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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-06
ATLANTA GIRLS
BUY MILLINERY
MADE At HOME
Half the Hats Seen on Peachtree
Street Are Made Here, but
the Fact Is UnheraIded.

Half the women's hats seen on
Peachtree Street are made right in
Atlanta.
The fair Peachtree promenaders
don't know it: the milliners they pat
ronize don't know it; in many cases
the jobbers themselves don't know It..
There are three factories in Atlanta
making womens hats, of straw, felt,
plush. hemp and the myriad other
materials which go to bedeck milady's
couture and frame her pretty face.
But as soon as the hat leaves these
factories the manufacturers lose their
identity. The hat is marked with the
tobber's label II may be marked
New York. Philadelphia New Orleans
or even London The fact that 1t is
made in Atlanta is nowhere to be dis
covered.
one manufacturer tells, with a
grin. of Atlanta milliners who
Stocked up" in New York-with At
lanta-ma hats.
Altogether, it is an interesting bust
ness.
The American Hat Manufacturing
Company, one of the largest of the
three Atlanta factories, imports
straws direct from China, Japan,
are plated abroad. and either are
dyed there or bleached and dyed IN
Camden, n. J.
Japan sends hemp braid. Italy fur
nishes the milans, leghorns and tus-
cans. Germany furnishes peculiar
material known as Neapolitan braid,
which. though few know It, Is made
from American cotton. China fur
nishes coarse straws.
So much for the straws. The felt
bodies come from abroad, in the
rough-queer. looking toadstools Of
various shades. Silks, ribbons, vel
vets, pushes and ornaments are car
ried in quantity enough to stock a dry
goods store of large proportions.
Just now the factories are busy
with the hats to be worn this fall and
winter, and with misses and chill
dren's hats for spring, 1914.
Sample rooms already are filled
with fall and spring lines, dazzling
arrays of colors, and seemingly in al
most every shape, but with smaller
hats presiominating.
The making of a hat may be said to
begin in the room where a skilled
workman makes plaster molds accu-
rately defining the shapes. From
these plaster affairs. metal dies art
MADE. neSe OleS are put IN lHt
presses and heated by gas flames
The rough shapes, either felt. velvet
straw or hemp are stamped with
these hot dies and held in them unit
dry. When removed the heat has
baked the sticky Sizing" until the
shapes are firm.
From the presses the velvet and
plush hats go to a workman who
steamg them and brushes up the nap
to its original beauty.
The straw shapes are made in the
factory. Ingeniously designed sewing
machines, manipulated by skillfuI
girls, sew the braid round and round,
until a tiny knot grows into gigantic
hat In the straw season $50 girls
are busy at these machines
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-06

him show visitors through. If a
visitor manifests interest in one line,
or several, let him telephone at once
to the manufacturers of these lines
to send a salesman. l believe, too
that manufacturers in the outskirts
of the city will find it profitable to
use the exhibit building for their
downtown office. This is done else
where with profit.
Atlanta should have four times
the payroll it now has. This is the
way to go about it."
EVansville's Experience.
Boiling H. Jones told of the ex-
perience of Sc furniture manufactur-
ers in Evansville, Ind, who put up a
building and displayed their lines in
it, keeping the ground floor for their
offices. They find it easier to get
prospective customers to look at their
wares, and also find the selling cost
cut to per cent
That convinced me-" said Mr.
Jones. Did any manufacturer here
ever sell goods for per cent mer-
Chandising cost? This argument
alone seems to me unanswerable."
He spoke of the changes which have
come about in the Southern field
within five years. No longer is it
possible to sell a merchant a full car
load of one line. Therefore, he ar
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-06
Atlanta's Future Absolutely De-
pendent on Building Up Fac
tories, Experts Declare,

gued the exhibit will be valuable in
getting buyers to make up mixed
carloads of Atlanta made goods.
Other cities, rivals of Atlanta, are
doing this, he said, and Atlanta must,
to keep what it has, to say nothing of
expanding
Advertising no longer is a matter
of buying a few inches of newspaper
space, asserting through this space
that John Smith makes good
beds" said c. S Dobs Advertising
is the science of creating a demand
Publicity is the cheapest known
method Of selling goods. 1t may be
newspaper publicity; it may be bill
boards; it may be an exhibit Of the
kind you are considering 1t may
better be all three
Like Shop Windows.
81 believe this exhibit will have the
same effect as the Whitehall Street
windows. A man comes downtown to
buy a pair of shoes. AS he walks
along the street, he sees hats, neck
wear and walking sticks displayed
These remind him that he needs such
articles. The result is that he buys
more than the shoes he set out after"
Forrest Adair has a punch" when
he talks.
Il am selling a home below the Fort
to a family which consists of father,
mother and seven girls. The father is
wagon maker. The seven girls are
employed in seven different factories
in Atlanta. Wouldn't you rather buy
the things these girls help make than
some product of a New England
sweat shop?
yet / talked to a bank director
to-day who did not know that car
wheels are made in Atlanta, and who
thought that the famed Atlanta shoes
really were made in Boston and sent
here to be sold under the local label
Interests Here Diverse.
When the bottom falls out of the
iron market, Birmingham and Pitts
burg hang Grape on the doors, and
send flowers to each other. Do we
care? We do not Two or three of
our plants suffer, but the hundreds
of others go on, and business in the
aggregate shows little contraction.
"As a man who earns his very
bread from the growth of Atlanta,
and who owes more of that bread to
you manufacturers than to any other
class, l want to make it as emphatic
as | can that you must build up At
lanta's factories If you wish to see
her continue to grow"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-06
Silk Dyers Strike;
Feathers Face Bar;
Flowers in Favor
MiIllners Think That for Once They
Can Predict Styles for Fall
Well In Advance.

Flowers will be popular on wom-
ems hats for fall and winter wear.
In July this is a dangerous predic-
ton. Circumstances, however, make
it fairly safe prophecy. in the opin-
ion Of C. B. Palmer, Of NJ Kutz Co,
wholesale milliners.
Dame Fashion might take a notion
to dictate ribbons. But the silk dy-
ers' strikes in Paterson, n. J., have
caused an increase Of 20 per. cent in
the cost of ribbons, and even at these
advanced prices. deliveries can not
be made. At best. goods can not be
promised before August Is or Sep
TENDER l, and even if the mills re-
open, they are likely to be over
whelmed with the orders which have
been accommodating.
Feathers, again, might have been
Fashions favorites. But right now
there is trouble in Congress over the
importation Of feathers The milli-
ners and the Audubon Society are in
the throes of a bitter struggle which
will decide whether feathers will be
admitted at all under the new tariff.
Remain only fur and flowers. For
three seasons, velvet and silk flow
ers have been increasing in popular
ity on fall and winter hats, and. with
the scarcity of other materials, are
likely to take the ascendency this
fall.
Small hats will rule-that is, small
er than those which have been worn
for the past few seasons. Crowns will
be round, with turned-up brims, &C
cording to Mr.. Palmer What will be
the favorite colors. besides the sta
pie blues, browns and black, no one
will know until September /.
The Kutz Co. statesmen started out
last Monday to cover the Southern
States for fall business.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-06
Permanent Exhibit NOW Assured;
Long Campaign Near elimination
WORDS WHICH STIRRED
ENTHUSIASM FOR SHOW

"All the machinery, all the
enthusiasm, and all the push of
the Chamber of Commerce will
be behind the launching Of the
permanent exhibit. Wilmer
L. Moore, President of the
Chamber of Commerce.
II firmly believe a perma-
nent exhibit will bring to At
lanta more merchants and
more business than all the
other things we have done put
together. Brooks Morgan,
Chairman of the Exhibit Com
mittee.
Five years ago, you could
sell solid carloads of one line
to Macon and Augusta. You
can not do it now. This plan
will enable you to make up
mixed carloads. Other cities
are doing it. Atlanta must,
not only to get more, but even
to hold what she has. BOIL
ing H. Jones,
THE man who makes good
products and doesn't adver-
tise is like the man who
winks at a girl in the dark.
He knows it, but she doesn't,
and it doesn't get him any
where. &C. s. Dobbs.
Agitation about the smoke
nuisance makes me tired. l
wish to goodness some one
would turn 500 more smoke
stacks loose on us. I'll war
rant there's not a man in town
who could write a list of sew
enty-five of the hundreds of
articles made in Atlanta. -
Forrest Adir.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-06

A. z. Cowper, one of the important
men in the organization of Selfridge
& Co., which in turn has, perhaps, the
most important department store in
London, recently made a visit TO the
United States. He spent most Of his
time, of course, in looking over
American department stores, and be-
fore he departed for England freed
himself of some criticism
"One thing which struck me was
the time it takes to complete a pur-
chase and get your goods wrapped
and delivered" he said
AT home we have no bundle wrap
pers; the clerks wrap the packages,
and we find IL saves time and mis-
takes. When a customer has made a
purchase and the goods are shipped
by carrier or messenger to a distant
cash-and- bundle desk, every second
she has to wait is magnihed to a
minute, whereas If the goods are
wrapped by the clerk the customer
is getting the full attention of that
salespersOn. and If a minute or two
should be lost, she is seeing the ac-
ton all the time, and does not feel
that she has been lost sight Of In
Selfridge's we use cash registers, and
we find them great savers of time"
Atlanta merchandise experts do not
agree with the English student of
store service,
Mr.. Cowper, in the opinion of va
rious Atlantans approached on the
subject, magnifies the Importance of
the transactions where the purchases
actually are taken away by the buyer.
They remark that while It may be
the custom in London for shoppers to
carry home their purchases nine out
of ten customers in Atlanta demand
delivery by wagon.
At any rate, they say, there is very
little delay, and it is much better to
free the salespeople from the duty
Of wrapping packages.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-06
Rome, Ga., Exhibitors
Sign Up for Space

Rome, Ga, is Growing over the fact
that it made definite plans for a per-
manent exhibit before Atlanta.
Twelve manufacturers already have
signed contracts for space, and nine
more are about to do so. 1t is eX-
pected that 1000 feet of floor space
will be used.
Arrangements have been made for
building. and the exhibit will be
ready within two months, Louis Spen-
Ger, managing director, says.
Included among the exhibitors are
a stove works, a machine factory, a
foundry, a furniture factory, a trunk
factory and a spring bed factory.
Some of these lines are duplicated.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-06
EngliShman'S Criticism of
AmeriCanStOresAn Answered
Selfridge's Manager Unjustifed in Saying Gus
toners Wait Too Long for Parcels.

Managers Of Atlanta department
stores made tests at random to dem
onstrate that It takes on an average
30 seconds for the delivery Of a pack
age and the making Of change
Lucian York, manager : of Rich's
says:
we have a system which we be-
HeVe is the best yet devised from
the viewpoint Of the customer, and
Selfridge's certainly have nothing tC
compare with IT. We use an identi-
flCation coin
Departs at Once.
Most Of our charge customers
have their parcels delivered. After
the transaction is made the customer
merely gives her name and address
TO the salesperson, shows her identi-
fication coin, and departs at once
Even when the customer takes the
parcel with her, the wrapper in the
stand has it ready in a jiffy. Time
records to gauge our wrappers show
that on an average they use less
than a minute.
THE delivery Of packages, after all,
is simply a minor matter. What our
American people want broadly is
service-the right merchandise at the
right time at the right price. In Eng
hsh stores customers still are impOr-
tuned to buy; in fact, in many of the
stores II is almost impossible to leave
without buying. Fancy such a oondi-
ton herei
Again, here we make every effort
10 get what the customer wants. We
anticipate the styles, bring on new
models and patterns.
When the customer purchases
these goods she buys them at our
risk-if they are not pleasing to her
when she gets them home she is at
liberty to return them. Here the GUS
toner is always right-in England,
from what I understand, she is more
at the mercy Of the storekeeper."
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-06
Thousand Lined Up
To Get Into Store
Furniture House DeVises Attractive
Scheme to Induce Public to
Notice Low Prices.

Even in busy Atlanta, II is seldom
enough that a thousand people are lined
up waiting to get into a store when
the doors are thrown open. This was
the record established by Sterchi Bros.
& Barnes, Mitchell Street. near White
hall, Thursday morning.
The attraction was an unusual sale OF
furniture, coupled with a prize offer
Tags were widely distributed among the
friends Of the store. Each OF these tags
was numbered, and 100 Of the numbers
corresponded with the numbers on tags
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-06

borne by articles in the store. When
any visitor matched his tag with any
tag in the store, he was privileged to
claim the article without being obli-
gated to purchase anything.
The plan drew a big crowd and, bet
ter. it attracted attention to some very
low prices, and resulted in good sales.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-06
MORE suYERs Than beaches

NEW YORK, July 5.-Buyers re-
turning here from Georgia say that it
is generally estimated the peach crop
Of Georgia will run about 1900 cars.
According 10 the railroad men, they
do not expect to move over rs cars a
day out Of the State at the flush Of
the season. There are a great many
buyers at Fort Valley. Fully 95 per
cent of the peaches are being sold
on track-in fact, there are more buy
ers than there are peaches.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-06
rAEFETA RIBBONS SCARCE.

A scarcity of taffeta ribbons in
stock colorings is reported. Pinks.
blues and whites are especially hard
to get.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-03-19
HOME r o

Senator C. W. Hookway returned
Saturday from Bismarck, where he
had been in attendance at the ses
sion of the state legislature just clos
ed. He was accompanied by Mrs
Hookway and their daughter, Myrtice'
who had been at the capital city for a
weeks visit. Miss Mae Disbrow also
returned with them and has resumed
her position as ~stenographer in Mr..
Hookway's ofice.-Granville Herald. :
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-03-19
The Churches
Holy Week Services at St. Mary's
Church..

Holy Week Services at St. Mary's
Church.
Holy Thursday: Services will be
gin at 8 a. IN. During the High Mass
the Rt. Rev. Bishop Vincent Wehrlt
will bless the oils to be used during
the coming ear in the administration
of the sacraments Of baptism, Confirm
alton, extreme JUNCTION and Holy or
ders. Holy Communion will be dis
tributed during this mass. Alteration
of the Blessed Sacrament in the Rc
pository during the afternoon and cv
ening.
Good Friday: Services begin at !
a. m. These services consist chiefly
in the singing Of the Passion of Oul
Lord according to St. John, the unvcil
ing and alteration Of the Cross, anC
the mass of the pre.sanctitied.
Holy Saturday: Services begin at
S Il. H.. During this service will take
place the blessing of fire, OF incens"
of the Easter candle, of wafer, of hap
tismal water. reading of the twelve
prophesies followed by high mass.
Easter Sunday: Early mass at $50
Pontilical higl, mass at 1920, follow
ed by Papal benediction. There viii
be appropriate sermons 1T nearly al
of the services.
Evening service at 1880 on Thurs
, day and Friday.
Confessions will be heard OH Wed
nesday and Saturday afternoons ant
evenings.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-03-19
THE ROSARY

A packed house greeted the compa-
ny presenting "Thc Rosary at the
Bijou theater Monday night and ev-
cryone went away with the highest
praise for the play and the company.
Every part was taken by a finished ar
fist and there vas a swing and go
to the production that is seldom seen
in the companies making this part Of
the country. The company is not
working this week and will spend
their time in Bismarck for the next
few days.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-03-19
IRENE. GRAVES A s

The case Of State VS.. Irene Graves
was called in Judge Casselman's court
Tuesday afternoon, and continued till
next Thursday, in order to give de-
PENDANT time to ecure some import
ant witnesses, as well as counsel. w.
ID. FDlgcr and ]. ID. Penhiter, the two
spoilers in this case, were placed I'M
der 5000 bonds to appear on the day
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-03-19
BAND ELECTED OFFICERS.

At the meeting Of the Bismarck
band held, Tuesday evening, the fol.
lowing yer elected officers:
Presidcnt-F. II. Hurley.
Vice President. NJ. Sathcr.
Secretary-J. B. Halloran.
Trcasurer-B. G.. Garden.
Librarian--J. X. ErstrOm.
The band has made rapid progress
so far this season, and it has been
decided to give a dance erly in April.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-03-19
"k,NG JOHN" IN BISMARCK.

Hon. John Satterlund. proprietor of
the Washburn Leader and former re-
ceiver of the, U. S. land office in this
city, vas among the arrivals from
Mclean county's capital Monday ev-
eniug and will spend several days in
the city. .
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-03-19
SECRETARY MANNER HERE.

E. G. Wanner, the newly appointed
secretary Of the board of control, ar
rived in the city from Valley City and
has assumed the duties of Office. Mr..
Wanner is a gentleman OF wide state
acquaintance and popular wherever
known. He is abundantly able to take
care Of the duties incumbent upon
him, and will undoubtedly make an
excellent secretary.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-03-19
VISITOR FROM DICKINSON.

w. J.. Elliott, of the Dickinson Press
ed Brick Co.. was looking after the
interests of his firm in the capital
city Tuesday and mingling with his
many Bismarck friends. Mr.. Elliott
saws that the business outlook for his
section of the state never was better
and that farmers and ranchmen out
that way are looking forward to a
season.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-03-19
FAILED TO APPEAR.

The case of Nicholas Schaak, which
had been up before Judge Pierce the
day before, and change of TAX
en- to the court of Judge Casselman,
was called by the latter Tuesday
morning, but owing to the failure OF
the defendant to appear, the case
was, upon motion of the state, dis
missed.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-03-19
REAL PROPERTY AGAIN

Grand Forks Herald: Senator Fl.
A. Bronson will again takcup his class
in real property at the law school.
No classes have been held in this sub.
ject since the Christmas vacation, ow-
ing to- Mr.. Bronson having to attend
the session Of the legislature. .
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-03-19
FROM DICKINSON.

Il. l.. Kennedy of the Hart Manu-
featuring Co.. was in the city from
Dickinson Tuesday and transacted
business with local people. Mr.. Ken
ncdy is a new settler in the western
part of the state, but has already be-
quite enthusiastic over the bust.
ness outlook for the slope and has
become an active booster for the ter
ritory of which Dickinson is the cent.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-03-19
MISS McGILLIs coNvALEsCENT

Miss Florence McGillis. who has
been a patient at St. Alexius hospital
70: the last three weeks, and who
has been suffering from a severe at
tack of tonsilitis and pleurisy, is con-
valescent and has returned home. Her
many friends have been congratulate
ing her upon her recovery.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-03-19
WILL MEET THURSDAY.

The Norwegian Ladies Aid Society
Of the Trinity Lutheran church, will
meet at the home Of Mrs. l.. Larson
40 grid street, Thursday afternoon at
2:30 o'clock,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-03-19
Of trial, their sureties being J..
Jackson and Rev. A. l.. Shute.
HAD AN

Marion Houser, bookkec2cr for the
Stacy Fruit company, submitted Tiles.
day to an operation for appendicitis,
and is recovering rapidly at a local
hospital.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-03-19
HERE FROM ARENA.

Henry Ochsner and John Scherben.
sky were among the visitors from
Arena in the city Tuesday and both
gentlemen transacted business at the
court house.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-03-19
HERE FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT

Mr.. and Mrs. II. n. Turner Of Lin
ton. are among the Emmons county
residents in the city. Mrs. Turner
has been in poor health for some time
and her husband brought her to Bis
marck in order that she might be able
to receive medical treatment from To-
cal physicians.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-03-19
LOOKING AFTER HIS FARMS,

Rugby Optimist: Left Swennum-
SON, of the state treasurer's Office,
CAME up from Bismarck Saturday to
look after the starting of his spring
work on his farms north of Pleasant
Lake. From here Left went to Peters
burg and Grand Forks, where he has
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-03-19
ONE OF BURLEIGH'S NEW SET
Ell

l.. B. Humphrey, who recently came
to Menoken with his family from West
Union, Iowa, was t%ransacting business
in the city Tuesday. Mr.. Humphrey
purchased a large tract of land near
Menoken and he expects to go into
the farming and ranching business
quite extensively.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-03-19
City News
IN FROM eRlTr,N.

Mrs. r. l.. Sherman Of Britain was
in the city Tuesday visiting with
friends and doing some shopping
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-03-19
x. T.

There will be a meeting at the Tenn
pie tonight at s o'clock for the pur-
nose of inspection. All Sir knights
will please attend.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-03-19
VISITOR FROM MoFFEr.

VIM. Nichols, II of the prosperous
farmers living in the vicinity Of Moi
fet, was in the city Tuesday and trans
acted BUSINESS. at the court house.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-03-19
DEVlNE IN THE CITY.

Hon. J. NJ. Devine Of Minot, former
governor Of North Dakota, is among
the distinguished guests in the city
and is registered at the Mckenzie.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-03-19
B ! R T H S
A SON.

A SON.
.Born. to MIR. and Mrs. n. +. Prem
tice, at the Bismarck Hospital, on
March II, Il son..