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The Cairo bulletin., 1912-08-31
M'V|LL|ANS PROMOTED
Given Position As General Agent of
Western Division of Iron
Mountain at Denver.

Ray McWilliams has been APP
pointed general agent Of the west
ern division of the Iron Mountain
railroad with headquarters at Den
Yer, Colo, He received official noti-
lication of his appointment yester-
day. He will leave next week to as
sumo the duties Of his new office.
Mr.. McWilliams has been the
local commercial agent of the Iron
Mountain road the past two years,
He came here in May, 1910. He
was a resident of Cairo for several
years previous to that time. the
family removing to Little Rock,
Ark He has been connected with
the Iron Mountain road for twelve
years, entering the service as mes
senger boy in the freight offices
He was advanced to chief rate clerk,
then to chief clerk to the assistant
general freight agent, thence to his
post at Cairo.
The new position is big pro-
motion. He will have supervision
of both freight and passenger busi-
ness of the road in Colorado and
Wyoming and will have under him
two travelling freight agents, one
travelling passenger agent, one con-
tracing freight agent and large
office force.
Mrs. McWilliams will not accom-
pany her husband to Denver next
week, as he expects to return later
to familiarize his successor, who has
not yet been appointed. with the
duties of the office before making
his permanent residence at Denver,
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-08-31
PADUCAH SOCIETY
FOLK MISS BOAT
RETURNING HOME.

The Cairo and Paducah packet
Rapids brought down an excursion
party of society young folks yester.
day. Eight Of the party, dearly all
young ladies, became so Interested
in viewing the sights in Cairo that
they did not reach the wharf until
the boat had passed under the
bridge on her return trip. They Sc
cured an automobile and the chauf-
feur made a record trip to Mound
City to try to reach the boat before
she left the bank, but failed to do
so. and the party returned to Cairo
on the interurban and later went
home by rail-
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-08-31

Mr.. and Mrs. Hal A. Ellsworth
of All Tenth street and Mrs. Arthur
Mattingly of 911 Walnut street, re-
turned home yesterday from a trip
on the Tennessee river as far as
Riverton. They We're eight days
making the trip. Mr. Ellsworth
says he was almost completely cut
off from the outside world during
most of the time, as he saw no daily
papers.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-08-31

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Spencer, Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Steinel, Sr., Mrs.
Hafer and Mrs Boyd, of this city,
attended meeting of the Queen of
Egypt chapter order of Eastern Star
at Mound City.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-08-31
FIRST BANK AND TRUST
COMPANY MAKES OFFER

The First Bank and Trust Com
pany announces that it will receive
contributions for the three political
parties, Democratic, Republican and
Progressive and turn the funds over
to the regular committees entitled
10 receive them.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-08-31

Berlin, Aug. 30,-The kaiser is
still confined to his bed with catarrh
and rheumatism, While the rheu-
matte pains continue, they are ap-
parently no worse. No bulletins
have been given out by his physi-
clans, but Court Marshal Won Eulen-
burg has given out an official ae-
count of his majesty's illness. 1t Is
seen from th, that the, trouble be-
gan on Aug. s23 with feverish chill,
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-08-31
Accents Position

Miss Kate Redman has accepted
the position in the office Of the Iron
Mountain railroad made vacant by
the resignation OF Miss Nellie Lind.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-08-31
Grain Movement in Cairo.

The Cairo Inspection Bureau re-
ports the following movement in
grain yesterday: Receipts-Corn l
car, oats 80 cars. Shipments Corn
car, oats 35 cars.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-08-31

stiffness of the muscles and a swell
ing on the right side Of the neck,
with much pain. Since then the
kaiser's general condition has i'm
proved. the feyerishness has disap-
peared, and the inflammation is re-
ceding. Nevertheless his move
meilts are so much hampered by the
pains in his neck that his majesty
has been obliged to abandon his visit
to Dresden and rest completely for
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-08-31

Illinois Pair Saturday, except
probably showers in extreme north;
slightly cooler north; Sunday nm
settled.
Kentucky-Generally fair Satur-
day and Sunday.
Missouri uri--Generally fair Saturday
and Sunday; not quite so warm in
northwest portion.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-08-31
Daughter Born.

Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Kleh, of Park
avenue. are the parents of daugh-
ter, who arrived yesterday morning.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-08-31

Miss Theresa Mahaffee visited
Miss Irma Belts at Mound City yes
|terday.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-08-31

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a Slenderine model. You quite misunder-
stood me.
Miss Brown. if you are not busy will
you wait on this lady? She wishes a
fifteen dollar self-reducing corset for her
cook. Abrupt, even hasty, departure,
and smart turn to the left.
Shoe department? Two aisles over.
No, l hardly think that any one Of the
clerks In that department can tell you
the cafe, but If you will be seated l will
send and get menu. which you can look
over at your convenience. beg pardon
No, | am extremely sorry not to oblige
You. but 1t is strictly against the rules
for clerks to furnish customers with
pennies for the slot individual drinking
cup machine. You see, we have SO many
calls that the management had TO call a
halt. Buff you will give me nickel I
will be glad to send 1t to the cashier and
have it changed for YOU
short walk and a long breath.
face or automobile? Face? Thank you.
This way, please. Fawn-colored veils-I
certainly agree with you that they soften
the complexion wonderfully-make one
look at least ten years younger. Although
1t Is a very thin veil you need Miss Clara,
cobweb yelling for this young lady"
Floor walker and follower lean against a
counter for a moments rest, but at ex-
cited voices and L HAVEN'T You have!'
from the veil department hurried de-
parture is made in that direction. Floor
walker listens to saleswoman and GUS
TONER both talking at the same time and.
as the result is not entirely satisfactory.
calls halt.
That will do, Miss Clara Let mo hear
one at a time. From what ! can make
out, tho customer said that she asked
you to try on the veil and you insulted
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the wharf and put aboard the Alexandria
ferry. Once on the Virginia side ii was
hauled to the ladys residence by a local
express company, who collected a dollar
and a half for the job. The customer WAS
furious when she figured that the spool
store explained that 1t felt bound TO pro-
tect such a valuable package sent at such
a distance and she could do nothing
And speaking of women Carrying
bundles reminds me of a purchase made
and carried away here.
A lady went TO the china department
and while there was attracted to q very
handsome jardiniere. The article was
originally worth about s., but a crack
at something like q dollar and ninety
eight cents. The customer admired the
jardiniere extravagantly and declared
that the crack would never show, paid
for the ornament and insisted on carving
1t home In safety. She left the depart.
ment. tightly clutching her prize. descend
ed in the elevator and passed rapidly
across the store. There things happened.
Instead Of going through the broad
open doors, she selected a small doos
leading into the show windows which
had inadvertently been left open by the
window dresser. On she walked, interested
only in the preservation OF the precious
jardiniere and sublimely unconscious Of
anything except getting out OF the store.
On and on through the displayed goods.
straight on through the heavy plate
glass window and into the street. Very
much alarmed we rushed to the rescue,
To our amazement there stood the GUS
toner unhurt. an amazed smile on her
face and the jardiniere clutched tightly tn
her breast. 1t cost US q cool 500 to put In
a new window. but the jardiniere wac
saved.
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4" Cok mere, young man, are you
trying to kid me? You want
to spend an hour walking
about with me and listening
to complaints and getting
some OF the incidents Of the life and work
OF noor walker IN big department
storer This Is a big store all right and
I'm the head floorman. So far YOU are
all to the good. but as for amusing Incl
dents and humorous situations YOU are
distinctly in wrong. Somebody has been
stringing you. There is nothing funny
in the life Of a floor manager: it's simply
deadly. that's what it is-but IL YOU want
10 stop. look and listen for a while this
morning. go right ahead: you won't dis
turb me in the least. But take II from n
friend that when the hour is over you
will have bunch Of in memoriams that
will make you think you have been inter-
viewing the morguemaster.'
This from the head hoorman of one of
the big city department stores. in re-
Spouse to q request for an interview on
the daily grind OF that individual by a
reporter. And this is what occurred dur
ing the first fifteen minutes OF the al
lotted hour:
Floor walker marching in dignifed but
.benignant manner down the main aisle,
followed meekly and at a safe but with
in-hearing distance by the reporter
Direct you TO the parasoI counter ?
Certainly. madam. You are standing d.
rectiy in front of it." Long enforced
pause on part of floor walker Then:
oh. no. madam. ! assure you, you are
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ply matter Of business to verify your
account. Here is my o. X, which you
will please give to the waitress. We
hope that you will enjoy your lunch"
You had long wait. Mary, but it
couldn't be helped. What is it? A Gus
toner telephones in asking to send her
ten two-cent stamps. special, and charge
to her account? You say she lives on
Cathedral avenue? Well, it won't ia xe
one of our messengers over an hour and
a quarter to get out there and back Send
her the samps." Next!
why, madam, what have YOU there?
A dead canary bird! Well, well. Too
bad. You bought 1t here yesterday, and
ten minutes after 1t was delivered this
morning you found 1t dead in it's cage?
You are sure You cat did not kill 1t? Its
tail appears to be missing, and 1 am rather
sure we would not send out a bird minis
Its tail feathers. No. We do not doubt your
word. II you say the bird died a nat
ural death, We believe you. This way,
please-to the basement.
Mr.. Brown, this lady says she bought
this canary here yesterday, and that it
died ten minutes after the driver deliv-
cred the package this morning. Please
exchange the dead bird for live one.
No, madam, We do not insist on having
the dead bird back. You may take 1t
home and feed 1t to the cat Customer
leaves. and floor walker remarks apro-
pos Of nothing, Perhaps the cat may
have liked the sample"
Wanted in the manicure parlors. Katie.
All right, coming at once" Across tho
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LET us not become SO institutionaliZed
that we fail to see the psycho-therapeutic
value of a few frayed letters. photographs
or religious emblems. Let the patient
keep them-but not hidden under the mat
tress.
ALSO, let us not be too arbitrary with
visiting hours. An hour daily Is not i'm
possible with an evening hour or two
each week for the working man and wom-
an who canr OF reach the hospital at any
other time. A little latitude in this re-
gard is, believe a wise provision.
Recently those in charge at a certain
hospital, tormented by the congestion
caused by the three times a week visiting
period, made a change for purposes OF ex-
pertinent to visiting hour each day.
They were surprised not only to find that
the congestion decreased. but that the
total number of visitors decreased like
WISE 1t is human nature 10 strive after
that which is difficult: the moment II be-
comes easy the effort toward getting IL Is
diminished.
"We hear a great deal today about
making our hospitals more 'homeltke.
Private benefactors and ladies auxil-
iaries' swamp them with mahogany ana
bird s-eye maple, elaborate silver services
for private rooms, cut glass and oriental
rugs-even wicker furniture, so impos-
sible from an aseptic standpoint that we
wonder 1t has not incurred the super1n-
tendents veto. And by such means We
fondly delude ourselves that we are max
ing our hospitals hoTnelike.
Let US admit that we cannot health
fully make our hospitals like our homes.
4 hospital is hospital.
Let us adopt Il suitable standard OF
furnishing and equipment making our
hospitals truly health centers, but. on the
other hand. let protect our patients
from the noises OF the delirious and dying
nl q, t.,xr iva ~ ,tCaY q n
distress II that is done, the present
tendency may well be reversed and our
homes may some day initiate the simple.
healthful standards OF our hospitals.
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50 cents and gentlemen manicure. 30
cents The cost of one-hand mani
cure is not displayed. so that the fault is
clearly ours. You will therefore. charge
the gentleman only. % cents. and l will
Immediately put in an order for an ap-
propriate sign. When this sign appears
you will please place it in a conspicuous
place.
II hope. sir. that the concession and ex-
PLANTATION We make are quite satisfactory
to you. thank you. Good morning
Call again.
AS the gentleman departed the mani
cure with a fine sense Of humor sub
sided into her chair in a gale of laughter.
The fioorwalker, puzzling and deploriug
her levity, departed. hopping his brow.
1t was all very serious with him.
The next point of law and order YVES
the request from q clerk that a 5-cent
spool Of thread be sent c. o. d. The
requested 20. X" being affixed, the floor
man remarked:
1T is far beyond me why a customer
can never take home a scent spool of
thread. I've known them to carry away
a croquet set or an ice cream freezer.
but two-inch bundle must be delivered
by wagon. l heard, in this regard, Of a
store here in town that some years ago
customer bought a spool of thread and
asked to have 1t sent to Alexandria. The
firm agreed, but resolved on teaching the
customer a deserved lesson.
1.-The spool of thread was placed I'm an
empty piano box and the box hauled to
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thus advanced. We are all SO weary
with the unreason in this regard that
the patience has, indeed. ceased to be a
virtue. And yet as the writer goes
about from hospital to hospital and OBJ
serves the great disparity for ward cases.
it would seem that considerable discus
sion on this subject alone would not be
beneath the dignity of this association.
"A conference of our leading hospital
dietitians for the purpose OF standardiz-
ing suitable dietary for ward patients.
sufficiently elastic to be applicable to
various localities, and properly balanced
menus suggested, which have been work
ed out on cost basis, would surely be
Of great assistance to our hospitals both
large and small. And 1t is not only a
question OF what should he served. but
how it should be served and by whom.
Many a meal goes uneaten in hos
pital because of a lack of just these
little attentions: Very often thought
less nurse will place tray on the
right-hand side of the patient. making
the awkward use of the left hand "A
necessity. Indifference and fatigue will
thus keep patient from eating as
much as he would under favorable cir
cumstances.
'Carelessness of this order should be
a matter of discipline. yet 1t has been
disregarded in some OF our best hos
pitfalls.
TT Is fatiguing beyond words for a
patient to brace himself on one elbow
and eat with the use Of but one hand.
In wasting observation-disclosures. for
instance-every patient should he in a
bed which has an adjustable head rest
which can be manipulated quickly and
easily by a crank, so that he NAV be
raised at any desired angle without the
least effort. He should then he served
on bed table. placed directly in front
of him. that he is entirely relaxed
and can rest as he eats. These simple
details Of comfort are so often ignored
that I dwell upon them with particular
emphasis. The best of care and
thought bestowed on the purchase and
COOKING of food is lost If 1t is served
as it often is. under these distressing
circumstances.
cold food is almost universal prob
lem. Tt is successfully solved in a few
hospitals by what is termed bedside
serving. BY this method the food truck
is brought into the ward. Hot-water
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and disturb tho patients. The ambulance
bell is spectacular and noisy feature
OF hospital life. which can and should be
abolished. 1t is needlessly terrifying to
patients.
Improper lighting in wards is almost
as distressing a feature as unnecessary
noise. Ceiling lights are sure to shine in
the eyes of one or more patients. Are
they necessary? Can we not get all the
light needed in hospital work from wall
lights alone? Movable ref1ectors which
can be quietly rolled to the bedside where
night treatments are necessary would
surely be all sufficient.
"A ward should be dark and quiet at
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compartments insure hot food. Each
patient is thus individually catered to-,
and the economic feature is an item of
considerable Importance. 1t is the only
system thus far devised by which a
patient is spared being served food for
which he may have an extreme distaste.
gets the quantity he wishes, and. above
all. gets ii hot
Ventilation is still problem. You
would be surprised at the number Of hos
pitfalls built with the idea of depending
upon an artificial system Of ventilation.
these systems as unsatisfactory. There
are few institutions which are free from
the so-called hospital odor,' and yet the
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Banging doors are inexcusable. Sound
proof walls throughout our institutions
should be insisted upon regardless Of
cost. Quiet rooms with double doors
should be found in greater numbers than
exist today. Noise of distress coming
from operating room. dispensary or ma
ternity section should never reach the
ears Of nervous patients. Operative cases
should never recover from anesthesia in
the wards Dying patients should be
taken from the wards to an isolation
room. A light signal system is as pos
sible today as the distressing buzzers
and bell systems Rubber heels should
be insisted upon. Wash basins and
pitchers of composition material are
much more quiet than those Of enamel.
The cracking Of ice in a ward is abso-
lutely unnecessary. Even il at slightly
greater expense it should be crushed
in the cold storage department and
brought to the wards ready for USE
Might nurses need not be allowed to
prepare midnight suppers where the
noise and odors will penetrate the house
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MISS M. E. Mccall

MISS M. E. Mccall
4vA MONT, Formerly
Superintendent of Hospital
at Manila, Believes Some
thing Is Wrong With Ma
jority of Hospitals-Seeks
Reform Along Cooperative
Lines-Grave Faults of Build
ings, Management, Wards
and Care of Patients-Speaks
From Experience of Ten
Years Study of Hospital
Conditions.
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night. This is impossible with ceiling
lights May we soon see the day when
they are entirely obsolete. While wiring
for side lights is more expensive than
for the ceiling, yet there Is a place where
economy should not initiate against the
comfort of the patient.
Good food and good air. you will con-
cede. are necessary for the recovery of
the sick. In a group OF hospital superin-
tendents, to the majority of whom the
patients food is a veritable bette noir. lit
tie sympathy is expected with complaints
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store and up into the mezzanine gallery
goes the fioorwalker closely heeled by the
houn' dog reporter. In the tiled, fumi-
gated. chemically pure, almost hermeti-
cally sealed '''parlor" sits the MARCHED
manicure artist and across from her the
victim-a man. The matriculated mani
cure with a decided note of anger in her
voice gets first honors and states the
case.
"You see. it's this way she said. This
gentleman came in for a manicure and
l began, as usual. with the left hand.
When i called for the right hand. he told
me there wasn't any other hand-that he
had only one hand. You know the charge
for a gentleman's manicure Is so cents
and 1 figured out that as long as ! had
lost another customer on his account he
ought to pay me 80 cents for the one
hand But he insists that II the rate is
80 cents for ten fingers, 1t should be just
one-half for five fingers and Is only will
ing to pay the % cents. So decided not
to take the responsibility and sent for
YOU
For minute that astute diplomat, the
fioorwalker, looked dazed and somewhat
dismayed. 1t was a new one even on
him. bat after a minutes thought his
pronunciamento followed.
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her. Is that right. madam? Now. Miss
Clara, let US hear your side Of It,
"Well, Miss Clara, I am afraid you are
in the wrong. You say that the LADY
asked you particularly to try on the veil
in order to see II your freckles showed
through and you told her you did not
have a freckle. Having looked carefully
l find that the customer Is right and
that there is small freckle just on the
bridge Of your nose. Madam. the clerk Is
very sorry that she contradicted you-you
see both of you may have been right.
The freckle may have appeared since the
clerk left her home this morning. How
much yelling will you require? One yard.
please, Miss Clara Thank you. madam.
Good day"
There is no use crying, Miss Clara.
or course you haven't q sign of q freckle
and 1t il quite true that the customer
needed a new face instead Of q veil, but
you must learn to use tact. Tact! Tact!
That is what am always urging upon
YOU"
Clever escape by floor walker.
''Ah, madam, that il too bad. You are
angry and have quite forgotten your
purse. Perhaps we can have 1t arranged
for you. Have you charge account here
Yes? That Is good One moment. please,
while call the bookkeeping department. -
Pause. juggling with telephone. irritating
wait: customer talking excitedly all the
while.
"Ah, IT is all right, madam-quite all
right The matter is arranged. We GER
tainly meant no insult. and We did not
presume to doubt your word; It was SIM
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MISS McCAIMONT,

The family choosing a private residence
site refuses to locate on a street where
there Ia constant traffic and an acute
day and night street car service. Yet 1t
is amazing how many of our newest hos
pitfalls have been so located.
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quite mistaken. / meant no impertinence
You asked for the parasol department and
az you were standing in front of the
counter the only thing | could do was
to direct your attention to the fact
Ten steps to the right. Halt.
Certainly. miss; the basement is below
the first floor. You can reach 1t by the
stairway to the right or the elevators in
the south wing" Another pause and
more explanations.
course, you knew that / knew that you
knew that the basement was downstairs,
but you asked me and l had to answer
your question. l am sorry IL hurt your
feelings. had no intention of doing SO.
Certainly l will direct you to the man.
ayers Office. where you can report me.
The management Is always glad to listen
to complaints from customers who have
met with rude treatment"
Fifteen steps straight ahead. Full stop
by floor walker to direct 22O-pound
woman.
"Corsets, Self-reducins ones? Right
this way, madam. No. / hardly think
we can give you q written guarantee that
they will reduce your waist. but we have
been very successful In the sale of them
and that Is what really proves the worth
Of any goods" Long uneasy pause or
part Of floor walker. who listens respect
fully to the explosion which follows
Finally. in a most deprecating manner:
II most assurediy beg your pardon.
really did not suggest that you were too
fat or that you needed one Of these cor
sets. or course, knew you wanted them
for your cook, and that you yourrelf wear