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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-29
ADJ CLUBS TO PROBE
BUSINESS CONDITIONS
Educational Research Committee of
Associated Advertising Clubs in
Second Investigation of
Business Conditions.

Richmond has been selected by the
Educa tional Research Committee of
the Associated ADV ,rtising Clubs of
the World as one of the leading mar
keting centers OF America in which it
will make a thorough investigation of
exact conditions Of business and pros
poets for the year 1916.
Word was received yesterday morn
ing by William ]. MolI chairman of
the educational committee of the
Richmond Advertisers Club. that he
has been appointed to represent this
city and gather the required informa-
ton. on December 3, a. soon as the
business men have closed their books
for the month of November. investi-
gators in all the leading cities of the
United States and Canada Will call
upon representative merchants in the
leading retail lines and ask short
list of questions which the commit
tee finds to be a barometer of bust
ness The investigation will consume
four days.
This is the second investigation Of
the kind, A year ago when all bust
ness men seemed to be confused as to
the effect the European war would
have on conditions In this country the
Associated Advertising Clubs of the
World with representative organiza-
TONS m different cities raurc for WI ri
with the assertion that the only true
test of she exact business conditions
Is consumer demand, and to prove this
point conducted an investigation
among the leading retail stores which
showed that despite many alarming
reports the average condition of Amer
lean business showed a decrease fer
the month of November, 1914, over
November. 1913. Of only % per cent
The completed report, containing
many maps and charts and compiled
within twelve days, was delivered to
President Wilson. Premier Borden. of
Ganada. and other government officials
as well as many OF the leading buss-
ness men of the country and their
high commentator of the investiga
ton is what has lead to a repetition of
the plan this year
Those In charge OF the work say
tsat as the committee Is now in pos
session of such vital facts for COM
parison, and as the number of mer-
chants interviewed will be greatly In
creased, the report for this year VIII
be even more valuable than its pre-
decessor While last years report
was sold for SIS volume and the
edition was completely exhausted, the
report of the present investigation will
be given much wider circulation, as
1t will be printed in full in the jan
uary issue of Associate Advertising
the official organ OF the Advertising
Clubs. to which all advertising ana
business men Will be allowed free &C
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-29

The esteemed Honorary Member IN
again in our midst with roll OF PONIES
We present one at the top of this
column which must appeal to the
weary and downtrodden.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-29

We love TO reyei In thoughts OF
possible sudden wealth. which may
come by the demise of some old for
gotten uncle, or through the breads
which We have scattered upon thu
waters. but II IL certainly nice TO
think that we have oil springing up
at our very feet in Old Henracker,
But why go into Henracker for oil.
when there IL PLENTY of 1t oozing up
along our smooth streets, right here
IN RichIuonG.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-29

1t is not expected that Mr.. Bryan
will join Mr.. Fords peace excursion;
the Commoner will wait until he can
make his peace arguments over long
distance telephone.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-29

Just think. Edith and Woodie will
soon embark upon the troubled sea OF
matrimony. We have been saving up
our pennies. but It's mighty slow work
and it begins to look like all we can
afford will be ten-cant china vase
However, they will both have to take
the will for the deed.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-29

Getting the boys of Europe out Of
the trenches by Christmas Is very
fine idea, but ii would be worth much
more than the cost of the expedition
to American mothers if Mr.. Ford would
expend what the expedition Is to cost
in keeping the boys of this country
out of the pitfalls to which they are
exposed
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-29

There Is lot OF talk in the papers
about graft In the new States" and
the new cities" but why 60, to the
new places. when there is SO much
loose graft lying around In the oldf
cities7
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-29

farmers
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-29

This is mighty hne weather for pos
sum and sweet taters. We can man .
age to scrape around the market for
the taters and If any OF our country
friends can scare up a 'possum for us W
will be glad to take II on subscription.
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tlat i might e9n - & be f6rt
g IN hsRan il ses 81 iofsis
Hefx Mutation now existing to- gain
some ReFs6nal advantage thr0ugiS
such IN expressione Of comic ehce Ia
MIN must have caused the Gloom
lest Gus In the Democratic party to
smile "a his sleeve. u z TX q
That same s.extraord tnaf9 Sitna-
ton H. the one bright ray which
has reached the Democracy gInca
party became the tail Of tie VIE
sonian Hte. Every man who has
Criticised the administrat ion dnrfnk
the period Of its diplomatic travail
has been accused Of lacking patriot.
ism: eyery appeal 70 the PUBLIC ID
based on the marvellous forei On policy
OF the president. IT Is the one great
Issue on which the followers of M.
!, wilson 9.. desire to sc to the country
The Identity Of the Democratic
party Is merged In that Of the pre-
sent occupant Of the White House.
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Query and Its Answer.

Samuel Alshuler. Of Chicago, who
has been named as United States cir
cult Judge Of Illinois, Wisconsin and
E1ndiana, in an interview with cor
respondent Of the Washington Post.
SAYS that Sin q straight race be-
tween Republicans and Democrats
Iowa is Republican. but II there are
three tickets It viii 90 Democratic. z
Query: Is party progressive which
perpetuates the domination Of the
Democracy?" =
Mr.. Alshu1er comes out strong for
Senator Itmham Lewis for our next
vice president. This recalls an
amusing incident which happened
when Senator Lewis was temper.
arily presiding over the Senate. a
senator arose to question q state
ment made by another, senator who
had the floor. He was recognized
by him OF the pink whiskers, who
asked: docs the senator arise for
the purpose of directing an interroea-
tory?" Having recovered flfs euuili-
brium the senator lowed that was
hia purpose, and fred his question.
With Lewis in the vice presidential
chair the wrath of DR.. Samuel John
son might be seen smiling beatiffca1ly
near by, and the senatorial oath of
office would be taken on the oxford
dictionary. p
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.renc:e. foIr plrofi,t;.:

The Wheeling Intelligencer says:
Bryan talked peace Ste ~, 00u
people in Boston, and his share oi
the gate receipts footed up $500,
WHICH must have been reduced
The man who has been the leader
of the Democratic party many yeats
has been doing this stunt for as
many years. He talks for personal
gain and he never enlists In q pub
lie cause except to derive personal
profit from 1t.
How different from other leaders
OF mens Did the public ever hear
Of Col. Theodore Roosevelt address
INC assemblages for pay? Is former
president Taft engaged N soap BOX
COLLECTIONS?
There certainly Is a great differ
Sdnee In men. Bryan pretends to be
n great commoner, and yet he never
plays the fiddle without pay. BIS
talents make him 9 CRATER as git
we're.
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5snoils l,tongers, BUSY.

Already the spoils mongers are
dated over the prospect of large ex-
spenditures for military preparedness
and are laying their plans to procure,
each for his respecfi DISTRICT the
largest possible chunk Of the funds
TO be expended. It is precisely this
elAsh and insuIar course: which has
destroyed the usefulness Of SO large
q part Of the funds SO expended in
the past and which will have the
same effect again unless the chair
man Of the naval and military affairs
receive the stout support Of the rank
and filesof the two houses, and the
popular support of their constituents
back home.
There is little doubt that the most
serious obstacle to adequate prepar-
.iedness for defense is the disposition
sof members Of Congress to rush in
with Determination. each to promote
the interests Of his district, regard
less Of Sthe general interest OF the
purpose for which the money is APP
appropriated.
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J simmons. and Kitehin..

simmons ana hlJcn1n.
4 1t e refreshing to note the belli-
gerent attitude few OF the DEM
socrat6 in the House and Senate have
assumed now that premonitory quak-
sings warn them they are about to
be pitched into oblivion by ma
tion-Wide revulslon one year hence.
Senator Furnifold Simmons, OF
North Carolina. chairman Of the
Senate committee on finance. now
swashe buckles around in a suit Of
borrowed armor four sizes too large
and declares himselfifor huge bond
Issue to provide for an adequate
navy. Heretofore Mr.. Simmons's
sespousal Of the cause of national pre-
sparedpess has been about as ardent
as that of Kentucky colonel for
the Hobson anti-redeye amendment.
But while the Furnifold has
giimpsed enough of the light to en-
courage him to take his place in the
SUI, his fellow statesman and coadju-
ter, Representative Claude Kitchin,
still snuggles the Bryan dove to his
palpitating bosom and strives with
Npft accents to smouthe the wrinkled
front of grim-visaged war. Claude
Sis the next Chairman, Of the ways and
means committee of the House. Thus
we are to have the pleasing spect7
acle Of two Tar-heeled incensef
swinkers, each chairman OF the most
powerful committee of his respec-
tive branch of Congress, differing IL
DIAGNOSIS ,of national symptoms
When such Democratic leaders dis
aere4, who shallI decidee Answer;
The Republican party in 1917. 4
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in the occupation and the next day
about dozen reporters showed him
how little he really knew.
Among the former Eeporters Just
q few selected at rand lon were Viii
liam j. Bryan, President Taft. ex-
Mayor McClsllan, George !McAneny,
Fire Commissioner Adamson, his pSe-
decessor, Joe johnson, Meximilian
Foster, the novelist, David Graham
Phillips, Max Mercfh, who Just wrote
two plays, Frank A. Eanderlip. the
big banker, Superintendent Max
Vel. .ot the puhli schools; Serene
8. Pratt, Captain Archie Butt and
many, many others.
Three months ago tWenty-two-
year-old clerk SOLE 1000 from the
firm that employed him and increased
|it to Sc. 600 in Wall street. Els em-
ployers found out about It and pat-
ted him on the back, praising him
for him business acumen.
The precedent seens to have been
a dangerous one. II appear 1t stuck
in the mind Of Henry S. Bradley. de-
fau1ting mai1 teller Of the Merchants
National bank who thought he. could
run 100 900 Of the banl.s money ulfp
to 81, 000. 000. In the course Of a
month.
He told his friends that he was go
ing to put the million in safe place,
walk in on the president Of the bank,
confess he had stolen some money,
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men In the. company and young Reilly
says he is going to take the hurdles
in the SAME way. .1; b,
Speaking ofsthe horrors Of. war.
Copeland Townsend was walking up
Broadway the other evening when he
saw a man come out from seeing
..Molpch 4, and his face was gray with
borrow.
TITS TERRIBLE he gasped. "The
effect on one is almost as depress-
ing as watching the Giants play ball. "
What to do with the poor reporter
seems to be about as senseless as
looking out for the future of young
John D. Rockefeller. A young cub
fresh from his journalism school
laqrels found out that 1t took some
thing else besides a diploma to land
2 berth on Park Row.
He walled In long epistle to the
newspapers signed .newspaper grad
uate." He says there Is no future
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@ 2 So +*,k . ss*&&At !!
! 8 RAVELETTE
4 y Ntksah.
! &c . sc . AA.sa Z 44*4A+ !
THE DEATH OF JACOB BOWER
Y SOCKS.
Why does he hold his arms that: way
And scurry like a rabbit?
He cannot help It, so they say;
Il is the package habit.

g. =.
Il was the hottest August SO In the
history of the weather bureau.
There was no hotter man in the city
than Enoch Wispers, for thirty-two
people by actual count had asked him
in the last hour If 1t was hot enough
for him, and each time he had been
asked. his temperature had leaped
two degrees higher with rage, and
stayed there.
81 must get away from my fellow
men or else commit q crfme." he
cried, and boarded a trolley car bound
for the country
Slot enough for your" asked the
conductor pleasantly.
Not for you!p replied Enoch wildly,
and leaped backwards OFF the car, iiia
fingers itching for the fellows throat.
The next day one dies," he vowed
and rushed into d pawnbroker's office.
Give me q loaded revolver" he de-
manded.
The pawnbroker gave 1t to him.
Is It hot enough for, your he said.
1.-THE end)
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probably overlooked the town Q
Samarfna in the Greek Balkans.

4
probably overlooked the town. Of,
Samartna in the Greek Balkans.
No railroad runs to SamArina. !
Most of the year it is only partly in-'
Ihabited, for 1t is one Of the towns
OF the nomad Balkan peoples.
You come to- Samaripa through.
understanding forests Of pine and
beach. where the glades are carpet
ed with bracken and wild strawber-
ries. The town is on the slope Of al
great mountain. Its houses, with,
their low walls and immense, top
heavy, shingle roofs, are built In lit
tie groups with here and there one
conspf cuopsly missing like lost
tooth. This is because Samarina Isl
not built on solid ground, but upon
q great hill OF shale. The water,
percolattng through this formation
when the snow meIts In the spring,
undermines the houses so that oc-l
casionally one collapses without any
warning.
meadows where clover hay is grown,
and orchards Of plnms and cherries.
The town boasts wide common
shaded with great poplars, and al
marketplace called La HAM, where
most Of the business Of the town
goes forward. 1t is cobb1ed trias
gle. with great spreading willow
tree standing in its center. Under
this tree are low platforms where the
mule teers stand to sell the petrp-
leum, olives. red wine, onions, green
peppers. fruit and wheat that they
bring from the lowlands.
About the marketplace are thel
principal cafes and food shops, These
shops are 50 popular as eating places
that the cafes have rather hard
time to make q living. Most Of theI
cafe keepers are also BARRIERS; whilel
some Of them will also undertake tof
cure a toothache or other minor all
ment by the application Of hot pitch.
Before each food shop Is wooden
trough, lined with tin and filed with
glowing charcoal. Over this, whole
lambs are roasted and other sayory
dishes prepared. The favorite social
diversion Of the mountain bucks and
lasses ~ to gather at one Of these
food shops and make a night Of feast
ing on roast joints and red wine ana
dancing.
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ment houses will permit each tenant
to have his own supply Of hot wa
ter, independent Of others. at the
rate OF sixty gallons an hour.
It would do away with the use Of
the large hot water tank in the base
ment when the steam heating plant
is In operation, and overcome COM
plants Of hot water shortage which
occur frequently in the smaller apart
ment buildings.
In private houses, the device will
be even more practical. It is simple
easily installed and works automati-
callv. 1t Is made in solid castings
which eliminate the possibility Of
leaky joints.
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Hystericai FPolftics.

Next years presidential struggle
is not at all likely to be Influenced
by the sort Of hysterical politics that
turned the country upside down three
years ago. Victor Murdoch to the
contrary notwithstanding. This Off
I ciaf spokesman for what is left Of
the Progressives il. sure that the Re
| pHblfcan party is reactionary, says
the Philadelphia Inquirer. II he
means by that that it intends In tie
coming presidential Campaign to re-
ject the theoretical and plant itself
squarely on the practical, he is not
far from right.
II WON'T be, found advocating the
recall of judges and all that sort Of
dangerous nonsense. The day for
trying on the country every crack
Drained scheme designed to make
10 scrap of paper out of the constith-
ton of the United States has gone.
But it will be found demanding the
estab1 ishment OF Republican policies
and the restoration of a tariff under
which the manufacturing industries
can have some protection against the
flood Of cheap goods that will be let
loose as soon as the European war
lis over.
A standspatter will be the Republi-
can nominee. declares the Progress
Sive chairman. II he means a stand
patter on protection he Is not far
ont Of the way. But let Mr.. Murdoch
take this into onsiderati6n: The Re
publican convention Will be compos-
ed largely Of delegates elected at
primaries. They will not and cannot
be manipulated by. the national COM
,mitiee. They VIII come directly from
the Republican people and no one
will be able to bolt that convention
with the cry on his lips that he has
been cheated.
The candidate will be nominated
by free convention. The platform
Will be adopted by an Embossed mem
bsrship. Under such conditions,
where does Mr.. Murdoch expect or
hope to appeal for support for dis
tinctive Bull Moose candidate? For
the tariff cannot fail to be the great
Issue. The country has been through
d trying experience. Until the war
came along to act as a barrier to
huge importations, the mills were
IN q bad shape, many Of them Dor
dering on bankruptcy: The moment
n n S6 n
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Add Governor Philip, of wiscon-
son, to the list of Republican execu-
tiyes who have made good. Coming
into Office on pledge of economy, the
governor has reduced the expenses of
he state by nearly $4,000,O00.
Things like that always happen under
epqh1ican rule.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 27.-John syl-
vester Reilly. Yale is, is jerking
bell ropes In the subwas.S He will
havesa So a day and two nice white
duck suits And 1t looks from here
like he Is going to be able distinctly
epunclate: Next Sixty-sixth." The
nearest any other guard has gotten
to It Is: "Znex B1a Bla."
Reilly used to be star on the
Yale BASEBALL team ana stands over
SIX feet. All the sob sisters have been
writing ctring Of mid VICTORIAN adj
jectives after Reiliy.s unfrilled name.
He is gallant and dashing. valiant
and intrepid and that, dears, is go
ing some.
None have as yet clmpared him
to Apollo, Hyperion and Antinous but
1t is not known how much longer they
can hold themselves in check. Reilly
has a brother who started after he
got out Of college as a subway guard
and today he Is one Of the biggest
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sTunfuityYs Letter.

a recent letter Of Joe Tumulty.
The presidents secretary, to certain
Democrats. In New Jersey, asking
that they forego their plan to start a
boom for Mr.. Wilson's denomination
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There are 27.Ss6,s SEQ Hindus, SCI
647.e99 AFoslems, II, 72is 458 Budhists
and 3,S76s203 Christians in India.
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The bureau of agriculture hes is-
sued pamphlet describing the forty
worst weeds in the United States.
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Every home Wlttl!a phone isa
branch Of WEIGH 3 Fullerton,
DRUGGISTS:
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An Evenine Ecllo.

An Evening Echo.
Every day is q fresh beginning:
Listen, my soul, to the glad re-
frain
AID spite Of old sorrow and old
singing;
And puzzles forcasted and possible
pain.
Take heart with the day and begin
again.
81 SUSAN COOLIDGE.
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1 Owen Davis once wrote a book Gait
ed Lola. Nobody would publish III.
He made It into q play f failed. tt,
was made into moving picture the
other day and now q publisher Has
secured the book rights and viii pub
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slam the amount down on the desk
and ask him what they meant to do:

Marx a. Luescher, formerly q
member Of the Arm Of Verbs and
Isplsscher. win become press agent Tor
the new Hipp drome under the direc-
ton Of Charles DILLINGHAM;. The
house star at the Hip has been COM
pletely changed around and re.
hearsals are going ON there steadily.
The new show has the punchyuamA
OF Hip. Hip. Hurrafi.g 80
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It may amuse Chairman Victor
Murdoch to dream of great Pro-
gressive party which he is to lead to
victory over. Democratic. near. free
trade and Republican protection, but
he isn't at all likely to fool very many
Of the people. /. =. ~
The Republican journal., 1915-08-19
BURNHAM,

Hiss Gladys Darrah of Lynn, Mass, is visit
~ the home of her aunt, Mrs. L. E. Gerald.
l" Albert Cole has gone to Fort Fairfield
visit Of few weeks with friends and
atyes
LIS Fife Meldrim of Fort Fairfield is
|a al the home of her brother and family,
a1d Mrs. H. E. Kinney.
i hemenway, the new telegraph operator
As station, has moved his family here,
Y are occupying the upper part of DR..
as rent.
WIZ will be begun at once in moving one
L. Llbby's houses across the street from
PRESENT location and the building will be
t''so and made ready for occupancy.
u and Mrs, A. H. McAllister of Pittsfield
\ 0een recent guests at the home of the
Faefs mother, Mrs. Charles Foster, and
I Tie families of his brothers in town.
The Republican journal., 1915-08-19
"STILL IT RAINS

William Allen White has Just published the
following poem on conditions in Kansas, which
shows that the wet weather is not confined to
New England
o, the corn is on the blink
And the wheat is full of rust.
The alfalfa's turning pink,
And the creeks about to bust
Out on the plains.
o, the oats ia out of sight
In the water, and the beans
Are blown higher'n kite
By the passing submarine,
And still it rains!
Wow! it rains,
On the panes-
Pitchforks, raZors and chilblains,
Colored infants and remains
Of cats and dogs and aeroplanes!
And it roars
While it pours,
AS the farmer does his chores
In diving bells, and bores
Posthoes in the atmosphere
To find his gates and doors.
o, it's grand to be farmer and to poke around
in an ark,
To fare forth to feed the chickens in a stanch
seaworthy bark.
o, it's fine to be a farmer and grow goose
webs on your feet.
And to buckle on your armor and swim out to
cut the wheat.
o, the mermaids in the kafir and the seacows
in the dell,
All the joys that make a salve for what would
otherwise be hell,
And now the drouth is broken, let's be joyful
in our gains,
Let's kyoodle. whoop and boiler for these mill
lion dollar rains!