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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-25
Our Monday Miscellany.

Defends Phone Company
Noting the letter from NJ H. M in the
Corner regarding Telephone Girls Hard Time
I could not resist the temptation to fatty con-
trsdict such an absurd statement as l am an
ex-operator. having worked three years for
telephone company at time. and always
oeived the best and most courteous treatment
from my superiors. AS to saying that educa-
ton higher than the three RS not
sary. shall say that every operator is required
to have at least grammar school certificate
and many have high school education, while
more are going to school in the day and work
and worked m the evening for and one-half
years, thus paying for my books and getting
= II cents and gets 1 cent n
raise every three months. without having to ask
for 1t as one does IN all other places. might
say. worked in outlying exchange
the school I attended and later was transferred
to one Of the busiest down town, and never in all
the time was employed by the telephone COM
pany did I operator faint at the board
heved by a special relief operator every two
hours for fifteen minute rest IN the day and
once In the evening No other store Office
does this, but still people viii crittcise the tee-
phone company. The girls do not work seven
days week. and If they should happen to have
TO do 50 they are given time and a half for
Sunday. But generally the management tries to
tx it so each girl works one Sunday in five and
many times girls insist upon taking other girls
places on Sunday to make extra money
Acting upon what is the hxed policy of the
Corner because it is based upon right and jus
tice-hear1ng both sides of a question before
summing up case and rendering verdict
we publish the above letter.
7 do this the cheerfuIly because IT
SHOWS the bright side Of the matter under de-
bate
Readers must decide for themselves which of
the debaters las most OF right upon her side
Boys to Help Invalid Lad
Can you give me the name and address Of
Protestant boy preferably invalid) about II
or u years Of age, who is poor and would
appreciate some Christmas gifts from a club of
boys who are raising money for that purpose?
I have thought Of boy in charitable in
stitution- We want boy in tho city that
go to and who otherwise would not
get much Of Christmas N s. P"
This delightful proposition is from New York.
It brings with it to orr Imagination the silvery
echoes of Christmas chimes
shall be most happy to turn IN any names
that may be sent me. leaving the boys to select
N one who most needs their brotherly Offices.
Complaint from Wife
Ny hrass+snd is druggist and works every
night He doesn't seem to want to go anywhere
With DO you think he be ashamed of
me- It makes it lonely for I can do
nothing but cry. thinking he no love for
me Don't you think he on gin to take me some
where just in while WORRIED
It is against my rules and opposed to my
inclination to take any part in family quarrels
They matters with which strangers. and
even the nearest of kin should not intermediate
If left alone they generally cure themselves.
the waste basket because read between
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-25
EXECUTION
RAY POWELL BADLY HURT
st. Joseph rabbit May Be Out of
Spring Practice.

st. Joseph, Mo, Dec. 25.-Ray Powell
who has played in the outfield of the
the last two seasons and who was sold
last summer to the Chicago American
leagu club, has dfslocated his right
ankle and may be unable to partici-
pate in the early spring training games
of 1912. THE Rabbit as he is known
to Western league fans, because of his
speed on the bases, was injured on a
hunting trip near Adair. Okla.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-25
Rusch Buys 100. 600 stamps.

St Louis. Dec. z5.-Adolphus Busch.
for $1,000 to Mrs. Horace s. Rumsey,
thereby purchasing 10000 Red Cross
Christmas stamps. The st. Louis Society
for the Relief and Prevention of Tuber-
culosis says this is the largest number of
seals ever bought by an Individual John
D. Rockefeller recently purchased 5000
of the stamps from the New York so
ciety
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-25

San Francisco. Dec. 25--Thirty-eight
days from Using Tau, China, the British
bark Calcutta arrived here yesterday,
establishing a new record for the journey
Tempestuous weather was encountered
and owls, falcons and hawks driven off
shore by the heavy gale, sought refuge
in the rigging of the ship.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-25

the lines that you really distressed also
that you really love your husband. May talk
you for few moments I would to
daughter7
Have you any idea how tired business
gets during the day and how soothing is the
thought that he rest for the evening at
home? Said a dear young friend
afraid / bore my husband or at least
that cannot entertain him well As soon as
dinner Is he throws himself down upon the
library sofa with his newspaper. and in five
minutes e is asleep. There he Will lie. like
dead. for hour. It is duh music for me"
But a renewal of life for him. I said e The
sleep of exhaustion is proof OF his great need
OF rest. His home is a haven Of peace and
pose after ten hours tossing upon the sea Of
toll care
Home is shelter, rest. recuperation- Be thank
full finds these under his roof
Many die at the top" because they can
get the g home cure
know how the young long for amusement
and social enjoyments I wish you could get
tn lem. But think what It would be If your hus-
hand did not care TO stay at home IN the even
ing-if he did not come in until the small hours
the of is. having spent the
evening a the club other question
able resorts
II his indifference to social pleasures be
evil console yourself with the a ought that It Is
the least of many.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-25
CHUkUS UF 1UU, UUU
,sngs Christmas Hymn in the Streets
of Frisco.

san Francisco, Dec. 25.-One hundred
thousand people. singing exultantIy.
joined last light in a Christmas hymn
of faith ana alteration. standing bare
headed Under stars that smiled down
as kindly as they did over Bethlehem
70 centuries ago They sang from the
city's heart, where Market, Kearnev.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-25
kansas Raskethan Came.

Newton. Kan. Dec. 25.-The Newton
high school basketball league team de-
feated the Peabody high school league
Peabody girls defeated the Newton girls
by a score of Is to 4. This is the second
game for the Newton high school team in
the league They won the first game
from Mcpherson They will play with Ell
Dorado January s.
Chanute, Kan, Dec. 25-The Chanute
high schools basketball teams took both
games in doubleheader with teams from
the Leroy high school here The score
in the girls game was 10 to 7, and in the
boys game SO to Il. In the girls game the
Leroy forwards succeeded in making but
two field goals, while Ruth and May Fill
son threw twenty-five for Chanute. The
Misses Ellison were members of the team
which won the state championship for
Chanute at the meet in Lawrence last
spring.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-25
SOCCER TEAMS IN A TIE.
st. Leo's and Tacony Play in Field of
Mud.

st. Louis, Dec. 25.-Playing for the
soccer championship of the United
States, the Tacony team Of Philadel-
phia and the St. Leo's of St. Louis
battIed to a to tie here.
The contest was remarkable for the
speed displayed on field that was a
half foot deep in mud. The visitors
were fast and their kicking was much
surer than that Of the local champions.
The ball was in Tacony's territory
much of the time, but the great work
of Captain Hector Mcdonald often got
the ball out of danger. st. Leo's scor-
ing was due largely to fumbling at the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-25

VIII you accept correction OF your article
upon the rubber plant2 Ny plant became large
and q year ago last July my husband cut off a
number of the branches some with five six
leaves upon them. others with less; put them IN
the ordinary garden soil. set them under a table
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-25
Offers Elderlv Woman Home.

shall give a good home to kind. elderly
woman for cornpanionshp and help We have
steam heat etc. I sick unto death of the
help I have had, and know there Is some
who wants just such place T z. J."
The address of the writer is in my index In
the hope that her letter may fall under the eye
of who wants just such place - I
send 1t forth
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-25
Instructions Kept Secret.

VIII you kindly ask, through your Corner, II
any readers have taken the treatment for con-
stipation. nervousness. and obesity7 And if so,
would they be willing pass IN exercises
they received to who needs the treatment,
but is not financially able to take them?
MRS. r. H"
Unless I much mistaken, the course of
physical culture of which you speak is conf
Dental matter between the pupil and Instructor.
I this is with the professor Of phys
ical culture whom I much health and
vtgor. I would gladly pass the system to
others but for the fact I have named
If I mistaken in the present shall,
with pleasure. give your address any
spondent who has what you ask
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-25

Fort Wayne, Ind, Dec. 25.-"To play
Santa Claus to 1000 children even if It
does entail a months hard work. was
the greatest pleasure I have ever
known
This is the way Mrs. Will II. Noll
characterizes her work in playing
Santa Claus to the poor children of
Fort Wayne.
The plan successfully carried through
by Mrs. Noll required an immense
amount of labor and some conside era BILE
expense, but the added joy brought to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-25

A feature of the game was kicking
OF William Abstein, first baseman Of
tho Memphis baseball team. who
played fullback for the st. Leo's
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-25

was not a corresponding seat. The
commission agreed to allow this small
claim, however, and will pay it out of
its general fund rather than assess all
of the players and clubs that profited
by the series
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-25

the homes OF the poor was well worth
the effort.
The children were invited to write
letters to Santa Claus asking him for
those presents which were dearest to
the heart Of each child. Mrs. Noli after
receiving them personally investigated
each case. To each worthy home she
sent a beautifully decorated Christmas
basket containing toys. delicacies and
practical articles of wearing apparel.
She made over 1000 children happy
at this Christmas time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-25
FLYNN CHALLENGES JOHNSON.
Black Says He VIII Fight if Money Is
Posted.

Chicago, Dee. 25.="Jack' Johnson,
worlds champion prize fighter, has re-
ceived a challenge from Jack Curley,
manager of Jim Flynn, the Pueblo
fireman, with an offer of $4,000,
win. lose or draw, for Johnson. The
champion said he would fight Flynn if
Curley, when he returns to Chicago
December 81, brought convincing evil
dence that the money would be posted
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-25
Kitten Does Damage.


We troubled with mice and thought
best to get kitten and in that way get rid of
the pests We managed to get clean little
kitten. but find it next to impossible to keep It
from climbing every of my dining
chairs and the table is badly scratched. You may
be able to tell of way to remedy the damage
done. MRS. A D."
First teach the kitten not to scratch the fur
niture. If it be Intelligent it will be
" house broken - in this respect few sharp
lessons should the work.
Rub the scratches with caznphorated oil.
using q bit OF flannel and working in the oil
until Will be absorbed Then the
places with olive oil and leave It all night
In the morning rub it in with oh AMOS skin
Referred to Signatory
Some time article appeared in the
Corner signed Mrs. F. S. W with regard
treatment given her IS year old child for ade-
noids- Would you kindly give the Of
the physician who treated her and his address?
MRS. n.
Private addresses are not given in the Cor
Should Mrs. F. S. w wish to comnuni-
cate with you she may intimate the by
writing to for your address,
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Won't you please announce a your earliest
opportunity that the mandolins I offered have
both been given away? Ny correspondence has
become extensive that soon stenographer
private secretary VIII become absolutely
essary, MRS H E p
We have already thrown UP breakwater to
arrest the tide of letters by saying to later
plicants that the Instruments have been be-
slowed upon earlier and eager petitioners.
hope your trtbulatfons in this direction
end Tn ere is compensation IN the convtc-
ton that your benevolence was fully appre-
ciated and that you made two persons happy.
Music Lost In Mails
am sending you music for NJ NJ x
who asked for It in the Corner FRIEND
The music has never come into our hands
thank you for the kindly intention and gift
You would have been apprised of the miscar-
riage by mail if had had your address.
It is always safer and 3 swifter we'll
surer plan to write for the address of thu
one you would benefit and thus insure direct
communication with him her We forward
expense articles sent to us, but at
much Inconvenience.
About once in ten times the gifts do not come
to US ALL having gone astray in the mails
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-05-05
PREMIUM CLUBS
WORST MENACE:
Their Inferior Goods Hurt MaT-
chant and Customer.
DODGE PURE FOOD LAW.

Ingenious Canvasser Got Merchants
Wife to Take $50 In Cheap Stuff In
Order to Get "Fall to Pieces" Rock
ing Chair.
While the straight out and out mail
order houses are receiving the atten-
tion of merchants throughout the land,
there are dozens of concerns, also mail
order houses, whose operations colec-
lively are perhaps more harmful to the
people and the merchants than are the
sell direct catalogue houses. These con
Germs are the premium givers which en-
ploy canvaSsers to organize clubs for
teas and coffees, spices. extracts and
dozens of other articles, paying either
cash commission or giving some pre-
MUM, such as sets of dishes, house
hold furniture, jewelry and the like
There is scarcely city in the land
Of any size but has one or more of
these establishments. each doing con-
siderable business. Some of these
houses pay hundreds of thousands of
dollars a year for advertising space in
the women's papers. The annual vol
ume of business of some of these CON
Germs exceed that of Chicago's biggest
catalogue house. Others do business
exceeding a million dollars annually.
The catalogues published only go into
the hands Of agents along with sam
pies to be used in canvassing. There
I ic n pitV 10 Ntrhn
concerns do not transact business.
They generally work on the premium
plan-a premium to the purchaser of
their goods and premium to the can
vasser. The goods handled are of an
inferior class. They escape the inves-
tigation of the pure food officials be
cause shipments are made direct to
the consumer or TO the agent who does
the distributing, and no inspector has
the audacity to take goods for analysis
that go in this manner to a consumer.
Various plans have been devised to
head off the operations of these con
Germs. So far no adequate plan has
been discovered that will stand the
tests of the higher courts. Strange
to say, frequently wives of merchants
are found among the patrons of these
concerns. Not long ago the wife of
storekeeper purchased through one
club more than $50 worth of stuff, a
better quality of which her husband
carried in stock, just to get a cheap
rocking chair, and then gave to her
/ neighbors lot of soaps, extracts and
other goods she received in order to
keep it out of her husbands sight
Funny game, is it not? But what can
west
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-05-05
Jail For Mail Order Man.

Imprisonment in the federal prison
at Leavenworth, Kan, for three years
and fine of $1,000 is the sentence i'm
posed upon William P. Harrison.
wealthy head of a mail order concern,
by Judge Hollister in the United
States district court at Cincinnati.
He was found guilty of using the
mails to defraud, conviction coming
upon all seven counts of two indict-
ments, alleging that he advertised and
sold through the mails a vacuum car
pet cleaner and a washing machine
required. The trial lasted more than
four weeks and cost the government
thousands of dollars to bring witnesses
from all parts of the country.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-05-05
lR0NCLAD RULE IN TRADE.
Best One Is, Have No Such Rule-A
Case In Point

OF all ironclad rules in business only
one is fit to tie up to, and that is to
have no such rules.
Fifteen years ago Il man wishing to
order a suit of clothes entered a GER
tain tailoring establishment and be-
came interested in what today we call
pinhead check.
81 admire that" he said. but l nev-
er wore anything like it before and
want my wife to see it, Cut me a sam
ple7-just an inch square will do"
"I'm sorry, but it is against the rules
of the house to cut samples" said the
salesman.
"What-not even an inch square?"
The man walked into another tailor
shop on the same block, and for fifteen
years he has been getting his clothes
there-fOrty- suits in all.
How many samples would Tailor No
l have given to get an order on forty
five suits of clothes?
AS it is he'll never get the chance to
hand over samples. If he were the
last tailor in Chrlstendom probably
this customer would prefer the latest
styles in fig leaves and shoestrings to
the original pinhead check.
In business the only rules that count
are made by the customer.-Philadel
phia North American.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-05-05
Handsome Hand BAGS.

Hand bags-we used to call them
reticules-grow in size and beauty,
and the embroidery on some of them
is lovely. Very beautiful are the bead
ones worked in a frame in a sort of
weaving design. which makes them
extra strong. The fashion for these
has developed new industry for wo-
men. whose delicate fingers make it a
very appropriate work. Japanese en-
broideries, old brocades and other
stuffs are all pressed into the service.
and every woman wants many to go
with her different dresses and suited
to the several requirements of her life.
Shopping. visiting and theater bags
all have their uses, Some are studded
with Jade.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-05-05
PUBLIC LIBRARY AT wILLIAMSPoRT, PA.
BUILT BY THE PEOPLE.
Courtesy of American City.l

vince him of the necessity for action
if supremacy is to be won, but the diff
ficulty is reached in forcing action.
You can hold meetings, talk things
over and agree upon what should be
done. but the fighting volunteers are
usually few, and the majority are
prone to shift the burden of work and
worry to other shoulders, forgetting
that united action is essential and
every mans shoulder must be put to
the wheel to insure success.
Carefully assemble and compare your
local advantages. Eliminate the dis
advantages as far as practicable. Con-
slider your resources, bear in mind
present development, determine the
character of development needed and
for which your locality is best adapted,
then spread the news and tell the
world about it. A city set on Il hill
cannot be hid, and your community
must not hide its light under bushel.
When in contemplative mood we are
prone to reflect upon piping times OF
peace" but if you imagine that these
are days of peace it is because you
cannot or will not hear the roar of bat
tie The battle is on, one of the great
est conflicts in American history-that
wholesome, uplifting, good natured
conflict between American communi-
ties for supremacy.
1t is no ordinary battle, this conflict
between American communities, for,
although contending with one another,
we are at the same time fighting a
common enemy. 1t is legion, with
spies and pickets everywhere. 1t has
three closely allied generals, Apathy,
Lethargy and Inaction. They are deep
ly and strongly intrenched, they think,
but those trenches are only the ruts
that so often retard, but must never
be allowed TO halt, the march of prog
ress. Under the leadership of Enthu
siasm, Energy and Optimism the enc
my can be routed and the opposition
conquered. and when the smoke OF
battle clears away you will find that
you have achieved success and front
rank among progressive American
committees.
The destiny is in your hands. The
responsibility is yours, and the chal
lenge cannot be evaded. VIII you
meet it and succeed or shrink from II
to obscurity and failure?
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-05-05
FOR BALD HEADS.
A Treatment That Costs Nothing if II
Fails.

A Treatment That Costs Nothing If It
Fails.
We want you to try three large bot
ties of Rexall "93" Hair Tonic on our
personal guarantee that the trial will
not cost you penny if it does not give
you absolute satisfaction. That's proof
of our faith in this remedy, and it
should indisputably demonstrate that
we know what we are talking about
when we say that ReXall '93" Hair
Tonic will grow hair on bald heads,
except where badness has been of
such long duration that the roots of
the hair are entirely dead, the follicles
closed and grown over. and the scalp
Is glazed.
Remember, we are basing our state
ments upon what has already been
accomplished by the use of Rexall
"93" Hair Tonic, and we have the
right to assume that what It has done
for thousands of others it will. do for
you. In any event you cannot lose
anything by giving it trial on our
liberal guarantee. Two sizes, SOC. and
S100. Remember. you can obtain Rex
all Remedies in this community only
at our store The ReXall Store
A NJ EETNE
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-05-05

MAIZE KING, ballet
4WE walking
to the street Not did she the balls of her shaey
the
of
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-05-05

subjects which
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