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Arizona republican., 1914-06-14

Louis, the battle cry. Honest Ad- vertising'' was triumphantly proclaim ed The association began to frame legislation. The whole country awoke to what was in the air Rich and powerful concerns rotten with crook edness sneered privately or fought openly. The motives of the assOcia- uon were colored and miserepresent- ed. But the work went steadily ahead. The convention met in Cincinnati in 1907, slowly gaining new clubs II went to Kansas City in 1908 Louis vile welcomed it in 1909 Thee was a great showing that year. The les sons of cooperation and team play were being learned At Omaha in 1910 the associations official organ The Voice" was established to pub fish the truths of honesty and fair dealing in advertising through the length and breadth of the land. After that convention, advertising men de- serted their business to go about the country preaching the new and rather strange doctrines that the best busi- ness policy was honesty, complete honesty. There were so many of these men that space cannot be provided for their names. To mention few. where all deserve honor. would be unfair. Besides they were not then and are not now looking for praise. They are not the sort that lean d willing ear to loud voiced flattery.
 Their work bore fruit in the great Ar 2100 delegates attended. The frauds and fakirs were being married and harrassed. Laws against lying or de- ceitfu! ads were going into the sta ute books of the nation and many states. At Dallas. in 1912, there were 2300 delegates afire with enthusiasm They stirred the southwest as they had stirred the north and middle west with their inspired commonsense their devotion to a cause. And in Balti- more last year, where there were 130 clubs represented, it was pretty clear that a new commercial conscience had been developed. There was q new idea of service in the air. An increasing emphasis was being placed on quality, rather than quantity, in advertising. Merchants were trying to sell their best wares, not their worst The Baltimore convention was an enormous success and drew the eyes of the whole country to the fact that a change had come over the spirit of American business. In q period of sensational investigations, many of them utterly futile, most of them serving only to alarm or retard business rather than to reassure or advance it, the country looked toward it's best business men were hard at work on their own defects, determined to correct abuses, fiercely eager to nail new standards to the guide posts of comm arcal life.
Arizona republican., 1914-06-14

Would you like to know what the Toronto convention springs from, why 1t means so much to buyers and sell CTS" In the first place, the Associat- ed Advertising Clubs were organized for the sole purpose of creating. as sembling and distributing those ideas which will help individuals and in Sutuuons grow to be more efficient in rendering service to society When you analyze that reason for existence, you scarcely have to be told that it means simply, Absolute honesty is the only way to serve society and do it efficiently"
 Advertising men are creatures of original and independent minds. They are hungry for good ideas, ideas that will make people sit up and open their eyes to the value of q definite proposition. When they get good ideas they are, or were, jealous of them. They wanted to keep the ideas for themselves That was the old way of doing things It sent certain individuals ahead with a comets speed but it didn't accomplish much for you or for me There was no CO., operation, no shoulder to shoulder attack upon fakirs, liars and frauds The get rich quick rascal was buying S10,000 automobiles and going to Eur ope in his own steam yacht That was one side of it. There was another side even worse That is, honest merchants were poohpOohng the val ue of advertising. Unwise merchants who really didn't want to be dishonest were led weakly, carelessly, into mak- ing representations they couldn't live up to.
 Things, you see, were in mess. The interruptions sellers were gather ing a nasty harvest by making dis honesty pay, while the honest sellers had not come to know that honesty would pay better than anything that had ever been thought of. At that period, twenty years ago, the Agate club was organized in Chicago. From that beginning has come the present remarkable organization with it's 10,- 900 members and 150 clubs repre- SentlnS 9,VOU great business cOHceTnS The first meeting of the Associated Advertising Clubs, the few weak or ganizatiOns they had to start with was in Chicago in 1905. At that time there was more fun than fervor in the annual conventions. These were social celebrations with a few prOmi nent citizens put forward for the usual, platitudinous speech making. The big idea was there, you under stand, but the advertising men were milling all around it-hadn't been able to grab it by the horns.
 But the advancement wasn't long delayed. The next year, 1906. in St
Arizona republican., 1914-06-14
A BILLION BUSHELS OF WHEAT

At the risk of being charged with enumerating the poultry before the incubator completes its work, it may able conditions the United States will have round billion bushels Of wheat this year \ crop of 630,000,
 900 bushels of winter wheat is the estimate of the department of agri- culture, and there will be enoue T spring wheat. in all probability, to bring the total to the billion mark. In view of this bright outlook it is said at Washington that Secretary Houston is singing paean of praise over he promise of prosperity fer the democratic administration. . Just how Mr. Houston connects d bumper wheat crop with administra : ton policies is not quite clear, but in view of the material good which such a crop will do to the nation, the democratic administration will not be denied a share in the rejoicing.
 One billion bushels of wheat would give this country a heavy sur plus for export. The average an nual consumption of wheat by the American people is seven bushels apiece. On that basis billion bushels would supply our domestic demands. with something more than 3oo.OO0,000 left to contribute to the worlds markets. But our agricul- tural prosperity does not rest alone upon the size of the crops. There k the matter of price to be con- sidered. As yet it is entirely prob lematical what value in money this immense wheat yield will amount to h considering crop figures the ina Slnatlon is tempted to riotous eX- cesses. Yet it is the crop prospects upon which the nation now depends to dispe' the clouds of distrust that have loomed daik and sinister on the business horizon. Without these prospects the future would be gloomy l indeed.-Kansas City Journal.
Arizona republican., 1914-06-14
The Trans. Continental
 Garage

formerly the Carr Auto Co.,. has been taken over by the C. NJ. Dubois h. vestment Co.,. and will be operated under the direct management of Mr. C. A. Peterson.
 This garage has been re- modelled and equipped with special machinery for all kinds of work. Competent mae hinist. All work guaranteed. This does not mean that II our work IS not Satls- factory, We will do it over and charge for same. It means that if our work is not right, we will make it right at no further cost to you. Your patronage will be greatly appreciated.
Evening star., 1914-06-07
Vague Figures.

wnIsS JEANNETTE GLIDER, the crit
lvl ic. toyed with pink and gold mus
tache cup at the mustache cup tea con-
Guiding the bad taste exhibition in New
York.
THE mustache cup said Miss Glider
"holds its own even better than the hand
painted cuspidor. But, after all, there is
sniritual as well as material bad taste,
and A spiritual bad taste exhibition is
now in order.
I'm the forefront of it I'd put the for
tune hunter. Not all our fortune hunters
come from across the water heard OIL
one the other day who belongs to the old
est family in America
But his family is very poor, and SO ne
and his mother have decided that he must
marry for money. They were discussing
recently. the pair of them. western girl
Her fortune is large but vague, saio
the mother. Besides, she is gauche. HeI
feet are broad and fiat; she has goid
front tooth: her French is eAecraoie.
She :,
...Oh, / could make something out oil
her. the young fortune hunter asserted,
confidently.
".Yes But how much? That's the
question, said his mother"
Evening star., 1914-06-07
Famous American Roads.

cOMETHING over zoo years ago there
- was built the first great American
highway. the old York road, between
New York and Philadelphia "lhe con-
struction of this famous road IN i1ii
was an example that led the coioiiis'S
at other points along the Atiantlc
hoard to make similar ROADS Where
there were no water routes For tne
most part these roads were puii' ~
chartered companies. and were caileu
turnpikes or toll roads. PennsyiVaiiia'
Connecticut and New Jersey had many
roads of this kind.
The first macadamized road in TINS
country was constructed in 1792 pc
tween Philadelphia and Lancaster. IN
1911 there were said to be four thou-
sand five hundred miles of chartered
turnpikes in New England and Ne"
York. During the next twenty years
the government expended many millions
of dollars in constructing great high-
ways. but the panic of 1857 ana the
building of railways and canals put an
end to that branch of the government
work.
Evening star., 1914-06-07
The ParI0r PeriIous.

nCEN FUNSTON did me the honor"
~ said a returned war correspondent,
to lunch one day with me in Vera Cruz.
A day of terrible heat it was. AS We
ate our ices and famed ourselves with
our big palmleaf fans I made remark
about the dangers of war, the danger
from hostile bullets and the danger from
hostile climates, but Gen Funston laugh
ed and tanning himself vigorously, he
said:
Peace has more dangers than war. A
rich old widower is safer charging into
Tampico or Mexico City than charging
into a manicure parlor.
I know a rich old widower of seven
ty-three. He's got eight married chill
dren and fourteen grandchildren. and last
month he eloped with beautiful mani
cure girl of twenty summers.
g Talk about danger.
Why. if a really eligible man sub
mts himself to the ministrations of a
pretty manicure she invariably nails
him.
Evening star., 1914-06-07
"0Id Mammy's" Reply.

THADDEUS STEVENS. slavery's most
fiery enemy, though at times he
could dominate his party. could not al
ways control his tongue.
While in Congress he had as cook. an
old southern negro NANNY who. alone
of all the household stood not in awe of
the great statesman. Like all her race,
she was devoutly religious and, though
she worshiped her employer for his zeal
Gus efforts on behalf of her people. she
never failed to take him to task for his
Incorporate language.
One day she accidentally let fall a tray
full of dishes. Stevens. hearing the crash
of chinaware, lost his temper and his
tongue.
What's all that you're breaking in
there?" he asked, angrily. adding many
additional words that shocked the aged
nanny" Coming to the door. she
looked the angry man squarely in the
eyes, and shot at him:
Whatever It's I'se a-breakln, II amt
de fo'th commandment"
Evening star., 1914-06-07

Paris. All wanted to live within square
of the theater.
X X
Before a week had passed, however,
they began to gain confidence in their
ability to take care Of themselves. Their
use of the French language had already
got to lest ce que; and when you're
that far you know how to ask for any
thing.
They scattered.
One group took furnished apartment,
where it is possible to do housekeeping,
and have all the comforts of home
Eight others ventured over to the left
bank of the Seine, but not in the Latin
Quarter" they were careful to specify.
All of these secured rooms in the same
house Charmed with the old world at
mosphere yet convinced that the volcano
rumbles near them Gt is only the autobus).
they skurry to and from rehearsals and
explore the antique streets, en- masse,
well armed.
1--WE are armed with hatpinsr' they told
me- 1--WE can take care of ourselves.
That was the first week. The other
day 1 was talking with Misses Edna
Lucas, Hazel Cosby. Elaine IngersolI.
Gertrude Hoar and Helen Keen.
''The dangers of Paris are a ScarecroW,
said one.
''Our crowd has not been molested,
said another.
You can have more disagreeaple ad-
ventures on Huntington avenue con-
fided third.
X
l deemed it wise to keep wholesome
fear within them.
"Ah, yes" l said; but you have not
Evening star., 1914-06-07

1t happened through the season which
the Boston Opera Company is giving at
the Theater des Champs Elysees in the
gay French capital. Henry Russell, man
aging director, conceived the truly
American idea of stepping in and bring
ing success TO an institution which had
failed under the management of an ex-
perienced Frenchman, Gabriel Astruc
Backed by a syndicate OF American
and English millionaires. he secured a
long lease of the theater-really the
newest and handsomest in Paris-and will
give it an annual season, regularly in
April, May and June, after the Boston
engagement is ended.
Money is a great power" muses. As
true. ellis money built the playhouse)
With artists like Nine. Melba, Edvina,
Destinn. Teyte, Garden and Matzenauer,
scenery made a striking feature, interest
ing German and Italian operas and
money to carry il all on with high
hand, everybody sees now that it was as
easy as Columbus and the egg.
But before leaving Boston Henry Rus
sell looked carefully up his sleeve 30 see
Evening star., 1914-06-07

ton nut cake, or Chicago cocoanut layer,
in the stuffy little side street
Melba knew it.
It's secret of titled Americans Tour
lists never find it. But is not a queen of
song as wise to luxury as any countess?
The peach Melba. invented and named for
her answers, Yes
So Melba listened to her kind heart.
Renting Margaret's portable ice cream
soda fountain and a man to run 1t, for
an entire afternoon. she invited the entire
crowd of the homesick chorus girls to
come to her grandiose apartment of the
Avenue Henri-Martin, and fill up on va
ried havors.
It was a graceful gesture. Nine Mel
ba's place is on that shady avenue near
the Bois de Boulogne. an ultra-fashion-
to thaw the girls out after their pineapple
and vanilla, Melba warmed their hearts
by getting out her souvenirs-those jewels
from royalty ct al. kept in a fireproof
safe. golden afternoon, The footmen
lifted the priceless rugs in the drawing
room, and the girls hesitated. tangoed and
trotted to American raGtime.
They piled out, in the twilight, all agog
and joyous.
You can't make birds envious
Pm engaged to a duker" giggled Helen
Hennessy II think he's Russian"
I'm engaged to an oil king" bubbled
Eugenia Manetti. Mines real.
Hers is real.' the girls laughed.
Anna Burchell almost had the last word.
I'm engaged to nobody" said Anna.
NO man
Don't believe her" laughed the chorus.
-''e '' STERLING HELLO.
Evening star., 1914-06-07

not to stock up on gloves. But it is
equally true of ready-made waists,
lingerie and hair goods; many a fair
brow FUCKERS over intricate calcula-
tions.
Speaking of baths said another.
that's why Helen's late now. She
ordered a bath this morning, and there s
not tub in the house, but how could
we know it? So the stupid maid went
out and ordered one You can do it,
AT 10 am two men came stomping
up with tub. buckets, towels, sheet,
peignoir, bathsalts and baby-powder, all
complete. and down in the street was "a
sort of fire-engine full of boiling water
Helen would have had to pay for it
anyway. SO she took the maids ad-
vice-and the bath"
They came-dreading Paris danger or
annoyance.
Now the danger Is reduced to one sole
point-lest Paris get their money without
a material equivalent
Those nice little iron chairs. scattered
SO temptipgly in the Champs Elysees.
appear to have been made expressly for
tired girls to sit in the shade and watch
the fashionables.
1--WE didn't know they cost two cents
Evening star., 1914-06-07

if they were all there, because he count
ed on them. l refer to these American
chorus girls. a reliable bunch of thirty
eight American-born birdlings.
Don't forget that we shall have our
justly famous Boston Opera chorus" he
said to reporters on the dock. Il think
that they will create sensation in
Paris.
He was right.
Paris grand opera chorus is mot the
same" The recent IDEAL which Paris
did not seek to attain. was that of the
choristers from the Imperial Opera at
st. Petersburg, heard in the same thea
ter during Astruc's Russian season, just
a year ago. But now it is America.
Not even the great Russian chorus,
writes de Lara the composer-critic of the
Gil Bias. mot even the great Russian
chorus gave US the rare enjoyment found
Saturday evening in listening to the mad
rigal choir in 'Manon Lescaut, written
for sopranos and contraltos and sung
with freshness and vocal artistry
truly extraordinary"
The Paris critics jostle each other to
explain why.
Do you know why? Being only Ameri-
cans perhaps you do not know why. L
will tell you.
They are American girls.
American girls are full of ideals-ea ch
girl as full of ideals as European
Evening star., 1914-06-07

hat and suit of unmistakable Paris
origin.
Il began to feel queer in those Bos-
ton clotheS,' began the other, and as
I am not a really, truly mannequin AZ
or A, 1 hesitated they might soak me
for a made-to-order instead of this cos
tume-reclame at twenty iron men, which
is just the real temptation to poor
girl, but ambitious. But. do you know,
just for ten francs extra
Lamp the rue Royale lids"'
All eyes turned to the newcomers.
Aren't they the proud things!'
That was before pay day. And when
that chorus sailed from Boston 1 am
authoritatively informed that each girl
appeared at the dock in all her Easter
finery Bystanders observed it, saying:
They'll show the Parisians that we've
got some style in America"
1t did not take the good girls long to
drop their Boston hats. Now that the
first pay day is but a remembrance each
is at least the proud possessor of a
genuine Paris model for the first time
in her young life.
In spite of complications.
For instance, glove money.
Moving again." INQUIRED Miss Beat,
rice Diver of two girls who appeared
from a taxi. loaded down with suit
cases, bags and hat boxes.
Yes and for the fourth time in two
weeks" was the reply. Il hope Wen
stay where were put now, but they
made me pay one franc fifty every
time / took a bath. Fancy 30 cents
for a bath in Boston. And the stingy
things wouldn't even throw in soap.
Fancy buying your own bath soap in
Boston. It is cruel hard on girl who
is trying to lay in years stock of
gloves at one franc eighty-fve."
All admit that it is reckless neglect
Evening star., 1914-06-07

spell was broken, people turned and
stretched. and scratched, and whispered
polite nothings.
So l consider it patriotic privilege to
whoop it up that here are tirty-eight
genuine American girls in bunch, who
come to Paris unheralded and make
sensational hit-in a role. mind you,
which Partisan habit considered humble.
Humble? They bring back sweetness and
light to a large section of each COM
poser's score.
Also. they are seeing Paris for the first
time.
All, birding tourists, pilgrims of har-
mony, sisters of sweet accords. they
never spat among themselves: they
couldn't. but with what ensemble they
spend out the doubloons which the
cashier hands them on pay day.
Arrangements had been made to find
pension boarding houses for them all. In
the close neighborhood of the theater
They had been told that the most dire
things would happen if they ventured on
the streets of Paris after dusk. Also
taxi fares, even as moderate as they are
here are still taxi fares; and a chorus
girls salary, satisfactory as it may be.
remains chorus girls salary. even in
Evening star., 1914-06-07

MORNING STROLL IN THE BOIS.
been alone. You have gone about en-
masse. and armed
They looked at me askance, and shiv-
cred deliciously.
If a vote had been taken the first
week as to the relative residential at
fractions of Boston, New York. Phila-
delphia, Chicago or Paris. the result
would have been unanimous for the home
cities. But as the days passed and the
girls became more accustomed to their
surroundings, they were vastly more con-
tented, and instead of counting the days
until they could enjoy the homeward
ocean trip, they began to bemoan that the
season was passing.
I stood in the Avenue Monta1gne the
other morning as they came to chorus re
hearsal. Under the thick green shade
and chestnut blooms the air was full
of perfume They arrived in punches.
Misses Frieda Hill, Helen Keen, Grace
Keleher, Eleanor Francis, Adelaide
6tearns, Margaret Saxon-what do
know. all those birdlings?
20 you Galleries Lafayette" one
greeted a companion who showed in
Evening star., 1914-06-07

for just a minute!' explained Hadie
Merten. Or was it Rita Curtis, or Isa-
bella Rogers, or Louise Aines,. or Ca
trina Reed, or Anna Burchell, or Mary
Erath? An old woman, all in black,
rose from the ground. She had money
satchell. There were nine of US. She
wanted Is cents"
What did you do?'' 1 asked.
I'VE beat it, answered Hortense, SIM
ply.
All who come to know these brave girls
have an impulse to protect and boost
them. Men can't. Women can-and 90.
Nine, Melba heard two of them talking
during rehearsal of '-Otello." 1t was
hot and stuffy, and a moment when the
girls were homesick. :.
Il could do with a real ice-cream soua,
said one They don't grow in Paris.
"Oh, you chocolate soda. Maybe
won't get few when i get back In
Boston,
Now. it is true that ice-cream sodas are
completely unknown to Parisians. In a
CITY of 1000, 900 Inhabitants, there Is just
one little picnic fountain, with single
nozzle and five fiavors, in a cake shop on
a side street, run by an Amerlcanizeo
dame named Margaret who is growing
rich hv keeping her husband in the base
ment all day, baking. His layer CAKES
,re wonders. The ice cream soda is fair
~ n,;dd,ine Yet you will see millionaire
American women who have become count
assas-aye. duchesseS and prlnceSseS~sip
e.n+lv away from their European pohp
70 tear off with a long spoon, telioii
after a pineapple or a strawberry aiter
chocolate between slabs OF dehcious hos-
Evening star., 1914-06-07

prima donna. The Boston opera chorus,
like that Of Chicago and Philadelphia,
is composed only of such. 1t is not COM
posed of broken-down singers recruited
from the ranks of provincial opera
houses in France and Italy. They are
girls of American birth, and the majority
have graduated from New England con-
servatoTies. Consequently, they have
youth, they have voices. they know how
to sing. and they have been trained
with care.
At the Paris Opera and Opera Comique,
it is said that unless new work is
being prepared the chorus meets for re-
hearsal only once a week The pittance
which the members receive makes it
necessary that they find some other oc-
cupation during the day, SO that they
have no time to practice. Even youth
cannot work all day and sing all even
ing. Less yet, middle age. And in the
Paris Opera chorus there are said to be
Srandmothers.
Contrast this with the regime of Oreste
Sbavaglia, the chorus master Of these
American lu-lus. He calls his singers to-
gether once a day, and oftener twice or
thrice.
How did you like the chorus?" asked
an American lady of a French friend. at
the opening performance of Il Amore del
Ire Re-?
AT first I paid no attention" was the
Evening star., 1914-06-07

Opera Chorus From
the United States
Heard for First Time
in French Capital.
Singers Find Consid-
cradle Difference in
Methods Of Teaching.
The French Idea Of
Rehearsals Heilig
Interviews the Ameri-
can Singers.
Evening star., 1914-06-07

<hAsAf
Or the first time on
record. an Ameri-
can opera chorus
has been heard in
Paris.
American chorus
girls.
What a fresh
ness exclaims
that famous Isl
dore de Lara in
that celebrated Gil
Bias.
Evening star., 1914-06-07

frank reply. We don't. much, you know,
in Paris But this American chorus was
so wonderful that I was charmed and
held" She laughed. DO you know,
when your chorus finishes, it is like when
ours begins"'
She meant, doubtless, that when the
Evening star., 1914-06-07
Careless Mr.. Noah.

Much trouble might have been saved
had Noah omitted to take an octopus
aboard the ark.
Evening star., 1914-06-07

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
Evening star., 1914-06-07

PARIS. MAY :.