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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-02-26
81 Don't See What | Can Do"

system by which three retail dealers
used the same delivery equipment.
This reduced the expense of delivery
about one-third and made the grocer
prosperous; before he simply had
made a living. In millinery estab-
lishment her card system brought
about a reorganization of the working
force and resulted in better work and
the stoppage of variety of leaks.
Today Miss Greenlaw has her own
office and several assistants. These
assistants are trained to work along
the lines she laid down. She keeps
the books of about twenty retailers.
She is making more than twice as
much money as she received when
she was bookkeeper for the food
products company, and she has the
great satisfaction of knowing that
she is doing a very good and helpful
work. She says that when you come
to think that the great volume of
business in this country is not done
by the trusts but by the small manu-
facturer and small merchant, it is
surprising that they have managed to
exist in view of the lax methods that
have prevailed in regard to their
bookkeeping. Most of them are all
wrong in the way they figure their
finances. They estimate that they
have so much stock at a certain
amount. They never take account of
depreciation of stock, of fixtures or
equipment. Economically, she says,
the small merchant is not half baked
not even warmed through-and that
he never will be really good mer-
chant until he becomes a good book
keeper or conducts his business on
good bookkeeping lines.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-02-26

is that you have not given the right
kind of attention to it. If your book
keeping had been good you would
have discovered the leaks long ago."
Miss GreenIaws Wisdom.
He asked her to suggest things for
him to do. She made various recon-
mendations. First of all she told him
he must look upon his business as an
institution and not as his personal
possession. Then she proposed that
he put himself on a salary and that
he should not take a penny in excess
Of that salary out of the business for
himself. Next she did some figuring
on the various branches of the bust
ness. The jeweler did a good deal
of repair work. His way of estimat-
ing what he should charge was to
guess how much time it would take
to do the job, how much the material
used would cost and then add 100
per cent for overhead charges and
profits. She advised that a card rec
ord be kept of every repair job and
on this card should be entered the
time the workman was engaged on
the repairs and the material he used.
She advised, too, that the charge
should be based on lis per cent in
stead Of 100 per cent as formerly.
Then she suggested that ten per cent
should be added to the price of GER
tain items of the jewelers. stock. She
considered his prices low and she ar
gued that the average person would
not haggle over the price if the goods
were right.
That card system worked well. It
had a good moral effect upon the men.
They didn't dawdle or waste time.
They didn't waste material either.
This resulted in a saving, small it is
true, but important nevertheless. The
jeweler became more careful He
was more earnest and painstaking in
everything that he did. He became
a better business man. AS a result
lie was able at the end of year to
pay off nearly all of the $4,000 which
he owed to the wholesale houses.
Today he is out of debt, a free man
and a better merchant than he ever
was before.
The grocer who engaged Miss
Greenlaw had some surprising things
disclosed to him. She figured the vari-
Gus items of his business from a
strictly bookkeeping standpoint For
example, she showed how it cost him
about eight cents per unit to deliver
his goods. Where the delivery
amounted to 80 cents. gross for the
goods, there was no profit to the gro
Ger. The cost of delivery wiped out
what he thought was profit. She Or
ganized neighborhood store delivery
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-02-26
POISON LOVED ONES

Marie went out and brought back
a champagne bottle. She poured the
liquor and they drank it.
Next morning they ran out of the
house. They were widows, for they
themselves had used the poison.
They went straight to the chief de
gendarmes and told him of their sorry
plight.
eve have killed our husbands" they
cried. do what is right with u.s."
But the official simply wept with
them and kissed them, for it was found
that the plot had been deeply laid and
that the sacrifice of the girls, which
has no precedent in history, had saved
thousands of French troops from GER
tain death.
Marie and Rose have been critically
i'll and for two months were lowering
between life and death, and 1t was
feared they would lose their reason.
but they have recovered, and are now
Red Cross nurses.
In caring for the wounded they are
trying to forget their terrible life
drama.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-02-26

stock were such things as clocks that
were not much as timepieces but had
all sorts of statuary to set them off.
Then there were old-time cruets for
oil and vinegar, neither ornamental
nor particularly serviceable but GER
tainly costly. All this junk had been
acquired from the man who had been
the jewelers. predecessor and was
considered quite fashionable just aft
er the historic meeting between Lee
and Grant at Appomattox.
When Miss Greenlaw tried to check
up the jewelers. books she found they
were in an awful mess. She asked
and he could not. Gradually she got
to understand his method, or, rather,
lack of method When he needed
money for anything he simply went
to the cash drawer and took what he
required Sometimes he left a
memorandum to account for the
money. Sometimes he did not. At
any rate he helped himself. She
found, too that he drew more out Of
the business for his living expenses
than the business warranted. Despite
the fact that he owed the wholesale
houses $4,000 he had refitted his
house and had paid $4,000 for furni-
ture. One of his relatives had been
seriously i'll and the jeweler had paid
the hospital bills. He figured all this
time that with a 1000 stock on hand
he was amply able to do these things
and that sooner or later he would
catch up ard be able to pay off his
outstanding obligations.
The jeweler was greatly depressed
when Miss Greenlaw made plain to
him the real situation He could not
deny her findings. He had been care
less, unsystematic, loose in his BUSH
ness affairs. To make matters worse
his bank balance was low.
Il don't see what can do" he said
despairingly. Il may as well shut up
shop"
"Oh no." Miss Greenlaw responded.
Nothing of the kind Remember
what I told you about the electric
light meter and the gas meter. What
you should do now is to give consid-
eration to subjects of economy. You
should stop one leak after another
until everything is shipshape. Your
business is all right. The trouble
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-02-26
Heroic French Girls Tragedy
Thrills All France.
Kill Their Husbands When They Find
Latter, Who Were German Born,
Planned to Poison Garrison
With Arsenic.

Paris.-How two little French girls
poisoned the husbands they loved, TO
save the life of an entire garrison has
lust been made known in Paris, and 1T
has created a tremendous sensation.
Rose and Marie Dupont, two eight
een-year-old twins were born at Vile
rupt, small village on the Lorraine
frontier. In 1912 they married two
students of chemistry, named Ulr1ch
and Wilhelm, who loved them so much
that they became French citizens and
bought a drug store in the town.
Both unions were most happy until
July 20 of last year, when the hus-
bands received a letter from across
the frontier. Immediately both be-
came very nervous and asked the two
girls to go to their grandmother
home in Longwy until the situation
cleared.
Both went to Longwy, but found
that their grandmother was not
there. They returned very late the
next day to Villerupt.
When they arrived at the drug store
they found it closed. Going through
the back garden they peered through
the closed shutters and saw their
husbands, to their great amazement,
talking in quite friendly manner 10
two uhlans in full uniform.
They could not believe their eyes
at first, but they were horritied later
at the conversation they heard.
deep plot had been arranged by
TJlrich and Wilhelm They had stored
a big dose of strychnine and during
the night it was planned to drop II IN
the wine casks reserved for the French
garrison.
"Are you sure the dose is strong
enough" asked one of the uhlans.
why" answered Ulrich, 1T is
strong enough to kill all the garrison
and it's reserves"
With a low cry Rose shuddered and
almost tainted. Both realized they
had been fooled, and that instead OF
being loved they were the wives OF
the worst of scoundrels and even
worse than illustrators.
eve must act" said Marie, to pre-
vent this most awful crime, even If we
must commit one ourselves"
Half an hour later they rang the
front door bell. They appeared very
iovous and explained their elation by
saying they had heard the war mad
been averted.
They said they were so glad that
thew wanted to open some wine in
honor of peace and the friendly uhlan
soldiers.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-02-26
TO PAY THE GUARD
Uhcle Sam to Be Paymaster for
State Militia.
proposition Receives Unanimous Ap-
prevail of Senate Committee
Will Help Solve Problem of
Military Enpreparedness.
BY EDWARD 3. CLARK.

tStaff Correspondent Western Newspaper
Union.)
WashingtOn.-Thes senate committee
on military affairs has given favora-
BILE and unanimous report to a bill
which will make Uncle Sam in part
the paymaster of the national guards
men of all the states in the Union.
This means that every Republican
and Democrat holding membership in
the committee is in favor of paying
the state troops out of the funds in the
United States treasury for the actual
military work which they perform.
Army men hold that this will increase
largely the efficiency Of the National
Guard, will help solve the problem Of
military preparedness and will largely
increase the enlistments in the mill
tary organizations of all the states.
This federal pay bill for the militia
may not become a law at this ses-
sion, but members of congress seem
to think that it's passage virtually is
certain in the near future. Under
this bill the enlisted men in the guard
will be paid rs per cent of the pay of
a man of their rank in the regular
service, but of course the money will
be given them only for the hours in
which they are engaged in necessary
military duties, drill, book instruction
and the like.
For years the officers of the Ma
tional Guard from nearly every state
have been advocating this measure.
The governments division of militia
affairs in the war department has rec
commended it time after time. Con-
gress was opposed to it., bu recently
seemingly there has been a complete
change of sentiment, the vote in the
senate committee showing this conclu-
sively for it has been said every Dem
ocrat and every Republican in the COM
mittee gave the measure his sanction.
Regular army officers and guards
men alike have urged that nearly all
men when they are paid to do thing,
no matter how small the payment may
be, feel an obligation to do it. They
say that drill attendance will be in
creased largely, that interest in the
guards work will be keener and that
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-02-26
GIRL Is VICTIM OF GOSSIP
Sent to Home for Friendess After
Death of Woman She Thought
Her Mother.

La Crosse, Wis.-Fifteen years ago
Mr. and Mrs. Fred West decided their
childless home was incomplete and
they resolved to adopt a baby. A
little girl, one month old, was taken
by the couple, and upon her Mrs
West proceeded to lavish a mothers
love and devotion. The girl was
named Hazel West.
Two weeks ago Mrs. West died and
the child, heartbroken over her loss,
heard neighbors whisper that she was
not Mrs. Vests child. For the first
time the girl learned she did not
know who her parents we're. Unable
to stand remarks made concerning
her birth, the girl appeared before
Judge Brindley.
Inasmuch as she had never been
legally adopted, the girl was sent to
the home of the friendless.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-02-26

leak or the waste but they start you
hunting for them. Good bookkeeping
will show you where there are leaks
or waste in your business if you have
any. That will start you to thinking
along economical lines. You can en-
ploy cheap bookkeeper for much
less than will do the work, but
what l may do in two days less ex-
perienced bookkeeper would take a
week in doing and, with all due mod
esty I may say, is not likely to do so
well. Do you wish to engage me to
give a certain amount of time each
week to your business? If you find,
after a month or two, it is not to your
advantage the arrangement can be
discontinued"
The jeweier thought over the prop
osition for day and then engaged
Miss Greenlaw.
Within two weeks she entered into
a like agreement with a retail grocer
and a milliner. She took desk room
in the office of general stenogra-
pher, got her name in the telephone
book and sent out an announcement
of her misunderstanding bookkeep-
er to retail merchants.
1t is astonishing what bright,
clever person with a well-trained
mind and business knowledge can dis
cover in a business house where sys-
tenn has been noticeable for its alb
sence.
That jeweler was a good artisan
and good salesman. He did bust
ness of about $4,000 year and en-
ployed several hands. His store was
in a fairly good location, his rent not
heavy and he should have been pros
porous, but he had hard time meet
ing his bills. He had been in the
same location nine years. He owed
$4,000 to the wholesale houses. They
pressed him continually. If they
were inclined to do SO they could
close up his shop at any time. The
only reason they did not was because
they felt they had $4,000 invested in
his business and 1t was perfectly
safe. In addition they knew he
would have to buy from them at
their price and was not in a position
to balk or protest. He was hitched,
hobbled, tied-an Independent retail
merchant in name but not in fact.
His Business in tumble.
One of the first things Miss Green
law did was to inventory the stock.
The jeweler said his stock invoiced
100000 Miss Greenlaw found it did
not invoice $4,000 There was a
lot of dead" stuff in the collection,
articles that had a fair value when
the jeweler bought them but which
passed out of style long ago. In the
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-02-26
Oil Paint on Cement.

There is some difficulty in making
paint adhere to cement, but if the
cement is first washed with 1 per cent
sulphuric acid Zone part concentrated
acid to one hundred of water), rinsed
and allowed to dry thoroughly, the
paint viii find the surface suitably
prepared for adhesion. Or the cement
may be covered with three coats of
water glass (silicate of soda), one part
to four of mater, and then painted A
first coat OF linseed oil varnish fol-
lowed by the usual paint is elective
Scientific American
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-02-26
"HoLD THE FORT" MAN DIES
Samuel Wagner Wigwagged inc
nous Message for General
Sherman.

Terre Haute, Ind.-When ia the
Civil war General John M. Corse, Win
a small force was holding Altoona
pass, in the Kenesaw mountains, Ten
nessee, and signaled General Sherman
for succor, the latter general caused
the famous message, Hold the fort.
for / am coming" to be wigwagged,
Samuel Wagner who died recently at
the age of seventy-three at Paris, ILL.,.
did the wigwagging from limb OF a
tall tree
He was a member of an Illinois reg
iment, from which state General Corse
was accredited
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-02-26
Entirely In Order.

Phoenix, Aria letter from Mollie
Shane of Brooklyn, asking for the
names of unmarried members of the
Arizona legislature, who might be in
terested in a matrimonial proposition
was referred to the committee on
militia and defense.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-02-26
the relations between the state troops

the relations between the state troops
and the regular troops will be closer
than ever. In truth the unanimous
vote of the senate on this bill and the
approval which has been expressed of
the measure go to show seemingly
that this legislation is considered to
be one means of making the country
more thoroughly prepared to defend
itself If the occasion ever should arise
when defense will be necessary.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-02-26
Germans Open Rail Service.

Amsterdam-The German admins
tration in Belgium has announced that
a limited railway service will be
opened on thirteen lines in the region
of Brussels, fourteen in that of Liege.
five around Luxembourg and five in
the vicinity of Charleroi.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-05-27
Business Mems Gathering.

Information has been received here
that this city would in the middle of
June be the scene Of a gathering of
farmers, bankers, lawyers, financiers,
business men, statesmen and others
who favor the ratification by the
people at the next general election
of the Gardner Land Bank Law, to
take the necessary steps to form a
statewide organization which is to
familiarize all who are not acquainted
with the working of this important
measure, with its purposes and the
prosperity it will bring to Missouri.
How popular this law is can be
CLEANED from the fact that the Mis-
souri, Drummers' Association in
course of the tenth annual conven-
tion which has just closed here,
adopted a ringing resolution favoring
it and urging that it be ratified by
the voters when it is submitted as a
constitutional amendment at the cleo
ton in November, 1916.
F. D. Gardner of st. Louis who pre-.
pared the measure and is devoting
all Of his time to acquaint the PEG
pie of Missouri with its virtues, will
issue the call for the statewide con
ference in a few days, and will extend
a hearty invitation to all who are in
terested to attend, whether the gath
ering be in Jefferson City or else
where.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-05-27
is EBERT HUBBARD ALIvE7
Medium Says Lusitania Victim Was
Taken Ashore Wounded-Re-
latives to Search.

Buffalo, New York.-Jphn II.
Larkin, millionaire soap manutactu--
er, departed for Queenstown to con-
duct an organized search for Ebert
Hubbard, who was on the Lusitania.
Larkin will offer rewards for informa-
ton of Hubbard's whereabouts, if
alive, and his body, is dead.
Larkin's departure follows revela-
tions at a spiritual seance at East Au-
rora, the home of the Philistine. AL
though officials of the Roycroft enter
prises have given up all hope that
either of the Hubbards is alive, many
folk in the village pin their faith to
the story told in the spiritualistic
senance. 1t is said that the medium
declared that Mrs. Hubbard had per
ished, but that Hubbard was taken
ashore among the wounded survivors
and is now being cared for in a fisher
mans cottage. The medium says he
is seriously i'll and has been unable tc
tell his name.
Larkin is a brother of Hubbard's
first wife. He will offer rewards fol
the recovery Of the second Mrs. Hub
bard's body, too.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-05-27
CHINESE WAR SPIRIT REEVES
President Yuan Shi kai Issues Man.
date Which Memorializes TWO
Generals of Former D%ynasties.

Pekin, China.-In order to revive
the martial spirit and to promote 10y
atty to the authority Of the president,
Yuan Shi Kai has issued a mandate
which is in keeping with those re-
Gently calling for the worship of Con.
fucius and worship at the Temple OF
Heaven.
The third mandate revives the wor
ship of the spirits of the Generals
Yo Fei and Kuan Yu, who in former
days were great heroes and gave III
their lives in loyalty to former emper
ors. The ceremony was performed by
the minister of war, and many otheI
military men.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-05-27
ov.rDay 70 3. Returned.

Attorney General Barker, in an
opinion rendered TO State Auditor
John P. Gordon. held that neither
branch Of the legislature has author
ity to authorize the payment OF sal
airy to the chief clerk Of the house or
the secretary Of the senate to exceed
ten days after the ~adjoinment OF the
session.
Barker likewise held that clerks re-
tanned by either branch of the legis-
lature t wind up its work could be
paid for only the actual time en-
ployed, and that money paid in ex-
cess would be unlawfully expended.
John C. Russell, chief clerk to State
Treasurer Deal, estimated that about
$500 was paid out to holdoyer clerks.
These officials, Auditor Gordon said,
received pay for so days after ad-
journment at IS a day. They con-
cluded their work and departed with
in ten days after adjournment, Cor
don said.
Many Of the holdover clerks, OF
| which there were ABOUT oV IL NV
house and so in the senate, including
stenographers and doorkeepers, were
paid for ten days, departed within
three days after the adjournment OF
the session.
Under Barker's opinion, about 3d.
900 of this money was paid out with
out authority of law under the legis-
lative resolutions.
Bankers opinion upsets an old GUS
tom of the legislature. It has beer the
practice to leave a large force OF
clerks in Jefferson City upon adjourn
ment to wind up the business"
These clerks usually remain for the
next day and get their money for the
full time and depart for home.
Some steps will be taken by the
state auditor to recover the money
paid out in excess of the amount
which Barker held was lawful. Cor
don has written to the clerks asking
them to return all in excess of a stipu'
lated amount.