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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-19

Prisidint Call me Bill Old Bill 1
like it. 1t chokes me- but 1 like il.
I'm a fighter. Don't ye make amy
mistake about that. 1 amt amy
longer tn bale iv hay me predecessor
says 1 am. I've been crooly threated
be this man I can't get back at him
too hard or he might threat me worse.
but I'll put up me hands in front Nv
me face anyhow He says I bit tn
hand that fed me- But what was he
feedin' me? His hand was in me face
whin / bit TT
him be tn arm an we go out to-
gether. an says 1: "Misther Prisidint-
no. 1 won't call We Bill: I'll compromise
on Willum Haitch-Willum Hatch. go
home an have ye-er hat ir'ned.' says L.
hope to be Prisidint?' says he. %.
you might says l. An anyhow
don't see why We shud hope to be
Prisidint. I'd rather keep me hat
smooth says l."
20. go away with ye," said Mr.. Hen
messy. I've been in here ivry night
FIR a week an I niver see annywan
higher thin candidate f'r aldher-
man"
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to show he's good fellow. says he's
got a horrible headache because he
was up till iliven o'clock last night
playin' authors with lot iv tn boys,
an tells US he'd shake hands with ivry
wan prisint if he hadn't frgot his
gloves. He gives me a lithygraft iv
himsilf to paste up in tn front win
dow an goes his way.
X X
''In a little while the prisidint iv tn
bank down tn sthreet dhrops in with
two statesmen walkin' a foot or two
behind him. Boys. says he. If We
value yeer jobs yen vote f'r wan Nv
these two men. 1t doesn't make much
difference which. Ayether Harmon. this
man, If 1 haven't got him mixed, or
Underwood, this wan. is good enough
FIR me. They ARE both men who have
been thried an not found wantin' amy
thing / didn't indorse. Me candidates
will now address We. Say something,
congressman. like: It's always an
agreeable surprise to meet intelligent
wurrukin' men or How close 1t is in
here or something like that. Dooley,
take these eight dollars an let these
poor fellows dhrink thimsilves crazy
An he goes out befure annywan has
time to throw a chair
Thin maybe I hear tn horn iv an
autymobill outside an Willum Ran
dolph Hearst comes in in a SLOUGH
hat embroidered with dimons, pullin a
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before the book is delivered, and the cost
will not amount to more than ABOUT :
cents a day. 1t makes q person LOOK
pretty cheap to let four measly little
pennies block the way to means Tor
the youngsters to get a good education
right at home.
Zone great scheme that agents work
went on the reformed book agent. Us
sort Of hypnotic suggestion gag Wnen
thew strike a person who just won't agree
to place an order the scheme Is to make
him or her believe that the order mas
been given in the course OF the CONVERSE
ton.
FOR instance. have said: Now. MIS-.
Edwards If you were to buy this DOCK
what kind Of binding would you prefer!
Perhaps she would point out a medium,
priced red cloth binding on the row OF
samples 1 showed her. Then l Wouid go
ahead and show her some more OF the
good points about the book ana get ner 70
agree that certain things about the Wo,k
ment her on her good Judgment in her Sc
lection of binds, and we would talk
about what good bindings you can get
nowadays and the like. until: after a tlms;
/ would tell you again. l tnink you .,s
find this binding you selected very salts
factory Lots of times, too
..Those schemes are all right. broke
in the drummer with the black cigar
but | never could make 'em work out.
Now, when was selling those anatomical
charts / found there had been so many
agents selling that sort of thing In the
territory was covering that they
wouldn't look interested when I struck
up my talk
II wrote in to my firm and told them
about the territory having been covered
so recently. They wrote back and said
that such territory was often the very
richest territory. as the people had been
prepared by other agents and placed in a
receptive mood for something of real
merit.
I'm about a week / wrote in and told
them that 1 wasn't selling many charts.
but / surely was preparing a lot Of ter
ritory That was the last
agent story OUT" interrupted the drum
mer with the notified socks.
The reformed book agent Srlnned con-
siderately at the ex-anatomical chart
man.
ITS funny" he said. as he relighted.
hut one of the greatest obstacles the
book agent has to overcome Is to get a
woman to sign her name to the contract
in which she agrees to pay for the DOCK
when il is delivered. The order is no
good without her signature, as she prob
ably would change her mind by the time
YOU came around with the goods and
wanted your money.
But lots of people, women partic-
ularly. have a great prejudice against
signing their names to any paper In the
agree to take a book-whether she wants
IL or not-but will back down when you
want her to sign.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-19

HAT. through a well worked out
system of mind calisthenics,
the twentieth century is to
witness the practical applica-
ton of all the philosophers and
Psychologists of Plato and of Emerson is
the contention Of DR.. Elizabeth Severn,
expounder Of a philosophy OF life which
is SO now as to be, as yet, without
name. DR.. Severn styles herself meta
physician and esoteric scientist. What
she really does is to group together all
that is known OF psychology, combine 1t
with such vaguely credited things as
telepathy and with such matter-of-fact
doctrines as that of right thinking and
from the whole weave a surcease to all
ills mental and physical.
DR.. Severn comes out of the west,
claiming Denver as her home. She has
been In Washington few months. and is
just now sailing for Europe, where she is
to preach her gospel in London and
Paris.
Think rightly" says DR.. Severn land
the world is yours. Think wrongly and
YOU destroy yourself
With this idea as the basis Of her
gospel, DR.. Severn seiZes upon the human
mind and makes her classroom gymna-
SUM in which to work for it's strength
ening as would an athlete develop his
biceps. The modern system of education
consists almost exclusively. she holds. Of
piling information upon the mind lnfor-
nation is as a matter Of fact, not the
important thing. The strength and poise
of the mind Is the end to be sought.
The public speaker who stammers ana
forgets the girl who first goes into So
ciety or the salesman who theoretically
attempts to market his wares Is not
without the necessary information to
gain success. The essential lacking is
mental poise. The mind has not been
taught it's own strength and control.
Il met in Washington said Dr. Severn,
"a young lady from out of town, who
had been invited to a White House re-
ception, and who was much f1ustered over
the idea of attending so great social
gathering at which she knew practically
nobody. She believed that all manner OF
endorsements would arise. and that
she should be flustered and not know how
to deport herself. Under this belief she
would probably have encountered every
embarrassment she feared. She was
thinking wrongly.
"It was necessary that this young lady
should gain control of her mentality In
occasion. In the first place. she must be
able to grasp firmly and hold to a given
thought Without any mind training she
was unable to do this. / took it upon
myself to give her the PRACTICAL mental
training that she needed to meet this
emergency. In the first place. I taught
her to hold on to a thought-to center
her mind on one thing. This Is done
through a system of mental calisthentcs.
The person In training is asked to look
at and hold his mind for a given length
of time upon some physical object This
bit of exercise is repeated at regular
intervals and the time for concentration
heightened The mind gains cleverness
in the task at hand, just "a muscle
gains strength from regular exercise OF
the right sort.
when the mind is able thus to hold
on to a thought the right sort of thought
IL placed in 1t. This young lady was made
10 realize that there was nothing in go
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PETER lDU7N7lE]lE g

sure. I was on'y foolin' ye." said
Mr.. Dooley. None iv thin has been
around here. but they might as well
be as doin' what they ARE"
It's a tur-rble hot fight between
Rosenfelt an Taft" said Mr. Hen
messy
IF" said Mr.. Dooley. me frind Bill
Clancy put on such an exhibition at
tn athletic club he'd lose his place as
matchmaker. TIL polls wud be I'm tn
ring an ye'd read in tn pa -apers tn
mex day that affairs like this wud
put an end to tn sport Ivry time
I see Tiddy Rosenfelt iumpin' out Nv
his corner. feintin' to make his
opponent miss an thin bringins across
his right, feel like tur-rnin' away me
head"
ITS gr-reat fun anyhow" said Mr.
Hennessy.
It's all iv that" said Mr.. Doolcy
But if I was a candidate fr Prisi-
dint yed niver get me into amy
wrangle Nv that kind. Ye cudden't see
me with tillyscope. F'r. Hinnissy.
tn less We see Nv a man. good or bad.
tn more we think he's betther or worse
thin tn rest iv us"
Copyright. 1912. by Finley Peter Dunne)
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ELL. SIR said
Mr.. Dooley, this
is tn gr-re a t
campaign. L
amt like amy
thing / liver see
befure. It's so
plca n II I a n
homelike. Ivry-
body calm each
other liars an
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IN here to mention one thing,
- though put in the reformed
book agent to the little group
in the smoking compartments
You can talk about all the
tricks in this game of selling goods, but
Tho man who peddles books from house
"a house in these small towns has to De
wise 10 a few more little gags than any
body who carries a sample case we
could sit up and take pointers from the
average book agent l used 10 be one
myself" he added, modestly.
Well" conceded the drummer with the
mot,led hose. IF you could sell one OF
those Lives and Sayings of Great Men
The kind the agents say would be so nice
for the children-I must confess that you
ought to be able to sell any old thing,
from a gold brick to a plush album with
a ceIluloid picture on the back
The reformed book agent nodded and
took up his story.
III was at the close of my second year
IN college he said. Il was out for some
means of acquiring little or the negoti,
able during the summer mohthS, anu
listened to the siren song of the pub
Usher's special representative. | always
lad a prejudice against being book
agent ! always thought it was calling
that would make people look down on
vou the same as If you were poet But
when heard how simple the game was
when YOU play according to the system
thought I'd Just sit in for little while
and soc if half the man told me was
true.
Well | learned a lot. I've had LOT
Of respect for hook agent ever since
IL
move tho man makes when he's Showing
YOU a book Is part of his system. Take
IL from me. it's a deep system too
We'll. sir. That time l tried TO sell
those anatomical charts" broke in the
drummer with the black cigar and the
modish cravat
rade 20 on" growled the ready-made
clothing drummer.
The funny thing about selling books, -
went on the reformed book agent, over
looking the interruption. lis that you
never strike anybody-no matter how
many books You may manage to seli--who
really wants to buy book. | never sold
q book in my life to anybody vino really
wanted to own that particular book. Nc
hook agent ever did. You see. if man
really wanted book he would go to d
store and buy II. There would be no need
of book agent TO hunt him UP and
haraSS him for an hour or so, would
there? Nearly everybody ] showed my
book tot makes no difference whether
the book was Art and Artists of An
cient and Modern Times. Household
Phys .cian,' or All Sorts of Strange an
Useful Facts or what not-the man would
tell me he didn't want il.
II wasn't in the business long before
discovered that selling "a book 10 any
body is just like going into mems fur
nishing shop 10 sell the proprietor line
of crockery. The man that can do il is
pretty good. hey?
Il had my line of talk all put up In
courses. that i could serve in any ordel
j wanted TO. And the beauty of il wa:
that my victim never knew how many
more courses were coming. He woult
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listen to me in the hope that everything
/ said would be about the last from me-
When / was giving him the soup course
he was hoping against hope that the next
would be the finger bowl.
Let me make myself clear Now IL
you tried to sell books without knowing
the rules you would begin at the pictures
in the front of the book. then show the
table of contents. after that Chapter l,
and so on through the book until the man
drove you away. or until you reached the
general index at the back of the book
We'll, that would show that you hadn
taken so much as a correspondence course
in book-selling procedure. Watch the
next book agent that gets hold Of you.
and see IL he doesn't begin somewhere
over in the middle of the book and show
you an invaluable table of statistics about
the supporting strength of ice. Then see
if he doesn't jump back to the front part
of the book after an engraving of the
leaning tower of Pisa and a table show
ing the relative heights of the great
structures and spires of the world. From
there maybe he'll skip over three or four
chapters TO page containing lot of
pink circles showing what a miserable
little thing this old earth of ours is In
comparison to the real live planets.
Now. the way the agent has of hur.
ding back and forth over chapters in the
book is not because he can't keep hi.
mind things in the order that they
come 1t is because It's the only way ne
can make sure of keeping your interest
If he were to begin at the picture in the
front and go over the pages in regular
order as a teacher would take pupil
through algebra, you would say to your
self: Good heavens, Look at that grea
big book this mans going to show me
And he's hardly started yet. l might as
well insult him and get rid Of him right
away
n
The other drummers in the smoking
compartment nodded their approval. and
the reformed book agent smiled
'-Of course he resumed, the frs
thing to do is to get into the house.
used to find the name of the people l was
next going to call on from neighbors an6
then when the kind lady came to the door
| would smile winningly and announce
Mrs. Jenkins. I'm Mr.. Brown Or, il
a servant came to the door 1 would say
to her. Please tell Mrs. jenkins tha
Mr.. Brown Is here. Then the woman
would thing I must be particular frienc
of some intimate friend of hers, and tina
she ought TO know me. Nine times out o.
ten she would ask me in. cordial anC
curious. to find out who / might be.
IT'S big oo help pro of ,Ss, i If s You
well as to apparel. 1 used to~b board a
cheap places IL necessary, but aimed I,
keep myself lighted UP like the front of
theater.
Then it's always a good plan to flint
out the names of the children. IL ther,
are any, and talk to the fond parent TO
a few minutes about her plans for littl
Alberts education. and what college sh
is going to send him to. This is goot
even il the kid is only five years old
And then. finally, you take Your pros
pectus out from under your coat and ge
around TO the book proposition.
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AS YOU probably know. it's useless
to try TO escape from a book agent by
argument. If the victim says she can't
afford IL. he will point out that after the
order is taken ii will be several weeks
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Here, again. ii is necessary to resort
to one of the tricks of the trade. Il
works like this:
You go on talking about the book, and
rs you talk you fold the order slip length
wise. and place ur pencil in the fold.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-19

MANY a fellow blows himself till he
IVA feels blue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-19

IN here TO mention one thing,
$$u though put in the reformed
book agent to the little group
in the smoking compartment.
al ahnlIf all the
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-11-23

result6 estar adulterado, han sido refe-
ridos al Secretario de Agriculture en-
Washington d. c., para que determine
el asllnto de la persecution. va m nd-
Nero de comerciantes en- esta ciudad
fueron arrestados por vender dichos
aceite que contenia substancias veneno-
sas, entire las cuales Sc encontr6 nitro
bencina.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-11-23
MAS, NOTICIAS

Esta n0,che Sc exhibira en- el cine Tres
Banderas, La magnifca pelfcula tituiado
:" Ell collar de la bailarina''. Manana
" Actualidades una gran pelicuIa que
da a cOnocer las coSas de actualidad en-
ire ellos la guerra de los Balkanes.
Hay manana, en- la tarde de ninoS,
las siete y cuartO, las sensaci0naleS pc
lfculas de VaquerOs.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-11-23

Ell doctor Jaime Costas, Inspector de
Sanidad de Vieques, ha tornado una Ii
cencia debido a la enfelmedad de su
Senor padre Ell Ponce Sc ha solicitado
del doctor Carreras que actue en- su
pueSto.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-11-23

Aver. an la carretel'a parada ,, cho-
caron los AUTOMOBILES 746 10. FL pri-
nero propiedad del Dr. Barreras. guia-
30 por el chauffeur Emilio Jim6nez y ell
segundo de don Jose Y. Cintr6n. guia-
do por el chauffeur Julio Cepeda Am
bos vehiculos sufrieron pequenas ave
r1as.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-11-23

pendiente por medic de nuestro plan. Podra
TRAFALGAR cuando lie plazca, donde mas le
convenga, tendra siempre d1nero los
medios de conseguirlo en- abundanc1a.
LIE CUSTARIA salir de su casa para
hacer un Wage de recreo y al m1smo tempo
hacer negocio, parando en- los mgores
hoteles, y vivir como un gran senor, haclen-
do una ganancia lfquida de 30 d6lares al
dia? Puede TRAFALGAR en- los sitios de recreo,
en- las esquinas de las GALES muy concurri-
das, en- donde haya fabricas establecinien-
tos, en- cualquier parte en- todas parties, q
diez minutes de distancia de su casa 8 en-
cua1quier pals leiano. Coloque la maquipa
obtendra 20 d6lares cada dia que trabaje
despues de cubrir los gastos de operaci6n.
NTEvR eAMARA DE CoMB1NAcGoN,
con la cusl puede Vd. sacar instantanea-
mente y revelar seis estilos distintos de
-retratos. - incluyendo Pot Boto1es. t1s Tarstads as
Ferrotipo. Cada plancha puede revelarse
sin hacer uso de peliculas negatives.
estara lista para ser entregads su pa
rroquiano en- menos de un minute despues
de hacerse la exposici6n. Con esta CA
MARA FOTOGRAFICA TAN NOTABLE
pueden sacarse 100 retratos per hora.
Todo el mundo quiere retratarse, cada
venta que haga anunciarA su negocio lie
NO Sc NEcEsITA ExPERrENcIA
Cada Equipo va acompahado de ms
trucciones sencillas, y puede Vd. empezar
hacer dinero los ounce minutes de haber
recibido el equipo. o
Puedc Vd conseguir este MARAVILLOSO
EOUIPO FOTOCRAFICO por una cantidad
insignifc ante. poniendole en- condolences de
ganar SIS, 900 al afio. ST quiere Vd. ser
independence ser absolutamente duefo de
un negocio, cscrfbame hoy mismo y vuelta
de correo lie enviare informes gratis acerca
de esta MAGNIFICA PROPOSITION, in
cluyendo cartas que muestran pruebas
Sc DEMORE, CONTESTE ESTE ANUN-
CIO HOY MISMO. l. LasceIIe, Mgr.
s27 West 40 ST.. Dest SI7 New York. U. S. a.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-11-23
EXPORTACION

Carga tomada aqui por el vapor es-
panol Antonio Lopez para los 81
guientes destinos:
CAFE
Malaga-ls 46ks
Cadiz-93s 3.5S0ks
Sevilla-20s 1.976l1s.
Barcelona-l27s. 12.265ks.
Total: 24l sacos con un peso de
1856 kilos.
DlFERENTES ARTTIILOS
Ba~ccIona-372 caias frutas. / barriI
alcoho!. > ca.ias ron, ! saco azticar,
paquete mueatras Gle clelos caia
mercarcias
TC-,&D0RDO DE LA ISLA
500 saoos cafe, 523.322 l:ilos
30l cajas frutas.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-11-23
Sc ALQUILA

Una habitacion para persona sola c
matrimonio sin hijos, con o sin comida
Informaran Tetuan, 2, bajos.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-11-23
,$4OO AL MES!
= Tenga NegOciO PrOpiO

= ST ia
. vd. ganan-
do m en- o 8
de 500 &
la semana,
deberfa es.
q cribirn no 3
oy mis- M o.
odemos ayu-
arle a que con-
ga riquezas y
/. hapa fnde.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-11-23

Sc ALQUILA I'm magnffco local en-
10 mas c6ntrico de San Juan prop6.
sito para ofcina Informar3n:
A. Espasas y Ca, Cruz II.
-eas-
Todos los documcntos relatives la I'M
portaci6n de aceite de mani. cuyo aceite
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-11-23

crueldad con los animales1 portar ar
mas, unO
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-11-23
VINO Y JARABE DESCHIENS
curan ANEMIA DEBILIDAD

La Policia de Ponce, arresto al cua-
trero Juan Guillermo Segarra, conoci-
do por Eloy Rodriguez, ocupandole una
novilla que habia sustraldo en- Penue-
las.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-03-15

with
her1 Webb dad the middle the Juror Douglas had fallen
court ana loyd Allen the prisoner trial. "hins OF opposite
The Had Come
Down from their mountain riding rugged
Blue Ridge had made s ultimate defiance the walae because
be hunted hidden
made officials feuds who been
Of the Aliens for
of
which Crsddok
delnge stricken of
killed
for powder the Of the
Assass Premrrn
practically
nd We, they wcnton with their work
desperate
the mountains had a and began the shooting
aiding of his nephe~s
of
client the OF the Allen
crowded che 'ut
this
diber about o'clock morning
absolutely silent
Guilty. fix the punishm at in 'risonf
a crowd
he
He
- isoner oper. Shooting
his
sentenced him.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-03-15
P|TTsBURG PASTOR
PLACED ON TRIAL
REV. w. q. MCFARLAND rs
CHARGED WITH CAUSING
DEATH OF GIRL.

PITTSBURG. PA. March 14.-~Rev
w -. Mcf armand, OF the united Pre3-
hyterian churon, ana prominent In
educational cIrc4es. was Caieu Tor trial
To-Day on the charge of having per-
formed operations winch resulted in
the death of his former stenogrnpner.
Miss Ease Doud Goe
Mct ariand, as im,nobile us ever, but
bowed signify %nh his sixty years,
closed has lips to thin iine sank INTO
his char, ana grippeu his aged VIE y
hand atter enunciating clearly, ~ OF
est!tts
Tho court room WAS crowded with
ministers of the Cnued Presbyterian
cnureh. who 6IaNe conarioutea 10 their
ieiiow cleric's defense iunu. ana win
well known ssincstrors, Ioi naefls sss-o-
ciated with the defendant wnen ne
Was principal OF The rltlsourg High
school. Many others were attracteu
10y morbid .curiLa.ty. ana anxiety to
hear the harrow details OF how
hasie zoe diea. ana the ps.it the MN
lister pihyea In the Tragedy.
In Il corner surrounded by sympa-
tfizIng women was Liiiian Coe, a
paineuc, back CARRIED ngure, pale
faceu and with wlslful. tear Redeemed
eS es, &eaertnsned To rgrse tier es1ueness
nsoHist |'u 'i'@u "Nohl sHe piaLics
for her sisters death. Mrs. Coe, the
mother. Is confined to her bed.
The features OF the day were the
battle wased for and against admis-
sion OF the dying oeposltion of Miss
Coe. which fnaliy was admitted, and
the testimony Of Lillian Coe.
After testimony OF physicians, who
attended Miss Zoe at the hospital
Lillian Coe look the stana. she de-
clared that DIR. Mct arland would not
tell her the nature Of the operation
he had performed. and that he left
the city hurriedly after promising to
remain until Der sister recovered
IL was indicated by the defense that
II will endeavor 70 prove that Mr.. Nc
Farland was only 'ministering an
gel" who appeared after Miss Coe her
self had performed the fatal operation