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Bark of Enaland Salaries.

To enter the service of the Bank of England a candidate must be no'nin;It- ed by a director, be of good moral character, pass q qualifying nOt con- petitivG) examination and be between eighteen and twentytwo years old. The first year his salary is $500, and then it rises at the rate of $50 a year. At the end of the fifth year he pro- Ceeds to the fourth class or else leaves the service of the bank. According 70 figures furnished by one of the banks officials, the average pay at the end of ten years is $1,OGO. At fifteen years it is $1 300. twenty years $1,545, thirty years $1,945; after that the sen for clerks pass to $2, 150. The staff and special posts, numbering about 100, are won by meritoriOus service. The highest salary is paid the chief cashier and is $15,O00. The chief ac- Ountant draws $12.50O, and there are several appointments ranging from ST. JO0 to $3,5OO. Agents of branches re ceive up to $12.O@O. There is a pen sion system to which the clerk does not contribute, but for which he is qualified after ten years service.- MoOdy's Magazine.
The Press., 1913-12-24
Actors on Christmas
There's lots of work,
 And there ain't no play. So what's the use
 Of a Christmas day?

THAT little verse, paraphrased
 from one familiar to soldiers,
 just about sums up the real
 Christmas sentiment existing among people connected with the the atrtcal business. No, that doesn't mean that the actor, the manager and the advance agent do not appreciate the giving and receiving of presents from their friends. But it does mean that people connected with the stage have come to. look upon the Christmas time as a season of short pay and hard work.
 It isn't generally known, but 1t is none the less true, that most actors have a clause in their contracts which calls for half pay the week before Christmas. This clause was inserted in the days when the week before Christmas really was a tough" one in the theatrical business. But nowadays there are many productions which pack the theaters to the doors the week before Christmas as we'll as any other week in the year. Nevertheless some of the managers live up to that con- tract and deduct the half weeks pay. That is one reason why actors aren't particularly merry at Christmas.
 There are other managers who make a practice of laying off their companies the week before Christmas and some of them ten days or two weeks before. In that case there is no salary at all forthcoming. That, probably, is another reason why the average actor cannot understand why Christmas is an occasion to be unduly joyful.
 It was only last year that some of the managers came to the conclusion that stage people, like other human be- ings, might like to spend some part of the Christmas holiday with their friends and relatives. Up to that year 1t had been the custom of all man. agers to give a special matinee on Christmas day. That meant, of course, that about all the actor had to do on this festive occasion was to rush to the theater almost as soon as he had acquired his regular amount of sleep, give an afternoon performance and then, if fortunate enough to have friends or relatives living in the city, to hurry through his Christmas dinner with them or leave before 1t was half over to go back to the theater to play the evening performance.
 But a few of the managers changed that last year by emitting the Christ mas matinee and giving 1t on the day following. There were other managers, however, who not only gave the Christ mas matinee, but acted on the sugges- ton of their more charitable competi- tors and gave the matinee the day aft CT too. However, this omission of the
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for the villain had just been arranging with one of his confederates to rid himself of the hero of the play by toss ing him down the aforesaid well. The villain, after the laughter subSided. ar ranged his part of the plot by cancel ing the order to have the hero tossed down the we'll and instead to have him tied to a railroad track. However, the audience refused to take the play seriously after the we'll disappeared.
 There is probably more real Christ mas sentiment in plays that have to carry children as part of the produc- tion than in any of the others. With these shows there is usually a Christ mas tree between the matinee and the evening performance in which every one joins in and makes merry.
 A hard lot is that of the actor who happens to be playing what is known as "the small time' around the holi- days. Small time" contracts call for three shows a day, and on Christmas day an extra one is usually added. A vaudeville actor on "big time prob ably has more time to appreciate Christmas-if Christmas really can be appreciated away from home-than any other because he is usually in the theater but an hour in the afternoon and an hour in the evening, and the rest of the time is his own unless the house manager has promised to ask him to go over to some club and en- certain the guests at their Christmas reception. Of course the actor doesn't have to do this, but if the manager is of any standing at all in the vaudeville world the actor usually finds it eXpe- dient to grant the request
 But the man probably who spends the lonesomest Christmas of them all is the poor advance agent-recognized on the program as business manager. advance representative or manager in advance. Unless the advance agent is close enough to his home town to jump" for Christmas he usually gets a genuine attack of the simon pure blues. True, the advance man who has been on the roaG for any length i5f time can usually be depended upon tC meet people he knows, but they are people who live in the town, and he usually finds himself dining alone when the time comes for him to eat his "Christmas dinner"
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Lou. who always gives you such a nice Christmas present?"
 Freddie crept very close and asked, "Will you please give me 5 cents"
 That would be mammals present. dear. and not yours. You saved the coppers for Aunt Lou, and if you have bought pipes with them you must give her the pipes."
 Christmas day Freddie gave the pipes to Aunt Lou. His papa laughed. His mother smiled, and a merry twin kle appeared in Aunt LOu's eyes. She caught sight of a little red, mortified face with two blue eyes brimming with tears. That was too much for Aunt Lou. Not for worlds would she add to Freddie's distress.
 Bubble pipesr' she cried jOyously. "Now. isn't that splendid? Why. bub- ble parties are all the rage now. I'll be able to give a party myself tomor- row afternoon, and you must all be sure to come"
 A little smile was beginning to dim pie around Freddie's lips, and he was blinking away the tears that had gath cred. "One's brOke." he said in little wavering voice.
 "Is it? Why, yes! And right close to the bowl, Isn't that fine? Why, lots of girls I know always curl their hair on pipestems and think they're far Nicer than curling tongs."
 After Freddie had gone to bed mann ma told papa and Aunt Lou all the story about Aunt Lou's present.
 You're darling. Lou" papa said as he kissed his sister. "I'm really ashamed of myself for laughing"
 Aunt Lou smiled. Will you come to my bubble party?" she asked.
 ''I'll do more than that" papa an swered; "I'1l buy the prize for it.
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 | Saving Up For Christmas


A well dressed man in a Market street car rendered the conductor a one dollar bill in payment for two fares and, receiving his change, care fully selected the ten cent pieces and placed them in a separate pocket. Prom the 1st of September until Christmas 1 never spend dime" he explained to his companion. Every time I get one I keep it separate from my other change, and when get home deposit my dimes in one of those savings banks that don't open until they contain $1O. I am one of a very large family addicted to the Christmas present habit, and some times I am obliged to give as many as thirty or forty gifts. By not spending my dimes I create Christmas fund without really feeling it. I have done this for several years and find it an ex- cellent plan" n."-Philadelphia Record.
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Santv and the Stork,

But, daddy, is there really, truly Santy?"
 Well, I just guess yes-a regular corker he is too."
 "Is he nice?"
 "Is be? Well, should say so! Isn't he, Mary?"
 "Humph! Very nice, as santas go but not very modest"
 "Is he handsome, daddyT
 'Oh, as handsome as a picture sparkling eyes, fine forehead, beautiful complexion-very handsome, isn't he, Mary?'
 "Henry, it's perfectly dreadful the way you deceive that child. You ought to be ashamed of yourself. You're set ting him terrible example"
 ''But, daddy, where does he live way off somewhereY'
 "Oh, yes; very, very faE"
 Away off where the stork lives?" "The stork! Who's been telling you lbout the stOrk?'
 y."-Chicago Tribune.
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Didn't Wait For the "Thank You."

John Bull, the scene painter, tells story of an occasion when he delivered some scenery for an entertainment in q lunatic asylum. He was watching his men getting the stuff in when it began to rain. A big man with pleasant smile appeared and offered to help. They got on famOusly. MT. Bull and his volunteer were just setting down the last load when an attendant arrived, caught the big man tre- mendous blow on the side of the head and sent him sprawling on his back. MT. Bull was speeches. with indigna ton at this attack, but the victim got up, smiling more than ever, and walk ed away. "You can thank your stars I've been watching you," the attend ant explained "I suppose when you had the last lot in you'd have said, Thank you: Pm much obliged We'll, that's this fellows trouble, sir. The moment you say Thank you to i'm 'e'll wiring your neck."-London Stand ard
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Mistlatoa.

It is high time that something was lone about our mistletoe literature that crops up so regularly during the holi- day season.
 It systematiZes about as follows:
 The joke about the, girl who wears a sprig of mistletoe on her head. i, The joke about the mistletoe that didn't come in time, and the girl asks (always coyly) whether they cannot get along without 1t.
 The church trimming mistletoe joke
 The sprig of mistletoe that the long lost lover on his dramatic return on Christmas eve always draws out of his pocket at the end of the story.
 The fact is that the mistletoe has now degenerated into a chestnut. It no longer serves any useful literary purpose. It should be worn only by mothers-in-law.-Harper's Weekly.
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The Seven Sets of Presents.

A IL the worlds a Christmas tree, A And all the men and women merely
 children. They have their presents and remem-
 brances, And one man in his time gets many gifts, His lot being seven series. At first the
 infant, With his feeding spoons and rattles; Then the trumpet and tin soldiers, skates
 and sleigh And fireman's helmet, and then the lover, Signing like furnace with a gaudy neck
 tie Knit by his ladys fingers. Then a hubby, Showered by his friends with socks and
 gloves And pipes that will not draw, ink wells of
 brass And fountain pens that leak, or else some
 painted China that his wife can use as well. And
 then The middle aged of fair round belly-A
 little cap To hide his shining pate. The sixth set
 sinks Into the carpet slipper game or bad ci-
 gars- A silver cutter, since his teeth are bad Last gift of all that ends this strange Eventful history is failing sight. Then they bring a magnifying glass For grandpa.
 Detroit Free Press,
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Sonos of the Balkans,

The part played by Balkan song in keeping fresh the hatred of the Chris tians against the Turks in the benin sula has been very great. Popular poetry in the Balkans has ended by creating one unique hero, Marka Kral- jevitch. He is great warrior, com bining in his own person the most not able qualities of William Tell, the Gid, Don QuixOte and PantagrueI. He is continually deceiving the Turk by all manner of disreputable stratagems and always justifies the means by success. Marka is a great feudal lord, and he spends his time in challenging Turks to single combat. Hero-like, his suc- cesses are prodigiOus.
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AUNTLOU'S GsFUNNY31 s QPRESENpO


 Lou and had been saving up
 his pennies to buy her a Christ
 mas present. He had five when he climbed into his mothers lap to consult as to how the money should be invested. After the eonference it was agreed that Aunt Lou's present should be a rose.
 The florists was only five blocks down the street. In front of the little ed corner grocery store stood Robbie, Freddie's chum, studying the wonder ful things in the window.
 ''Hello.' said Freddie. Have you got a cOpper?"
 Robbie displayed two, and Freddie asked what he was going to buy" Don't know. Come on; let's go in," said Robbie.
 On the counter was box of white clay pipes with funny faces on them Boobies bright eyes spied them at once. How much is the bubble pipes?" he asked.
 Just cent" said the man behind the counter.
 Robbie bought one. and Freddie lin gered at the box. He asked, How many would five coppers buy?" ''Six." Freddie bought six. Freddie returned home, and mamma looked up from her sewing and asked, "Did you get it?"
 Six. mamma, six beautiful Onesr' he cried excitedly.
 'Why. Freddie. you couldn't get six for cents," said his mother. 'Yes, I did" said the little boy "Just look herer'
 'Why, Freddie, they're pipes, and Aunt Lou doesn't want pipes. Where is the rose?'
 Freddie stood before her, speeches.. He had forgotten the rose-forgotten
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all about Aunt Lou's Christmas pres ent! He was a very little boy, but not too little to be ashamed.
 Did you spend all of your coppers?' mamma asked gently, and Freddie nodded his head and gulped.
 "I don't think Aunt Lou will like pipes quite as we'll as a rose, do youT mamma asked. Never mind, dear; wrap up the pipes for her."
 But Aunt Lou doesn't want pipes," Freddie said chokingly.
 Didn't you buy them for Aunt Lou, dear?" mamma asked.
 ''They are for me-" said Freddie in a low voice. "And what have Eou got for Aunt
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What We Want Daily.

Protein to make blood and muscle. bone and brain and corresponding quantities of fat, starch and sugar and serve as a fuel to provide warmth and give strength for the body. The pro- tein is found in lean meats, fish, eggs . cheese, gluten of flour and in beans and peas and the like.
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Quite Safe,

'So he accepted job like that, did he? Well, I did not know that a man of his standing would accept such dirty money" ,'e~
 "Oh, he washed his hands with an antiseptic solution before he took the fee."-Baltimore American. v
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How It Aappened,

"A letter addressed to me and mark ed Personal came to my house yester- day, and my wife didn't open it."
 "How do you account for it?"
 "She was out of town attending the wedding of one of her cousins. .'-Chi- cago Record-Herald
The Press., 1913-12-24

Hope is a Hatterer, but the most up right of all parasites. for she frequents the poor mans hut as we'll as the pal ace of hls uperiors.-Shenstone
The Press., 1913-12-24
Murder In Germany.

Germany distinguishes between two kinds of murder. One, premeditated and intentional, is punishable by death; the second, intentional homicide with out deliberation, is punishable by penal servitude for from five to fifteen years. Dueling in Germany is a misdemeanor of a special kind. Who kills his oppo, nent in a duel is not charged with murder or manslaughter, but with dueling, the punishment for which ii detention in fortress for fifteen years London Chronicle.
The Press., 1913-12-24
One May to ObeN.

Her Dearest Friend-Do you really obey Cha. py? Mrs. Newlywed-Cer- tainly. He tells me to please myself. and always do Judge.
The Press., 1913-12-24
ORIGIN OF CHRISTMAS CARDS.
First One Was Designed Nearly Sew
 enty Years Aqo.

The Christmas card as we know it has an origin easily traceable, and it is now not quite seventy years ago since the first was designed.
 The artist who claimed to be it's originator and who was at any rate the first to see it's possibilities was w c. T. DObsOn, R. A., an Englishman who when quite young man in 1S44 was prompted at Christmas to make a little sketch symbolic of the seasons joys and festivities and to send it to friend. It seemed to give great pleasure, and the next year MT. Dob son determined to follow up the idea on a larger scale and by having his card Autographed was enabled to send copies to twenty-five or thirty friends.
 The delight with which they were re- ceived was so great that MT. Dobson was quick to perceive that he had found out a new pleasure for Christ maH
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An Easy Matter,

"I want a man of deeds for my hus- band" Why not marry a real estate dealer r?'-Raltimore American.
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Lovers purses are tied with cobwebs. italian PrOveHb
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the "heavy rock walled wefl'' behind him.
 This action on the part of the dog critic-actor disturbed things generally.
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TNHAT little verse, paraphrased from one familiar to soldiers,
 just about sums up the real
 Christmas sentiment existing
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-29
To Men Who Want
Larger Sales

This invitation should prove re-
sistless to men really seeking
light. To men who are not con-
tent.
We ask you to spend one hour
in your office with a master
of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. With
a man of ideas. A man who holds
the highest honors this field has
to offer.
He has lived for years in this
vortex of advertising. He has
stood with the pilots in countless
vast undertakings. His tutors
have been the successful.
He has sat in a thousand coun-
ellis with the ablest men in BUSH
mess. And few are the selling
problems which he hasn't helped
ia salye.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-29
MEXICAN SENTENCED
FOR SHOPLIFTING
Jose Perer Gets Sixty Days for Taking
Pocket Book and Toilet Set
From Drug Store.

Jose Perez, a young Mexican, was
sentenced to thirty days on each Of
two charges against him in the super
Tor court this morning. The sentence
may be suspended on the payment of
fines Of IS and costs in each case.
Perer did a little shoplifting Satur-
day afternoon and was arrested by
Chief kenney and officer Wilson that
night. From the Kiedaisch and Son
drug store, 1923 Main street, Perer
carried away travelling toilet set
valued at SIS. He also made away with
a ladies pocket book. valued at 81
from the City Drug store at Seventh
and Main streets.
Perer pawned the toilet set for 81,
and attempted to sell the pocket book
at a barber shop. The man was sus-
pected and the police notified. Investi-
cation showed where the goods had
been taken from and the man was ar
rested. The goods were returned to
the owners.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-29
RAMPOLLA'S WILL
CANNOT BE FOUND
Property will Go to His Sister, Bar
oness Perrona Instead of
to Church.

limited Press Leased Wire service.l
ROME, Dec. 29-The authorities
say they have abandoned hope of find
ing the latest will of the late Car
dinal Rampolla and announced that
they would today offer for probate
the will dated 1889, the only tesla
ment of the dead cardinSi that has
been discovered.
This will is said to create the car
dinal's sister, Baroness Perrona, hts
sole heir. The police said they would
tomorrow unseal the apartments OF
the cardinal and give them into the
possession of his sister Since the
death of the cardinal and the discov.
cry that his will was missing, his
house has been sealed anG guarded.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-29

monopolize the business OF carrying
parcels. The first years experience
has proven conclusively the wisdom of
congress when it adopted the parcel
post feature, and no measure since
the day when the travelling postal
clerk was placed on the cars has met
with greater approval by the people.
In spite of the enormous quantity OF
mail that was handled during the
Christmas season and the lack of any
presidents by which arrangements
could be figured, the transportation
and delivery service was practically
perfect
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-29
The Men Ne Send

On calls of this kind we don't
send solicitors. We send the ac-
tual result-getters che men who
are masters of what you seek to do.
We have here a corpr of the
ablest men in advertising. There
are nine men on our payroll
whose aggregate salary is $227, 1000
per year. They have won these
places through rare success due
to unique ability.
We send one mar, or two men,
as the case requires. And always
the man best fitted for the prob
lens we expect.
We shall send a man who has won
success in lines analogous to yours.
Inlines you have watched, perhaps.
And, if you don't compete, he will
gladly explain the methods which
made them successful.
Appoint the hour, and tell us
where to meet you. We shall do
our best to make you glad you
asked the man 60 come.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-29
Get His Ideas

Us effort will be to make this
hour one that you'll never forget.
Submit yoar problems to him.
Learn how other men have met
them. Tell him your aims and
your difficulties. Ask him to pass
on your possibilities.
Show him the roads you are
following. Ask where they prob
ably lead. Let him throw the
light of boundless experience into
any spots that are dark to you.
Draw him out. Measure him
up. Purloin all the ideas that
you can from him. He will count
you welcome to the best he has
to give.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-29
Horsepower.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.-1t's not
beauty or brains that count with the
girls who are printers assistants in
the big government bureau of printing
and engraving. Horsepower is what
the government wants.
And that's what the investigation of
physical requirements now under way
is seeking to determine, how much
horsepower must girl possess to get
away with the job of printers assist
ant. Director Ralph has experts puz.
zling over this problem and when
the solution is at hand the girls will
be selected like machines.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-29
New Rates Established.

FOR delivery anywhere else in the
hrst and second zones the rates are
i've cents for the first pound and
one cent for each additional pound,
making fifty pound package for
these zones cost fifty-four cents.
For delivery in the remaining part
OF the United States or any of the
island possessions, the rates will be
as follows, twenty pound package
being the largest that can be mailed
to these distances:
Third zone: Six cents for the first
pound and two cents for each addi-
tional pound
Fourth zone: Seven cents for the
first pound and four cents for each ad-
ditional pound
Fifth zone: Eight cents for the
first pound and six cents for each ad.
ditional pound.
Sixth zone: Nine cents FOR the first
sound and eight cents for each addi-
tional pound.
Seventh zone: Eleven cents for
the first pound and ten cents for
each additional pound.
Eighth zone: Twelve cents for the
first pound and twelve cents for each
additional pound.
The only fiat rate for merchandise
articles, regardless OF distance, is that
which applies for small, light parcels
This rate remains the same as 1t al
ways has been and provides that q
package weighing four ounces or less
will be carried to any point in the
United States at the rate 81 one cent
an ounce.
These charges do not apply te
books, which are still included in THIRD
class matter and require a postage
rate of one cent for each two ounces
regardless of distance. The book
rate will be changed March 16, 1914
after which they will be classed as
parcel post mail, but until then they
must be prepaid at the old rate.
To the careful observer it looks a,
if the days of the private expires:
companies are numbered and tina
within few years Uncle Sam viii