit times., 1910-12-09
oRsoN II. SMITH DEAD AT Is.

ANN ARBOR, Mich, Dec. S--(Spe-
ciaD -Orson II. Smith. father of
Judge George w. Smith, OF Pontiac,
died at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. II. d. Armstrong. in this city
last evening, He was 81 years OF
age, and had been n resident OF Mich
igan many years, having lived on n
farm in Oakland county where he
was widely known Funeral in this
city tomorrow afternoon and burial
at Commerce. Oakland county.
The Detroit times., 1910-12-09
MARRAiE LICENSES

Emil Tessmer, 90, Maggie Ford. is.
George Cronie. 81. Edna See. is.
Frank Mack, So Detroit. Florence
Hoffman. ~. Chicago.
Richard =. Brown. a.. Laura Nor
man. 81
Alex May. So. 1T William. can: An
ma Gates. IS. Detroit.
Elmer Blunk, 20. PlymouthS Cora
White. 10, same.
Frederick &. Lund. n, Philadelphia
Rose T.. Bunnin, 10. Toledo.
Arthur r. Tipler, IS; Catherine NJ.
Weir. 2S. Detroit.
Ira c. Carlin. %, BEDFORD: Annie
Pastif. 30, same.
Harry 5 Thompson, %; Georgia L.
Botchellor. 81.
The Detroit times., 1910-12-09

moved TO a hospital. where it was
found that the sight OF one eye was
destroyed. The guilty woman was
lost in the crowd.
| myself saw dear little baby s
check scratched by one OF these pins
until the blood streamed-as her
mother stood holding her in her arms
before an attractive shop window. And
it might easily have been more Sc
rious
I've seen many man dodge from
side to side in street car until in
sheer desperation he gave way and
fied-from hatpin.
The Detroit times., 1910-12-09

the common sorrows OF his cheapest
'laborers, But IL made a new man OF
him. W.
So III. G. Henry. millionaire, got a
pawnbrokers license and In the same
building which houses his big bank
will be started the loan office which
aims TO follow the general lines OF he
Provident Loan society OF New York,
where the poor can get money for a
small rate OF interest.
The Detroit times., 1910-12-09
DIED.


DICKSoN-Dec. Z. at 1909 John r. St
John X, beloved husband of Margery
Dickson. Notice OF funeral hereaf-
ter.
eGEliNAEN--At parents home. 1o4O
Wills ave. T., Margaret Rose. infant
daughter Of Thomas aud Clara Slnz
Gernacy. Funeral Friday at $50 p.
N. Irom residence
HtEBNER-William. Dec G. age Sc
years. beloved husband OF Emma
lIuehner and father OF William. il.
Mrs. q. kramp, Mrs r. DrogowsI<i
Mrs. ~ Rossou. Ellwood and Eleanor
Hue bncr. FUNERAL Friday from resi-
dence. $40 Dubois St. at . u. m
LEMAGI,E--pe,. :. Mas II. Lomaire. age
81 years At his residence. 362 Mel
drum ave Funeral private Omit
flowers
Caroline Marker C1rC. Mich. for
merry Of 3, Elm ST, Detroit. funeral
at WAYNE. Mich, Friday Dec. >. at >
m.
MONTGOMERY -- Ethel Montgomery.
Monday noon. Burial private at
home. N33 Sixteenth ST. M l.S0 p. IN.
RYAN Dec e. Julia. lcIovcd wife of
the 'tte kerran Ryan ana mother OF
Patrick j., John NJ, James *. Ryan.
OF Detroit. and AIRS. John y. sullivan.
OF JACKSON. Milo d.. Funeral from the
ftsidrHcc of her son. John NJ Ryan
1913 l.abfossc 81, saturday morning
at SEQ ana To- Holy Trinity church
AZ o. Dec. e.
ROSS Dec. {. 1910, At residence. a2s
Lincoln ave, ldella, beloved wife of
Rod"riCk NJ. Ross. Funeral service !
from house Friday afternoon at lao.
sMlTlI--Died bee. o, 1910. John. below
ed husband Of Belle Smith. Funeral
Friday morning, from his brothers
residence SOC Grand River. at \
o'clock. and at -. Lco's church at
$3.50 o'clock.
MCBRIDE December 6. suddenly Nor
man Lyle. beloved son OF James +.
and Mary \. Mcbride. brother In
MIS- r. Leonard. Mable, Florence ana
celia Mcbride. Member of PARK Ioi,sa
No. so, b OF Il. T. Notice of funer9I
later
The Detroit times., 1910-12-09

SEATTLE. Wash. Dec. S.-H. c,
Henry is a railroad builder. He has
built railroads from the Ohio river to
the Pacific ocean. The Chicago Great
Western, the $780," the Wisconsin
Central. the Katy" the Northern Pa
cific. the Great Northern, the Milwau
kee-nearly every great road which
has been built since the civil war
bears tribute TO the hand of Contrac-
tor Henry.
Recently his daughter died while
away at school-tuberculosis Then
a son was stricken and went to Ari
z"na TO die the same way. Wealth
hasn't made II. c. Henry immune from
The Detroit times., 1910-12-09
HARMON DELIVERS ADDRESS.
Champ Clark and Others Also Talk at
harbors Congress.

WASHINGTON. Dec. S.--With Gov
Judson Harmon. of Ohio. and Brig.
Gen. w. III. Bixby, chief United States
engineer, as the chief attractions
delegates TO the National Rivers and
Harbors Congress held the most i'm.
portant session of their conventi on
mere today.
Both speakers praised the work oil
the congress and promised to supper,
It's projects.
Champ Clark declared himself in
sympathy with the work.
Col William l.. Sibert, member OF
the Panama canal commission; Fred
erick A Delano, president OF the Wa
bash railroad, and Walter s. Dickey
president OF the Missouri River Nayi
CATION Co., spoke at the afternoon SEES
sion
The Detroit times., 1910-12-09

WANTED-t-Non to learn barber trade.
few weeks completes: money earned
while learning; big demand for our
kruduatesi wages sic To $40 weekly:
littli expense: be independent; cata.
lOEue mailed free. MOLER BAR
BIER COLLEGE, Chicago, III
ANY YOUNG PERSON desiring a good
position can get one after completing
one or our courses. day and night
classes all the year; our facilities are
positively unequaied In Michigan.
DETROIT BUSINESS UNIVERSITY.
li-24 Wilcox St
The Detroit times., 1910-12-09
Two Thieves Semi Iun-

John Corcoran. showcase thief. was
sentenced 10 80 days in the House Of
Correction. without the option OF a
fine, by Police Justice Jeffries. Thurs
day morning. Edward O'Mara. a
companion in crime, was given 90 days
without "a fine
The Detroit times., 1910-12-09
Aid. Gilman Injured.

President Thomas Gilman of the
common council suffered fall on the
steps of his home. Thursday morning
and arrived at the city hall in a bat
tered condition. He will not be pre-
vented from attending TO his duties
however.
The Detroit times., 1910-12-09
10 Dine CITY Officials

The combined G. a. r. posts OF the
city are planning TO give a dinner the
fore part OF January To all the city
officials Ii will be held I'm tho G. A.
r. building at Grand River and Cass-
AYES. Details are not completed
The Detroit times., 1910-12-09
TWO PIONEERS DEAD.

CARLETON, Mich. Dec. S.-(Spe.
ciaD William =. Nevins. aged IS
years. OF Scofeld and Mrs John
Theisen. OF this place, aged about
G6 years, are both dead Both were
we'll known residents of this vicinity.
The Detroit times., 1910-12-09
ADVICE TO INVESTORS
BY FINANCE"


the
Nsndw
The Detroit times., 1910-12-09

Finance pleas m II In
anyth outs Rey
while
der Initial A.
The Detroit times., 1910-12-09
Madam Buffers School
Of Beautyfying Arts.


dpoma % y WI
The Detroit times., 1910-12-09

job Printing Done Right. Time.
Printing Co, No. ID John R.-st. Call
Main 149S. or City 1885.
The Detroit times., 1910-12-09
EDNA STOCK is
DOWN TO A CHANCE

district understand is
H.
that
high
a
The Detroit times., 1910-12-09
NATURE OF ORE IS
LOS REYES TROUBLE

- ,p % the debts that
IOS Ne 1NOODLEi the
! ifurther
Of the
to
gold
OF
n
The settled until
8
although posi-
possibility
will
A ago some n
wasp "a TIA time pnd2O for
:
The Detroit times., 1910-12-09
HELP wANTnp-rEMALn.
wANTED-AGENTs.

AGENTS WANTED-Nothing 10 sell.
NO soliciting. No peddling. Merely
collecting data or Information. We
VIII pay you IL there are results.
Write for Interview. Box ID. No. 8.
The Detroit times., 1910-12-09

cannot find the official record of
the Edna Mining Co. in Idaho or in
Cobalt. but believe that both are still
very much in the prospect stage. The
lpromoter has interests in both camps
and has been working in the Cobalt
that he Is still there While there
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-07-16
kAzT1Q
e.
By George Barr
McCufcheon

opyright, 1903, by Dodd, Mead K Company.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-07-16
The Sweetness OF Silence
The Mofher'sHou BY Ada Patterson
By Ada Patterson

a coveted contributor, but nothing less
than a fatal railroad wreck could make
him forego the "Children's Hour"
'It is from five to six" he said
''and my wife and 1 always visit the
little ones in the nursery at that time
romp with them, tell them stories, and
when we have left the little ones tuck
ed into bed we go to our own dinner
refreshed by the 'Children's Hour GO
minutes that have washed away the
sordid dust of the day"
The children need this hour. The
parents need il. But the mothers day
has been without it's need and its need
if she has not had her hour or a liber-
al fraction of an hour in the peace
and quiet" that were demanded ny the
female British subject, WHO lad first
enjoyed this boon through the
thOughtfulness of an American.
The Oasis of Quiet.
The silence room to whose invasion
by chattering sounds she so strenuouGly
objected, is a small oasis of quiet IN a
sea of noise Outside the multiple
noise of the greatest city in the world
beats against the building as the waves
of the sea against a rock. Within the
little room is silence-silence not COM
room whose colors. are those of the
peace and quiet of the matrons
craving.
The wainscoating is of slate colored
wood The walls are of a light gray
The full length windows, doubled to
deaden the street sounds, are draped
with creamy silk through which the
afternoon sunshine pours sOftened
rays. The chairs are broad, low seated
and inviting. There is a willow lounge
with a rose cOlored screen before it
the quietest corner of this quiet room.
In the center is table with quiet pc
riodicals, not a printed sheet among
them.
Sweetness of Silence.
But the keynote of the Quiet Room
is the simple notices, Simply painted
on the cool grey walls. Silence has
sweet restorative delight"
20 resti Moonlight of the spirit"
Speech is human. silence is divinel"
silence plays The scout and walks
his rounds, equipped with shoes of
felt, and mantle brown "A great
charm of solitude is revery" TT is
easier to be altogether silent than not
to exceed in words" .4Silence i the
element in which great things fashion
themselves Here the best grace of
wit is turned into silence. and the
sweetest speech into meditation" "As
1t is the mark of great minds TO saw
many things in a few words. so It is
of little minds TO use many words TO
say nothing.
Thomas A Kempis and Aristotle to
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-07-16

the shrek of children and the chorus
of ever recurring demands, minute by
minute is in their ears. A silence room
or a silent hour would diminish the
number OF tired faces with abnormally
bright eyes and premature grey hairS<
the faces of women distraught. that Re
see in these melancholy institutions
Every woman should claim such an
hour as her right. If her life is an
indoor one, her hour alone may be a
walk in quiet streets or in the country.
If her life is pressed close with stratum
upon stratum of practical duty. the
hour might be spent in her own room
with 2 book TO her taste If she choose
Il might be spent at the piano with the
music she loves If she is physically
worn IL should be spent in her dark
ened bed chamber upon a lounge or
a bed, her eyes closed. her garments
loose, the muscles that have been
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-07-16

end of this sickening conspiracy. Lo-
raine! She. too, was doomed! He
groaned aloud in his misery and awe.
There was a telegraph instrument
in the outer room. He could hear it
ticking of its messages day and night
and could hear the discussion Of re-
ports as they came in or went out 1t
soon became clear to him that the wire
connected the room with Marlanx's
headquarters near Balak, in Axphain.
a branch instrument being stationed In
the cave above the witch's hut. a
On his third night he heard the com
mittee discussing the conditions at the
castle
''The count is more afraid of this
man Tullis than of all the rest" aver
red Peter Brutus. He has reasons to
hate and fear the Americans. That is
why be desires the death of our pris-
oner. He has said time and again
over the wire that King will in some
way escape and play the deuce with
our plans. 1t does not seem possible,
however. We have him absolutely Sc
cure"
This is the ODD; Saturday is the
26th. Nothing could be done to stop
US in four days." said one Of the wo-
men.
Count MarlanX will be ready on the
Goth. He has said so. A new strike
will be declared on the railroad on the
25th, and the strikers will be in the city
with their grievances. Saturdays cele-
bration will bring men from the noun
tains and the mines to town. A single
blow, and we have Won" So spoke
Brutus.
1--WE must Motive cannot fall" graf
ed William Spantz. and the cry was re-
iterated by half a dozen voices.
The next morning, after a sleepless
night. TruXton King made his first de-
termined attempt to escape.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-07-16
The Mofher'sHour

In large mercantile establishment
in London, IN American has installed
a sorely needed institution called The
Silence Room. Out Of this room came
a small British matrOn, her face flush
ed to the purple red of newly crushed
grapes, her spirits in as nearly state
of perturbation as the British matron
ever permits herself to reach. Con-
voyed by her were four middle aged,
middle class matrons like herself
square of figure and stolid OF face
Straight to the bureau of information
went the small matron followed by the
four large ones.
whether you don't have to keep 81
lence in the silence room. l have told
these women so and they won't be
lieve it They We're talking in there,
and / told them 1 couldn't stand it,
and 1 can't"
You are quite right. madam"
replied the bureau of information in the
person Of a trig young woman with
alert eyes That room is reserved for
absolute silence"
That's what l told these women
returned the flushed matron. Il said
I come here every afternoon to get
what l cant have in my own home, an
hour of peace and quiet, all to myself -.
Az Hour OF Quiet.
The indignant little woman express
ed openly and publicly what every
woman of busy life has cried out in
her heart. An hour of peace and
quietness all to myself is one of the
chiefest needs of an American woman
1.-The Children's Hour" is recognized
in the daily life of the busiest house
hold. The hour is given over wholly
and unquestionably to the children.
One of the greatest American editors
4oTl 4I,a+ J. i,rI,+ ,f,c
engagement with his publishers or vita