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The Detroit times., 1915-04-14

COUNCIL
81 10SsuSs6
,orFrcIAL,

Detroit. April ~. 1913.
. The Council was called 10 order
III the President. Hon. sherman Lit,
tteneid,
= Present Aid. Ashe. Barnett, Hell
burton, Case, Cranshaw. Dill. pinge-
pan. Ellis. Field. Freiwaid. Gilman
kocher. krimmei kronk kunz
trmpke. Lodge. Move. owen. Rich
ert Robinson, Rollo, Rutter, Sche-
mansky. schultz. Stefanowski, Thomp-
son, Vernon, Wartell. Menzel. A. r.
Wilson. W. j. Wilson. Wing, link
Eoeiier and the President
-lThore being quorum present. the
Council was declared 10 he In ses-
non
= The journal Of the preceding ses-
sion was approved
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Adopted as follows !.

Neas--Ald AISLE. Barnett. Bleil. Bur
Ellis. Field. Ficiwald, Gilman. Guth
ard. Iffndle, Jakel. Heating. Kocher
krimmel, Kronk. Kunz. Lempke. Lodge
Nowc. owen. Richert, Robinson. Rollo
Ski. Thompson, verror, wartell. Wen
gel, A. T. Wilson, w. J. Wilson, Wing
link Zo.Iler and the President-4i.
Nays-None
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From tLe Mayor.

TO the Honorable the Common Council:
Gentlemen For your consideration,
] am FORWARDING communications re-
ccived from thc Hoa Rudolph Blan-
kenburR Mayor OF Philadelphia, and
Mr. clyde L. King OF Philadelphia.
relative 20 financing of utilities
bureau recently established after n
conference 90 American mayors. I
request that tho communications be
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To the Honorable the Common Council
Gentlrmen--Upon consultation with
Counsel, and with his consent. beg 10
recommend 10 your Honorable BODY
thai Richard lawson ex-Corpora.
ntiofney' IN oTaer that ne may con
pcndins before the State Supreme Court
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Reconsideration.

The Clerk notified tho chair that
Md. Rarnett had filed notice that he
would move 60 reconsider the vote
by, which a report ofsthe Committee
81 liquor Regulation denying the APP
plication OF Robert owen, for per-
mission TO transfer liquor license
rom isS Jeferson-ave west 10 1855
Monroe ave. O. G. G.. d 5s6l, was
ADOPTED nt the last session.
:. Aid. Barnett then moxed 10 recon
stvie- the vote by which the above
specih-d matter was adopted. The
&ptton prevailed The matter was
then referred back 10 Committee on
Iiduor Regulation.
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Respectfully,
OSCAR Il. MARX.
ifon oscar q Marx.

tfon oscar u Marx.
Mayor OF Detroit. Mich.
Aiy Dear Mr.. Mayor: The Utilities
Bureau. which was created by the re-
mas been organized and "A scheme for
financing II during the period when
Y must depend upon public subscrip-
ti0n- has been developed
Under another cover you are be-
INK written TO In regard TO the share
apportioned Detroit. 81 the present
time the Bureau Is being operated
on an underwriting arranged by the
cities OF the country will promptly
agree to bear their share OF these
initial expenses.
~ prgmpt Trsp9nEe from Detroit
The Philadelphia assessment has been
assured. I feel with the trustees OF
the Bureau that N the frst year or
two can be taken care OF under the
proposed plan the Bureau after that
viii be largely self-supporting.
May ! ask your personal and i'm
mediate interest In this very impor-
tant matter7
Very. sincerely yours,
RUDOLPH BLANKENBuRG.
Hon. oscar -, Marx.
Mayor OF Detroit
Ny Dear MIR. Mayor:
At the conference Of American
18th 10 18th. 1914. which you attended,
resolutions we're unanimously adopted
endorsing the Utilities Bureau and au-
thorlzing Its trustees TO proceed TO It's
By which It's support may be assured
and Its services made available" IN the
manner. outlined In the copy Of the rec
concentrations hereto attached.
A. one who endorsed the UnIities
service u can render 90 all American
cities. II has already rendered n
worthy service. but this service can be
materially Increased and made more
will be as great when rendered 10 one
as II rendered TO all. 90 controlling are
presidents In utility matters. Tho ttili-
ties Bureau is an agency through which
ssts and Efforts thereby ASSURING re-.
suits to all at minimum costs.
The trustees OF the Bureau In plan
ning for its organisation have decided
that minimum OF $4,000 annually
two, After this u IL fully expected that
the bureau will nc on practically n self
supporting basis This sum OF $4,000
they have apportioned among the cities
&c puia,Ion. Accoi ding to this plan The
share OF the city Of Detroit Is $500.
You are most respectfully urged 20
take the steps necessary TO having this
sCm Appropriated Nv YOUR lily Treas
ury. or Ii this cannot DO done. for legal
o. other reasons. toward having the
sum raised by contributors from your
interested citizens. Checks should be
made payable 20 Mr.. Samuel g. Feis.
Treasurer or the Bureau.
IN every Mayor Will cooperate I'm
this and either assume the responsible
ity personally or delegate u 20 some
ppbilc spirited citizens. the Utilities
Bureau can NJ once be placed on a
PARIS whore IL Will he Of incaicuiab BILE
vrlue 10 nil american cities. Your CO.
operation II urgently solicited. We have
nj hand assurances that tho sums APP
portioned 10 other important cities OF
the csurtry VIII be Forthcoming. The
philadelphia assessment has been
taken care OF
Trusting We may have your favorable
attention 20 this very Important mat
ter. We remain,
VERY resDrctfuIly.
poARD OF TRUSTEES.
Clyde l. King,
Referred to the Committee on wsys
and Means.
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PetItlons Presented

Bl MID. kIAIlNNfsr
45i9--Of RnndS Manufacturing Co
CT al. protesting against the opening
OF Brooklyn avenue
stssferred 90 Commit,ee on street
I.ao--f l.. y. Phlster ct al. Tor the
<rt+foa OF 4 strip % land
fHsferrcd 20 Committee on street
nv ALp FIELD.
s5gf--Df isvn l. Ur0wn. Tor a can
COLLATION. 81 1878 taxes
Referred 30 B7ara ~ Review.
AGsL.2---sDf KFfc =. I.orieh. for can
relation % 1915 taxes 6
hefefreh 20 BOARD az Review
y ffy AID. THOMPSON,
,s.1-of John +. no.. mann. for n
reduction OF taxes.
Referred 70 Cyumittsc on Taxes
by MD. CASE.
iSst--ot ". y Taylor Ct al Tor
the resurfaeinE OF roPlnr street
Referred 20 Department Of Public
Works.
i5ss-of August nianEa for the
cancellation 90 the general city taxes
Hor the year 1915.
Referred to the poard of Review
tses--Of Julia Icndrsejewsks, Tor
The cancellation OF the genral city
faxes for the year 1915,
S Referred 60 the Board of Review
x,s:T--of Martha piotrowska, for
tbe cancellation 90 the general city
taxes for the year 1915.
Referred - the Board 81 Review
rs3ss-Df MaEdalena Mailman, Tor
Sss~F cancellation Of the scnerai city
tag. for the yenr lsls :, p,.
ffbsN1-0f Annie Gocha, for the can
Sriiaflon ~ tho general cry taxes Tor
MIC year 1918
= EeferreA 20 'hc R1a-d % Review.
Ply AID ROBINSON
tfsao--Of n Carroll for pcrmissioh
70 tar lateral sewer
Referrcd 20 Department Of Punre
Works.
srsefcrred 90 COMMITTEES on streets.
ny AID ROLLO.
,Sa7--Of Mrs NJ. Nownc for tho
cane ella ton ~ the general city Rxns
beferrei 10 tho Board OF Review.
-a5sar-Of Mrs Ida tIlldebrandt for
the cancellation OF the general city
taxes for tho year 1918.
Referred 20 the Foard ot Review
by AID. LEMpkE
tssf--Of A Schram for the cancel
I,tton 90 tic general city taxes for
Referred 10 the Board Of Review
.htbtb -Uf otto Daniels for the cam
GOTTA ton Of the general city taxes
FOR the year 1915.
f1eferred TO the Board OF Review.
~ nv AID FREiwALD.
-tsas-tr W. y King 81 NJ favor-
ing the paving OF Twenty eighth St
Referred 90 Department Of Public
Works
Ply AID KRONK.
yts37e-of John Carney. sr, for
tnductIon OF the general city taxes
Tor the year 1914.
| Referred 90 Committee on Taxes.
453s--Of Stanislaus Romanowskl
FOR the cancellation Of the general
cftv taxes for the year 1914.
Referred to Committee on Taxes.
fssa---Of vernica Komerick for the
cancellation ~ the general city taxes
for the year 1919.
Referred 10 Committee on Taxes.
-. nv ALL. wENZTsfs.
, tste---Of y. J. Canwup for the can
collation. OF strcet opening nssess-
m<nt
Referred 20 Committee on Street
| Openings,
ny AID SCHULTZ.
t5tf--Of Dr J. ~ HAYES for per-
mNsion 10 place iron railing around
nreaway.
Z Referred to COMMITTEES on Streets
| 80
BY the Clerk
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FROM the Board Of CITY canvassers.

To the Honorable the Common Council!
iientlemen--We are transmitting
Herewith n certificate OF the Board
Respectfully submitted.
,ROARD OF CITY CANNAsSERS.
Nv Richard Lindsay.
Chairman,
's Trio following Is the certificate
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BY Aid. Keating--
From the Dspsstmsnt Of Public
Worka

To the Honorable the Common Council:
Gentiemen. This department req
ommends that the Board OF Assessors
be directed to cancel special assess-
ment on sheet 1914 against property
mentioned IN the resolution herewith
transmitted on account Of error. same
having been paid to the department.
OF Public Works. s-~A
Respectfully submitted.
GEORGE II. FENKEII4.
Commissioners.
by Aid. Heating
Resolved. That the Board OF Asses
sors be directed 10 cancel special as
scssment on sheet 1917, 8. Hazel
wood between Second and Third. lot
81. said bin having ben paid 10 the
Department OF Public Works and by
tie bookkeeper into the City Treas
ury.
Adopted as follows.
Yeas--Ald. Ashe. Barnett. Bief1. Bur-
ton. Case. Cranshaw, Dill, Dingeman.
Ellis. Field. Treiwald. Gilman. Guth-
ard. IiIndle. Jakel, Keafing, Kocber.
Krimmcl, Kronk Kunx. Lcmpl1e, Lodge.
Nowc. Owen. Richert, Robinson. Rofio.
Rrtter. Schemansky. Schultz. Stefanow-
ski Thompson. Vernon, wnrteli. Wen
gel. A. r.. Wilson. W. J. Wilson. Wing.
link. Zoeller ana the President-l1.
Nays--NOne.
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Nv the Clerk

tf's2 OF Security Trust Co. trus-
tsH Perinauiar steel Castings Co. for
n reduction of taxes.
'Neferrcd 20 Committee on Taxes.
-as tns--of National Paper Co. for a
|rfaurtion OF taxes.
|"r,e,err~d. 10 Committee on Taxes.
fefpt--of y T.. Cochrane for can
>rcl'ssion ~ taxes
", .err~f "a Committee on Taxes.
p''--Of .. y. Book. for adjustment
~ se~ee
prs-r.et 20 Committee on Taxe-.
tsas--"f ". J. Earn for n canceiia-
l~.r ~ tnxes.
p-,e-rsa ~ Comr,ittee on Taxes.
tfNT--Of ravld Baker for can
f'ssiN-, ~ tnves.
"eenr-1f - Committee on Tares.
'"e--Of r.ouis Lambert Get. for n
|fr -sf~r % t~-es
~ 1'err~d "a rc~i,uIttee IN Taxes
'hN.-ef C. walker for resiuc-
~ ~ tnvea
~s-rres - cor,ritsee ~ Tas.s
S0n---Of Esf Ia~ch ZcrRa, decd
. canceliafiop % taxes
~Tcrred ~ COMMUNE on Taxes
PLOT WDiirur walker. for the
rncfio nof lateral sewer,
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From the Department Of Public
Works.

To the Honorable the Common Council:
Gentlemen: This Department re-
commends that the City Treasurer Be
directed TO cancel sidewalk assess-
ment on roll No. 42s5 so far as II re-
lates 10 lots III and TIA, w. Lawn
dale. Harrah's Toledo avenue sub, on
account OF error. New bills viii be
transmitted TO the City Treasurer.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE II. FENKELLA
Commissioner.
BY Aid. Keating-
Resolved. That the City Treasurer.
on recommendation OF the Depart
ment OF Public Works. be. and 10
hereby directed TO cancel sidewalk
assessment on roll 42s5. 30 far a. II
relates to lots III and ia, w. Lawn
dale. Harrah's sub. on account o.
error. New bills will be transmitted
to the city Treasurer. gN-.I z
Adopted as follows:
Ysas--Ald.l Ashe. Barnett. Bieil. Bur-
ton. Case, Crsrshaw. Dill. DinRemnn.
Ellis Field. Freiwald. Gilman. 0uth-
ard. Hindlc. Jakel. Heating. Kocher,
Krimmel. Kronk, Kunx. Lempke. Lodge.
Nowc, Owen, Richert. Robinson. BoiIo.
Eutter. Schenzansky. schultz Stefanow-
ski. THOMPSON. Vernon. Warteil. Wen
gel. A. r. Wilson. w J. Wilson, Wing.
Zir,S zoellerF and the President--41.
Nays--NOnc.
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COMMUNICATIONS.
From the Controller.

To the Honorable the Common Council:
Gentlemen-.The following reports OF
Srday. Apri! 10. iris. are repeatedly
submitted
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From the Department Of Public
Works.

To the Honorable the Common Council:
Gentlemen--In reply TO notice
from this office tho following pro-
posais were received for paving
streets and alleys:
Leslie-Ht.. from Van Dyke 10 Max
well 90 n. wide. with reinferccd con-
crete Thomas systern) and Berea.
Medina or any other curbstone that
may be bid upon and ordered:
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ward ofuee..

- SfNentCenth ard--Alderina AL
set q. KUN. estimator. william Par
ffsh
Eighteenth Ward alderman. VIII
lam J. WHlsou, estimators, Alfred
SiedrtCh. George W, KELLER con-
stable. Thomas Pence.
Nineteenth Ward Alderman, VIII
liam A. R!chcrt,- charles A, Ashe, es-
timktors. Henry Hussman, William
Walter constable. William 81. Grulke.
Ham y ZOeiler
Twenty.frs Whrd---AidcrmRn. Ju-
btis, l. Krlmmrl. estimator. George
A GIN. constable. James \. Perkins.
- MAX o. KOCH
RfCHAHp LINDSAY
- CanvaSSing Board
= Accepted aud placed ON fle.
J. Aid Kunx, w ! Wilson. Iiiehert
Ashe. Zoeller aud Krimmel then took
the oath OF office
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From the Controller

To the Honorable the Common Council:
0entiemen--The following APPROX
ed accounts are respectfully submit
| ted;
Pay RSlIs
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From the Department Of Public
Works.

To the Honorable the Common Council:
Gentlemen---In order to carry on the
work. I wouli recommend the trans
fer OF $4,000 from the surplus In
the 1868 General Road Fund to
the credit OF the ward funds as shown
In the following resolution.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE III. FENK EEL,
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From the Controller

To the Honorable the Common Council:
GonIemei--.i herewith transmit Cup
Elemental Estimates for various funds
received In this office since the last
see son OF your Honorable Body
Respectfully submitted,
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GENERAL ROAD FUND
MAINTENANCE
STREETS--Pave mcnts:
Creosoted Block
Labor and material for re-
surfacing Nj. Elliott -
Waterloo 10 Mack $500. tl7,ts0.oo
POLICE FUND
SALARIES
Amounts to be added TO
estimates In compliance
with charter amendment
adopted April 9 1918.
liking minimum wage
scale:
Two yarftors az Police Head
quarters, at ts1.2s. ..... 1880
One Janitor. Police Garage. 81 .15
One Janitress. Police Head
quarters -...........,.... 63.4S
One Janitress, House OF Ce-
tention for Women. ... i54.25
One Janitress. Signal Head
quarters ................. A3t
Six Hostiers. at ,,1.25. 49,. 1870
One Truckmsa ............ 2f.2s
s7s4sl
On motion Of Aid. Lodge. the sup
elemental estimates were adopted.
Referred to Board OF Estimates.
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GEO. ENGEL,
Controller.
Accepted snd referred 10 the Com
| mittee on Ways and Means.
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Certificate.
CITY and Ward OFFICES

Thv following named persons, haN-
tug received the largest number Of
votes nj The general election, held
Monday. April 5. 1918. for the several
enty and wArti offices as hereinafter
Mentioned are hereby certified TO
knd declared - have been duty elect
ed 10 the office neat preceding their
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BY AID. BurtOn:
Resolved. That the Controller be
and Is hereby authorized and directed
TO make the proper entries on his
books to effect the transfer of $4,000
from the surplus In the 1918 Gen
eral Road Fund 10 the credit OF the
fnllnWinR Mnrd flIndA.
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From the City Treasurer.

To the Honorable the Common Council
Gentlemen herewith submit quar-
teriy interest from various banks as
stated below for the period ending
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From the Mayor.

Accepted ana placed on ile
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-05
-sss|-----7- GOING TOO FAR
m the Talladega Home.

From the Talladega Home.
 We do not print liquor advertisements,
 lave no cartoonist to make sport of poli-
 ticians and public men, and the proposed
 political advertising price Is about our
 rate, yet we believe the legislature is
 about to overstep the bounds of reason
 and even just common sense in its pro- posed legislation for or against the press. Newspaper fees are a small drop in a very large bucket, so far as they affect the main body of people, as compared to
 many other fees which necessity often forces rich and poor alike to pay and price any candidate for the legislature has had or will have to pay for express ing his views. There Is ground to stand upon in passing the anti-liquor advertis- ing law, but for the other two proposi- tions they are, if we understand them, ab- surdities and beneath the consideration siders himself of average intelligence
 And furthermore, we do not believe any
 newspaper has ever printed or illustrated
 harsher things about politicians and pub- lie men than they have said about the newspapers. Those who cannot stand the glare of the fireworks when once they are set off, should stay at home and let the men attend to the pyrotechnic dis plays.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-05

there be a law few hotel attendants will decline to accept what might be offered in the way of gift.
 There is no question but that the tipping custom has become extremely burdensome, but has grown so from the practice of the vulgar rich giving walters, bell boys and elevator men dollars where the average person of good sense gives dimes. In some of the fashionable northern hotels and, per haps, in fashionable southern hotels, the man who declines to tip the waiter may receive a cold look, but the serv- ice he gets is virtually the same as the service meted out to the generous Upper. If the tipping habit is ever to be broken up it must be largely the result of education or agitation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-05
GERMAN WAR SONGS

From the English Review.
 This intellectual sentimentalism, which the Kaiser found is too easy to play upon, is revealed in the grandeur of their martial songs and the reverance with which they sing them. Die Wacht am Rhein," Zwei Grenadiere,' Deutschland ueber Alles," ''Heil Dir i'm SiegeslSranz" these are no ordinary songs of patriot ism. They are pregnant with old Ger man thought and tradition. Like the mel ody of the ,Lorelei, they reflect the deep root of German romance, of German thwarted love and ambitions; they are the living voice of the old Gothic cath edrals. No country In the world has such cherished traditions as the Germans There is quality in their music which seems to spring out of memories of the soil, of the castles of the Father Rhein. The students at the universities meet and drink precisely as their ancestors did in Luthers time, Lore, sentiment, tradi- ton, antiquity-these are a national cult, visible in the national respect for learn ing and research. It is no exaggeration to say that the Germans are still steeped in medieval thought and habit--the proud and conscious "barbarians" of Europe. So in the young Emperor they saw noth- ing untoward or artificial. He seemed to Germans to stand at their head as the very "geist" of their genius, the incor- porate figure of the true German valor, armed cap-a-pie like some heaven-sent emissary of Wotan to bring deliverance to his people.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-05
As to WOman's Rights

Why should not the state legisla- ture of Alabama be as just and fair to the women of the state who advo- cate woman's suffrage as they are to other interests and those who wear mans attire?
 The women are only asking that the question of whether or not the educated and property owning women of this state shall be allowed to vote be submitted to the men voters of the state. In other words, they only ask the legislature to permit the pres ent voters of this state to say whether or not they care for the women to have the privilege of the ballot. No man in the legislature commits him self to woman's suffrage by voting to submit the matter to the people. He does nothing more than to give the people that right accorded to them by the constitution to say what they de- sire in the matter of woman's sui frage.
 Let the members of the house and the senate quit their quibbling and laughing at the women who have the force and the courage to go before them to advocate their rights. Let the legislature submit the matter to the people.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-05
The Anti Tipping Bill

As commercial salesmen and other men who have to spend the greater part of their time lon the road" are forced to practice economy in small things, relief from tipping would re- suit in an appreciable saving at the end of the year.
 Representative Griffin of Marengo county has introduced a bill in the legislature making it unlawful for any hotel, restaurant, railroad company, dining car or sleeping car company to allow its employees to, receive any gratuity by way of extra compensa- tion. This measure is being indorsed by many individual travelling men, but if it becomes law it will be very in differently enforced, if enforced at all. There is such a law in Missis- sippi and in Iowa.
 The legislature of Kentucky passed oh ohei-IippibS nlSdSuIe, Uut lne gov ernor vetoed it and his veto was sus- tained. One of his reasons was that it was too drastic inasmuch as the porter of a Pullman car was not al- lowed to receive compensation for his whiskbroom services. When a man purchases sleeping car ticket it en- titles him to berth and seat and reasonably good service, but there is no obligation on the part of the com pany to have its patrons brushed off.
 In Mississippi there have been two or three arrests for violations of it's anti-tipping law, but the general pub- lie hardly knows there is such stat ute. Those who are disposed to give a tip to a waiter or a chambermaid in a hotel do not stop to inquire whether there is any law against it, and if
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-05
"The Land of Opportunity

The New York Telegram illustrates the possibilities for "getting on" Tn this country by telling the story of young woman who has made a success as a flower seller. Some years ago when Mayor Gaynor was accustomed to walk daily across Brooklyn bridge for exercise and incidents befell him on those trips that made good news paper "stories," young woman named Anna Papadametri kept lit tie flower stand in front of the Long Island railroad station in Brooklyn. Every morning she gave the mayor a carnation as he passed.
 A short while afterward Anna Papadametri came across the bridge and got permission to. sell flowers in Park Row For three years she paid a rental of $50 a month for a small space under the approach to Brooklyn bridge. The stand is to be enlarged and when the park department opened bids for it Anna Papadametri's bid of $1010 a month was accepted. She paid the secretary of the park board $2020 for the first two months rent.
 The story of this flower seller is
  being duplicated by many of her fel- low countrymen and other foreigners who have come to the United States and in a few years by industry, thrift and an ability to make friends among the people with whom they come in contact have gained independence The Greek or Italian who runs pea nut and popcorn stand on some street corner today is the we'll to do mer- chant or caterer of tomorrow. Some of the most successful business men in the United States started their ca reers with a peddler's pack.
 Although there is much talk of hard times just now, depression is but temporary. No matter what happens abroad, America will continue to be a land of opportunity for her own people and for those who come to her from other countries to make their homes here.