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The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1915-12-24
"THE PRINCESS PAT"
BEGINS FOURTEENTH WEEK

THE Princess Pat" John Cort's
production OF Henry Blossom and
Victor Herbert's comic opera success,
will begin thu fourteenth week OF It's
run at tho Cort Theatre on Monday
night with Eleanor Painter in tho
title role and tho same supporting
cast, including Sam Il, Hardy, Al,
Shean. Alexander Clark. Robert ODER,
Joseph X, Lertora, Louis Casavant,
Martin Hayden, Eva Fallon. Leonora
Novasio. Ralph Riggs and Katharine
Witchie. In addition to the. usual
Wednesday and Saturday matinees
there will be a special holiday week
matinee on Thursday.
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THE FOUR LIVERPOOLS
IN OLYMPIC BURLESQUE.

"The Cabaret Girls" will be seen In
buriesque at the Olympic Theatre. A
special feature of the performance Is
provided by the Four Liverpools.
acrobats long identified with the Bar
mum & Bailey Circus. Among the
feats OF daring performed by this
quartet OF acrobats is a loop-to-
loop in midalr from one side OF the
stage to the other, One OF the aero
bats does a triple turn and Is caught
by the feet>by another on the oppo-
site side Of the stage,
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plays for the
Coming Week

~ IT'S SKINNER comes 10 the
~ Conan Theatre on Monday
night In Cock o. the Walk"
comedy by Henry Arthur Jonea The
scenes are laid In England, primo pal
" about the Berkeley Theatre Cock
o. the Walk" came about largely
through Mr.. Joness wish to do play
that would at least haze the value OF
reminding people that next April will
occur the tercentenary anniversary
Of william Shakespeare. There are
four English Bishops and four Eng
iish theatre managers In the play. and
among them moves Antony Bell
chamber. a happy veteran
OF the stage. whose light is almost
quenched by adversely. Bellchamber
- Mr.. SINNERS part Other roles
have been given TO Janet Dunbar,
Enid Bennett. Rita otway, Vernon
Steele, Walter +. Scott. Walter Gibbs,
Frederick NJ. Conklin. Kenyon Mus
grove. John Rogers. Harry Dodd and
John Gibbs
The Devils Garden" a dramatisa-
ton Of william Il. Maxwells novel
by Edith Ellis, will be produced by
Arthur Hopkins at the Harris
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AWFUL SUFFERING
FOR TWO YEARS
From Eczema. On Hands. Skin
Red and lnnamed. Terrible
Itching and Loss Of SLEEP.
HEALED BY CUTICURA
SOAP AND OINTMENT

"whcn the eczema broke out on my
hands u formed little patches Of small
watcry pimplcs. After scratching. the
skin became rod and inhamed. My hands
would bleed when put them In water. I
suffered q terrfble Itching sensation on my
hands. and nom loss Of slesp until I used
Cuticura Soap and Ointment I suffered
Tor two years.
81 washed my hands IN bot water ~sins
Cuticsra Soap. then would gently rub
Cusicurs Ointmsnt %. wearing gloves Of
rubber. II stopped the itching almost
Immediately. Soon my hands began V
iy,k white ana vsivety and altar usins
oxsicura sosp end oiatmsas for ID months
was healed" tsisned) Mrs. A. Rass-
nauer. iso Firss 81. Rochssses. N. ".
March 2. 1913.
Sample Each Free by Mall
with s2-p. skin Book on request. Al
arsss POSTCARD "Cutieusa. Dept. T. Bee
&C.," ss,d throughout tbs wosla
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DANCING CA RIVAL
MOVES TO ARHORY.

On the stroke OF IL tomorrow
night the Dancing Carnival will fox
trot, one-step and waltz out OF tho
Grand Central Palace and glide over
TO its temporary homo in the Twelfth
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-06-14

insd 81 animals. destroyed one and
laid two on from work. one horse
left standing hitched 10 a post from
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-06-14
AFTER BIRD NEST
FALLS FROM TREE
Walter kirs1u shattrr. Cellar Bone In
Acridsul Near Brashar and Ssv-
Tute~uth streets.

Walter klrl1rf. % yraTs % aEe. wh9
lives AZ 1904 Turaty-anh street. vas
seFt8zsiy .ai4ret az D. o'clock yss;er-
DAY u1ssluE. wHsa be fell a distance %
% feet osf of a tree az Brashar and
seseatseath street. fractHriuE his LETT
saa4iGrF blade.
BE vas rushed 90 the once OF Dr..
Joseph be silva after the accident. and
his injuries we're dressed. lie was
later removed 90 his home. Eirdorf
climbed the tree after q birds nest
and vas out on q small limb. when q
gave way. hurting him Co the ground
with Considerable force. He aiiEhted
90 bis head and shoulders and lay par
tally stunned for a minute or two. The
left collar bone vas badly shattered.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-06-14
HANG TO BOTTOM
OF THEIR CANOE
HG<e kariI and Clayton Tent Of Das-
eaport fioat Nile Down Aissis-
sippi Before Help Comes
STRONG WIND TIPS FRaIL CRAFT
Mishap Oee1rs Opposite Car Barns on
Easf River street and Current Car
ries Then Below Bridge.

HsEo KARL. - years old. i1s Cam
tsiz street. AMI Cariton Tent. 20
years % age. zsqs Fair aveaue. both %
Davenport. expsr5eacrd q naFroW 60
cape fsosa eFoWninE early yesterday
sffsrnooa "a the MisassEippi river.
saFa e ean1s o. whlea th@y vrFe nd
iaE upset opposite tsr car barns on
last River street Both we're rescued
TIE accident occurred about % the
eztesie o. fhe river. ths hiEh wind aud
waves tsaE prevailed overtuFuinE the
grail craft bora b6Fs kept their pres
ss.er % mia4 ana hung cato the over
t1Fgr4 esanr, They Seated a eoasid-
cradle distance Iowa The river past
sae ROCK isiaad bridge
fs ere mFaatss1e m~@beTs % the
uaVFepoTt uaas club weFF lotifed By
srtrshoa= o. those wso witnessed th~
srsft TIE boTs wFrr snaiiF rescued
~ a lsgaea from the boat cigh.
Are severely Called
aside from enc csui the young msn
sare-r1 ro st Effects from their cold
barr TE=F we're ia fse Waf~r nsariy
g. alF.res before srip arrived. May
people Gel beta shores vtfnTssft the
frsrsF
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-06-14
HUMANE OFFICER
HAD A BUSY MONTH

No; o1iy dumb animals. bu, bow.
a1f girls received attention a. the
hands % II. II. Robb. humane ofncer.
during the uonth OF May. He sub
fniited his report ~ the monthly bust
ness session OF the Rock Island Coun-
~ Humane society NJ the once OF DR..
J. ". Stewart this morning. He show
~ tha; he had sent home eight boys
whom be had found or the streets late
.; niEht and recovered one little girl
Who had become lost;
In looking after horses he exau-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-06-14
NAME REV. hULT
As NEW TEACHER
Pastss % lnmaaasi LatAsr4a ChaFss.
Omaha. sslsetsd Cor Aa<ast@a4
Professionally
sreCEfDs BE- WIS TOHsiNDEE
wiz Oeeu9g ths chair Of Esllxioa,
Histsry va Earu ant EsaFsa
IN Msilae.

Rev AGeiga tf4lt. pastor ef tss In
elsaal.ei t.atarfaa eaafel. Qcs.aa.a.
Nsa. seG e. fsrsser resllreE ae 2t7lsar.
We sriecteE a.st.sf.i.aT ~ AssIs.sl.-ss.s
sgaed tt tta ssss.ae la Sc Paul ts c.
tae CHAR ~ religions atslarV se 44r
risftaa college,. t.f..reli.eE or. Nsls
NeesaaGef uaa a.ss f-f.rset afLsF
geass sf .s.-lt.. u.Fs sE t4s ysca. la-
srafaf.ag-
rbe s-leegea af C-t sfr uas WIN
meet WlEt 45orsVs. especially Lei cas-
eomaa4a narr- ~ lFrt ssr ei.aaf
gsafs l.e vas aaFa a Na.ae. g-s
son OF o.af tffE ftr attended sss
gusle schools -lrf- tsE -sl-eeG Aar
Essftas rsurE-. EFs.l.4sl.az vssa E4s
class af $500 I.r s1ra several years
m me east. srtlF.sa H4a.. a.t EraFr
egaE setF..aE coo es..rfF ar fr-
mafsasIe araf sr tsf.ls- haoss.
wBieB us aaH sfai ts sr ar Errts gs.sr.
ta ttlH a- rafrf-t Nasisrta.s srr-
4afY aaE graduated a $500 usr.a &
ats Heolas. .asrsr s- sgsr .et enc
3afeff er Fsr Messiah .sgF.. .as.aa..
sad srFrr be ordination s- .sarar
" SERVED Gat. ..rEH-Esf.g
tter Hrafs a Omaha
Htf- Trlrs fs. a- was .s..rt a. sse
f1im.sE1-' eHIa... Omaha. where o.
has been sHaest
wofs uiFHE E4r .ae gr was e .aaa
eaE9 Hr attended .Hr Ua.T-r er
chbsEa sat sar...s..s-t .s Gas agesa
asa r8tEr
rb- aev t-s.Her sr EaE9srssa Cd
aarf-f a|s vito having srrs before
magrass sss U.at u...9rrs. ..ssE
n.r ar ue.tF a..H EH-.. H-st sr enc
1fam.aeHs Monograph rrH af obs
CISCO ar waH - r r F--
children 500 lf..t Ht @
ra.f.aa 1f being .rr r. U. e1H-
Grgrt H F.- #rs. H-t.s. -sssrFaH
eaurea. Ms.Uae. a. -s1rr lsr as
tNs stWrr gss been 4g-sr vJt sla c.
Omaha. saa er Has s sister. Mss
LGgas flslE. 4st brother. Pan. tEaF.
a EFtfsatr af AsEssrtss ts Frte.
who fesat- aE Elf NEra sveaar se
tHis ciEF Urv t.F ll4H rvsr.rs t..
suibt Eoae Err-
Wf fltEs selection Tte eE
frsg haJat. se SECURING "a e.s74r Hf
all ffr F.fee .ser ... He- ..-
te CD rar uF "a. T..rs.H. .r
fart. CaGE eI Soc ur
OF sWeteaurE t1Va. eE Cor uf d. HE.
9ecs OF tfae ts. lt far .-rE IS
Etmrr ar E Paul. ana 8 .aF uf q g..
EnEvaU ot s1sa.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-06-14
PERSONAL POINTS

1fss gss.e 1t Esaa arrived ia ere
e.rF YESTERDAY saressE tra@ Calif8F-
es
Ha lt arlseS SATURDAY ssEsF twin
rs V-r- aore OBJ wr saE 1Fe Jsaes
sG Sc NrsaaeF.s hospital
Hss rttrlr la-s-r. lElg aeFeafs
sF-Ha-. Eas E5e- Co. gazsoE. 90. t1
rsH tvF weeks UfsE rr.stltes
H- ace tfrs ss"grt ssrasss ~ ss=e
"Tes sr- guests se ere E6ae af WF
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-06-14

Elliott, delegates to the state humane
society meeting at Quincy June 9.
presented a report.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-06-14

10 a. m. till 1880 p. m. was placed in
a livery stable and the owner was
forced to pay the expense incurred.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-06-14
TO STAGE
COMEBACK on JULY 4

u w. @eaishert stated to-day that
rrasufs seafebeFt. sell issoEa local
f-stser0r baftIrr. Who has been
as5 of tsF RAG Cor several m8aths.
VIII STAGE a ea@sbaeS battle Jaiy q
on Ilsw aakre. before ttr 8ogFh side
a. G.. eaaosias usltV ueFgE as q trial
e9rse- Fsaaugs rreeaftY TOOK treat
neat az a sssisaFfara Co. uavenport
saf ts row traiaieE az q farm fn
Calrstilts. wts tle ts ia fnF coal
tlae asG ts eoaffsat % stsFtiaE bis
esw eaapaiza Wtsh a wiz
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-06-14
DEAN QUINN GIVES
GRADUATES DIPLOMAS

Yesterday u9ruirE az 20 o'clock a.
So 1rseras esgrcb. ueaa =. Qliua
p-rsratet diplomas Co th~ graduate
OF Sc JesFph.s school. ueaa Quiru
warmly e1eEsstsiate1 tET pupils on
fe~ e1@ptesias OF their wDrs aad save
tera some EirttF advice. s~sfrz them
t1 b. true ard faifafsi % ere pseeepfs
rsaEet as school. sarieF % taeT WerT.
tae.r fs-srr woaG be prop Triy taken
ease o.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-06-14
JAMES A. WEED HURT
IN AN AUTO SMASH-UP

James \. Weed. 1917 Twsif,h street.
vas seriously islurcd while riding a.
a fFtssa's ast0mobiie "a Davenport
yesterday morning about 10 O'Clock
while eaFouts 90 The unitsd Prrsbvts--
ian eaarch a. McCiciiand Heights The
machine struck q break IN the pave
neat and swrrvsd 20 the eurbinr
tsFoWiaE Mr.. Weed violently against
ne seat iH froat % him. SITS rose
vas broken. his right cheek cut ana
sis Ft<at arm and leg badly bruised.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-06-14
BIG CROWD ENJOYS
TRIP TO MUSCATINE

TIE largest crowd % ths season en-
loyra az eScgrsioa oa the steamer
s'asSy % Ngsea;izS yesterday. Thls
= he SsGnsy's tFs; appearance here.
Ioaikht the Browa's Business college
solas an outing on the Sidney. The
; re Aus steamer. Quincy. arrived al
y go this nooa from ST. Louis With a
fan passenger lis; and LET, Davenport
this afternoon q; O'Clock on its way
20 ST. Paul
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-06-14

Ninenteen complaints were investi-
gated.
Mrs. Belle Jones and Mrs. C. NJ.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-06-14
.SKAT PRIZE GOES
TO DAVENPORTER
u. .. OeiTmann Carries on High Hon.
or AZ Annual Players Congress
Held al Peoria

Peoria. III. June i'll. ?. octr-
mana. Davenport. Iowa. was declared
winner 90 the frst prize a. the 18th
annual congress % the North Auer!-
can sEat league. which closed here
today. tie received a prize % 81 900
lr cash octzmanu won Is games. los
tnE one fo- a new score % - games
gon. and scoring 5aT total polntH.
other prize u'iunsrs wcre J. II. Ed~ns.
Cii1tou. Iowa. second f. = TIaEErr-
taar. Chicago. third. John Helek. chi
eaEn. tosrth. aad Frank siraut. Chi
easn. tnh- The 1915 eouveutisa ras
awarded % 50. Paul
Rock isiaaf was represented a. the
tozruan~rt by H@ury G.auEs. Carl
ltochou aad a q. tS.deL Davenport
sent q e~ieEafi0u % ef0 players The
stoeS Islanders Feturued last uiEht.
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thereby. Several clubs buy an average
of $50 pounds of chicken a week in the
cool weather season. And a fair esti-
mate OF the weekly egg requirements
of a typical New York buying club is
200 dozen.
Thu, ,,,. .,., .A..
- $50
e., u,a,iauan =. III 49, n.S,an
-. ,raasa"a 49,
~ upo,' !" tuanu'' Wv my
Peg spo' e"su IA u,anee-,nes are
'"e way !. 'u'."s @'uos save
har rhara : -" h,,.
,ha,sona - T.. ~. -
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out the walls, are conveyed only such
men as are in desperate need OF help.
The effect Of this effort on the part
Of Americans has elected praise from
Sir Frederick Treves of England. Gen.
Fevrier. DIR. Alexis Carrel and others
of high authority. who say the Ameri-
car Hospital is not only the best one
In Paris. but that 1t is unsurpassed in
all Europe. Furthermore, the Ameri-
cans are sending over a staff of spe-
cialists in dental surgery to treat those
whose jaws have been shattered-and
there are multitudes Of such. This is
something that has been done in no
previous war.
Men like Robert Bacon and former
Ambassador Herrick. who know the
situation from "a diplomatic standpoint,
believe this wal hospital is the most
important international undertaking
Americans are now engaged in. For
the first time America is proving to
the world that it can do more than
merely give huge sums of money in
times Of calamity like those caused by
fire, food and earthquake. The United
States to-day is proving that in
science Of the most vital nature II
stands as high as any other nation on
earth.
At present this one institution Is
caring daily for more than 500
wounded men. Notwithstanding that
the most difficult cases have been sent
there the rate OF mortality has been
only 7.9 per cent, a remarkable show
ing, especially when taking into
consideration the fact hat nearly
every patient who has entered the
hospital has suffered from infection
and that the prevalence OF gangrene
and tetanus has been far greater dur
ing this war than had been antici-
pated.
OF the seventy-lve ambulances con-
tributed by America the largest
number from any one community we're
provided by Philadelphia. others by
various colleges, and by schools such
as st. Paul's Academy. Phillips Acad-
envy at Andover, Mass; the Pomfret
School OF Connecticut. and by the Paul
Jones Club Of New York.
OF the lads manning them Harvard
alone contributes tw~enty-four of
the volunteers, nearly one-third OF the
total number now on duty. The SER
vice Is arranged thus: A squad con-
sists OF five ambulances, with one sup
ply car and n stan car. carrying the
personal belongings Of the men. &c.
Two squads, with an extra stan car
added, make up a section. Each Sec
ton includes In Its personnel surgeons
and assistants. extra nurses and spe-
cial nurses Of the eminent surgeons
In command, and. In addition, the driv-
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COntin ucd from Third Page.

II said here and now for the first time
that not a single individual hesitated. In
less time han it takes to tell the little
story they and the Ave ambulances and
the supply car and the staff car form
ing MacClay's section were darling
through the streets picking up the in
jured and rushing with them to hos
pitfalls, where surgeons waited and
nurses stood on duty.
And without comment let this Sec
ond fact be stated. also on authority
of Mr.. Hereford. that the army ambu-
lance corps remained in bombproof
shelters while college boys from New
England. the Atlantic States and the
middle West. utterly regardless Of their
W safety, fearlessly kept or with
their work of rescue until the last Ger
man bomb had dropped and exploded,
until the last German %aeroplane had
sailed away. until the very last Of the
wounded had been picked up from a
pool Of blood and had been carried to
an operating room.
OF all the colleges for women in the
United States only one has contributed
an ambulance up to this writing, and
that institution is Wellesley. In def
erence to wishes expressed by the do.
nors Of this vehicle. now on duty in
the field, its side panel is painted in the
particular tone known as the "Welles-
ley blue" Just why none of the other
college girls have risen to the need
n the occasion Is not understood.
At present the most advanced SER
vice of the American Ambulance is to
field hospitals out of the range of fire.
Wounded men falling in the trenches
are picked up by fellow soldiers who
serve as Red Cross assistants and are
carried to a dressing station, a shell
tered position, often established within
the trench itself, but sometimes re-
moved from 1t. At night the wounded
are taken from the dressing station by
fellow soldiers, either on litters or in
horse drawn vehicles. to a temporary
field hospital, which is usually estab-
i!shed in a church or other building
out OF range; and it is here that tho
American college boys as a rule get
them' put them in the motor ambu-
lances and race with them to the
nearest town where permanent hos
pital facilities are maintained.
IL no hospital exists In a town and
a railway runs through II, the wounded
are placed on trains and are conveyed
possibly to Paris, but usually to cities
iurther south, frequently to resorts
where many OF the largest hotels have
peer converted into conva,escent and
other hospitals. Only the worst cases
are taken to Paris, and to the Ameri-
can Ambulance Hospital. just with
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Savings as High as rs Per Cent. Esf-
fected-Many Firms Aid Employees
to Organize and Garry Accounts

How can these things be. you ask;
how is it possible to transact business
in comparatively small lots and bring
them from producing districts a thou
sand miles away and still save money?
There are several reasons: First, the
producer does away with need for
middlemen other than the express
company by grading. st~andardizlng
and neatly packing his produce him
self. The function of middlemen is
largely Standardization, a function
which is more and more passing to the
progressive producer.
Second. the transportation charges
on foodstuffs are about % per cent.
lower than those on merchandise ship
ments, such as furniture and cloth.
To ship from Indiana or even Iowa.
with refrigeration service included
while aboard the express train. costs
the producer very little. The pro-
duce can be, and Is being. laid down
on Broadway from far Western States
at an average transportation cost Of
only two cents a pound.
Now, balance off this two cents per
pound against the cost of handling by
a country collector. a wholesale buyer.
a commission merchant, a jobber and
q retail store and you begin to see
why the buying cubs are able to buy
At low prices. The point of the whole
matter, Of course. is that the Ameri-
can farmer is getting lined up to deal
in more direct fashion with the city
consumer.
New York city gets So per cent. Of
its egg supply from distant States
anyway. AS for butter, probably 80
per cent. Of the amoun consumed in
the city .s made outside Of the State
of New York. 1t is not to h wondered
at, then. that the individual producers
OF the middle West-and indeed the
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At the producing end-pchng lettuce and packing it for shipment to city consumers club

up of producer and ultimate consumer
Is proving both practical and signifi-
cant In one manufacturing establish
ment in the city over two hundred
employees are banded together to pur-
chase in this communal fashion. They
have a secretary. one Of their num-
Der. who gathers the orders early in
the week and dispatches them t be
filled.
one man orders two pounds of but
ter and three dozen eggs another. a
pair Of chickens and q ham; a third a
side Of bacon and five pounds Of coun-
try sausage. All sorts of produce can
be ordered-honey, maple syrup. fresh
vegetables in season. fruits. meats and
dairy products-but the great bulk of
the business is confined To eggs. but
ter and poultry.
The secretary makes up his list-a
large grocery order. Frequently his
aggregate runs into thousands of
pounds. From the country produce
quotation bulletin before him. which
the various express companies issue
weekly for the information of the buy
ing clubs, he can tell exactly what il
will cost him in the country. In
another column is listed the Transport
tation charge TO New York city.
The butter may have to journey
nearly a thousand miles, from Ohio
or Indiana: the eggs probably are laid
in Maryland or Illinois: and the
smoked meats come from a Pennsyl-
vania point or from the Buffalo re-
gion. Wherever their source the sec
rotary knows just what his order will
cost him laid down at the buying
clubs headquarters.
He sends his check and order to the
express office, which forwards it to the
various producers quoted on the
weekly bulletin. These. in turn. ship
direct to the city buying club. The
butter, in pound cartons, is divided;
the eggs, in one dozen boxes. are ap-
portioned: each member receives his
ordered produce and takes it home
with him.
One Of the big lower Broadway
clubs las compiled some statistics TO
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duction Of high living cost among
fraternal bodies, groups Of municipal
employees, apartment dweUers and
suburban neighborhood communities
throughout the East.
One Of the most successful buying
clubs known Is conducted not twenty
five miles from this city.
In one month last winter the three
hundred odd members of this club.
ranging from Judges and physicians
down to day laborers. filled their mar.
ket baskets with some seven thousand
pounds II food products imported from
neighboring States via the buying club
route.
Consider that there are barely 1000
people in the town and that 800 club
members mean supplies for approXi-
mately 1900 people counting the
families) and you will understand Of
what Importance the buying club idea
has become in this place. Celery by
the fifty dozen lot, poultry in 500
pound cons!gnments n a thousand
dozen eggs at a clip-that is the way
this distributing club buys. 1t is an
example of cooperation pure n SIM
pie, and besides lowering the living
cost Of the members themselves has
affected the general level OF prices
in the community.
In another suburb Of New York.
one of the spick and span New Jersey
towns hat had been used 10 buying
provisions after some half dozen mid
dlemen had handled them. a housewife
formed a small neighborhood club.
They started in To order one OF the
combination hampers of butter and
eggs that are put up by several West
ern producers-ten pounds OF cream
cry butter n fifteen dozen eggs. In
a month they had trebled their orders
and were gathering in the rest of the
n~eighbors on the block. And when
they came to figure up in concrete
form their savings it a something
like this:
On an order Of IS pounds butter and 20
dozen eggs, sN.3N saved.
ON an order Of - pounds bacon and Is
pounds ham, s30j saved.
Roughly speaking. on the months pro.
vision bill, - per cent saved.