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Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-06-07
EXPERT LAUNDERING.

There are people, and those who
should know better, who labor under
the impression that laundry work is
merely matter of muscle. and that
any one with the physical strength and
little intelligence will make a good
laundress There was never a more
mistaken idea. as we have learned by
sad experience.
A successful laundress must be an
educated woman, something of a
chemist. a good fair amount of judg-
worker.
There is knowledge to be used in
the choice of soar and starches, in the
removing of spots and stains.
To do the right kind of laundry
work it is necessary to know how to
wash the most delicate colors with
out fading them.
Most colors may be retained by a
salt or vinegar bath, a tablespoonful
to quart of water. A general rule
is to immerse all light colors in salt
water and dark colors in vinegar.
Blue is a delicate color yet any
shade may be permanently fixed by be-
ing soaked before il is laundered for
half an hour in eight or ten quarts of
water in which is dissolved an ounce
of sugar of lead.
Green is another frail color; lump
of alum in the rinse water will set
this color.
There are three important things to
consider in washing colored clothes,
after the treatment which sets the
color. First, they should never be
washed in boiling hot water; second,
soap should never be rubbed on, but
always dissolved, and third, they
should always be dried as quickly as
possible in the shade and ironed,
when possible. before they are quite
dry, and on the wrong side.
II a garment is only slightly soiled'
the rubbing and sousing in the soapy
water will cleanse 1t, then the rinsing
should be very thorough. The whole
process should be done as quickly as
possible.
The most careful washer may ruin
the result of her work by c=Seless
ironing.
To be good ironer means mucn
practice and infinite patience.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-06-07
PERSISTENCE is NECESSARY
Merchant Must Advertise Twelve
Months In Year to Forge Ahead Of
His Competitor

Thomas j. Balmer, dean of advertis-
ing men in the United States, was the
guest of the Denver Ad club at lunch
con at the Albany hotel the other
day. He spoke on the Past. Present
and Future of Advertising"
Il notice." said Mr. Balmer in his in
troductory sentence, that ! am re-
ferred to as the dean of advertising
men, l want to say to you now that
there never has and never will be
dean of advertising men Advertis-
ing is a business in which there is
no room for a dean 1t is a profes-
sion in which everybody is constantly
forging to the front. They are press
Ing forward SO rapidly that no man
can remain in the van long enough to
be a captain.
advertising is a difficult game. 1t
has gone through more vicissitudes
from it's very beginning probably than
any other profession. Those in it suf-
fer because of beliefs. Many mer-
chants are skeptical; few have conf
dence in the efficiency of advertising
and its ability to produce results. 1t
Is because men hate progress, not so
much because of their antagonism to
progress in itself, but because they
have inertia. The man who doesn't
know his subject, is not upto-date In
his matter, is not fit to be in the pro
fession. He is like the surgeon who
performs a criminal operation-he is
drawback to the rest of the profes-
sion.
advertising to bring results must
be persistent and be followed up. Six;
ty per cent. of the business failures
recorded annually are due to the fact
that the man advertised little and
failing to secure results, gave it up
Just when he should have put more
money into 1t.
Statistics" said Mr.. Balmer show
that 1t is only the man who adyertises
IL consecutive months who forges
ahead of his competitors. You won't
6nd a physician allowing a patient to
take merely one dose of prescription
Why? He realizes that one dose will
do no good. He insists upon the pa.
tient taking the whole prescription or
none at all. The same principle ap.
plies to advertising.
IF we look back through history we
will find that every good and beautiful
thing has at one time or another been
under the ban. Advertising is just bo-
ginning to come into its own. Mer-
chants are finally accepting the doc
trine that is the most forceful and
greatest medium Of distribution the
world knows"
Mr.. Balmer made a strong plea for
clean advertising. He said:
1T is the only kind of advertising
that pays. 1t may not pay you at first
but in the long run if you adhere to
this principle you will win out over all
competitors. Never accept an unclean
ad. Honesty is always the best policy
If honesty didn't pay people wouldn't
be honest. The unclean advertiser is
rapidly losing ground and if he doesn't
take warning now and bar fakes and
| takers, the day is coming when Uncle
Sam will take hand in the matter
and force him to clean up"
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-06-07
The BEST Time
TO ADVERTISE
BY BERT M. MOSES,
resident Association of American A.

President Association OF American Az
vertisers.
There is popular saying that runs
something like this:
The best time to advertise is all
the time"
Like most sayings this sounds clev-
er. This one is misleading and un-
true.
The best time to advertise Is deter
mined by weighing, analyzing. sitting,
and finally adopting method that
common sense shows will fit nicely
into your requirements.
My business happens to be one
which does not justify the use OF large
space.
Two or three inches single column
is about the limit of the present ad-
vertisement
A small space like that will show
to best advantage on days when the
fewest ads appear.
So the first question l ask the pub
Usher Is this
What days in the week do the
department stores use the least
space?"
When / learn what these days are.
take he other days of the week.
This helps both the publisher and
me.
He is anxious to get copy on days
when the advertising Is light. and
get the best positions on those days.
If you happen to have seasonable
n rf inla hn a1u
| when it is needed-that is SO plain
that to tell it here seems silly.
Department stores. clothiers. hat
ters, and other merchants find it de-
sirable to advertise most at that period
in the week when the help in factories
receive their pay.
| One of the fallacies which has be-
come more or less fixed is the idea
that it doesn't pay to advertise in the
summer
1t would be just as logical to say
people stop breathing in the summer
time as to say they stop buying
then.
Hans Wagner, the great ball player
when asked the secret of his success
in batting, replied:
81 hit 'em where they amt"
So one of the good times to adver-
tise is when the others are not adver-
tising.
The first mission of an advertise
ment is to be seen.
Run your eye over this self-same pa
per, and note how some ads stick out.
while others don't
This object lesson Is under your
eyes every day. and you can learn bet
ter by observing how others do 1t
than can tell you.
Attention. however, isn't the whole
thing, because 1t must be favorable
attention, or the reader will not stop
and read.
The old idea Of using a startling
headline, or saying something out
landish and bizarre. has gone the way
of other foolish things.
| freakish ad. has the same effect
as a loud vest on man.
Neither the ad. nor the man will
make you feel like giving up your
money.
The best time to advertise has got
| to be figured out on the basis of com
mon sense, and no one can tell you
so we'll as you can tell yourself by
trying out your own ideas.
The best advertisement is that
which is as plain and simple as you
can possibly make it.
Fine writing is not so effective as
facts.
Go right to the heart of the theme
with the first word, get the thing said
| quickly, and then stop.
Josh Billings told it all in this gem:
Il don t kare how much a man
talks if he only seq it in few words"
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-06-07
Political Advertisinq.

Politicians today more fully appre-
ciate the value of newspaper adver-
tising in winning votes or creating
public sentiment than at any time in
the history of the country. They have
about concluded that the money that
was formerly employed in barbecues,
torchlight professions and numerous
mass meetings can be more profitably
employed in presenting the issues OF
the campaign and the claims of the
candidates in brief, well-constructed
articles in the advertising columns of
the daily newspapers.-Edi and
Publisher.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-06-07
Had Its Own Brain.

An inexperienced colored girl had
lust been installed as housemaid Hav-
ing eyed patent bottle with much Gu
riosity for some time, she asked her
mistress: And what sort O. thing is
dat, ma'am?'
That" replied madam, "is a bot
tie that will keep things either hot
or cold"
Land sakes. honey exclaimed the
astonished darky. how is it gwine 10
know whether you want to keep things
hot or ?"-Woman's Home Com
panion.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-06-07
Medicinal
Plants
Teach the Value
of Many
Neglected Weeds
BY H. LOWATER. CHICAGO

" AS the spring time linked in your mind with sulphur
%;' 'i': Sa:: only ;'a; the ps s'::es :: ;
times Most of those old but przed recipes had been hand
ed from generation another They consisted largely of
ar herbs and the like that could be found the fence
mothers gathered when
growth Has the these oahoned medicines
return? No.
The old mohy practice has disappeared but find the
smpes used by intelligent physicians and kept for sale
drug
Dandon any and pkewd often prescribed for the
prescribed them by the old
names under cabalic characters which the chemist under
reading which would learned potent
laymen if patients
Garfield lots
clover many of these medicinal plants also the gardens and
the outskirts of the city,
bases of best
table compounds being
generally manufactured from costly imported products Why?
job realize how planted
plants the living the
these plants weeds has
never taught pests
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-06-07

The real object in education is to culti-
vate in the child capacity for self-control
or self-government not habit of submis-
sion to an overwhelming, arbitrary, exter-
nal power, but habit of obeying the die
tates of honor and duty, as enforced by
active will power within the child. In child
hood and in youth it is of the utmost i'm
portance to appeal steadily and almost ex-
clusively to motives which will be operative
in after life. In too much Of our sys-
tematic education we appeal to motives
which we are sure cannot last; to motives
which may answer for little children of
are entirely inapplicable to boys or girls
n. Thus the motive of fear is one of these
education in the past has almost
a vprv iDeffacfivo Ynofivo with admits
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-06-07

Tell the truth about your goods, and
beware of the man who suggests that
YOU advertise them deceitfully. A
shady reputation is cloud that has
no silver lining-and it's mighty easy
to get And when a concern once
gets it! How often does your rail-
road kill MANI" asked the facetious
drummer. Just once" replied the
conductor
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-06-07
One Great
Need for
Many
Large
Cities
By J. r. PRICE, m. D., Chicago

her entire population and that suitable public comfort stations
conveniently located and distinctly prominent
For neglect this respect the primary of mutudnou all
and them headache Indigestion Bghts disease of the
kidneys rheumatism honorable for
SELF medical silent this important question
City authorities public health and comfort stations
installed rapidly possible designated by understandable signs
should advertise the locations public
than hundred in the city of Chicago knows
excellent finely equipped public comfort station situated in the
City hall al Washington and Lasale
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-06-07
Free Advertising Unidentified.

Get rid of the notion that advertising
is undignified unless it is tree. says
E. w. Howe in his new Magazine AS
a matter of fact that is the kind that
Is not dignitied Every setting sun
sees greater recognition OF the dig
nifty, Importance and value OF paid ad-
vsrttsing.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-06-07
Ends Own Life at so Years.

Chicago.-Charles Stein, for 90
years a manufacturer in Milwaukee,
and brother of former Superior
Judge Philip Stein. shot and killed
himself the other day at the Hyde
Park Rest Cure, where he had gone
for medical treatment He was eighty
years old Suicide Is attributed to i'll
health.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-06-07

Tests are to be made by the Panama
canal commission to determine the value
of cement mortar applied to iron plates by
the Cement gun" as a preservative of iron.
Twelve plates 6asx14 inches have been
coated with a one-to-three mortar of ce-
ment and sand after they were cleaned to
gray metal by the sand-blast process.
Six of these have been covered with a
half-inch coating and the remaining six
with one-inch coat on one side and a
11b-inch coat on the other.
Three plates of each kind have been
sent to Balboa and three to Cristobal, where
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-06-07
Nekk1 Zk~,<e.eN-
Great Labor Bureau.

In the Civil Service Commission the
United States Government has the
greatest employment bureau in the
world over half million people
are on the Government payroll. and OF
these nearly half are receiving pay az
the result of competitive exanins
tons.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-06-07

During the last quarter of century l
have been watching with interest the
growth and improvements made in our
great city. Most of the improvements have
been in sidewalks, streets, buildings, trans
portation and communication, all OF
which have been advantageous to commerce,
while at the same time in a subordinate
way to all the people.
On the other hand, regret to say that
my observation has led me to conclude that
this city, as well as many others, has been
neglectful OF one thing which is of para
mount importance to the health and happi-
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-06-07
|ZMkIMT


HE years at the spring
And days at the morn;
MOI ning's at seven
The hillside's dew-pearled
The lark's on the wing
The snail's on the thorn
God in his heaven
Ais right with the world.
Robert Browning.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-06-07

Eyther in doors or out:
With the creme leaves whipering over
head
Or the streete cryers all about,
Where I male reade all at my ease,
Both for the newe and old;
For jollie goode booke whereon to locke
Is better to me than golde.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-06-07
Value of
Cement
Mortar
as Iron
Saver
By JOHN r. ROWLAND

they will be kept immersed in salt the method of
preventing corroson
Two plates of each kind will be taken from the salt water both at
of the coating will be
determine the condition of the metal
the the balance of the plates will be deter
mined later.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-06-07

still they are money-producing things if one knows
how when.
Why should this and other topic not be the
subjects of occasional school talks with Illustrations?
A few minutes twice week with prepared charts
in place of many "frs" now used to kill time would
impart much useful information.
The two topics I refer to are
l. Simple medicinal plants, how to find and when
to harvest them.
2. Insects beneficial to and how to recog-
ni2e them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-19
PREPARING TO TEACH.
First Graduates of High School Nor
NAL Course in June.

One of the new departments IN the
high school is the Normal Iraliii ,I.
course. and the first graduates OF TINS
department will be the members OF the
June IL class.
This class is taking practically the
same work as is given in the norma
schools, but of course not quite SO ad-
vanced The class has visited about all
the schools in Topeka, and mas heard
the pupils recite, and also gained some
knowledge in the practical side of
teaching. Miss Effie Graham is in
charge of most of the training of these
young school ma'ams, and from her
experience as a teacher. she says that
any of the girls enrolled under her are
perfectly capable Of teaching now.
Some of the girls who will graduate
in June already have schools engaged.
The girls who will graduate in June
are, Meta Calkins, Grace Frantz, Ruth
Goodell, Winnie Goodrich. Ruth He'll.
Lucille HOlcomb, Clifford Roach, Mabel
Roundebush, Walta Smith. Beth Stone,
Laura Whiteker, and Ruth Mcdonald.
In addition to these, there are about
thirty-two other girls enrolled in this
course.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-19
WARNED BY COURT.
Judge Arnold Lectures the Electrical
Workers Committee.

The union electrical workers com
mittee was censured severely by Judge
Arnold of the police court at a recent
session when il was claimed that they
would meet serious trouble if they at
tempted again to interfere with nom
union electrical men.
l.. Bennett and Grant Baker. cleo
tricians employed by H. B. Howard,
W ere arrested on warrant made by
union men in Topeka. The commit
tee declared that the two Howard men
were working without a license.
Before the court it was proved that
that they were working with men who
had licenses and they could not come
in under the provisions of the ordi-
nances. After Judge Arnold dismissed
the Howard workers he gave a heart
tO-heart talk to the union committee
men and warned them against fur
Their arrests.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-19
BIG ICE OFF ALASKA.
Bergs Big as Office Buildings Encoun-
tered Near Land.

Seattle, Wash, April 19.-Cros2
Sound, ley Strait and Prince William
Sound, Alaska, are filled with drift ice
and icebergs. according to the report
made by Captain ]. e. Hunter of the
steamship Northwestern, which ar
rived from Cordova early today. Cap
tain Hunter said the icebergs in Prince
William Sound, some of which are as
big as office buildings, have broken
off from Columbia glacier and are in
the path of navigation. The wreck of
the steamship Yucatan in Icy Strait
in 1910 demonstrated the danger of
floating ice in the inside passage and
masters have been using great care in
navigating Alaska waters during the
spring. The iceberg that struck the
Yucatan was nearly submerged and
appeared small enough to drop into
the VesseFs hatch. but it tore a great
hole in the hull of the liner. making il
necessary to beach her to prevent her
from sinking in deep water
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-19
COAST TO COAST ROAD
National Organization Is Formed al
Kansas City.

Kansas iCty. April 19.-To unity the
several historic roads represented in
the National Old Trails association
and to work for federal aid for a ma
tional coast to coast highway. an or
ganization of two delegates from each
state touched by the proposed road
was decided upon at today's session
of the associations convention here.
Five hundred delegates from states
from Ohio to Arizona were present
Addresses were made by w. S. Gear
hart, state highway engineer of Kan
sas. and George P. NIorehouse of To-
peka. Q. r. McClain of Canon City,
Colo. will speak tonight upon convict
road building in Colorado. w. H. EN-
mons, secretary of the Colorado Good
Roads association, will inspect the
Kansas City park and boulevard sys-
TEN this afternoon to gather data for
proposed mountain parks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-19
BOTH FILE CLAIMS.
Husband and Wife Ask Compensation
for Woman's Injuries.

William Bartlett and Mrs. Anna
Bartlett of North Topeka have asked
the city of Topeka for $4,000 for in
juries alleged to have been received
on city sidewalk December u. 1911.
Mrs. Bartlett claims that she fell over
a loose obstacle near the alley at Sec
ond street between Jackson and Van
Buren, streets.
Mrs. Bartlett asks $4,000 as her
share of the damages. Pain, suffering.
mental anguish and loss of time and
position come in as her list of griev-
ances. Mr.. Bartlett asks $1,000 for
loss of services and companionshfp''
of his wife and for the expense of
medical attention.
The matter has been referred to the
city attorney and Roy L. Bone com
missioner of finance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-19
Father and Son Sentenced.

Detroit, April 19--Henry NJ. Dear
ing, 10 years old. cashier of the de-
funct Albion National bank, and mis-
son, Palmer NJ. bearing, were each
sentenced Thursday to five years, in tn
federal prison at Leavenworth Kan
for misappropriation of the banks
funds. The banks discrepancies total
led more than 100000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-19

Going to Paint?
Let US show you harmonious COM
binationS of colors that wear hest
Acme Quality Paint store
62S Kansas avenue
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1912-07-24
PREPARE TO ENTER
TAIN MULTlTUDES
Denson Business Men Arrange for
the Coming Of the Famous
Hagenbeck-WaIIace Circus.
WILL BE HERE ON AUGUST 10TH
Same Circus That Gave Such Uni
versaI Satisfaction in 0enison
Two or Three Years Ago.

The worlds famous Hagenbeck-Wal-
lace circus and animal show will be
in Denison on Saturday, August 10th,
and will give two big exhibitions on
that day. Arrangements were COM
pleted Friday of last week between
the directors of the Denison CONNER
cial club and the authorized agent of
this circus to this effect. The grounds
near the Illinois Central depot have
been rented, and the big show will
unload early Saturday morning. This
same circus was in Denison two or
three. years ago, and gave the best of
satisfaction to all who attended. Com
ing as it does when the harvesting is
over there will undoubtedly be very
large, crowd in town to witness the
performances and see the big parade.
1t is only through the efforts of the
Denison business men the circus
comes to Denison this year, as they
had bookings made up that necessi-
tated passing us by, and the expense
incurred in getting them to stop here
is no small item. The only stops they
make in this part of the state will be
at Jefferson, Denison and Council
Bluffs. They do not show at Fort
Dodge, Boone nor Carroll.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1912-07-24
SOCIAL NOTES.

Mrs. D. l.. Boynton entertained a
number of friends Tuesday afternoon
at neighborhood picnic. The Boyn'
ton lawn is very beautiful at this time
of the year and an ideal place for
such gatherings. A jolly time was en-
joyed and a fine supper served.
DR.. and Mrs Wright entertained at
dinner Wednesday evening compli-
mentary to Mr.. and Mrs. R. A. Ro-
mans, of Aberdeen, S. D., and Miss
Gillmor, of Tucson, Ariz.
The Thos. Mccarthy home in North
Denison was the scene of a pretty
party Thursday afternoon, when Mrs.
McCarthy's niece, Marcella Stinglen,
entertained a large number of little
folks. Light refreshments were
served.
Mrs. Philbrook entertained forty
ladies Thursday afternoon, compli-
mentary to Mrs. M. E. Lies, of Water
vile, WASH, and Miss Dora O'Con-
nor, of Chicago, III. The ladies took
their fancy work and visited. Miss
Lillian Garrison delighted the COM
pany with several beautiful vocal Sc
lections, after which Mrs. Simpson
and Mrs. Jensen assisted the hostess
in serving light refreshments. Other
guests from out of town were: Mrs.
Kahler, of Traer; Mrs. Seeberger, of
Creston, and Miss Ruth Clark, OF
WATERFOWL, S. D. Mrs. Philbrook will
entertain another company of ladies
in the near future.
Miss Mildred Mailer celebrated her
birthday Tuesday by inviting a mum
Der of her young lady friends to a
party. A very pleasant afternoon was
enjoyed and light refreshments were
served