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Evening journal., 1916-04-13
TIDDITTS With GOODRICH
COMPANY 20 YEARS

Friday. April z. marked the begin
ming OF e. c. Tibbitts' twentieth year
as advertising director Of the B. T.
Goodrich Company.
Mr. Tibbitts came TO the b. +. Good
rich Company in 1897. when they
asked an Akron paper 10 recommend
a bright young man who could
write advertising" Mr Tibbitts re-
sponded and landed the job.
He has had a hand in the tre-
mendous growth OF the Goodrich
Company and cnjovs the cofdence of
The entire Goodrich organization. and
has been largely instrumental in the
expansion OF their advertising ef-
forts.
The Goodrich advertising appropri-
alton has grown tremendously year
By year under his direction. and the
coming years give promise OF even
more vigorous growth Goodrich has
always been one Of the country's
leading advertisers and tire makers.
The publishing field and the ad-
vertising profession have much to
thank Mr.. Tibbitts for and on top Of
IL all he is a fine man personally
Evening journal., 1916-04-13

An over Importance attached to an
ecomony. sometimes imagined ex-
plains why many a business man.
with plant otherwise modern, still
holds to horse team delivery.
The same merchant who has in
stalled all the other up-to-date de-
vices. telephone, filing cabinets, eleva-
Tors. waiting rooms, show window
displays, etc, hesitates to install
trucks because some business friend
has told him they we're more expen-
sive than horses.
It some cases this is true The
truck cannot always save money.
Conditions differ widely. One man
can operate a truck to an economy,
while another with the same truck
in the same work, will pile up ex-
travagance.
But though a truck should cost
more money than horses. this is no
argument. any more than IL would be
sound business to board up the front
of a department store because this
would be found cheaper than to have
an expensive window display
In reality the question Of motor
truck economy is unimportant
The bigger issue is the possible ex-
pansion Of business by the use OF the
power vehicle In opening new terri
Tory
The man using horses must limit
his business to the area in which they
can deliver. Beyond that is a coun-
try closed TO him. whose residents
will become customers Of the pro-
eressive firm with distance delivering
capacity.
Ten miles there and ten back about
lets out horse delivery per day. cleo
trio Is good for twenty-five and back
and the gasoline can without trouble
average forty back. This shows what
chance the man with horse delivery
has against the man with power We
hicles in the quest for new trade al
distant points.
A house in Philadelphia sought 4
reach distant points in Pennsylvani
and New Jersey within radius O
forty miles. Horses could not so tina
far. Trains lacked suitable schedules
Trucks were put on. Starting wit
one. the firm now has fourteen. Bus
mess has increased twenty-five pc
cent. and the cost OF delivery remain
cd stationary.
wholesale paper firm opened
territory hitherto left unexploteu
because Of lack of requisite deliver.
facilities A big profit has resulted
beef packing company put OF
trucks and found out that by beinl
able 10 make more frequent trips. an'
TO deliver the product in better condi
lion. a new territory, with hundreds
Evening journal., 1916-04-13

The etching shows a Typo 81,
Eight-Cylinder Cadillac Salon on the
new Lancaster Avenue bridge. over
the b. & o. Railroad, purchased by
Joseph Kelly, and recently delivered
to him by the Harris Engine Com
pany.
"The Cadillac spirit OF leadership"
says II. Roy Frock. popularity known
as "Frecky." who is seated at the
wheel in the above picture. 'ts again
illustrated by the fact that Mr.. Kel-
ly's new Cadillac Salon was the first
vehicle to cross the new Lancaster
Avenue bridge
A section OF the bridge can be seen
in the picture. Il is a structure Of
Evening journal., 1916-04-13

considerable local importance, and is
just being opened for general traffic.
T. w. Campbell, an officer of the
Harris Engine Company, said 20 re-
porter Of THE EVENING JOURNAL,
today:
"The Cadillac Motor Car Company
has created a new era in the con-
struction OF motor cars, as the Cadil-
lac was the first car to come out with
a multiple-cylinder, V-type engine.
Since that time there have been many
car manufacturers striving to ap-
proach Cadillac V-type supremacy.
"The Eight-Cylinder Cadillac has
been on the market long enough to
prove it to be a practical success Of
Evening journal., 1916-04-13

durable, reliable construction and not
merely a freak of automobile build
ing
"The Harris Engine Company, state
agents for the Cadillac, are doing
their share to maintain the Cadillac
reputation and already there have
been more eight-cylinder Cadillacs
sold this season than any other car
Of similar price and value in this ter
ritory.
The national demand for Cadillacs
this year exceeds all records and we
fear the usual shortage Of supply in
the busy season. the indication being
that the company will fall far short
of keeping pace with the demand for
Cadillacs in a few weeks"
Evening journal., 1916-04-13
NATIONAL and American
LEAGUE managers FOR 1916

Billy Burke, in Peggy" is a film
of more than usual interest to auto
list" movie patrons, due to the spec
tacular appearance of National Speed
ster. constructed especially for Miss
Burke.
The manner in which Billy Burke
drives her big. powerful National
Roadster is very fascinating. Billy
Burke drives her roadster at better
than a mile-a-minute clip and looks
like miniature princess in the big,
powerful National. and even more
doll-like when she dons paiama-like
jumpers to make repairs. which de-
veloped to be only the lack of gaso-
/ line.
Evening journal., 1916-04-13

Company reduced to that amount. All
Of the capital stock of the White Mo
tor Company, and the former will be
continued as the selling company for
the latter.
The Meeker herald., 1916-09-23
A GREAT DESTROYER.
One That 10 Actively at Work Every
Minute Of the Day.

am more powerful than the COM
bined armies Of the world. l have de-
stroycd more men than all the wars OF
the word. am more deadly than bull
let's. and l have wrecked more homes
than the mightiest Of Siege guns.
steal In the United States alone more
than $3O0OOO,OOO each year. l spare no
one. and find my victims among rich
and poor alike.
The young and old. the strong and
weak, widows and orphans, know me.
loom up to such proportions that
cast my shadows over every field OF
labor from the turning of the grind
stone to the moving of every railroad
train. l massacre thousands on thou.
sands Of wage earncrs in year.
Turk in unseen places and do most OF
my work silently. You are warned
against me. but you heed not. l am re-
lentless.
lam everywhere. in the home. on the
streets. in the factory. at railroad cross
ings. on. the seas. bring sickness.
degradation and death. and yet few
seek to avoid me. l destroy. crush or
main. give nothing, but take all.
am your worst enemy. am Careless
ness.-Holyoke Transcript.
The Meeker herald., 1916-09-23
ANCIENT FLOATING PALACE.


The antiquity of ships may not be
gagged. for In Genesis 1t Is recorded
that ships were even old on the Medi-
terranean in the days Of Jacob. Fully
1890 years before Christ, Ammon built
long and tall ships with sails on the
Red sea. Ninety years later the ship
Argo was built, the first Greek yes
sci which ventured to pass through the
sea without sight Of land. being guided
only by the stars"
The wonderful vessel built for Hero.
king Of Syracuse. excited curiosity and
wonder. The craft was constructed
under the direction Of the celebrated
mathematician. Archimedes. by ship
builder at Corinth, from wood cut on
Mount Etna. Her decks were paved
with small and odd tiles. on which
were depicted with wonderful art
scenes from Homer's "lliad."
On the upper deck was gymnasium
containing gardens planted with many
kinds of shrubs, with walks between
them overshadowed by vines and ivy.
the roots Of which were nourished In
moistened earth. Near this apartment
was dining room dedicated to Venus.
paved with agates and precious stones.
The walls and ceiling were Of cypress.
and the doors Of ivory.-Argonaut.
The Meeker herald., 1916-09-23
Nation. That Lett No Sign.

There are two great nations OF an
tiquity whose Inscriptions cannot yet
be read-the Etruscans and the Hit
tites. The Etruscans occupied part Of
Italy corresponding roughly to whnt is
now known as Tuscany. The Hittites
ut one time occupied part of Pales-
tine and united with the Canaanites to
resist the invasion by the Israelites
under Joshua. The Etruscan and Hit
tite inscriptions have thus far resisted
the attempts of scholars to decipher
them. though no one knows when some
one may stumble on bilingual in
scription which will serve as key.
just as the Rosetta stone, discovered In
Egypt in 100, served as key to the
Egyptian hieroglyphics. In the new
world the so called Maya inscriptions.
found OH the ruins In Yucatan. are also
a puzzle to cientists.-Christian Her
aid.
The Meeker herald., 1916-09-23
No Laws Delay Hers.

In Perak. in the Malay peninsula.
lawyers find no business. for a modi-
6ed form of trial by ordeal decides all
disputes. In place Of the legal practi-
toner the pleader is native boy who
Is assigned to one or the other of the
sides and Is given bamboo tube, in
which is sealed the pleading of the
person or party whom he represents.
When all is ready two stakes are driv-
en- into the bed of stream. and by aid
Of bamboo pole the heads Of the two
boys are submerged at the same time.
BY grasping the stakes they are ena-
bled to remain under water for quite
awhile after their natural inclination
would bring them to the surface. but
at last one of them gives In and. re-
leasing his hold Of the stake. comes to
the air. He Is Immediately seized, and
the tube he holds is cast aside. The
other lad Is led ashore. his tube opened.
and the document contained therein
stands as the decision I'm the case.
The Meeker herald., 1916-09-23
SWANS TAUGHT TO SWIM.
The Black Nseksd Variety Are Afraid
o. Water When Young.


You're acquainted with the proven
bal phrase. Like duck takes to the
water" That may apply all right to
ducks. but there ire some water birds
which have to be taught to swim. just
as we do. They hate the water at first
Just as much as boy hates the bath
tub One of these birds. which takes
swimming lessons from Its parents. IL
the black necked swan.
The swan babies are called cygnets
They arc Matched IN an elaborate nest
which the parent swan builds along
the edge Of q pool. The little cygnets
are able to walk and run as soon AZ
they are out Of their shells. but they
can't swim.
So the mother swan takes them for n
little ferry ride. She puts them on her
back and starts out across the pond.
The baby swans. frightened at first.
soon get used to seeing water all
around them.
One day the mother swan turns her
long neck and gives her babies gen
tie push into the water. Such n scram-
BILE and splash. The babies founder
around and try their best to get back
on their mothers dry feathers. Final
ly they learn that their feet are web
bed paddles. given to them for swim
ming purposes. and they are able to
glide over the water as gracefully and
as easily as their parents.-Philadel
phia North American.
The Meeker herald., 1916-09-23
MlMIckED HIS BOSS.
Whom Nat Goodwin Frat Gave an ini-
tation of Stuart Robson.

When Nat GOODWIN ftrot Gave an INV
tation Of Stuart Robson.
Nat Goodwin had just finished bis
monologue CT tbs Palace one night
when william BarLus. veteran actor
and lifelong friend of the comedian.
said:
MAT. 1 remember the first night you.
went on the stage at the Howard Ath-
enaeum and played Ned the NewsDoy
in Stuart RobsOn's production OF Law
In New York. You gave limitations
then, and l never heard better ones
before or since"
"Well," replied Goodwin modestly,
they told me that my stunt went re-
markably well that night If you re-
member, after had responded to sew
eral encores some of them In the gal
lery shouted, Initiate Stuart Robson:
] was afraid to initiate my manager.
SO 1 shook my head. Still they shouted.
Robson, Robson" He was standing in
the wings. and as came off | said:
What can do. Mr.. Robson? They are
clamorng for me to give an imitation
of your Dor said he In that falsetto
voice so well known to theatergoers OF
that period. GO back and give the VII
lains -r'
ION the Impulse OF the moment
went through an entire scene which
the audience had just witnessed be-
tween Robson and fayorite player
named Henry Bloodgood. AS l as
sumed each voice. particularly Rob
sons, the applause was deafening, and
Mt the finish. after repeated calls. Rob
son was obliged to take me on and
make n speech. thanking the audience
In my behalf
AFTER the play Robson said to me:
Young Goodwin. you have done two
things tonight that shall never for
get-halted the performance and given
very bad imitation of me. l could
have done 1t better myself New
York Times.
The Meeker herald., 1916-09-23
CARLYLE AND HIS WIFE.
A Glimpse Of the III Assorted Couple
and Their Home Life.

1t is certain that the Carlyles were
an III assorted couple. She considered
from the beginning that to marry him
was m act OF condescension on her
part. The daughter of country doc
tor Of Haddington had descended from
the skies. like Diana to Endymion. to
marry the son of stonemason. -
But he loved her and was happy in his
love.
Not SO she. Jealous of him as she
was-furiously jealous-not as lover.
for there she knew she was safe. But
she could not bear to think that II she
were famous 1t was as his wife. where
as she. knowing herself to be brilliant.
would fain have had him to be known
as the husband of that wonderful Mrs.
Carlyle. 1t was his success. social and
literary. that she resented. 1t irked
her to be In the second place, and she
could not forgive 1t. -"
There was something else Of which
the lady was jealous. and that was the
agony Of concentration which her hus-
bands work meant for him. AT mo-
ments her ''saeva indignatiO" against
that Carlyle" as che would contemp-
tuously call him. passed all bounds.
One day my aunt went to call upon
her and found her in one Of her tan
trums. What was the matter?" she
asked "Oh. my dear, It's just that
Carlyle! Would you believe 1t. have
had headache for three days. and
he's only just found it out. I'm afraid
you're not quite well. my dear he
said. and all the time he has been
working. working! just threw tea
cup Mt his hend."-Lord Redesdale's
RecollectiOns.
The Meeker herald., 1916-09-23
ANCIENT BAeoAp.
Bits About the Enchanted City Of the
ARABIAN Nights"

DIS ABOUT xn0 euCUduk0O wy u wv
ARABIAN Nights"
lmmortalixed by Haroun-ai- Raschid.
in the story Of the Arabian Nights"
Bagdad. which has population Of
about 10000. was built on the ruins
Of an ancient Babylonian city dating
back to 1000 B. @. Records have been
found on ancient bricks establishing
its early date
Ever since the days Of Haroun-al.
Raschid the Jews have been the lead
Ing figures In the commercial world Of
Bagdad. There are 10000 Of them.
with about 5000 Chaldean Tor hereti'
cali Christians. The remainder Of the
population II made up Of Persians.
Turks, Armenians, Arabs and kur1s.
Sindbad the Sailor was born at Bag.
dad. and all his marvellous adventures
begin by bis going down the Tigris to
Bussorah 1.-THE modern Busra).
The city stands on both sides of the
Tigris. the two parts being connected
by the famous bridge of boats. go
yards long. A brick wall. five miles In
circumference and forty feet high, sur
rounds Bagdad.
The city contains upward Of 100
mosques, though barely twenty Of
them are in use. The houses generally
are old. dirty and ugly outside. but the
vaulted ceilings, rich holdings. inlaid
mirrors and massive gildings bring
back to the recollection of the traveller
1.-THE golden prime Of the good Haroun-
alRaschid."
The streets are narrow. crooked. un.
paved and dirty. full Of ruts and
strewed with garbage, which. however.
is for the most part removed by dogs.
the public scavengers In the east
Pearson's Weekly.
The Meeker herald., 1916-09-23
swAYED BY THE WEATHER.
Some Persons Are Greatly influenced
BY Climatic Conditions.

Weather influences OH man may be
roughly divided into two classes-viz.
those which are direct and obvious anu
those which are the more or less indi-
rect and obscure. The influences be-
longing to the second class have been
during the past decade or so the sub
Ject of immense research.
Some persons are pronounced me
teoropaths," abnormally subject to
weather neuroses." Friedrich Metz
sche was one par excellence. Such
persons. as rule. are more specifically
"cyclonopaths.' The passage Of cy-
cIonic depresslons accompanied by GER
tain characteristic types of weather is
reflected in their sensation and in the
mode of operation of their bodily and
mental functions.
The gross change of barometric pres
sure pertaining to cyclone. or "low."
is not In itself an important factor in
producing these manifestations since It
never exceeds that experienced In the
ascent without the effort of climbing)
of good sized hill. Indeed. many
lows" do not expose us to greater
pressure of changes in the course Of
twenty-four hours than we experience
in a couple of minutes in riding to the
top of an average office building.-Bal-
timore American.
The Meeker herald., 1916-09-23
How sh. Won Sheridan.

Harriet Mellon. the old time English
actress. did not lack astuteness. even
at seventeen. Her admirable answer to
Sheridan when he asked her to read
the part of Lydia Languish In ''The
Rivals" with n view to proving her fit
ness for Drury Lane. could not have
been bettered by ripe diplomat:
"I-dare not. sir. for my life. ! would
rather read 1t to all England. Suppose.
sir. you did me the honor Of reading 1t
to me?"
Delightfully."- Sheridan acceded and.
after reading nearly the whole Of the
play. enrolled her in the Drury Lane
company.
The Meeker herald., 1916-09-23
THE IDEAL HUSBAND.
Some Observations on the Side and I
Desmatie Conclusion.

Some obssrvations on the Side and
Dosnatie Conclusion.
You are probably a woman. Few
men would pause to read an article
headed 1.-THE Ideal Husband" Man
knows his fellow men too well.
OF course 1t is true that nearly every
married woman has at some time IN
her life claimed to have found the one
ideal husband. but not for long. He
Is not stable article; be Is only a
decting glimpse.
Shortly after a young married wom-
an declares hers to be the ldenl hus-
band he exhibits tendency to crum'
BILE his crackers in his soup or to place
q slice Of bread In his empty dinner
plate and submerge 1t In gravy. These
things ARE not done"
While man is still engaged-held
under option. as 1t were. but not def
uitely contracted for-he Is for u short
while considered ideal. However. he
Just begins to enjoy his perfection
when 1t Is discovered BY his general
manager elect that he rests bis knife
and fork half on the tablecloth and
half on his plate. while they should be
draped artistically across his plate
midway between meat and potatoes
To save time. probably he also cuts
his meat into small pieces before start
Ing to eat It.
lie has good reasons for doing as he
does. but they do not excuse him. His
sort of conduct and perfection simply
do not walk hand in hand.
No young couple should be engaged
long enough for either one to discover
the others shortcomings. So long as
a man and a girl are 10 mutually mes
merized that the eyes Of one never
leave the eyes of the other he is per
feet. but the moment he allows her
chances to stray below his Adams ap-
pie, the moment he loses control. be
loses also perfection. She realizes that
his knowledge Of esthetics was CLEAN
ed from an abridged edition; that his
tie Is not in vogue. that his collar II
too loose and too low and therefore too
comfortable.
All me! have strayed from my
subject-the ideal husband. Let me
return to 1t and proceed
There ID no such thing.-Paul Wing
In Century.
The Meeker herald., 1916-09-23

Postmen have very respectable an
tiquity. They we're known. the Sun
day at Home points out. in the faroff
days Of King Hezekiah's reign, some
100 years before Christ. In the thir-
tieth chapter of the second book Of
Chronicles we read that ''the posts
went with the letters throughout all
Israel and Judah" and, further. that
"the posts passed from city to city
through the country Of Ephraim and
Manasseh." The postman Of old was a
swift runner, who received the letter
from the sender's hand and carried 1t
direct to the person to whom It was
addressed.
The Meeker herald., 1916-09-23

One afternoon n sad eyed hobo ram
blcd up the garden walk of suburban
home and meekfully tapped on the
back door.
Lady" said he in a fearful voice to
the woman who answered his knock.
II hain't had thing to cat since last
week. If you would only give me
some bread or
MARY" suddenly interjected the wo-
man. addressing some invisible person.
bring Towser out here at once
''All right, dear lady," said the hobo
In a resigned voice: even dog meat is
better than starvin' to death."-Phila-
delphia Telegraph.
The Meeker herald., 1916-09-23
An Exhi,.r,tino Bath.

MANY doctors are now discarding
the stronger alcohol in ordering baths"
says the Farm and Fireside. land are
prescribing the more agreeable bay
rum. which IL made in Japan from the
distillation Of rum and the leaves Of
the bayberry tree. II you want a
pleasant. exhilarating bath use this
In dilution suiting to your condition.
For bathing the sick 1t seems to have
q longer and more stimulating and
tonic effect than whisky or alcohol"
The Meeker herald., 1916-09-23

"A Yankee clinched his argument with
an Englishman as to the relative size
of the Thames and the Mississippi riv-
ers by saying:
why. look here. mister. there amt
enough water in the whole of the
Thames to make gargle for the
mouth of the sissippi."-Exchange.
The Meeker herald., 1916-09-23

Laughter begins either with the
mouth or the eyes. Then come the
other muscular groups. and then come
the vocal expressions of laughter. such
as brays, cackles. singers, shippers.
giggles. snorts. grunts. foghorn rum
bles. yells. shrieks. outlaws. trills.
chuckles. sniffies and all sorts of Pc
culiar bird notes and musical sounds.
Exchange.
The Meeker herald., 1916-09-23

Latin was one of the original Ian
guages of Europe. and from 1t sprang
the Italian. French. Spanish and Por.
tuguese languages. Many words of our
own language nre of Latin origin. 1t
ceased to be spoken In Italy about 5S1
and was first taught in England by one
Adelmus in the seventh century. The
use of Latin In law deeds in England
gave way to the common tongue in the
year 1000.
The Meeker herald., 1916-09-23

The great military genius Condo was
n precocious boy. At eight he under
stood Latin. and at eleven he gave out
treatise on rhetoric. When fourteen
he had become thoroughly conversant
with the principles Of warfare and OF
all military tactics.
The Meeker herald., 1916-09-23

whenever Mr.. and Mrs. Twobble
quarrel Mr.. Twobble threatens to see
his lawyer"
well. does he ever 60 to bis law
yer?"
NO
"Why not?"
II think its because Mrs. Twobble
dares him to"-Birmingham Age-Her-
aid.
The Meeker herald., 1916-09-23

Fashions In plays change as well as
the fashions in the time Of ringing up
the curtain. At the time of the resto-
ration in England the curtain rose at
4 o'clock in the afternoon. and Garrick
in 1741 rang up his curtain Mt 4. By
1924 the hour had become G and twelve
years later Z o'clock.
The Meeker herald., 1916-09-23
coronsrs In ENGLAND.

In early times the coroner in Eng
land was revenue officer of the
crown. and his business was to find
out the criminals. extort their confess
sions and contiscate their goods to the
crown. From records it appeared that
King Alfred had a prediction for
hanging his coroners because they did
what was unjust.
The Meeker herald., 1916-09-23

I'm awfully sorry that my engage
nents prevent my attending your char
ity concert. but ! shall be with you In
spirit"
splendid. And where would you
like your spirit to sit7 l have tickets
here for ! mark, 4 marks and 10
marks. Blaetter.
The Meeker herald., 1916-09-23

A man in telling about wonderful
parrot hanging in cage from a win
dow Of a house which he often passed
said: .
ut cries Stop thief" SO naturally
that every time 1 hear it ! always
STOP"
He couldn't understand why his
friend began to laugh.-Atlanta Jour
nal.