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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-04

business woman and has business sense of values Everybody in Cincinnati knows that brown stands for Dow. There is good deal of advertising value In tho brown trademark.
 Miss Dow's chain of stores and the fact that she is doing a business of SSooO day do not satisfy her. What a volume of trade she has developed may be appreci- ated from the fact that the total retail sales of her ten stores are more than ths stock of the average drug store. Some of these fine days she will have b or 70 stores. This is not SO much because of love of money in itself, but because of tie desire every business general has to ex, pand and give full play to the business he or she has created.
 Ii is remarkable what a woman can do when she has business ability. The career of cora Dow points it's own moral The whole volume of business she did in that little two by four drug store near the Gin cinnati. Hamilton and Dayton station, when she became hreadwinner of the Dow family, did not amount to 5000 a year, Today she spends more than 5000 year for the cream she purchases from the farmers that goes into the ice cream she makes in her factory. Some days her sales in her ten stores amount to twice IT thrice s2000.
 \ friend asked her one day what was the biggest plobleln Sne uiu to splNts
 Rent" was her astonishing reply.
 Taxation is unseientihc, unjust For in- stance. I cannot get a lease on my store for more than three years All the eXpen- ditures we make for show, for attractNe- ness for ofnamentaton. are speeulatiNe. The fine plate glass windows, the marbi5 counters, the elaborate fixtures, the nov ing electric signs and a hundred other things are little more than gamble. We ~ M ha- gin to make money the landlord comes around and because of our industry doubles the reut.'
 Miss Dow believes this is the heaviest cross the retail trade has to bear today.
 Any person who does not think that Miss Dow is modest need only know her answer to question as to the chief reason for her great success.
 My employees was her answer.
 Maybe she p1eant that woman behind the counter
 tCopyright, 1912 by Richard spilane0
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tune there selling drugs. One of the clerks in the establishment was woman, of course.
 It was not all plain sailing for Cora Dow, not by a long shot. She was too radical for the conservative people in her business. For many years it had been the custom of the manufacturers to specify the price at which the retailer should self goods Miss Dow does not like dictation, although she is a stenographer. She re- fuses to be told. She sold at whatever price she considered right. Old time drug
 gists figured on a profit of 8 cents on every dollar bottle of goods. Miss Dow was content with cents profit. She sold the standard s1 stuff at 7l cents. ..,
 The conservative druggists roared a pro- test. and then that failing them, appealed to the manufacturers for protection against this woman. The manufacturers quickly got after Miss Dow. Miss Dow
 answered them kindly but firmly. Then. one after another, the manufacturers boy cotted her. She could not buy dollars 5
 worth of stuff from them. The meanest and vilest of trade attacks were mace against her but she was serene through 1t all And through it all she sold the drugs of those manufacturers despite all they could do to prevent her. Sometimes she had to buy her goods in San Fran cisco, or in Chicago, or New York. or even way down In New orleans and have
 the stuff shipped to Cincinnati, It was
 war. and after years of fighting, she won.
 It is lucky for some of the manufacturers
 and some of the manufacturers agents
 that they did not go to jail
 Occasionally Cora Dow had trouble with some of her clerks. All drug cler.s are
 not model young men. She had one young gentleman in her employ whose ambl- tion 1t was to break the bookmakers. The tips and the dope were the greatest fea- lures in the newspapers to him As he insisted on paying more attention to tho
 ponies than to the pills, Miss Dow got rid | of him.
 Just about the time this happened the l young gentleman had queer bit of for
 tune He inherited a lot of money Some
 of it he employed at once in his favorite l pastime, and some of it he used to open
 drug store. It was not very long be- | fore the assignee had that drug store, and
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Miss Dow. was. asked to make a bid for the fixtures and the stock She did not care much, for either, but~she made a tender, and tue assignee sold to ber Then she had to get place to- employ them. for she did not fancy that store, Her choice was almost as queer as her selection of the coal emporium. This, time she picked out the shop of poor ffniterer. This To- cation she considered very much better than the one for which that sportively in- eined clerk had spent thousands of dol lars sss,.
 The fruiterer did not have lease or his poor little shop and Miss Dow had no trouble in obtaining one. When the fruit erer learned he had to 80 he was almost heartbroken but an hour later he was overioyed. Miss Dow had come in, pur- chase his entire stock and then made a present of 1t to him on consideration that he would move out within day or two He went out and she went in. That store thrived from the day she went Into it.
 These are cases where she established business, but her most remarkable work in the drug line has been in doctorine sick drug stores There is no line of bus mess that can show so many nvalids as the pharmaceutical. This is true in every city The largest trade some of these stores have is in postage stamps and al- manaes. Many of these places seem hoe dooed. To a dispassonate observer 1t is dirt, disorder, dry rot more than hoodoo, for the stores are noticeable most for fly specks. antiquated fixtures dull. forbid ding interiors, moribund clerks and high prices.
 Miss Dow does. not believe in iinx She does. however. believe in dry rot often masqueradng as i'll luck. She has pur- chased many corner stores that had failed for want of patronage. Tn each instance her method was the same She would close the doors for a week, ten days or two weeks. change the place to suit her own personal ideas. then she would re- open--and prosperity would come.
 She purchased one establishment a' Sixth and Walnut streets that had beer drug store from the time Cincinnati wa, little village. One man had conducted it for 52 years. He was a fine. good. hon orable man. but he was not able to main. tain the business properly in his old age
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-04
Definition of q Chinaman

From ase and Comment
 New Zealtnd not long ago found thd1 the Chinese were doing a very large pre- portion Of tho laundry work and had thrown out of employment the womea workers in some of the laundries
 Tn New Zealand a laundry is fac;oiy within the meaning of the factories acs. so if occurred to a lawm9kcr that he could settle the difficulty of this Chinese con- petition by neat amendment in the ii- depreciation clause Of the act above mem toned
 An amendment was therefore drafted and printed and sent with the utmost seriousness and good faith to the crown law office for consideration; it contained q provision In these words; For tho pur- pose of this act (the factories acO a Chinaman shall he deemed to be girl under IS years Of age"
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There was a store near Seventh and Race streets that she thought offered good opportunity for a druggist, so she leased it. It was so big in comparison with the little shop in which she had been working that it seemed strange at first and almost frightened her. The opening of this store was a great event to Cora Dow, and she thought it was a great event to Cincinnati She sent invitations broad cast She advertised it as if it were the first drug store in Ohio. She played up for all it was worth the fact that there would be a woman clerk in that store.
 For four years Miss Dow slaved in tha | drug shop. She even had her meals there. She compounded drugs. she sold postage stamps. gave first aid to the injured and first advice to the aiing; she was on duty from daylight to midnight, always kindly, always good natured, never complaining, never too tired to do any work that should be done; she was the janitor. sometimes the messenger-but always the boss.
 Then man who had fine store close | by, at the corner of Seventh and Race, 1 moved away Miss Dow lost no time m leasing the property and moving in. Ev- cry dollar she had she used to the best ad- vantage She made that store one of the most attractive in the middle west. Her tastes are artistic and her general ideas excellent She loves stained glass ana she used a lot of it. She loves marb.c and there was good deal of 1t in the furnishings of that new store. Everything that was modern in the furnishings of the trade she brought Into play. Miss Dow was arriving.
 The success of this corner store gave spur to her ambition. She began to look around Most business prospectors would go searching for the most attractive sites l She did not There was one gloomy old store that she took a look at. It was enough to depress Mark Tapley The walls were dirty. the floor almost black the lights bad and the show eases were adorned with beautiful assortment of hard and soft coal
 | Miss Dow rented that store She nad to l spend a lot of money in transforming IL 1 Some Of the money she had to borrow | When she got through with her transfor
 nation act the man who had run the ole store could hardly believe his eyes. He l had hard work making living there and 1 selling coal, Miss Dow made a small for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-04
WAKING UP A NATION-By Frank C. Carpenter

Chinese and Japanese carpenters who now practically have a monopoly of the build- ing and cabinet work of the islands
 In the school 4of arts and trades al Manila the boys are taught how to dc all kinds of mechanical work. They han dle machinery, they repair automobiles, and they do all sorts of wood working and iron working. In addition to this there are 30 other trade schools, or one for each province. The most of these are equipped with machinery outfits, and all have adequate sets of woodwork
 ing tools. In many of them iron work ing goes on. Thousands of students arc now studying in these schools, and in some cases the institutions have devel- oped into well organized business enter prises
 The instruction is along the lines that will be of value to the people. Take the making of hats. and other work in connection with the Philippine fbers. The little ones take quickly to weaving and they are making hats, mats. bags and hammocks some of which are ex- quisitely beautiful The fine Filipino straw hat now goes all over the world it rivals the Panama, and it might form one of the great exports of the islands A dealer at Manila recently received an order from the United States for 100000 of these hats. but he had not the people to make them. In 1909 more than eeo.ooO were exported; but of these less than 200,0o0 went to the United States.
 This education in weaving and along other industrial lines is not confined to the trade schools As l have said before, it is part of every common school and il will eventually make the Filipino great industrial nation.
 Uncle Sam realizes this possibility and General Edwards is urging that n- dustfial education be promoted in every part of the islands. It was in connect ton with this that the department of agriculture has been allied with the bu- reau of education. and the two now work together. A great deal is expected
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-04

They were mostly connected with the classics and church history but as to practical education along modern lines, that was unknown. While l was in Manila 1 visited the University of ai. Thomas. which was founded about l0 years before our Pilgrim fathers land ed on Plymouth Rock. and also the College of St. Joseph which was esta b. lished by the Jesuits in 1901, and at that time endowed by the King of Spain with three professorships of s1Q00O each
 Both of these institutions have beeu of but little value to us as far as ciyilizmg the islands was concerned. Some of their graduates became teach CTS, but the real workers among tho Filipinos were those who had been educated outside.
 IL will be different with the Univer- sitY of the Philippines the act for the establishment of which was passed by the assembly at Manila in 1908. This Lrorides for an up-to-date university with colleges of arts. science, medicine. law and engineering. This school Is a1- roadv well under way and plans for a university building are being prepared. Some of the colleges have already been organized The medical school was organized in 1907 and has already had a number of graduates. It has gathered it's teachers from the physi- clans of Manila and he big hospitals. It gives a course which includes two wears and half of hospital work. The colleges of liberal arts and engineer ing were opened In 1910, and college of law has just been organized as all outsrowth of the law work given un- der the auspices of the Y NJ. C. A. Members of the Philippine commission and judges of the supreme~ court are teaching in that college. There is also school of fine arts affiliated with tho university and tl,s had roo students last year. The university will have d course of four years and fl will in time be one Of the chief institutions s~ it's kind in the far cast
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fibers, beginning this study at G. They also do little gardening. At ' they are taught basketry and wood working and pottery. The girls make doll clothes, hem towels, napkins and sheets, and be- gin to mend their own clothes. They also learn lace making and embroidery. II
 is the same in the next two years, and at 10 domestic science is added and further instruction is given in the branch es already taken up. This manual train ing is continued throughout the eighth grade, the children being allowed 10 specialize as they or their parents wish. Courses in Farming and Gardening
 In all of the schools there is nature study and the children learn about the plants of the island. Some of the schools have farms connected with them. and special instruction is given as to the chief crops. There are altogether 30000 or 10000 acres in such farms, and on one of them, consisting of about 15 acres. 80 boys worked last year on an average of about two hours a day. They main tained 52 garden plots and planted and harvested peanuts, tobacco and corn. This was at Batac. Many of the common schools have gardens where vegetables are grown. They have tree nurseries. and there are classes of seed selection and in poultry raising.
 In the eighth grade courses arc given in housekeeping and the household arts. The girls learn domestic science and they practice cooking. This work will eventu- ally make q great change in the house. keeping and cooking of the people. Physiology, hygiene and sanitation are taught in all the schools.
 The Trade Schools
 In addition to the regular schools there are trade schools and manual training schools. There are many thousands of students who are perfecting themselves in special lines with a view to having a trade after leaving school. and 34,oD) are doing industrial work in the upper grades About 12OO0 boys are learning carpentry, and they will supplant the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-04

from the natural skill which the chil- dren show in embroidery and lace mak- ing. They are fully the equals of the Japanese or Chinese in all such work, and they may supply the United States markets.
 Shirtwaists for the United States
 Not long ago MT OKeilly of the bureau of education was sent to the United States to see what market there might be for Filipino embroidery. He took back patterns of shirt waists and other things whicli had been embroidered in Belgium and Japan These will be copied by the schools to be sold in our stores. or original work of similar nature be produced. One dealer says he could use 100000 such shirt waists at price which would be very high for the lfilipinos. The children in this way work for their schools and they will also make money for themselves As General Edwards says, the two great necessities of life are good health and an Occupa ton our gov ernment is giving the first to the Flipinos through it's sanitation methods and in struction in hygiene, and it is giving the second through this industria work in the schools.
 In some parts of the islands they are teaching the children to raise silk They grow the mulberry trees in their school gardens. They hatch the eggs and rear tllc silk worms and reel the silk from the cocoons. This may be made q house industry as it is in China and Japan Later on lea raising will probably be taken up.
 Teachers and the Normal Schools
 A great work is going on in edu- eating the Filipino teacher Since we took hold of the islands about 200 of the native students have been sent by our government to the United States 10 be edueat ted, and there are now large normal schools in the Philippines There Is one at Manila which has hundreds of pupils. It stands on the old expo sition grounds, and is equipped with gardens. laboratories and agricultural
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-04
Held Back

IWTIT T I'F I7.-
 Bildad is very proud of his prowess with bis fists, and upon occasion Is a trihe quarrelsome because of his as- suload powers. II was rumored that he and Dub bleish had had a quarrel Tt little dinner recently given. and Tomplins. desirous of getting at the truti of the matter, broaehed the sub ject at the club.
 'tYos. said Bildad, getting very red in the face "Duhbleigh and I nearlg came to blows. would have licked hin too if | hadn't been grabbed from behind and held back"
 Really" said Tompkins Who was it grabbed you from behind and held you back"
 "Dubbeigh.1 said Bildad, sloomily.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-04

There were several colleges at Ma nila when we took hold of the islands and each had long list of studies.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-12-13
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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-12-13
Additional Correspondence
MITCHELL BAY

There will be big dance and
oyster supper at the hall Saturday
night, December 81. Music will be
furnished by the West Sound or
chestra. Come and have good
time.
The dance at the hall last Sautur-
das night was an enjoyable affair
The music and supper were fine,
and everyone had a good time.
Emerson Lightheart visited here
a few adys this week with friends.
A. j. Lightheart came home Mon
day from Seattle. bringing with
him a new bride.
Mrs. McClenthan fell and hurt
herself seriously Saturday.
Mrs. w. A. Bridges and son Sam
uel returned home from a visit to
Missouri last Saturday.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-12-13
Not though Operators

Railway and wireless concerns
short of keymen to transmit mes
sages.
With the new federal laws in effect
requiring railways and ships to be
provided with more telegraph and
wireless operators, there is a wide
spread scarcity of men and women
to man the keys. Commercial tele-
graph companies are feeling the
same shortage. All sea-going YES
sells are now required to have wire
less equipment, and to carry two
operators where one was deemed.
sufficient before. Schools for tele
graph operators are finding it ex-
tremely difficult to meet demands
of all branches of the service. The
Morse Telegraph Company. oppo-
site the Orpheum Theatre. Seattle,
will gladly mail you, upon request
catalog outlining the coruses for
men and women. This is the larg.
est school of the kind in the North.
west.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-12-13
Hard Times

Hard times will come ere very
long, some prophets do affirm; soon
things will be all going wrong,
and grief will make US squirm.
The seers may all be off their base.
as they have been before; they like
to scare the human race and make
us good and sore. And then,
again, they may be right, their
guesses may come true; f panics
put us in a plight. twill be a
howdydo! So let's be hoping for
the best while fixing for the worst,
and do our daily stunts with Zest
till our srspenders burst. Let's
put in brine the useful scads for
which we work with haste. econ
omize as did our dads, and cut
out foolish waste. 1t will not hurt
US to believe that panics will ar.
rive; the more of saving we
achieve, the more we all will
thrive. And if the panics do not
come, but better times instead, if
things keep up their busy hum,
we'll be that much ahead. / some
times think when l am sane. free
from my keepers care. a panic
would not be in vain cen though it
brought despair. For in these fat
and golden years we cease to value
cash; we 60 in debt up to our ears
for every kind of trash. We buy
thousand foolish things, we are
such easy marks; the dollars that
we earn have wings and fly to beat
the larks. Perhaps we'd learn to
value wealth and try to save the
price, if Panic came on US by
stealth, and slugged us once or
twice.-Walt Mason.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-12-13
ISLANDALE

Mrs. L. T. Schruder came home
Wednesday. after visiting friends
and relatives in Seattle and Port
land.
The launch Taku called at Islam
dale Sunday.
Horace Mansfield of Seattle, is
visiting Capt. Lessen this week.
Mrs. John Thompson returned
home Saturday, after spending the
week in Friday Harbor
Our new hall is now finished. It
is to be known as the Islandale
Club hall.
The Adelphus brought load of
feed down from Seattle last week
for the Port Stanley store.
Mrs Settlemyer of Portland.
Ore, is visiting her sister Mrs. L.
P. Schruder.
E. G. Eaton went to Friday Har-
Dor Friday morning to visit
relatives.
Miss Cora Scribner returned
Sunday evening from visit to Bel
bingham and Friday Harbor.
Mrs. Osgoodby and Mrs. Eaton
were passengers for Anacortes
on the Adelphus Saturday.
A dance was given in the new hall
Saturday evening.
Victor Anderson and son Walter
went to Anacortes on the Adelphus
Saturday.
Will Griffin returned to his
home near Anacortes Saturday,
after working in the logging camp
here for several months.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Huyler and
daughter returned to their home
at Green Lake Saturday, after
two-weeks' visit with relatives
there.
C. A. Anderson returned from
Seattle Monday, where he has been
receiving treatment for rheumatism
for the past month.