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The San Francisco call., 1913-07-20
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IA Great Mixer" Is All Right if Products Of In
He Is the Right Kind Of Mixer ventors' Genius

Machinery for inserting bristles IN
brushes has been patented by Califor'
nian.
Apparatus producing smoke BY oesshsa
ical means has been invented for te"
ing plumbing for leaks.
Electrically operated needles ano
brushes have been invented to MAKE
tattooing more simple and rapid.
A paper cap for a milk bottle that
can be washed and used repeatedly has
been patented by a Pennsylvania.
Maine inventors apple corer elects
the core from the cutting tube with
spring as 1t Is withdrawn from the
fruit
A machine to record the undulations
of the bottom of a channel as q vessel
passes over it has been invented in Ar
gentina.
A New York inventor claims to get
more useful heat from a gas stove than
ordinarily by inclosing the burners with
cone shaped drums.
A muffier which costs only per cent
of the power, but effectively silences
the engines, is working well on Frencn
military aeroplanes.
A new English mine rescue ap-
paratus does away with the helmet and
weighs only % pounds, yet with 1t
man can work in deadly gases more
than five hours.
For frightening burglars there has
been Invented a iashlight that re-
sembles a magazine pistol, but which
shoots a ray Of light when the trigger
is pulled.
High speed telegraph apparatus in
vented by a Hungarian utflizes key
board like a typewriter for sending and
reproduces the messages in letters like
ordinary handwriting.
For dressmakers and taflors there
has been invented a gauge to hold ma
terial for sewing, ripping, ironing and
many other purposes, leaving its users
hands free.
Two Michigan inventors have econo-
mized with floor space by mounting the
third burner Of a gas range above the
other two instead of having all three
at the same level.
A new electrical tool for removing
scale from boilers, an English inven-
ton, delivers 5000 hammering and
tearing strokes against surface to be
cleaned every minute.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-20
FOR PIMPLES AND BLACKHEADS

The following is . most effective and eco
nomical treatment: Gently smear the az
fected parts with Cuticura Ointment On tho
end Of the finger, but do not rub. Wash of;
the Cuticura Ointment in ave minutes With
Cuticura Soap and hot water and continue
bathing for some minutes. This treatmens
Is best on rising and retiring. At other
times use Cuticura Soap freely for the toilet
and bath. to Assist in preventing infamma-
tion. irritation and clogging Of tho pores
Sold throughout the world. Sample Of each
mailed free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuticura, Dept. T, Boston"
AEMen who shave and shampoo with Gu
ticura Soap will nndi best for skin and scalp
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-20

realize that two-thirds of the persons
who keep their money in this bank can
neither read nor write? / make out
their checks for them when they desire
to draw money. Many Of them can
not count, an1 1t is only to My integrity
that .hey owe the fact that their bal
ances are kept straight here.
"I am sort of lawyer for them. too.
I pass on all their little matters of
dealing or trading I look over their
deeds for them; / advise them; I see
that they are not cheated / am con-
tinually kept In the position where I
might thieve right and left without any
one being able to prove 1t against me.
The president of the bank knows
this and he pays me a salary accord
ingly. That is one reason why I do
not care to go to the city"
New one on me-" said the travelling
man, as he walked away.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-20
Country Banker Manof Resource;
Customers Adviser and Friend
By c. r. COOPER

THE travelling man laid hand on
the tellers wicket in the small
bank TT seems to me you fell
lows would want to leave here and get
to a big town, where you could learn
something"
Talking about banking?" The teller
asked.
Sure"
"You have the same idea that most
persons have" the teller said, that a
country bank teller is a sort of jani-
tor; but if you make a few investiga-
tions you will find he knows a good
deal more about the banking business
and that he has a lot more tact and
resourcefulness than the usual city
man.
More than that, I must have more
honesty, because my integrity is put to
greater test. For instance, did you
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-20
Health Demanded Outdoor Job;
Gordon Makes Systematic Hunt
By FRANK H. WILLIAMS

TAI HAT kind Of a job is open to a
NV man whose health demands that
he secure outside employment or
quit work entirely?
This was the problem that confront
cd Homer Gordon. Gordon was a book
keeper. so naturally he tackled the
problem systematically. and in work
ing out the solution he discovered a
number Of extremely interesting facts.
There must be plenty of outdoor
Jobs" he declared Every time I go
on the streets 7 meet hundreds and
thousands Of busy men whose bronzed
faces and excellent health indicate they
are working at the kind of jobs want.
What are they doing, and how did they
set their jobs?"
This question sent Gordon off on an
unusual train of thought Why not ask
these men?
"Tm chauffeur and I'm laying off
for the day." was the first answer that
Gordon secured.
I'm a shipping clerk. and I've just
been to. my aunt's funeral" was his
second answer.
After securing several answers like
the last Gordon determined to confine
his questions to only such men as were
tanned by the sun, as he figured that
these men would certainly have outside
employment, while the others would
most likely be Office men taking a day
off or men whose work allowed them
to get out only occasionally. This cut
down the number of men to be inter-
viewed by more than a half
I'm the fOreman<of line gang for
a telephone company" was the first an
swer secured by Gordon under the new
plan, "and I got my job by just stick
ing to the work, that's all I was first
a helper and then a lineman and now
a foreman"
I'm a real estate dealer" said an
other
I'm in the insurance business" said
still another.
SELECTING FROM LIST
Possibly because the latter believed
that Gordon might prove to be a GUS
toner, the insurance man took a great
deal of interest in what Gordon was
doing, to Gordon's great pleasure.
III tell you better plan than the
one you're following" said this insur-
ance man. L sell accident insurance.
You probably know that there are
different rates for accident insurance
for different occupations. These rates
are all made by the company for agents
and so we can know what kind of a
rate to apply to each individual IL
@''rstshnS llS With a book In which all
tha various occupa tions are classified
alphabetically and opposite which ap-
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-20

pears the rate each occupation takes.
Now you take this book and go through
It from accountant to 'acetylene gas
plant manager to 'yardmaster' and
'yardmaster's assistant and I'll war
rant you'll find any number of outdoor
jobs you can get with comparatively
little trouble"
Gordon took the book. thanked the
insurance man. and on a nearby park
seat began to find out just how many
various occupations there are in which
a man can engage
He found listed in the book 3,6t0 He
found that about fifth of the occupa-
or of such character man must
spend only a comparatively short time
indoors.
Gordon went through the book care
fully from beginning to end. listing
all the jobs that would permit him
to spend the greater part OF his time
in the outdoors. When his list was
completed he found he had about $50
jobs named
"The next thing" said Gordon. 'fs
to go over these jobs and find which
ones am most fitted for"
Z X x
PROPOSAL FROM INSURANCE MAN
Did you find something to do?"
questioned the insurance man, after
Gordon had rendered him the book.
Yes" said Gordon. I'm going into
the real estate business. I have all the
qualifications for it. I'm a ready
talker, l meet people easily and / can
get into the real estate business with
out much preliminary preparation. I
can go from house to house asking
people If they want me to sell their
homes for them until / find some one
TO place their sale in my hands Then
1 can reverse the process until I get
buyer. In that way I'll get started
Almost any other occupation of an
outdoor nature would require a lot of
preliminary training and would mean
that / would have a boss over me. It's
real estate for me, I guess"
NO, 1t isn't" said the insurance
man. It's insurance for you. I'm
gong TO put you to selling insurance
for a couple Of new companies that I'm
taking on, and when the business you
turn In equals the business l get we'll
go into partnership. In the meantime
you have all the commissions from
your business. 1t won't be long until
we are in partnership, either. ANY
man who has the nerve to stop all the
men on the street and ask them what
they're doing and how thev got their
jobs and then get away with it as well
as you did belongs in the insurance
business, without the slightest doubt
in the world"
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-20

them 1t was only an hour when he felt re-
lief; he went to sleep and slept sound.
only used Cuticura Soap and Ointment one
month and he was entirely we'll" (Signed)
Mrs Alice Rachor, Sept. "A. 1917.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-20

mass Of sores and he fretted
al the time. 1t itchsd so
badly that he could net sleep.
II tried 80 many remedies
and they al failed; none
helped him. The trouble had
lasted for three months before
/ used Cuticura Soap and
Ointment. As soon rs / used
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-20
REAL WORTH NOT IMPOSED UPON

In nine cases out of ten the man of
genuine worth is never imposed upon.
To begin with, he has reason to have
a pretty definite conviction that his
own estimate Of himself will be the
worlds estimate Conscious worth
keeps a man from being oversensitive
about what others think of him. The
man of genuine worth recognizes his
limitations so thoroughly that he is
rather likely to have a fair estimate
of his potentiaIities. On the other
hand. the man who has not genuine
worth often point blank refuses to
recognize his limitations at all, and.
on the other hand, he has such bloated
notions of his abilities that he who
runs may read that they are not whole
some or to be relied upon when there
comes a time of need for Drawn and
muscle.
The man who is always feeling he is
being imposed upon has to stand on his
dignity, and it is likely. therefore, to
stand out on him like a sort of per-
spiration from unwonted exercise.
whereas true dignity is part of a
mans inner makeup.
1t is great fun for the psychologist
when two rascals of this sort get
yoked up in partnership, although it
is often a sorry day for the community,
for humanity enough the men who are
most likely to feel imposed upon often
develop great skill in really and truly
imposing upon others. As to the rela-
tions of two such partners, so fearful
are they of each other that like all
guilty they spill themselves in fearing
to be split. In other words. they fail
in the long run, even though seeming
success crowns their efforts either tenn
porarily or permanently.
The balance of two pans has tend
ency to even itself, and no man of a
set of qualities which holds one end
down presents a natural situation.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-20
HARD CRUST ON
BAbY'S HEAD
Little PimpIes All Over Body. Fret
ted All the Time. Itched So Could
Not Sleep. Used Cuticura Soap
and Ointment One Month and He
Was Entirely Well.

Prineville, Orc. my baby had hard
crust on top of his head. It started by littls
sores and all over his body he had little
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-20
By HOLLIS w. FIELD

|" HAT newest type of specialist
which has developed in world of
specialization oddly enough is a
composite. He Is composite for the
reason that while he is possessed of
the specialist capacity for his work,
he has added to it that still higher de-
gree:
"A great mixer"
Thousands of men, everywhere, are
in training for this degree. We are
not at all sure that correspondence
courses are not arranged for finishing
students, with "Ph. D. diplomas guar
anteed after so many lessons.
Everybody recognizes the antithesls
of the mixer-the big stiff" They
are not comparable entities. The big
stiff in business-as with the stiffs or
lesser degree-indicates to that extent
his lack of capacity for good business.
But in the recognition of the big stiff
and of all his shortcomings the ready
acceptance of the term great mixer
has been made easier.
Yet it is easily possible that even a
correctly diagnosed big stiff could
ization than type of great mixer
who has gained his reputation largely
from the capacity of both pocketbook
and stomach in front of a polished ma
hogany bar. And many an accredited
mixer has gained his reputation while
standing with one foot resting upon the
polished rail in front of saloon mirrors.
X x
BAR DRINKING IN OFFICE HOURS
In fact, it is too common today for
of it's origin in the barroom. One may
find this reflected in the want ads" of
the metropolitan newspapers almost
everywhere. The man seeking posi-
ton and using the term good mixer"
as one of his advertised qualifications
for his work often finds himself ques-
toned sharply by his potential en-
pIoyer as to what he understands mix
ing" to be.
And more than ever before. perhaps,
employees that drinking in business
hours be cut out. If indulged and dis
covered it is an action which must be
explained satisfactorily.
"Highbalr' business has been discov
cred to be bad business. This idea is
gaining force and making converts to
it's philosophy, and as it grows the bar
room as a school for developing the
graduated mixer" of business must
disappear
However, the present i'll defined and
nebulous use of the word mixer" must
be cleared away, there is little doubt
that the thing now so unintelligibly
designated must continue a distinct as
set to any man in any department of
any business.
What then, is a mixer?
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-20
Place and Power to Real Worth;
Man Is Daily Tried and Tested
Bv c. s. MADDOCKS

, for many well intentioned people In
their heart of hearts they know this,
yet such a hold do they allow it to
blame somebody for something, for
what they miss or do not gain, be-
cause of pure laziness. They find the
efforts they are forced to make unap-
preciated. Anything that costs them
so much they imagine must be worth
much more to the world than it Will
ever bring. Therefore they think they
are being imposed upon.
In many sorts of work it is just
that little more of effort the lazy man
makes also the little less which is
such worlds away. The lazy man gen.
orally looks upon himself as a martyr.
He sees that he has worked right
along beside another man, and, as he
thinks, doing just as much, who has
now left him far behind in the race.
1t must be that there was some un-
fairness somewhere or he would have
been advanced also.
Most employers have working for
them two kinds of men-one sort
whose work and life will bear any In
stigation-another whose work and
life will not. The employer has more
and more use for the former. He uses
the latter only when he must, and like
ly he does impose upon him. We all
like to treat slightingly the thing that
does not inspire our respect and may
inspire our great disgust. A whole
some, earnest, active man can not help
despise the shirker. the shifty fellow
who wants to get something for moth
ing, and at the same time be thought
as good as the next man.
Worth makes the man and want OF 1t
the fellow;
The rest is all but leather or prunella.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-20

My companion asked several questions
which the engineer, offhand, could not
answer, but assured US that before he
went he would find out about 1T in the
office records.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-20

TAT HAT kind of a job is open to a
Nv man whose health demands that
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The Washington herald., 1913-02-04
NEW SURETY CONCERN
FOR MONUMENTAL CITY
American indemnify Company, $780,
600 Capital and s500,O00 Sur
plus, Organized in Baltimore.

Baltimore Is TO have a new $1,000 OoO
surety company. II will he headed by
J. Arthur Nelson. formerly vice presi-
dent of the Fidelity and Deposit Com
pany. Former Mayor ]. Barry Mahool
will be first vice president.
The new institution will he called the
American Indemnity Company. and the
promoters hope TO have Il ready for
business within sixty days Incorpora-
tion papers are now being prepared.
OF the new capitalization $5nno0O Will
he capital and S5O0,nDO surplus. Mr.. Mel
son is recognized as one of the fore
most bonding mon in the country, and
associated with him in the management
VIII he men who have been trained with
local and out-of-tOwn companies The
board OF directors Will he composed of
thirty men prominent in the business anS
financial life of Baltimore and other
cities.
Mr.. Nelson was vice president of the
Fidelity and Deposit Company until
about six months ago. having held the
position for several years.
Mr.. Mahool, who will be first vice pres
ident of the American Indemnity Com
pany. and who will take an active part
in the management. organized a bond
ing company shortly after he finished his
term as Mayor and was to have been
president, but the plan was abandoned.
Baltimore is looked upon as headuuar-
tiers for surety companies, there being
more institutions engaged in that line
Of business there than in any other city
I'm the country.
Mr.. Nelson and his associates say there
is room for another company. and that
the field for new concern has been
hroadcned by the absorption of the Amer
lean Bonding Company by the Fidelity
and Deposit Company. The complexion
Of the board Of directors has not been
definitely decided upon; nor have the
minor officials been selected.
The new company will not do a bank
ing OF trust business in any form. but
Will confine its activities to surety. fdel-
ity, and casualty lines. There are now
three companies in successful operation
IN Baltimore, exclusive of the American
Bonding Company, which will become an
Integral part of the Fidelity and De-
post COmpanV.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-04
Z. II. THOMAS and JAMES FRANCIS SMITH
Attorneys

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DIS
tTic u Columbia. holding q District Our.
In The establishment of a building line on the
south side Of Columbia Road. between FOlrtecnth
Of Columbia. District Court No. l0a
NOTICE AND ORDER W PUBLICATION.
Notice is hereby given that the Commissioners of
the District of Columbia. pursuant To the rTuvisions
ot an Act of Congress apprured June q. 1905, en-
fitted An Act rrOsiding fur the establishment OF
uniform building line strrets in the District ~
Columbia, Isss than ninety fert wide" have fled
p-tition in this court paying the orndemnstion
of the land necVssary for the establishment of uni
form binding line the south side Of Columbia
Road between Fourteenth and Fihecrth strr-ts
Northwest, In the District n columbia. shown
a plat map filed with the said petition as
rart thereof and rrayinE also hAt jury Of hTe
tudirnuS disntsrested men not related TO any TrT-
interested in these TrureedinEs and nnt in the
srrrice OF employment ot the District of Columbia
nr ~ the United States Be summopcd by the United
States Marshal for the District Of Columbia to
may HstAin by reason of the establishment OF said
uniform building line the south side of Columbia
Rnsd, for which this r-uoeeding has hecn inSti
tuted. and the condemnation Of the land necessary
for the rsIrpnses thereof. and TO benefits
resulting therrfrum the entire smcunt u sid dam
aEes. including the e1r-nses n these rroreedinrs
upon the land in the square IN which aid build
ing line is to bs established and in the suuarrs
c1ufruutinr aid squarr as TrUyided for in And By
the Aforesaid Act u ChngrrS. II is By the Court.
this 3lst dsy ~ January. n n. 1919. ordered that
all Trrnns having sny interest in these rruccedings
Nr. and they arr hereby warned and commanded
to ATprsr IN this Court m before the 9Th DAY
OF FEBRUARY, A. n. 1913, at 10 O'Clock T. m
and continue I'm attendance until the Court shall
have made Its final order ratifyinE and crnhrming
tho award a damages and the a~esmrnt of bene
ts Of the jury 10 he r7nrsneled and sworn herrin:
and It is further nrdTrd. that COPY ~ this notic-
snd order ~ Published cncc in the Washington
law Reporter snd three se-lisr DAYS in the
Washington Evening Star. The Washington He1ld
and tho Washington Pnsi. ncwsTapers published
IN the Sald District, cunn~nrinE at least ten DAYS
hcf6-p the sid 9Th dsy of February. A. L.. 1917
II Is further ordered that . cDTy ~ this uOicr and
order ~ srred by the United States Marshal, or
his deTrutirs. upon sich ~ the owners n the fee
~ tho land tn he cundcmnei herein ss NAV h-
f0rInd hy the aid Marshal his drTIties. within
the District of Columbia and uppn the tenants
and occupants NJ the same hcfoce the sid 18th
dav ~ FChT1s-. 4. n. 1914 ASHLEY NJ
GOrLD Justicr tr,Ie rrTv. Atte~t: GSeall
]. n. Young Clerk. By =. z. CUNNINGHAM.
Assistant CS-k feh5tS
The Washington herald., 1913-02-04
LAST OF THE NEWMAN
PLEASING TRAVELTALKS
Next Monday-Hceland, or the Top Of
the World" Is the Topic, with
Wonderful Motion Pictures.

Do you want to be the lucky boy or
girl of fifty boys and girls of the eighth
Grade Ci the District schools to be the
guest of The Herald essay editor next
Monday afternoon at the Columbia The
Gter to hear Mr.. Newman lecture on
'Iceland?'
II so. send in your essay to-day. II is
not too late. In fact, you have until 6
o'clock Friday evening TO get your es-
say TO The Herald Office.
These essays are extremely interest
ing and YOU get out of them the great
est amount of entertainment and in
struction. The moving pictures are fine,
and Mr.. Newman saws his Monday after
noon audiences. with SO many boys and
girls are as enthusiastic and apprectative
as any he has. and that the Washing
ton public has been most liberal in at
Tendance.
Read the Rules.
Eighth Grade-"The Top Of the World
Iceland Monday afternoon, February 10
The Washington Herald has arranged
to give ONE HUNDRED orchestra seat
tickets to the NEWMAN TRAVEL
TALL at the Columbia Theater on Mon
day afternoon. February 10. at $50
O'Clock.
There will be 100 prizes in all. Any
girl or boy attending the PUBLIC
SCHOOLS will be eligible TO enter this
Interesting educational contest.
The prizes will pe awarded for the best
essays on the subject of Iceland" for
the eighth grade. Each essay to be not
more than 150 words, and TO be written
on one side OF the paper. The name,
address, and grade of the pupil to be
written at the end of the essay, as well
az the name of the school,
There will he twenty-five prizes of
two tickets each for the girls, and twen-
ty-five prizes OF two tickets each for the
boys.
All compositions must be in The Herald
office by o'clock Friday evening, Feb
ruary Z.
Further particulars will be published
in subsequent issues OF The Washington
Herald. School boys and girls, write your
essays to-day. Address all letters to
NEWMAN TRAVELTALKS EDITOR,
THE WASHINGTON HERALD.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-04
RAILROADS.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY

PREMIER CARRIER OF THE SOUTH.
n. B.-FoIloving schedule figures published cnly
as information and not guaranteed.
TRAINS LEAVE WASHINGTON.
For Atlanta Montgomery. Mobile New Orleans,
$50 q. m and lo:i5 n m. daily Dining
For Chattanooga and MerThis via Asheville. io:is
p m. daily.
For Atlanta. Colunbus Biminsham. $50 q m
and as p m. daily. Dining
For Atlanta. Admission. TaIlsders. Caler1. Selma.
SO a. m. and IS p. m. daily. and for Unioutovn.
Demornlis Meridian $50 =. daily. Dining csrS
For Roanoke Bristol. Knoxville Chsttsnoosa. Bir-
minehsm. Meridian. Hicksburg. New 0riesnA lo:lo
p. m. daily. Dining car.
For Roanoke, Knoxville Chattanooga. Nashville.
Memphis, 4:lo q N. daily. Sleeping car may be
occupied after 10 90 p m Dining
For Asheville $50 4. m. SIS D. N. and lo!B p
m daily. Dining CHA
For Columbia SummerrilIc Charleston. Aiken.
Augusta. Savannah. BrIuswfck. Jacksonville. and
F1orid1 POINTS SIS p m. daily. Dining car.
Tourist ear for California daily except Sunday,
As p m.
For DanvIIIe nocaD. 30 a, m. daily
For Harrisonhurg. go a m. daily tparIor czr,.
SIS q m. trarior carl, snd if5'p p week dsys.
For Charlottesville uocaD. 80 q. m and tos
D. m daily.
For wsrenton. $50 a. m. II 90 a. m. ns p m.
daily; 3:B .. m tparlor carl. and g. IS D m. and
week days. L. s. BROWN. General Agent