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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-08-11
Phone Service

In ordering goods by phone you will please remember that we
hold salesman responsible and the customer for all mer
chandse this way and safe order goods sent
approval and satisfactory can be returned or ex
changed without pennys expense you, and you will not
need feel under obligations make the purchase unless you
perfectly satisfied -..:......
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-08-11
Complaint Service

We have learned past experience that necessary to
have that will be personally responsible for the adjusting
of complaints and have also appointed Mr. Hohez to look
after this work. and there anything that not perfectly sat-
sactoy phone US and the matter will be properly
adjusted :,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-08-11
New Lines Added

We have added several new lines
to make our store a more complete
house furnishing store.
Outside Of regular line of furniture, Carpets Rugs and
Dishes, will add at once full line of standard make of
sewing machines line of vacuum cleaners equipped with
all equipment to clean clothing, dapere tapestry goods
wall paper bed clothing anything that be cleaned by
air. will add complete lace curtain and drapery line;
line Of hotel and restaurant supplies floor oils and nshes
complete line Of kitchen and laundry furniture Chill
dren porch gates swings and yards and other articles for
babies safety: r." So.
Also complete line Of chdrens goods and toys Heavy
equipments for hotel kitchens, restaurants, butcher Shops
etc. Special furniture for all public buildings stationary or
portable.
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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-08-11
City Service

We want city trade to have certain party that they know
well and have confidence have appointed Mr. Gardner
city business manager who will study your needs and give any
matter that up his personal attention. Mr. Gardner has
been with the old firm for number years and proves to be
Of good judgment and whatever he chooses do will
gladly stand back of.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-08-11
Want Service

We want to speak particularly regarding service Mr.
Hoenz will be your service any We find him to be
of good general judgment and will gladly give you his time
for the asking whether the matter or not
The Detroit times., 1915-11-18
THE CURIOUS JAPANESE HOUSE.

japanese house hasn't single window. And
iys only the most stylish OF them that have .
pane of glass. A person who has . pane OF glass
somewhere In his house sets the social pace In
that neighborhood Instead OF glass thsy have
paper pasted On sliding frames and through The
paper the light filters. Naturally one wonders
how they keep the rain out; this 70 little trouslst
for outside the paper walls arc ssries OF
wooden doors which also slide back ana forsh.
When time comes to retire you look aryuna
for the bed, but there Isn't one In sight II
rolled up IN q drawer. and ths japanese would
not know a bedstead from . Quilting name
Millions Of people in Japan have grown b man.
hood voted. paid taxes and gone to thsir rsvara
without ever having ciappsd eyss on On Amsrt
can bedstead. To make the bed ready Tie ser
want opens the drawer and unrols ths Quits .
the floor. putting tomatocanlooking thing -
der one end for q pillow Than he shuts AL ne
paper windows and pulls 70 ell the wooden
slides so that NOT . breath OF ar can gst IN
and the bed is ready. Money In the palm
wouldn't persuade . japanese TO sleep with ne
window open.
Their theory is that during ne day ne sir
becomes full OF dust and germs 80 that II you
keep your windows sealed during ne night none
OF the germs can got in.-Homsr Croy IN Las
The Detroit times., 1915-11-18

Not everybody appreciates the ex-
tent 10 which success IN life is con
dilioned by ability to prevent the
attention from wandering There
are many men above the average in
mental power who hnd it difficult
10 get on, because they have never
overcome an unfortunate tendency
to allow THEN attention 10 be easily
distracted.
A little story told OF an animal
trainer might well be taken to heart
by every man ambitious 10 succeed.
This trainer specialized in "edu-
Gated monkeys" his supply of which
ne obtained from an importer tor
menageries and geological gardens.
One day be said TO the importer:
Il will pay you double price for
every animal | buy from you, If you
will allow me TO take several al a
time. on approval, and keep them
u1hti O0cFA fAtApA AOA wv %1g D
The importer consented. and this
arrangement went into efre& Soon
the trainer acquired a greater repu-
tation than ever for his success in
developing monkeys for stage per
formances. Suspecting that there
was a connection between the in
crease in his reputation and the plan
Of taking animals on approval, the
importer finally asked him II such
were not the case
1t is," the trainer frankly re-
Piled. "and l will let you into the
secret
when you send me a batch OF
monkeys | study their habits care
fully, and especially their habit OF
paying attention.
ANY monkey whose attention
quickly shifts from one object 10
another reject as one that WILL
prove diflcult, perhaps impossible.
TO train. Monkeys are like human
beings in this respect To be train
able, 10 learn things readily and
surely. they must be able TO pay sus-
tanned attention"
The Detroit times., 1915-11-18
Pointed Paragraphs
Most of the walters In a hotel are

Most of the walters in a hotel are
guests.
Some men make good by stepping
in other mems tracks
The mosquito isn't the only bore
who sings at his work.
Bargain sales have parted many a
woman and her husbands money.
Bad luck causes man 20 take a
mental inventory OF his friends.
Gossip spends more time getting
itself repeated than history does
Some men VINO were BORN to com
mand .oSe out aftcr they marry
The man who liyes Tor himself
alone might just as well crawl of
and die.
Why does selfish man expect the
whole world 10 mourn for him when
be is gone?
The chauffeur was always driving
slow when the accident occurred
Lots OF men go where duty calls,
and stand around with their hands
in their pockets after they get there.
The Detroit times., 1915-11-18

fortunate creature might have been ten
derly cared for, but when its natural pro-
tectors were gone, the lot of the de-
formed in body and defective in mind
could not, at best, be an enviable one.
1t is curious phase Of the American
people that many of them revolt from
the mothers sacrifice. Even Jane Adams
argued that it should be saved "as de
fective and treated as such" Others
who have gone deeper into the question
do not agree with Miss Adams, but ex-
pressed sympathy and admiration for
the unhappy and heroic mother
The Detroit times., 1915-11-18
Over Particular

An aged Negro porter nearly SO
years old. was arrested on some
trivial charge. for which lie was
later discharged II proved during
the trial. that be had never seen
the inside of a court before, and
the hustle OF events greatly dazed
and embarrassed him.
AS he stood up when HIS name
was called the clerk sang forth:
DO you solemnly swear that tho
testimony YOU shall give In this
case shall be the truth, III whole
truth and nothing but the truth,
so help you God?"
And tho Negro started back,
gasping. Then he turned quickly
to the bench.
Mister Brtles." he said. for he
knew his honor from boyhood IN
An unofficial capacity, Use puffect
ly willln' ter tell de trlf, but mus
I be all cotched UP datter way, in
case might want ter git des a step
or two offin de road7 Hit don't
give a man no leeway. sub Case
and Comment
The Detroit times., 1915-11-18
On the Outside of the
Carton, Without Looking In

A hint of the new order of things in
merchandising is offered by the convoca-
ton in this city of the Americal Speciality
Manufacturers Association, under the
auspices of the Michigan auxiliary.
This organization comprises concerns
manufacturing speciaties for the grocery
trade, and its announced mission is to
place the stamp of integrity upon the
products of its members.
pure food, full values. honest labels
weights and measures, clean factories and
fair dealing g'-certainly this is credit
able and reassuring creed for any body
of producers to formulate.
And it is not only splendid ethics but
it is good business to thus bring to bear
the combined influence of competitors to
dispel skepticism and distruSt, and con-
vince the consumer that he can be on the
outside, without looking in, and feel sure
of the contents of the nifty-looking car
ton.
The American Speciality Manufacture
ers' Association is welcome as an evangel
of both commercial and physical health.
1t gives The Times pleasure to wrap
up this welcome neatly and deliver it at
the hotel where the association is stop
The Detroit times., 1915-11-18
Germany Restless

Within the German empire there
are signs and portents that recall
wildly the mutterings of the storm
that broke upon Franco AZ the Rev
olution. We are told that the sup
ply OF food IN Germany is abundant,
yet the chancellor under authority
given him has Just nIed the price
at which potatoes may be sold by
the producer and by the market
man There is enough 70 spare OF
everything. yet tho prfces OF the
commonest commodities are under
government control. MOODY goes
hungry. but the people have been
warned that they must not carry
their olauor for butter ard table
supplies TO the point OF breaking
the srocer'e windows, and the %
we're penalties imposed upon rioters
have been officially called 10 their
attention. The last issue OF Imper-
ial bonds was so successful that
there was general jubilation, but
Imperial bonds are paid for In pa,
per, since the people long ago sur
rendered practically all the gold in
their possession to the Imperial
bank BY this process OF bond Is
sue the government can be kept
in paper funds indefinitely. but In
spite OF price regulation the dis
count uron the paper currency will
increase. one measure OF the dis
count was the very dlsquieting In
crease In prices OF commodities
New York Tunes
The Detroit times., 1915-11-18
Should a Parent Have the
Power of Completing Death?

Mrs. Anna Bollinger, of Chicago, is a
brave woman. She deserves the praise
and commentator of all mothers in that
she could face and endure adverse public
opinion and allow her own child to die,
all for the sake of the little one.
She overcame her natural, physical
instincts for the higher, more spiritual
quality of mercy, in being unwilling to
force life upon a poor, mal-formed babe
for whom nothing but sorrow and tre-
mendous handicap were in store. If Mrs.
Bolhnger thinks any farther than that,
she may consider that she has possibly
saved still more lives from misery for
themselves and expense to the state in
the future.
While she and the father live, the un-
The Detroit times., 1915-11-18

Study your fellow men am YOU
will notice that proneness to sSiH
the attention Is characteristic OF
many OF them Study yourself, ana
try to ascertain by hcgtst intro.
spection whether you, to,. 5elong to
the misunderstanding ciars.
Observe whether your attention
Gags and fits in he course OF an
ordinary conversation. so that your
mind wanders far from what the
other person is saying 10 you.
Observe whether in playing
games, similar lncapacity 10 hold
the attention manitests itself
And most Of ~all study yourself
with regard to your ability to hold
your attention 10 the problems oi
your daily work
You may have a tendency TO for.
get your work at the least provoCa-
ton, allowing Interesting things IN
your Office or factory or store 20 di-
vert your mind from the business
in hand. You may even have a
habit OF thinking up excuses to at.
tend 10 something other than your
work.
Al this spells attention-weak-
ness, and consequently spells inetii-
cheney and ultimate failure. Like
the monkeys who were rejected by
the trainer. you VIII find the bust.
ness world refusing 70 waste time
and trouble on you.
But. unlike the rejected monkeys,
you always have It within yourself
10 overcome your attention-weak-
ness. You can do this by recogniz.
ing your deficiency, and by deliber-
ately and vigorously disciplining
your mind through the exercise or
will power. And you must do this
to attain any high measure OF sue
cess.
The Detroit times., 1915-11-18
The Silly Season

Well, they're at II again. Those
who imagined that the sugenic craze
died . natural death have another
guess coming.
Now what do they propose TO do7
why. improve the human species, OF
courss. They propose TO make q
new and better man by the process
of evolution. We are told that the
society TO prevent UNIT marriages
hopes" to silence wedding bells IN
tho case OF $4,000 men and women
durfnk the nert calendar year. And
then IL all goes well they expect to
place q ban upon 100000 within
the next 20 years and point finally
10 q perfect race. say in 1880 Well.
maybe they will. but we doubt It..
The secretary OF the board and the
resident director is quoted as say
ing: The human species must be
improved by encouraging At mat
ings among the better classes and
cutting or the lower levels" He
admits that the constructive part
OF the work" will be the most diffi-
cult. Rather! Especially when we
recall that in a recent contest for
the two most perfect babies both
prizes were won by infants born In
the slums OF poverty-stricken par
ents and amid the most unhygienic
surroundings.
Instead OF every state in the
union passing laws" 20 further these
silly season schemes some means
should be taken 10 protect normal
men and women from the faddists
who hll in their idle hours by an
noying and pestering those who
have work TO do In this busy world.
Philadelphia Inquirer
The Detroit times., 1915-11-18
Public Officials and Crime

A new aaW- compelling the -closiH 4
oil grocery and dehcatessen stores
went into effect In Milwaukee last
sunday.
Three hundred OF practical
y all there are in MIiwaukee-open-
u dehed this new law and kept their
places open.
A demand for warrants for the
arrest OF the small store keepers
was made promptly the next day.
The district attorney refused 10
issue them. believing public opinion
opposed, and thus giving official
sanction TO open violation OF Law.
Many states. and Wisconsin is one
of them, are already burdened with
antiquated blue laws which are
consistently and officially ignored.
bu, 4 Is high time that bodies Of
Law makers cease 10 add more such
laws 20 their numbered statute
books II they have at heart the vital
moral interest OF the commonwealth.
nisrcspect for law is a sure molder
Of crime Crime thrives on IL.
Legislators who pass discrimina-
tory laws, which even a public ON
cial pledged TO law enforcement,
feels he must ignore. must shoulder
the responsibility. They are equally
guilty with the criminal whom they
have helped 20 make.
It's UP 10 the Milwaukee district
attorney TO enforce this new Law
or up to the Wisconsin legislature
70 repeal II.
The Detroit times., 1915-11-18
A Poem a Day
TWO SINNERs.

TWO SINNERS.
There was a man. - was said one
Who went astray IN his youthful
time.
Can the brain keep calm and the
When the blood Ike river is run
ming riot?
And boys win be boys. the old folk
And man is the better who's had
his day.
The man is reformed. and the
preacher told
or the prrSdissi son who came back
And Christian people threw open tho
door
with warmer welcome than ever
Wealth and honor were his to COM
And a spoIless woman gave him her
The world strewed their pathway
with flowers a-bloom.
Crying. God bless lady and uod
bless groom"
There was maiden who went astrAy
IN the early dawn OF hor youthful
day.
She had more passion and heart than
And abe followed blindly where fond
love led:
And love IL ever a dangerous guide
To wander unchecked az fair girls
side.
The woman repented and turned
from ain.
But no doors opened 20 let her in.
The preacher prayed that she might
be forgiven.
But told her 10 look for mercy in
heaven.
For this Is the way OF the world. we
know,
That the woman Is stoned, while the
man may go
A brave man welded her after all.
But the world said. frowning, We
shall not call"
Ella Wheeler wilcox
The Detroit times., 1915-11-18
The Simplicity of Death
6Y OR. FRANK CRANE
Copyright. 1915. by Frank Crane)

One of the best things published about
the celebrated Frank case was q poem
which recited how chivalrous citizens
avenged in an orgy of sadistic murder
the death of a girl whom as worker
they never thought to help toward bet
ter wages or conditions.
Life, with its sordid miseries, its
grinding injustice, does not make lively
appeal; it seems to be sort of tangled.
hopeless, socialistic, theoretic problem;
by the dust Of the conflict of gain with
humanity. But death is simple. The
primitive passions it Awakens are quick
and clear.
When Marie Rockhill, victim Of a
bungling midwife in Chicago, was
brought back dead to her village of Etna
Green, there was no condemnation of
her. The town regretted that she feared
to trust its Christian charity. They for
gave freely her waywardness, the pastor
spoke of her with pathetic kindness
Maries death wiped away all censure.
But suppose she had returned with her
baby alive to Etna Green? Would she
have been received with the same large
ness of forgiveness? Could she have re-
sumed her place In village circles, and
would she have been welcomed again in
to the church and Sunday schoolf
No. it was death that removed the
scarlet letter from her breast. 1t was
death that made pity safe. 1t was death
that changed a cruel, long-drawn tragedy
of daily struggle to a pathetic and tender
tolerance shed about her coffin.
Shocking but truthful is the verdict
of newspaper: Kind as were the in
tentons of Etna Green, the town is hap
pier with Marie Rockhill dead"
The ruling passion Of a community Is
not humanity. but respectability.
All manner of sin and iniquity can
be forgiven, but for one, especially q
woman, who has offended against the
canon of virtuous conduct there Is
nothing to de bat to go away or to die.
We think more OF station in life than
of life itself. To abate bit from our
censure of those who through weakness
have gone wrong seems to US to dis
prize our own integrity and to enlist
ourselves among the champions OF evil.
But as a matter of fact. forgiveness
and the kindly treatment of the offender
are not signs of weakness but Of
strength In proportion as We refrain
from accusation and view with humane
gentleness those who gang kennin'
wrang." we demonstrate, not wicked
partnership with crime, but the sure and
sterling nature of our own virtue.
Let us not be less lenient toward the
dead, but let us save some Of our SYM
pathy and helpful forgetfulness for the
errors of those that still dare to live.
Millions honored Abraham Lincoln
dead who gibed him living. And how
many revere the name Of the Cruci1ed
who would, were He alive cast Him out
as dreamer, hereto, and trouble
maker!
The Detroit times., 1915-11-18
The Keep Well Column
WHAT FOODS DO FOR THE BODY.

Just as coal keeps an engine going.
Sugars and starches are q form OF
"fue" that Is used directly by the
Tissues or else stored In the liver
for future use. The liver is a great
reserve storehpuse for these valua-
BILE products to be called upon as
the body needs them. II Is like the
camel's hump, which supplies that
animal with reserve OF fat for heat
and energy.
When not Immediately used or
stored in the liver. starches and
sugar go to make fat tissue.
The Detroit times., 1915-11-18
DOES HIS OWN MILKING

w Butcher president OF the State Normal
school at Emporia, is the only president OF a
large institution OF learning who keeps his own
COW and as least sometimes does the milking
himself. II am going TO teach my boy. Tom,
the dignity Of labor" the president Is quoted as
saying 81 am going 10 teach him To milk a COW
just as I learned when | was boy. ! want him
To learn that hard work with the hands is
worth while and Is 10 be respected. II is not
often that let other things encroach upon the
milking hour"-Kansas City Journal
The Detroit times., 1915-11-18
HER OWN MEDICINE

Germany smashed her way through Belgium
and France and drove tjhe Russian armies before
her for no more obscure reason than that ens
was numerically more powerful and at the ums
Infinitely better equipped for tho kind OF wN
which her diplomacy sprang upon the world nan
we're her antagonists. Now, we are disposed 70
believe, she will receive an ample dose o. her
own nauseous medicine. There can De no ALTO
gance in the claim OF The Allies that they are as
capable OF organizing victory a. the German
Glasgow Hearld
The Detroit times., 1915-11-18

the starches and
sugars contain 90
in the various
foods.
Cane and grape
sugar and the
starches contain
ed In such foods
as corn, potatoes,
The Detroit times., 1915-11-18
ADAPTABLE DEMOCRACY

so the world sees for a special and pass
ing purpose a triumvirate within a democracy
so liberal as that OF Great Britain The pectacle
need not be made signal either for the rejoic-
ing OF autocrats or for the wailing OF democrats.
II ahould rather be cause for new satisfaction
over democracy, its adaptability 10 circumstances
and its power to establish. frankly and openly. a
method OF organization which overcomes the
charge that democracy must always be inefti'
nf-Rnston TRANSCRIPT.
The Detroit times., 1915-11-18
so N. Cal, Kan, On.

AS a train stopped at a little Ohio
station the passengers heard the
plaintive bawling OF a calf. which
was being wheeled along the plat
form In a crate.
There's someone complaining,
conductor" said a traveller. looking
for a bit OF fun.
Not 10 me-" answered the mild
old ticket taker. Never ht rd a
passengers complaint with that
much enso'--Judge.
The Detroit times., 1915-11-18
VIII Use Roads Yet Awhile.

The report that the men who
have purchased the Wright Bros
seroplane plant intend TO reduce the
irice OF these machines, hasn't con
Yinced the Leayenworth Post that
tho good roads boosters viii pause
in their work as pct