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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-12-20

WIDOW FORCED TO STAND FOR
TRUST PAPERS BULLYING
The methods by which the trust
newspapers keep their inflated cir
culation is well illustrated by the case
of Mrs. Belpedia.
CHRISTINA Belpedia lives at 719 De-
Koven street, is a poor widow with
two small children, and the proprie-
tor of little news stand at the cor
ner Of Dearborn and Randolph
streets. - II
She purchased this stand two years
ago, paid 5000 for it, and has a per-
NIT from the city for the corner. I
The Record Herald left more
papers than were ordered and when
John Fundy, the boy in charge for
Mrs. Belpedia, refused to pay for the
papers he had not ordered, they
threatened to get his job, according
to Fundy.
1t was only matter of 6 cents,
a small sum, perhaps, but consider
able to the widow and her children.
The trust newspapers work hand
in hand. The Daily News took up
the fight. -...
The other night when Fundy was
getting ready to quit, the News driver
arrived. He wanted Fundy to take
so papers.
when 1 refused" says Fundy, che
threatened to get even. l could not
take the papers. If had stayed all
night l could not sell them.
Yesterday the News representa-
tiyes drove Fundy away and put one
of their own men in charge of the
stand.
Mrs. Belpedia ran to the Daily
News and asked them what they
meant.
you must discharge Fundy," Mrs.
Belpedia's son says they told him,
land take as many papers as the
driver wishes to leave, or we viii
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-12-20

A dignified country clergyman, re-
turning to his parish after a holiday,
noticed woman at her cottage door
with baby in her arms and asked if
the baby had been baptized. "Well,
sir" replied the mother deferentiaHy,
81 shouldn't like to say as much as
that, but your young curate came and
did what he could?'
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-12-20

HoI WduI, 10 DOOSL the NEWS ClICuId"
ton.
TRIBUTE TO THE TELEPHONE
BY Celeste M. KoehIer.
The telephone! What a factor in
our every day life, and what neces-
sity. in our struggle for success.
Buried beneath the streets of our
metropolitan cities are thousands of
cables, the component wires of which
are daily carrying their messages of
sadness and good cheer. These slen-
der metal strings bind the business
interests together and create closer
relation between man and man.
They carry announcements of
deaths and new arrivals to the fam
lily; they tell of gigantic undertakings
and weak experiences; of contests
won and battles lost. We gaze at the
little instrument on our desk with
mingled feelings of pleasure and pain.
We remember when it conveyed to
us the information that our UNDER
takings had been successful; we also
regard it with feelings of resentment
because it told US of reverses and dis
appointments
Yes, the telephone cheers the heart
and makes it sad. It has told us of
rising markets and of panicky mo-
ments on the stock exchanges. 1t
has conveyed to us the childish pratt
tie of voices which now are stilled.
In our mad rush for the almighty
dollar those little interruptions some
times annoyed us, but the gold of
kings could not buy the instrument
today if it could again assume the
same attributes of personality and
pour into our ears that plaintiVe ap-
peal: Papa, please tum home"
--O--O- .-..
A dignified country clergyman, re-
4 L
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-06-24
THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY.

Resolved, That / will not be the
slave of any habit, good or bad, that
l will be master of my own soul,
dictator of my own conduct, that L
will not permit environment or as
sociation to influence me against the
dictates of my better self; that l
will keep my heart free, ready to re-
spond to the calls of need; that l
will keep my body clean, since it is
the temple of the Divine Spirit; that
l will make a covenant with my eyes,
and close the shutters when they
would look out upon a questionable
sight; that 1 will cultivate my mind,
and make it a storehouse for wis
dom; that ! will respond to the calls
of conscience and duty; in short,
since my Creator made me in his own
image, l will strive to maintain and
perfect the likeness, that I may bet
ter serve my country and my fellow
men.-Josephus Daniels.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-06-24
TO PREVENT WASTE OF EGGS.

Conservation of eggs in transit
is a problem whose solution the bur-
eau of chemistry of the United States
department of agriculture is seek
ing.
The waste of eggs through break
age in transit is enormous. Of the
127,6S9,600 dozen of eggs which
were shipped into the city of New
York in a recent year, 100000
dozens were cracked, and of these a
large percentage was unfit for use.
The egg supply of large cities, and
particularly that of New York, has
to come from a long distance, be-
cause the whole egg product of the
middle Atlantic States is not enough
to supply that city. For the eastern
coast cities, the distant corn districts
are practically the sole source " of
supply. Hens do not have to scratch
so hard for a living in the corn fields
as they do where grain is scarce.
Increasing consumption of eggs adds
to the distance from which eggs must
come, and makes the safe shipment
of this valuable food product more
and more essential.
The situation is growing acute, be-
cause the railroads are claiming that
their damage losses are such as to
make the carrying of eggs an un-
profitable commercial proposition.
The shippers and consignees have
large sums of money tied up in
claims and litigation with the roads.
If the department of agriculture sue
ceeds, as it hopes to do, in devising
a successful method of shipping eggs,
it will contribute Importantly to the
poultry industry, which produces
each year food worth half a million
dollars
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-06-24
A STERLING CHARACTER.

Percival w. Bentley, who was
buried today, was magnificent type
of American manhood. He was not
a wealthy man as wealth is now con-
sidered, nor was he famous beyond
the circle of those who knew and
valued his sterling qualities. Most
of these were in his home city,
where he resided for the last forty
five years of his life. A native of
Susquehanna county, he belonged to
that sturdy generation of Northern
Pennsylvania men who came to this
city in the sixties and earlier to seek
their fortunes. 1t was given to Mr..
Bentley to turn to the science and
mystery of compounding the medi-
cines of the community. For many
years he was engaged as druggist.
His name was a synonym of honesty
in business and rectitude of personal
conduct. 1t is something to be said
of a man that none Of his fellow men
ever spoke evil of him; yet precisely
this was said of Mr.. Bentley when
the telegraph brought to the city
news that he had died. 1t is some
thing to say of a man that he never
spoke evil of any one. No man ever
heard Percival w. Bentley give way
to caustic criticism. AS to those
whom he could not praise he was
silent and men respected his silence.
There is grandeur about such char
acter. No man ever died who was
more sincerely mourned in Williams
port than the good gray figure laid
to rest in Wildwood to-day. He
typified the life of the upright Amer
ican citizen, the thoroughly honest
man, the good neighbor, the loyal
friend, the loving husband and faith
er. He was liberal in his givings to
causes that appealed to him. His
friends regarded him at times as too
liberal. But his reward is a place
in the hearts of his fellow townsmen
that only generous and unselfish men
have.-Williamsport Sun and News.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-06-24
TUESDAY, JUNE "a, 1913.

and a league with hell" gave more
trouble and concern to the wise and
conservative Lincoln than did the
armies of the South.
Enthusiasm and aggressiveness are
commendable qualities if rightly di-
rected, but enlisted in the service
of a mistaken cause they are produc-
tive of no good results.
To all that is worth while in the
principles of the Progressive party
the Republican party stands pledged
and to vastly more. 1t is not con-
ceivable therefore that the exuber-
ance of youth and enthusiasm dis
played by our Progressive friends
will lead thinking men away from
the consideration of questions that
vitally affect the welfare of the ma
ton, into the thoughtless adoption
of a propaganda that is unnecessary
where it is not unwise.
In the meantime the Citizen con-
graduates the Progressive ban
queters on their enjoyment Of an en-
thusiastic evening.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-06-24
MANY NEW ACTS WITH
ROBBINS CIRCUS THIS YEAR.

The Frank A. Robbins All Feat
ure Show, one of the best known cir
cuses on the road to-day, having
been under the same management for
thirty-two years, will visit Honesdale
this year on Thursday, July 3. Fol-
lowing his usual custom Mr.. Robbins
has secured the country for the best
available acts, and will have a num-
ber of stars of the circus world with
him when he comes here. Hillary
Long, who walks down stairs on his
head, and does other equally differ
ent stunts while upside down, swing
ing in a trapeze; the Carreas, two
of most graceful and best bareback
riders of the country; Oscar Bensch-
lin and his troupe of aerilists; the
Morey family; The Cevene troupe, a
groupe of wire walkers, who have
just returned from triumphant
tour of South America; The Icons,
Herbert Brothers, a trio of acrobats
with few equals, make list of stars
which briefly tells of the real at
fractions of the show. There will be
a score or more of fun provoking
clowns, a number of fine animal acts,
a splendid menagerie, greatly en-
larged this year, and other attrac-
tions to entertain the spectators. The
show gives two performances daily,
one at two o'clock, and the other at
eight. Doors open one hour earlier,
and a band concert proceeds each
regular show.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-06-24
SAVING MONEY FOR THE TOWN.

There is not taxpayer in the bor-
ough that wants to see money spent
foolishly or unwisely. However, the
town has been doing this very same
thing for several years. In what
manner, the reader may ask? 1t is
just this. The borough has annually
purchased thousands of tons of
cracked stone and placed them prin-
cipally upon Main street. Within a
year the bill for crushed stone has
amounted to over $4,000. With the
borough's proportion for paving fix
ed at $4,000, how long would it
take to pay off the bond issue? The
stones are crushed into dust and
when it rains the dust becomes
sticky, mucky mud, nothing else. 1t
is then scraped up and carted away.
Year after year this has been the
routine work on Honesdale's thor
oughfare. How long is it to be con-
tinued? The only way to save
money for the town is to pave Main
street. Do it. Election will be held
July II. -a--s..
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-06-24

A large mems furnishing store in
Chicago advertised a special sale of
four-in-hand ties-regular fifty cent
quality at three for dollar, as its
big leader for Saturday.
Before noon the neckwear depart
ment looked like it had been struck
by storm. The aisles were jammed
with people and the manager of the
department was gleefully estimating
the volume of the days business
when the proprietor appeared.
The proprietor was young man
of the same metal that Marshall
Fields and John Wanamaker are
made of. He noted that the people
were buying ties BUT NOTHING
ELSE. "Why is this?" he demand
ed. "Why aren't these people sent
to othe" departments where we have
as many good values?"
The manager replied that this was
a conservative store and he thought
it would be undignified to have his
salespeople go out of their own de-
partment or even suggest that his
customers visit other departments.
There's nothing undignified about
it, retorted the owner. Most of these
people are receiving in exchange
two to ten times the amount of their
gain hunters or they would not be
here today. All of them will soon
need other things we sell.
81 fail to see why it would be un-
dignitied or violation of good mer-
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-06-24
THE INCOME TAX.

AS reported to the Democratic
caucus of the Senate the minimum
exemption in the income tax will be
$4,000 instead of $4,000. A step in
the right direction, but by no means
far enough.
A fair and honest income tax
strikes at a uniform rate every in
come on which it is worth collect
ing.
The English limit of exemption is
$500. In most Europeon countries
it is a great deal lower. The mini
mum limit should not be more than
$1,000 at the most.
The Democrats are not prepared
for square income tax. They treat
it as a fine on wealth rather than as
source of revenue; and some of
them, like Palmer of Pennsylvania,
have the honesty to confess that
they don't dare to lower the exemp-
ton lest the voters arise and kick
them out.
So they lay a political income tax
not one according to sound econo-
mic principles or their own boasted
love for equality of rights and privi-
leges.
They propose to give to a few
hundred thousand persons the special
privilege of paying the tax. Never
mind. The extravaganza of Con-
gress, if nothing else, will compel in
no distant time the lowering of the
exemption. And the more peoples
pockets the Government pokes it's
fingers into the more people will be
reused by that extravaganza and
eager to stop it.-N. Y. Sun.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-06-24
SUNSHINE.

If you are undecided as to what
business to go into-go into the Sun
shine business. 1t pays big profits.
You know how physical Sunshine af-
fects you-how it makes your day
pleasant and cheerful and puts
health, zest and vigor into your
system.
Sunshine in your soul-Sunshine
in your heart and Sunshine in your
face is of an infinitely higher order
because you can take it into the
darkest corners of your day and
there will be light.
Sunshine is thing made up with
in us. 1t cannot be bought and it
cannot help but be in you in greater
quantities if you eliminate from
your thinking and from your work
ing the things that shut off Sum
shine-anger, regret for things that
can't be helped, wrong viewpoints.
worry, hatred, envy, jealousies. Get
these things out of your system
give the Sunshine chance and your
value to yourself and other people
will grow and grow.
Go into the Sunshine business
George Matthew Adams.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-06-24
~ SNAPPY LITTLE BUSINESS STORIES. ~
This Spa Every Tuesday.
"Heart to Heart Talks About Advertising"
Watch This Spa ce Every Tuesday.
By Roy B. Simpson.
copyrighted 1911 by R. B. Simpson,

chandising to have your saIespeopIe
suggest visit to other departments.
What about our new stock of gloves
for Fall? Aren't our new line of
hats and our large assortment of
Fall overcoats worth talking about?
Here within twenty feet of you is
the best lot of shirts we have ever
shown-a line at dollar that can
not be duplicated in this city and
your salespeople haven't said a word
about them.
'All these goods are here to sell,
Mr.. Blank. We are not advertising
the whole store for the exclusive
benefit of your department. Don't
ignore the power of suggestion but
train your people to give hints that
will send customers to other depart
ments.
During rush like this sugges-
tions can be made quietly, quickly
and discreetly. When business is
normal more care and better judg-
ment will prevail. Get acquainted
with your customers and YOU will
make them customers for the whole
store"
This splendid plan to increase the
efficiency of store advertising was
put into practical use in all the de-
partments and the customers liked
it.
And it changed the employees of
that store from mere slot machines
into real salesmen.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-06-24
THE PROGRESSIVE BANQUET.

So far as numbers and enthusiasm
were concerned the Progressive ban
uet at Scranton on Friday evening
last appears to have been very much
of a success. Whether the cause of
good government was advanced by it
is not so clear. The burden of the
speeches was that certain of the
common people are being deprived
of their personal rights, which rights
it requires a political revolution to
restore. No mention appears to have
been made of the great economic
questions of the day, on the proper
settlement of which rests the stabil-
ity of this government and the pros
perity of it's citizens. 1t appears to
be outside the purpose of the Pro-
gressive leaders to discuss the tariff,
the currency, our foreign relations
and a dozen other great subjects
which confront the people and which
the present administration at Wash
ington is struggling to solve. The
subjects which these leaders do dis
cuss and over which they become
enthusiastic and vehement are those
concerning which there is little or no
contention by any party or by the
bulk of the people. No one seeks to
deny to working men or to women or
children their respective rights. The
great body of laws on our statute
books today, enacted for their pro-
lection, were placed there by the old
parties. And inasmuch as the work.
ing men of this country make up the
bulk of the two old parties it may
reasonably be supposed that the in
terests of their wives and children
will be as carefully guarded in their
bands as in the hands of such mil
lionaire representatives of the new
party as William Finn, Clifford Pin
chot and Thomas Robins. 1t may
also be taken for granted that the
men of the old parties will be as
ready as the Progressives to confer
the right of suffrage on their wives
and mothers and daughters when
ever the welfare of the women and
the state requires it. The new par
ty becomes distinct from the old only
by tacking on to its commendable
features such excresences as the re-
call of judges and of judicial decis-
ions, and certain other extravagant
and harmful theories advocated by
the radicals among them. 1t was
thus in the years preceding the Civil
war that the anti-slavery crusade
was hindered and handicapped by
such extreme advocates as Garrison,
Wendell Phillips and John Brown.
Such radicals as these, who declared
that the constitution of the United
States was "a covenant with death
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-06-24
Death of Mrs. j. V. Blake.

Jane James, widow of John V.
Blake, of Bethany, died at the home
of her niece, Mrs. Casterton, in Ra-
cine, Wis, on June 10, aged 80
years. Death was caused by paraly-
sis. The remains were brought east
for the funeral. Interment was
made on Saturday at Hamlin, her re-
quest being that she be laid beside
the remains of her parents. Mrs.
Blake is survived by the following
step-children: A. o. Blake, G. o.
Blake and Benjamin Blake, all of
Bethany Two brothers and two
sisters also survive, namely, Mrs.
John Fitze, of Westboro, Wis; Mrs.
G. c. Palmer, of Milton, Va; Henry
James, of Milwaukee, Wis, and Fred
James, of Binghamton, N. Y. The
late John P. James of this place was
a brother of the deceased.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-06-24
COST OF GOING TO COLLEGE.

A statistician at Yale has figured
that the cost of a four-year course at
college should be about $4,370, di-
vided as follows: Freshman year,
$1,000; sophomore year, $1,052;
junior year, S1,136; senior year. ST.
162.
By way of comment on these fig
ures, the Christian Science Monitor
remarks:
GAS a matter of fact, there are
thousands of young men who support
themselves while at college, and
throughout every section of the
United States this feat is not only
possible but feasible"
We might add that in addition to
being feasible, it is also desirable. A
college student who supports himself
will overcome the only possible OBJ
lection to a college education, name
ly, that it teaches young man how
to spend someone else's money, rath-
er than how to make and save mon
ey for himself.
You will observe that the Yale
statistician counts on the average
student spending a little more each
year. If he were supporting himself
the figures would probably be the
other way about, and the student
would be the better for it.
The more you spend on a college
student, the less you give him.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-06-24
LIBERTY BELL MAY
BE SENT TO COAST.

Pleading that the school children
of the west should be given an op-
portunity of seeing the liberty bell,
nine young women teachers from the
States of Oregon, Washington and
Idaho, called on Mayor Blankenburg
and Philadelphia councils in an ef-
fort to secure the transportation of
the relic to the Panama-Pacific Ex-
position in 1915. Mayor Blanken-
burg Informed them that he favored
the sending OF the bell but said the
question would have to be decided
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-06-24
Funeral of PercivaI w. Bentley.

The funeral of Percival w. Bent
ley of Williamsport, who died at the
home of his niece, Mrs. Loring Gale,
on-the-Hudson, Monday,
June 10th, was held last Wednesday
morning. The body was taken to
Wildwood for burial in the family
plot. Services were conducted at
the Central Presbyterian church and
were very simple.
Mr.. Bentley was prominent in
church work. He was the senior
elder of the Central Presbyterian
church, and was ordained an elder of
the Third Presbyterian church, Will
Transport, on May 81, 1863.
Mr.. Bentley was native of Mont
rose, Susquehanna county. He was
born April s, 1S45. His father was
Benjamin Stuart Bentley, who be-
came a common pleas judge of Ly-
coming county after his removal to
Williamsport, being one of the two
Republican judges in the history of
the county, as separate judicial dis
trict.
After the Bentleys removed to
Williamsport, P. w. Bentley became
a druggist, and was in partnership
with Edward w. Smith from 1886 to
1899, after which time the business
was conducted by Mr.. Smith.
In the latter years of his life Mr.
Bentley was engaged in the insur-
ance business.
The only members of Mr.. Bent
ley's immediate family are his wild
ow, and one daughter, Miss Heller
Bentley.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-06-24
Continued Tuesday,
Read Every TaIk.-.It'S Worth While.

falling signs and loose bricks blown
from chimneys.
For two minutes before the ar
rival of the rain, the wind blew with
a velocity of fifty-nine miles an hour,
the greatest velocity recorded by the
weather bureau since 1889.
The rain was welcome to farmers
in this section of the state. 1t saw
ed farm produce and did millions
of dollars worth of good.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-06-24
Lewis A. Lybolt Dead.

Lewis A. Lybolt, a veteran Of the
Civil war, and a life long resident
of Damascus township, died at his
late home at Ferndale on Saturday,
June 81, after a long illness. The
funeral was held on Tuesday, June
"a, from his late home. Interment
was made in Calkins cemetery. The
services will be in charge of Captain
James Ham Post, G. A. r. of Homes
dale. A more extended notice and
history of the life of deceased will
be given in a later issue.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-06-24
WIND AND RAIN SWEEP
OVER PENNSYLVANIA,

An unusual thunderstorm preced-
ed by wind of great velocity and ac-
companied by a tremendous down
pour of rain visited Philadelphia for
a few minutes Friday night after in
fiicting death and destruction to
property throughout Eastern Penn
sylvania. Wire service for several
hours was practically at a standstill.
Considerable damage was also done
in Southern New Jersey and Della
ware.
Paul Smith, IA years old, was
blown off cherry tree in Pottsville
and instantly killed.
In Philadelphia the greatest dam
age was done in the northeastern
section where trolley wires were
blown down in many sections and a
number of people were injured by
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-06-24
OBITUARY.
Death of Lucy Bodie.

Lucy Bodie died from a par
alytic stroke at her late home on
Blandin Flats early Thursday morn
ing. She was forty-eight years old
and is survived by aged parents, two
brothers, Howard and Ruben Bodie,
in town; two sisters, Mrs. Geo. Con.
nor, of New York, and Mrs. Alex
Lille, of Forest City. Funeral was
held Sunday afternoon from the
house, with interment in Glen Dy-
berry cemetery. Rev. Jesse Hermann
officiated.