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Evening star., 1916-01-01

great-grandfather of all winter garments
The two looked at one another. exploded
into a. ripple of giggles. and then simui-
tareously grabbed silk hats. clamped
them upon their heads all neatly coiled
with braids and then began a rather
riotous fox trot down the center aisle of
the cloakroom. 1t was most grotesaue
performance. and ] am sure that the
maitre d'hotel would fire them both if he
knew of it.
Just as they were in the midst of their
war dance, a voice was heard saying:
Pardon me. but I think you are wear
ing my coat by mistake
Both girls grew cold with horror. as it
is a crime unnentionable to make free
with guests clothing. One of them
laughed little hyStericaI laugh, and then
burst into weepy Mysteries, but neither
one made any moveemnt toward divesting
themselves of the gentlemans garment.
They both stood there like Lots wife,
turned to salty tears
And wouldn't you be stone cold with
fright if you were a little maid, placed
there to guard guests clothing, and had
been caught wearing some ones coat
and guess whose coat it was, and who
the big fellow was who caught 'em at it.
Why it was William Howard Taft.
- = i
Scene: A barber shop manicure cor
my helpless fingers with an orange
wood dagger. AS she draws blood, she
looks up and speaks:
Nice weather we been havin'. Yep.
Fine day. Was you down to the Bore
En- Hotel las night? What? Wasn't
you. I'd swore I seen you there with
a large party in sealskin. ! like the
Bore EN- lot better'n this dump. The
foods better I'm goin' there New
Years eve.
How didja ever get your nails a
brittle as this" Oh. is that so? All
you fellows tell me the same thing. 1t
certainly is hard on the nails. Why
don't you keep a chauffeur to handle
the grease and stuff? ! believe auto
MODELLING has doubled the manicuring
business.
You ought to get a manicure oncet
week for four weeks SOS you can get
them nails in good condition. But don't
you go nowhere else. You just come
right here. Don't go to no beauty par
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ing more the appearance of a death
warrant of the style used in Eliza =
bethan times than safety-f1rst article.
II gives me a large sum of money in
case i am robbed.
! was speaking of this burglar insur-
ance to friend who lives in Cleveland
Park.
They don't bGrgle out my way" he
said. I'm fact. I don't believe a bur-
Glar has ever been out there. Further
more, ] believe that if a burglar
ever did start to burgle in my neigh
borhood he would sooner or later ring
my doorbell and ask to borrow n Ian
tern, so that he could find his way
home
Every representative has his name in
fine gold letters on his door in the
House Office building. and also the
Evening star., 1916-01-01
WHERE YOU BUY.
1.-The Retailer and His
Problem.
By Frederic J. Haskin.

Just at present retailers are doing
a heavy business in absolute necessi-
ties, such as shoes, clothing, staple
foods and household supplies in gem
eral. For absolute luxuries, such as
jewelry. there was little demand for
some months. until the Christina s
shopping began.
The reason for this state of affairs is
that people are now beginning to re-
place the supplies of necessities which
were exhausted during the recent
period of financial stress. They have
not, however, reached the point where
they can afford to spend any consid-
cradle amounts upon things they do
not need
The experience of the shoe industry
is typical example of the effect of
financial stress upon the demand for
the necessities of life. For long time
after the European war broke out the
shoe business was very hard hit-all
except Giuseppe. the shoemaker. who
did rushing business in half soles and
taps and patches. Every one had his
shoes mended instead of buying a new
pair. The retailer of shoes had to bide
his time and was fortunate if he car
ried rubber heels and did repairing as
a sideline. Soon, however, shoes began
10 wear out and prosperity to return,
and now the shoe dealer is doing a
rushing business.
This is an example of the compli-
Gated problems in supply and demand
which are faced by the retailer. one OF
the most important factors in modern
life and one that is growing four times
as fast the population.
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the eye. Those who heard his speech
will remember perhaps that he re-
ferred to colleges and the teaching of
languages in these words:
Il cannot speak in Spanish French
and Italian, for all the knowledge
ever gained of those tongues was while
1 was in college: and | have noticed
that all college education in a for
eign language does is TO enable one
TO ask the waiter what the menu card
means"
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Have Complicated
Retail Problem.

changing, because they read and trav-
eled little. The increase of printed
matter first began bringing to them
suggestions of new needs and desires.
multiplying and varying demand in a
thousand ways.
The influence of popular artists, such
as Hutt Christy and Gibson, with their
correctly attired heroes and heroines,
has been tremendous. Doubtless the
moving picture show, which literally
brings the whole world before you for
a dime, is the greatest influence of all.
1t shows you what all sorts of people
do for living and for pleasure, what
they wear and how their houses are
furnished.
So the problem of the American re-
taller is to supply demand infinitely
varied in the first place, constantly
', modified by immigration and made
capricious by the widest possible dis
semination of easily acquired knowl-
edge; while he in turn exercises a tre-
mendous counter influence through his
displays and advertisements. Yet SO
engrossed have the American people
been with their efforts to control so
called big business" and with the
development of their immense produc-
tivity that they have never stopped to
inquire how the retailer is discharging
his great responsibilities.
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Kills Son. Then Commits Suicide

CLEVELAND. Ohio. January Jacob
Schwalm, fifty. u barber. yesterday
killed his son, Nicholas, eighteen, and
then committed suicide. The double
shooting took place in Schwalm's shop
and members of the family say the
father killed the bov to prevent his
contemplated marriage. which the
parent objected to because of the
lads i'll health.
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lor. In the first place, that amt no
place for a man to go. cause nobody
but hens go there. and in the second
place, they is a lot o beauty parlors
what amt nothing but schools for
manicures. and the boss puts a student
to work on your mitt. and It's good
night nail,
Yes, business is dull this week
cause Congress amt in session. You
bet These yer congressional guys gets
manicured every time they make a
speech. There's seven married con-
gresspen comes here to me- and ! has
TO give 'em them dull finish. II pol
ish 'em, their wives gets on to the fact
that they been sittin' down here with
one fist in a bowl of soap and the other
IN my hand, and they is all sorts OF
trouble.
Anyhow, I likes to work on men
rather than women. Believe me, q
woman is trouble There was lots Of il
here when them suffragists was here.
Say. ] wisht you could of seen the
work / had to do on them. private, in
their rooms. The day they appeared
before Congress / had to curl their hair
and everything.
II amt no suffragette. Not me.
know too much about 'em. Gee. but !
Evening star., 1916-01-01
REFUSES TO TRANSHIP
IMPORTS TO GERMANY

COPENHAGEN, via London. Janu-
AIRY 1.-The Social Demokraten learns
that the United Steamship Company,
the largest Scandinavian shipping con-
cern has issued instructions to all its
branch offices not to send goods to Ger
many which are not produced in Dem
mark The decision covers tea. coffee
and fruits from the south, which Ger
many hitherto has obtained by way of
Scandinavia. and all goods, which Den
mark imports through England.
Evening star., 1916-01-01
HEARD AND SEEN HERE AND THERE.
Bv Earl Goodwin.

wisht | had Il chanst to make a speech
Id tell few things.
whats that? What do I know about
'em. Well, if they wants to vote and
he mannish and all that. what right
they got to he dolling 'emselves up all
day trying to look pretty"
:. =
l have just taken out a policy which
insures me against burglary.
1t is a terrific-looking document, hav-
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COMMUNITY PROGRAM IN
WELCOME TO NEW YEAR
New York's Celebration Partakes Ct
the Nature of Memorial to
Jacob A. Riis.
History of Movement Since Its In
ception in 1912 by Late Publicist
Is Told by the Survey Press.
Webster.

How New York last night again held
a community celebration marking the
close of the old year and the begin
ming of a new one. is told in an article
sent out today by the Survey Press
Service. The story outlines the his
tory of the movement, since its incep-
tion in 1912, by the late Jacob A. Riis,
and explains that the celebration par
took of the nature of a memorial to
Mr.. Riis.
Here is the account as sent out by
by the Survey Press Service:
Two years ago 10000 people stood in
the snow on Madison Square in the
heart of New York city and sang in
the New Year under the leadership of
Jacob A. Ris. Last year they sang
in memory of Mr. Riis, and this year
they did it again, but with new ele-
ment.
In addition to the choristers, the
promoters of civic song tests and other
sober folk who, for all their enthu-
siasm are likely to get chilblains, this
year the promoters of the singing
brought in the youngsters, who are
the chief noisemakers in the Broad
way charivari a short block away.
Around the platform were boys from
the neighborhood of the Jacob A. Riis
social settlement wearing badges
Jacob Riis' Boys" Troops of Boy
Scouts were in evidence and roped-off
spaces were provided for college
Evening star., 1916-01-01
Tremendous Force
of Clerks Needed.

their steady flow of questions. In Il
ha berda ashers one man can sell more
goods in "a day than six girls in a de-
partment store patronized chiefly by
women.
The conditions inside the retail store
undoubtedly have been improved by
women. They insist upon cleanliness.
light and ventilation. Goods must be
attractive!y displayed to please them.
and they must receive solicitous per-
sonal attention.
So. pleasing the women is the re-
tailer's first problem, but what pleasej
the women in one part of the country
does not even interest them in another
Probably no country in the world has
such a complicated retail problem az
the United States. Each section of the
country has its own tastes and
prejudtces, and these are being con-
stantly modified by immigration. The
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retailer must at once cater to these
whims of section. nationality and Gus
tom, and must use his power through
advertising and suggestion to modify
them.
If you opened a grocery store in i
community where many of the people
were French, for example, it would be
useless to put in an extensive line of
breakfast foods. The French do not
eat them in their own country. and
they seldom learn how over here. If
the people you cater to are mostly
German, you can sell them great
many sour foods, but il they are Eng
lish the dill pickles and sauerkraut
will be a drug on the market. while
sweet cakes and tea will become sta
pies.
Evening star., 1916-01-01

To Prevent the Grip.
Colds cause Grip-Laxative Bromo Quinine re-
moves the cause. There is only one "BROMO
QUININD." Z. W. Groves signature on box. sc.
-Adverttsement,
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Importance Being
Tardily Realized


inheritance Beinp who produces,
Tardily Realized. in. ana msnn
featuring have been studied scientifi-
caIly the equally important science of
retailing has been allowed to grow up
as it might. Economists and legisla-
tors are just beginning to realize it's
Importance. Books are being written
on the subject, state laws are being
passed and Congress has taken under
consideration the matter of fixed prices
for trade marked goods.
According to the census of 1910 there
are more than 100000 retail dealers
in the United States. Figures COM
are increasing at least four times as
fast as the population. The chain
store, the department store and the
mail order house have attained tre-
mendous growth and power. The ef-
feet of these new factors in American
life and the whole subject of the re-
lation between retailer and customer
have been studied only in the most
fragmentary manner. We are trying
here to show what the problem is
rather than how to remedy it.
Such as the American retail store is
the American woman has made it, and
undoubtedly on the whole she has been
Il very salutary influence. Fifty Yeas
ago women were so completely occu-
pied by their duties at home that men
almost invariably did the buying for
the family. Now the exact opposite is
true. 1t has been estimated that won
en- do 75 per cent of all the retail buy
ing in this country. And they undoubt-
edly are better shoppers than men.
In the first place, they give a great
deal more time to the matter, whether
they have it or not. They undoubt edly
get great deal of pleasure out OF
merely looking at goods. and are pretty
certain to scan all the possibilities
before making purchase. The woman
who is said to have asked to see some
two-cent stamps is scarcely an eX-
aggerated case, for women nearly al
ways ask to see rather than to buy
Thus they become highly critical and
experienced shoppers, always making
comparisons of price and quality
pretty well able to take care of them
selves.
\ 4
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One Big Celebration.

The people did come together with a
right good will, but after the first
year it was found much better to have
one big celebration in Madison Square
than to hold the various small ones in
different neighborhoods.
From the church of Rev. Charles H.
Parkhurst, which faces Madison
Square, 500 members of the choral So
cieties marched out and led in the sing
ing. The people Joined heartily In the
familiar old tunes: "The Battle Hymn
of the Republic" "Oh, God. Our Help
in Ages Past" Guide Me. Thou Great
Jehovah" Nearer, My God. to Thee
'"The u. S. a. Forever America and
The star Spangled Banner
After Mr.. Riis died it was felt that
the plan would fall through, but last
year $4,000 people were packed in the
square to take part, and the only rea-
son there were not more was that there
was not an inch of room left for any
one else to stand in.
Evening star., 1916-01-01
College Songs First.

At II o'clock the singing began with
college songs, including the song of
every college that had men present.
At 1870 there were hymns, ending
with Lord God of Time" written by
Jean Dwight Franklin and dedicated
to Mr.. Riis. with taps at IL and then
America as the big red eye of the
Metropolitan tower clock winked in
the new year.
Mrs. Franklin, who was IN charge,
organized "A committee of men in many
diverse walks of life who were friends
of Mr.. Riis, with Theodore Roosevelt
as chair
When MIR. Riis started the plan in
1912 there was no community celebra- :
tion of any kind in New York except
the great throngS of tin-horn- blowing,
confetti-throwing people on Broadway.
Sometimes the fun got pretty rough
before midnight. In his announcement
Mr. Riis said:
New York's manner. of welcoming
the New Year has come to be a kind
of rough housing that found its eX-
preston last year in the slogan we
heard in the streets: To hell with the
old year, hooray for the new one We
believe that our people are tired of
this and will be glad to join in a bet
ter and saner one more worthy of
their city.
TO this end New Year eve COM
mittee has come together to arrange
for music and singing of the old songs
in two or three of the public squares
along Broadway in the midnight hour.
The people Will be expected to join in
the singing.
Evening star., 1916-01-01
Some Demands Not
Easily Explained

explained. For example, in some sections
nearly all people buy carpets for their
floors, while in others they nearly all use
rugs. In some parts of the country you
can sell nothing but black tea and in
others nothing but green. Some whole
cities wear extreme. styles of clothing,
while in others conservative styles prevail.
In Boston and New York an egg of a
brown color is considered to be particu-
larly choice. while in San Francisco
only white eggs will sell in the hest
markets
Such peculiar whims and variations
of taste as these the retailer must al
ways watch and study. But he also
must remember that he has IT in his
his success depends upon supplying the
consumer with what he needs and with
what he thinks he wants at the lowest
possible cost. Thus the retailer may
correct extravagant tendencies and cul-
tivate sensible ones to his own pretit
and that of his patrops.
A Chicago newspaper couple of
years ago asked 10000 housekeepers
why they had purchased certain food
products. The replies showed that %
per cent of them were Influenced by
what the retailers told them. SO per
cent of them by advertising and 6 per
cent by the advice of friends. Thus
the retailer had a deciding influence
over the purchases made by 81 per cent
be ranked along with the moving pic
ture show. the public school and the
newspaper as a great molder of taste
1t is safe to says that in this role he
hardly has been appreciated.
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Incidentally, these latter institutions
have gone a long way toward compli-
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The man who buys and sells neve
has been considered nearly as impor
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But they also require a tremendous
force of salespeople to watch them
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eating the retail
problem. Former
ly peoples wants
were few and un-
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These demands according to nationality
are comparatively easy to discover and
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" h i | e t h e y
paw over. bar
gain counters,
and to- answer
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-09-12
Indoor Life Makes Fat
TRY OIL or KOREIN TO KEEP
WEIGHT DOWN OR TO RE
DUCE SUPEKFLUOUS
I1HT

People who are confined within
doors ana who are deprived ot fresh,
inviRoratinR air ana exercise must
take precauton to guard against over
stoutncss, as fat acquired by indoor
life Is unhealthy and danger TO tho
vital organs Of the body. Lack or
exercise in the fresh air Is said to
weaken the oxygen carrying power OF
the blood, so that 1t is unable to pro-
ducc strong muscles and vitality and
the formation Of unstghtly and IN
healthy fat is the result
If you are 10 or 20 pounds above
normal weight you are daily drawing
ON your reserve strength and are con-
stantly lowering your vitality by car
ryiug this excess burden Any persons
who are satisfied in their own mind
that they are too stout are advised to
go 10 Butts, Inc, or any good drug
gist and get a box Of oil of korein
capsules. and take one after each
meal ana one just before retiring at
night,
Even few days treatment has
been reported 10 show a noticeable
reduction in weight improved diges-
ton and return Of the old energy;
footsteps become lighter and the skin
less flahby in appearance as super
tlous fat disappears.
oil Of koron Is inexpensive, cam
not iniure. ana helps the digestion.
Any person who wants TO reduce 10
or 20 pounds is advised to give this
treatment a trial.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-09-12
40 StndN Mining.

Santa Fc Sept 1l.--NcHt week the
American Institute of Mining Engi-
nccrs win visit the mining camps at
Santa Rita ana Hurley IN Grant coun-
~. 10 study the huge mining opera
tluns of the chino copper company
Special trains and automobiles viii
carry the visitors
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-09-12
WOUNDS Of MARINE
BATTLEFIELD ARE
HEALED BY NATURE


paris. sept Visitors To tie field
ou which the battle or tho Name watts
lmghl which is the Of ieo,Nc of am
official commemorative pilgrimage
report today THAI only ohsevaut eyes
could discover that this region was the
scene Of far-rcachng and historic
battle two years ago. Nature has
healed almost an the wounds inflicted
bg the rghtmg except for traces of
hastily dug shallow trenches along the
main roads and the rusty, tangled re-
mains Of bar.cd wire detous,s at thu"
outskirts Of isolated villages and
farms
Thousands OF Grave.
I0umcyng along. however the Wis.,
itor meets with hundreds, even thous-
ands. Of graves, marEed with the cross
Of the tri-color. Some of these graves
aIe marked with inscriptions, such as
IN memQry of the workmon of
Paris" or "hcro rcpose torty-thrcc
French soldiers" the great majority
Of the graves. however bear simply
me Nance of the dead warriors, with
tho words. "ElHcd, September 6. 1914"
More rarely The visitor comes across
NOR. eloquent memorials of the
mighty struggle. Now 1T will be am
unemployed shell, wcdgcd in the trunk
of a torn and lcaflcss Tree; again an
iron chair high mp among the foliage
which was used bt ii sHiper or an oh-
server or il may be series of large
holes whore = number of heavy shells
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1916-11-07
COMB SAGE TEA
INTO GRAY HAIR
Ladies'! Try This! Darlxens beautifully
and nobody can tel1-Brinks back
it's gloss and youthfuIness

Common garden sage brewed into a
heavy tea, with sulphur and alcohol
added, will turn gray, streaked and
faded hair beautifully dark and luxur-
liant. Mixing the Sage Tea and Sulphur
recipe at home, though, is trouble
. some. An easier way is to get the
ready-to-use preparation improved by
the addition of other ingredients, cost
ing about SO cents large bottle, at
drug stores, known as "Wyeth's Sage
and Sulphur Compound" thus avoid
ing lot of muss.
While gray, faded hair is not sin
full, we all desire to retain our youth
full appearance and attractiveness. By
darkening your hair with Wyeth's
Sage and Sulphur Compound, no one
can tell, because it does it so natural
Nv, SO evenly. You just dampen a
sponge or soft brush with 1t and draw
this through your hair, taking one
small strand at a time; by morning
all gray hairs have disappeared. After
another application or two your hair
becomes beautifully dark glossy, soft
and luxuriant and you appear years
Younger. Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur
Compound is a delightful toilet re-
tutsite 1t is not intended for the
cure, mitigation or prevention of dis
ease.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1916-11-07
HE TURNS ON BROADWAY.
Model Says Name Is Injured by Con-
nection With Glareway.

New York, Nov 1.-The alleged as
serton that he would make an unde-
s1rable husband caused Samuel Pc
dr1ck, a professional model, to sue
Or. Katherine M. H. Blackford, a psy-
chologist, for $4,000 in the supreme
court yesterday. He says she used
his photograph in an advertisement
of her books, together with those of
two other men and a young woman.
The caption asked which of the
three men the girl should marry. he
alleges, and added that he, the third
man, would make her unhappy.
The advertisement said he would
pe frequenter of Broadway, he
charges.
"Broadway," says the complaint, els
frequented by gamblers and other
persons Of i'll repute. It is the scene
of many notorious murders and scan
dals. BY reason Of these facts Broad
way has acquired a secondary mean
ting, connecting all that appertains to
1T to the fast and immoral life of
New York. To say that person
spends all his time on Broadway is
a gross libel. And that is what hap
pened to me-
In answering the complaint Dr.
B1ackford said Pedrick signed a re-
lease for the photograph, permitting
her to use it as she chose.