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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-12-01
MISCELLANEOUS


LUMBER and building material. Louisiana
long leaf yellow pine lumber shipped di-
rect from mill subject to examination.
Shingles, windows doors and hardware. No.
advance payment required, quick shipments,
grade and count guaranteed Send material
bill for estimate. II. d. Taylor & Co. Lake
Charles, La.
KEYS made TO order; trunk locks put on;
gua and locksmithing, by Sid. the expert
repairman. Jacobs Novelty Co., 226 East
First street. Phone 726.
FOR SALE-Several left-hand golf sticks in
fine condition. owner is now playing right.
handed. Phone 5000, Charles Il. Dent.
FOR SALE-Good piano and furniture for
rooms: trade for lot; pay difference Phone
FOR SALE-Indian twin motorcycle. Inquire
Ratcliffe Sanders Grocery Co.. or phone
68 or /.
wANTED-To buy computing scales must
be cheap and in perfect condition. Box
ABE, route 2.
DRESS FORM, adjustable, like new cost
SIS; will sell for So. Fifth and Lewis,
Kendall.
FOR sALE-Ladies' secondhand coats,
Phone 1929.
FOR SALE-Fine old violin and leather case.
Address 500l, care World.
WANTED TO buy good house to be moved.
Phone 5256.R.
/ WANT to buy good second hand clothing.
Phone 44o0.
SEE our prices on suits this week. Square
Deal Store. North Main.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-12-01
sTRAYED OR STOLEN

sTRAYED OR sToLEN--A sorrel horse,
about is hands high, with white face and
four white feet, sacr on right hip and reached
main and foretop: S25 reward for the return
Of same to Sheriff James Woolley or Jack
Atkins. No. All North Zunis street.
sTRAYFD OR STOLEN-Pair bay horses,
weight about 1850 pounds each. Any in.
formation regarding them plesse phone la3
and receive reward.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-12-01

FOR SALE-fIave 5Ox14O lot on Hodge for
s25O: also lot on East Second $3.50 II sold
today Phone 50 Edward Barrett, 20i Bliss
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-12-01
UNFURNISHED ROOMS

THREE uofurnished rooms for rent. 1928
South Detroit.
FOR RENT-Three unfurnished rooms, mod.
ern. Phone I3s5.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-12-01
LOST AND FOUND

turn to l03A Hamett Apt. liberal reward
PARTY finding bunch of keys on Frisco
train $3.50 p. M. Monday, please call phone
22S.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-12-01

FOR sAlE-Scveral and Groom houses in
ali parts Of the city prices and terms
right Phone 60A9. H. u. Wetzel 20S Ault
Rldr 1tp sun Main
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-12-01

FOR SALE--One seven-room house. one five.
room house, lot 15OxliO; only one block
from paving. two good wells Of water easy
Lnrn-.- nrln. rnLI Ihnnn 2lAh-l
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-12-01

If YOU WANT to buy. sell or exchange
Tulsa real estate see us. Steil Investment
Co, 5i2 Robinson Bldg Phone 6i91.
FOR SALE-Owner will sell 1850 feet, fine
lots Kendall. at bargain terms. Phone
AIS ar IlOT
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-12-01
HELP WANTED-AGENT

AGENTS For Hokoco skin and scall
big profits or salary. Address 500
World.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-12-01

LUMBER and building msterial--Louisiana
long leaf yellow pine lumber shipped d.
rect from mill subject to examination.
advance payment required, quick shipments,
grsde and count guaranteed Send material
bill for estimate. II. ID. Taylor Co. Lake
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-12-01

FNE.ROoM bungalow ON Admiral. modern;
will sell or trade for a farm. 6ilG. Jos.
ponurlly II8h South Main
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-12-01

FOR sALE-Eust side lot fine location,
Si75 will build on il to suit purchaser.
Brooks Realty Co, 33 CulbertsOn Bldg.
Phone, 2S7g and 55q5.J
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-10-29


article. In New York about a million
dollars year is spent for it in the news
papers by the Legitimate" alone. 1t seeks
to convince the reader that each play is
something superlative.
3The most gripping play New York has
seen in ten years." "The greatest musical
show on EARTH dramatic sensation of
the year" "Most fascinating comedy of
the day" @Smartest comedy in town."
These examples were taken from single
issue of a New York newspaper. 1t is
noticeable that the most definite success
of the season made no such claims for
ITSELF it had merely to announce its
existence
But when manager is desperate he
sometimes throws ten thousand dollars or
more into the newspapers in an effort to
save his show. There are newspapers in
New York which stand ready to use their
editorial columns to boost any play, good
or bad, that will pay their price, One ex-
ceptionally poor comedy last season eked
out many extra weeks of life by this
means
Theatrical advertising performs no ser
help him make up his mind. 1t is too
often intended to hypnotic him into
coming to play that he does not want to
see. But he pays the bill all the same II
the rules of the game permitted theatrical
advertising to come to a businesslike
basis, nearly ten per cent. could be de-
Quoted from the price of your theater
ticket.
Overproduction is perhaps the principal
cause of all this extravaganza. The the
atrical manager, producing two or three
times as many plays as the market war;
rants, is obliged to extort from each sue
cessful play two to three times its cost
price and running expenses. II produc-
ton were limited to demand, if actors
were engaged by the season, if theater
buildings were situated a few blocks from
the high-rent district, -most of all, if the
American public could decide for itself
what it wants to see,-your two-dollar
theater ticket could be bought for seventy
five cents. AS it is, the American system
of theatrical production, with its huge
prizes, its wild risks, and its extravagant
waste, is the most expensive in the world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-10-29
Why the Stars Shine

pERHAPS you have wondered, in
musing about u star who is applauded
from coast to coast what her (ormaybehis)
salary comes to- 1t may he large, hut it
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-10-29

are the summer months, in which many
an actors chief occupation is borrowing.
Is it surprising that they boost their price?
What it comes to is this: The average
actor spends two thirds of his time either
rehearsing without pay or looking for a
job. Taken the year around, the actors
salary is only moderate living wage. He
does not grow rich from it. But the public,
which supports him for twelve months of
the year, receives in return only some four
months of his services.
Some Tricks with Real Estate
HOW much of your two dollars, you
may ask, goes to the rent of the thea
ter building? Surely you don't suppose
that the theater owner rents his buildingl
Did you suppose he plans for six per
cent. net return ON his investment? By no
means. He too CANDLES on the play. In
New York he divides the gross receipts
fifty-fifty, except in the case of musical
comedies. when he is usually content with
thirty-fve. On the road, where real es-
tate values are lower, he is also likely to
accept thirty-five with thanks. Thus
from 20 cents to 81 of your money goes to
the item of real estate. In New York,
when play runs a solid season, as fire.
quently happens, the owner of the theater
may receive as his share a quarter of
million dollars.
There are about forty "tirst-class" thea
tiers in New York, each representing an
original investment of quarter to half
million dollars. The seating capacity is
usually between 100 and 400. yielding
little more than that number of dollars,
Thus, with six night performances and
two matinees, the average New York
theater can take in about $l1 600 week,
and one or two can show u solid $4,000
each Saturday night. There is consider
able leeway between these figures and the
$4,000 that represents the maximum total
running expense of the ordinary play
(theater charges included. And the
leeway represents solid profit, for it costs
no more to play to 400 persons than to
400. But, whether there is profit or
not, the theater owner gets his percentage
If play does not show $4,000 a week
within two weeks it is given peremptory
notice to get out. If you figure it out you
will find that $4,000 to $1,000 week for
thirty-five weeks makes pretty good in
come on an investment of quarter or
half million dollars, all overhead charges,
repairs, etc. included.
But this is not all. In New York and
many other large cities the "theater
owner" of whom we have been speaking
is usually also the manager He re-
ceives from himself half the gross receipts
in return for the privilege of letting him
self have his theater. More than that, he
probably doesn't "owns the theater at
all; he is, as you have suspected, only
gambling on it. He is rsking no capital;
he is merely leasing the building for
short term on an eight or ten per cent
basis. Thus. with that portion of your
theater money that goes to real estate you
not only pay the interest and upkeep:
you also help to create fat speculative
profit on land
Why the Stars Shine
-,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-10-29

when you buy a hedfer ticket, you
are paying for the sho,U you see and
four others, dy ing but uniamenfed."
George Tyler, year or so ago, was in
the receivers hands, and risked every
thing on 100000 production which
would either make him bankrupt or make
him rich. He became bankrupt. Bayard
WELLER, after peddling within the Law"
among the managers, after seeing it "re-
vised" by an expert and performed to cold
houses, sold the manuscript and its rights
for $1,000 check. A year or so later the
Shuberts brought suit in court against
another company for one quarter of the
royalties that Mr.. WELLER would have
received had he hung on. This quarter
they estimated at $l50,000. The play is
still making money in stock companies.
Theatrical producing is not a business.
In a business man invests a certain
amount of money, puts on the market an
article for which there is demand or for
which he believes a demand can be Gre
ated, and looks for a fair percentage of
return on his Investment. In q gamble he
throws his money on the red or the black,
and expects to lose it all or win it back
five times over.
Don't suppose that managers particu-
larly enjoy this gambling business But
the rules of the game are fixed for them.
Any American manager who played for
ten per cent. profit on each investment
would be a fool But the manager is not
the only gambler in the theater. He has
taken care to distribute the risks all
around, and nearly every one connected
with him takes his chance. The actor
CANDLES, the theater owner CANDLES, the
star CANDLES, the author CANDLES. No
one expects to get pay for services rem
dered. Each looks for a fortune from a
turn of the wheel.
How to Starve ON High Salary
GAMBLING is an expensive occupa-
ton; and in a case like this it is es-
pecially expensive for the consumer. To
begin with, an extravagant proportion of
your two dollars goes to the actors. A
parlor-maid with two or three lines to
speak gets sixty or seventy-fve dollars
week; competent actor, without any
special genius or reputation, easily gets
$500 or $500; and many player who
could not aspire to stardom gets $500 or
more. There is hardly another profession
in America in which the remuneration is
so inflated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-10-29
Do You Believe What You Read?

THERE is still another big hole made in
your two dollars. That is in the item
of advertising. On the average, you spend
about tenth of your ticket money to
persuade yourself to come to the show.
Advertising in itself is legitimate part
of any business. But theatrical adver-
Using does not contine itself to announce
ing its wares on their merits. 1t makes
extravagant claims for each and every
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-06
CITY NEWS

st. Mary's social tonight. Music.
Ladies' colored kid $3.50 pumps
going at s1oo. Millers.
AT Duncan-Schell's September
sale, $500 brussels, 9x12 feet Brus-
sells rug at s10.S7.
Homemade ice cream social,
benefit Sandusky cemetery. Friday,
Sept 8, at Sandusky school house yard.
"A marriage license was issued to
John A Scarlet, %, of Canton, Mo-,
and Alta NJ. Dice, II, of Kahoka, Mo.
Duplicate auction score pads, Soc.
Something new. Obtainable only from
Gate CITY Co. IS North Sixth street.
AT Duncan-SchelTs September
sale. $4,000 Biglow Hartford Bussarah
SKIP rugs $3.50.
That busy waist and dress depart
ment. Why? New models daily from
New York. Popular priced Lowitz-
(No two alike.)
-keokuk camp II. W. A. No. So
Will hold Its regular meeting tonigh.
at Woodman hall. III members are re
ouested to be present
AT Duncan-ScheIl's September
sale, $500 Smith velvet room sized
rugs 9x12 feet, at $3.50.
The Rev. and Mrs. H B. McElree
and daughter have returned from
their summer vacation. The trip was
made in Rev. McElree's car From
Keokuk they went to College Springs
and from there to Newton, Kans
Returning from Kansas the trip was
made via College Springs and Des
Moines to Keokuk. W. G. Nicely
monds, Mrs. McElree's brother, &C
companied them home Rev. McElree
y,5e ~, h.
! Presbyterian church on Sunday morn
| ing
/ AT Duncan-Schelrs September
sale, $4,000 Administer 9xlz rugs at
S19.s5.
The Iowa weather and crop ser
vice bulletin for the week ending Sep
TENDER 5, has Just been issued as fol-
lows: With the exception of light to
moderate showers on August 31st and
light, scattered showers during the
night of September Sd, dry weather
continued and the drought is IN
broken. The first few days of the
week were moderately cool, but high
temperatures prevailed at the close
of the week, the last day being the
warmest, when readings above 80 de-
grees were general. The continued
dry, hot weather is maturing corn
rapidly and some of it is already be-
yond danger CT frost. With normal
weather about so percent of the crop
will be safe from injury by frost by
4 September goth; IS percent by Sep
TENDER Both, and practically all of it
/ by October 18th Over the northern
half of the state nearly all of the
crop viii be safe by September goth.
Corn is being cut and silo filling has
begun in some localities, and sweet
/ corn harvest for canning is well
under way with yields of three to
I FIVE tons per acre Rain now would
not be of any benefit to late potatoes.
but would be of great help to pas
lures, meado-s and for fall blowing.
Wells and springs are failing in some
4 sections and all streams are low.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-06
CITY NEWS.

Coffee st. Paufs hall, Thursday
-Duncan-Schel1's September sale
prices VIII save you 30 percent on
pianos.
A limited number of ladies' $3.50
and $3.50 low shoes to clean UP, S1.00
and $50. MiIler's.
Eastern Star: Regular meeting of
Elnira chapter No 40, o. z. s,
Thursday evening, Sept Z, 1916. at
7:36 O'Clock. Work By order of W.
NJ. Mrs. I. NJ. Hahn, secretary.
A number Of the Keokuk retail
ers went to Bluff Park yesterday and
attended the picnic given by one OF
the Montrose Oranges. There was a
big attendance at the picnic and the
attractions were quite interesting.
H. NJ Austin is in Keokuk today
for the first time in fifty years. He
came up the river by boat from st.
Louis. This is his first visit in Keo-
kuk since 1861, and he is quite
anxious TO see all of the show places
of the city, including the power plant
and the dam. In May, 1861. Mr.. Aus
tin was mustered into the United
States army at Keokuk. Colonel
Marsh was the sergeant OF his CON-
pany and later had charge of the
hospital in Keokuk Mr.. Austfn is
a prominent Elk and lives at the EIks
National home in Bedford, Va, where
the lodge has erected a magnificent
new building.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-06

Leonardo
but yanda would desee
additional brush, markl
piceles-no them.
Record by Cao genuine work
the the mnd who will hi
and rendition Una rta Vico
Records he has given.to the world?
RuAo
all the have chosen the Victor Victor Records
their glorious voices the uteost Of the and for
because the only produces this
in accord with the artists esrretaion.
Therefore don't let imposed upon
OF those who recommend totyou the foolish
.sone moders, regulators permanent needless. -
en- varous randV -
Wen gladly wish crtOn
ide4d IffI <kH2fA
Which September Sale Outft-Nc- lSEEE
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-06
WANT BIG CROWD
TOMORROW NIGHT
President Justice Urging on Retail
ers Importance Of Their Attend
Ing Meeting at Hotel
Iowa Thursday.
TO BE A BUSY SESSION
Considerable Red Tape In Connection
With the Fall Celebration
in October, to be
Discussed.
TO BE A BUSY SESSION

The first in-town meeting of the
Keokuk Retailers league since last
April will be held tomorrow night at
the Hotel Iowa. Manager Holmes is
going to serve the Retailers an espe-
cially good supper and the time for
the meeting is $50 O'Clock sharp.
Supper will be served in the main
dining room of the Hotel Iowa.
1t is being urged by President JUS
tice that every member OF the league
turn out for this meeting. It Is neces-
sary that there be a good delegation
present, as some OF the celebration
matters will need careful and nee
discussion. The business session will
be taken up for the most part with
discussion of the celebration plans.
The plans for the combined flow
er parade and industrial parade will
be discussed. To judge from the
number Of voluntary responses from
lodges and individuals, following the
announcement of the parade last
night, the pageant will be an excep-
tionally brilliant one.
The time for the programs will be
discussed and the matter of special
displays for the week will be an
other topic of interest.
Gee-look at This Menu!
Here's the menu for tomorrow
nights feed at the Iowa. Manager
Holmes is going to set UP dandy
dinner for the leaguers as anyone
who takes a glance at this lineup Of
good things 10 eat will testify. Here's
the card:
Celery Branches Queen Olives
Chicken Broth a la RENE
Long Branch Waters
Grilled Brook Trout, Maitre D. Hotel
Saratoga Chips
Chicken la Maryland
Candied Sweet Potatoes
Green Corn in Butter Cream
Hotel Iowa Hot Rolls
Fruit Salad Butter Thin Waters
Keokuk Ice Cream
Assorted Cake
Coffee or Ice Tea
Don't forget to notify Secretary
Fulton so your name will be on
piece of chicken.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-06

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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-06
sILLtesps AND aowr,Ne

FOR SALE-Bnliard tables, brand
new, carom and pocket, with complete
outfit, $125; second hand tables at re-
coed price,. Easy payments. Cfga-
store, drug, delicatessen and soda
fountain fixtures. The Brunswick
Balke-Collender Co. Davenport. Iowa.
L c. Sanders, agent, 219 Harrison St
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-06
FUNERAL NOTICE.

ERDMAN-The funeral for the late
Augusta Maude Erdman viii be held
from the home 320 High street. at s
O'Clock Thursday afternoon. Friends
invited. Burial private. Please omit
flowers
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-06
Which September Sale Outfit
troLa and Records Shall Y
liuer at Your Home?

Duncan-Schel's Outfit "A" SIPS.
This includes victrola, style No. T. SIS and six se
Iections three 10nch doublefaced records) of your
own choosing This Victrola is equipped with the
Exhibition Sound Box and is capable of playing any
of the 5000 different selections. Terms 1925 down
and 800 week.
Duncan-Schell's Outfit &C" $3.50.
vietroa style Nc s.. oak finish. price $4,000. Equip
ped with all the latest improvements. Includes also
IL pieces your selection tsix doublefaced 10
inch records OF your choosing) Terms $3.50
cash and $500 month.
Duncan Schell's Outfit "E" $500.
This includes beautiful Cabinet vietroIa, styia
No. 10, mahogany oak. price $75 and ~ seiec-
tions az double faced 1o-nch records OF your own
choosing). Terms, $40 cash and $3.50 month.
Duncan Schell's Outfit CO.. $4,000.
Mahogany or oak cabinet vietroIa, exceedingly
large and massive New style No IA, price $780,
Including fine library Of 20 selections, your
choosing go 10inch doube-faced records) Terms,
$3.50 down and $1,000 a months
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-06
LOAN AND BUILDING ASSoClA.

Dues payable Thursday, Friday and
Saturday Fines assessed if paid aft
er 3 O'Clock p. N.
j. d. ECnEk, Secretary.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-06

Duncan Schell's Outfit 'B" $2875.
This includes excellent portable vietroa. styis
No. g. oak finish, with Exhibition Sound Box; price
$500 and 10 selections tive 10-inch. double-faced
records) of>your own choosing. You may pay for
this at the rate Of $500 down and 81 per week.
Duncan Schell's Outfit I'D" $56.75.
victrola, style No 3, equipped with speed indica-
tor and regulator and many improvements. mahog-
any oak price 5000. This includes 10 selections
mine doubie-faced 10inch records) OF your own
choosing Terms $3.50 cash and $500 . month
Duncan-S chell's Outfit "F" $780,
vietroIa, style No. IL, mahogany oak finish
price 500, with SO selections OF your choosing
eighteen 10inch doubefaced 75-cent records).
Terms $500 cash and $3.50 month.
Duncan-Schell's Outfit III $4,000.
vietroa, style No. 16. mahogany oak finish, $500
together with 4s popular classical selections OF
your choosing splendid assortment GA dou-
blefaced 10-inch records). Terms $1,000 down and
$3.50 a month.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-05-26
YES AND NO."
1T is THIS WAY,
WOMEN ADMIT 1T

Richmond women disagree as to
whether women dress up to please
the men or to please the women.
One woman said: When a woman
dresses In accordance with the latest
decree Of Madame Fashion she does
1t to please the women, not to please
the men. Anyhow. men don't notice
the finery. nine chances out of ten"
But another one said: Women seek
the admiration of men in all other
things. ,and-sos4it~ispe perfectly natural
that they should aim for it in matters
of dress"
"Of course women dress to please
men," an other one says. A woman's
admiration means nothing, but her
criticism does Do you suppose a girl
would send her last cent to buy
clothes to dazzle women? Never
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-05-26

Citing the achievements OF three
R H. S. alumni. Florence Shute, Carl
Ackerman and Bernhard Knollenberg,
President R. L. Kelly of Earlham col
lege in delivering the high school
chapel address this morning empha-
sized the fact that these students saw
red" while they were attending the
Richmond high school.
Seeing Red" the subject of DR.. Kel-
ly's interesting address, was ably
treated with a tinge Of local color.
In enumerating the splendid achieve
ments of Miss Shute. Knollenberg and
Ac-ierman President Kelly emphasized
the point that the ambitions of these
students we're conceived and fostered
While they were submitting to the
seemingly irksome work OF routine
class work.
The chapel exercise, which was the
final of the year was attended by ap-
proximately seven hundred persons,
Probably $50 patrons of the school, in
addition to the regular school enroll