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The Benson signal., 1916-09-02
Hardships Come First,

Lucky" Baldwin was one of the
well-knOwn characters on the Pacific
coast up to few years ago, when he
died. His case is contradictory in a
way, as his "luck" came only after
such struggles and hardships as few
men go through. AS a prOspector he
was near death many times and lived
in desperate poverty for the greater
part of his life. Then he made a strike
in prospecting which left him fabulous
ly wealthy. His sobriquet of Lucky
is decided misnomer here, especially
as family troubles and litigation en-
bittered his last years.
In glancing over the list of those
who control the largest fortunes in
this country, it is often impossible to
realize how it comes that men of such
varying qualities attain success.
Where does this success come from,
anyway? Is it foresightness, is it
strength of character, force of person
ality?
Or is it a quality called luck?
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Gazed CurfousIy at the Display.

white as her dress. It was John Out
from behind the counter he came and
grabbed her hands.
Katie! Katie!" he exclaimed. 81
didn't know how good it was going to
be to see you once again. How do you
like my StOre?'
"Your store, John? is 1t really
yours?"
Eyes, mine. had saved up few
hundred dollars in the eight years
I've been working and l got to think
Ing it would take all the best years OF
my life at that rate to save couple
OF thousand. ia worked three years
IN a grocery before l was shipping
clerk for Seeley, and 1 know the DuSi~
ness. I'm starting in a small way
but I'll grow if''-John paused ana
brushed imaginary dust from the
freshly vanished counter-"it you'll
help me, Katie. Don't you think you'd
like to be the better half OF a growing
business manY
Yes, if"
''If what, Katie?
''It ne loved me-" blushing violently.
Katie, dear, L love you so much
there amt words enough to tell you"
With her head on his shoulder and his
arms about ner, John managed to
substitute actions for words IN a man
ner so satisfactory that they agreed
ever afterward that both OF them mad
the time of their lives on that par
ticular Labor day.
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Somerhinu in Names.

"Call for Mr.. Baker! Call for Mr..
Baker" piped out the callboy in a
Muncie hotel, and was followed by an
other who drawled out: Call for Mr..
Carpenter! Call for Mr.. Carpenter ~
Not to be outdone, third chimed in
with: "Call for Mr. Mason! Call for
Mr. Mason ~
In the lobby two travelling sales
men, strangers, were sitting in chairs
near together. Looks like there must
be trades convention on here" ven
tured one. "They ought to have called
me, too-my names Brewer"
""The blank it isl" exclaimed the
other. "My names Icecream. Let's see
what we can do for it,"
SO they id.-Indianapolis News.
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AIaborDay
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DenouefnennG ennG
@t Eli, l5<>
7 Graham

Copyright, 1916, by the Mcclure Newspa-
per Syndicate.)
Are you really going to give up
your job, Katie?"
Eyes, john
"Have you told Seeley?"
eyes, and he was real decent about
it. Of course, he began all that stuff
about the growing business and my
opportunity to grow with the firm,
but / cut him short
"How on earth, Katie? asked John,
for Seeley was something of an ogre
to his employees.
II said: Look here, Mr.. Seeley, you
can't soap this situation enough to
make me slip into seeing it your way.
I've got an old mother and father
who need me, and I'm going home.
He said: Now, Katie, you're just a
bit homesick. Forget it. You'll miss
your salary before you've been home
a week, and village don't offer a
girl anything unless the butcher or the
blacksmith marries her."
"Well, X tie, that's all So" Men
ton of the village eligibles made John
The Benson signal., 1916-09-02
Apples Is Good.

The young superintendent OF the
EndeavOr society tried to teach each
child to say aloud some prayer, even
if it were only sentence. At first
she taught them prayers. Later they
were encouraged to compose their own.
One tiny fellow, the son of poor
widow, had his first production ready
oil very cold winter day.
Dear Lord apples is good"
That night the mother of the super
intendent took basket of apples to
the child's home. The boy smiled radi-
antly, evidently grateful that his first
prayer had been answered.-lndianap
oils News.
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w. N. u, DENVER, NO. 36--1e16.
Couldn't Follow Instructions.

Not long ago l gave an lrishman a
box of pills and cautioned him care
fully with regard to- adhering to the
instructions on the box cover These
instructions read, "Take one pill three
times a day."
Next day the man came in and
placed the pills on my desk and when
said:
II couldn't carry out the instruc-
tions.'
"What's the reasOn?" / asked.
II took the first pill all right" was
his reply, "but l couldn't get to take
it the other two times" - Chicago
Daily News.
The Benson signal., 1916-09-02
The New Porter.

Jim was new porter in hotel
and he was putting in his first night
at his new and responsible position
1t was five in the morning and so far
Jim had done all he was told, and was
getting on splendidly.
'Call seventeen and four" command
ed the night clerk, as he looked over
his call sheet. Jim Obeyed.
After he had been gone for con-
siderable time the clerk went up to
see if he had called the rooms desig-
mated.
"Well," sighed the new porter, whom
he found on the third floor, 1--WE got
seventeen of 'em up, but | haven't
started on the other four yet"
The Benson signal., 1916-09-02

bold to side with the unpopular Seeley.
eyes, nobody knows that better than
I do. But I'm making just So week,
and how much Of that do you think
save after paying board and laundry
and carfare and buying what few
clothes l have?"
"Not much, l guess.
"In three years since l started in
here at So week I've managed to
pinch along and save just an even $75.
That's $25 year, see? If I'd get sick
that SIS would go in jiffy, and work.
ing nine hours a day in a stuffy Of
fee and sitting up nights to mend and
sew and wash half her clothes don't
help to keep any girl healthy. Be-
sides, my mother and father need me
there. They don't say anything, but
l know they need me, and they looked
SO old and frail when l was home
Christmas. | told Seeley some OF all
this, and ne said: 1 guess you're
about right, Katie, but it you want to
come back, there'll be a place for you
here.>
John stood helpIessly with his hands
in his trousers pockets and turned the
waste basket this way and that with
his feet. Katie slipped purple car
bon paper between the white letter.
head ana yellow second sheet and
nimbly twirled the trio arounu ner
typewriter roll. Then she paused and
John spoke very softly:
'You'n miss the life here, Katie.
YOu'll miss the car rides and the band
concerts and the movies"
Eyes, but not any more than they
Miss me now at home" Katie looked
pretty solemn, for she was young and
loved gayety and music and the
movies. John managed to find a scrap
of paper on the floor and as he stopped
to put it in the waste basket, ne whis-
pered: ''W1ll you miss me little Dit?'
''Yes, John, lots."
Looking up, she caught such a
panied look in Johns eyes that she
quickly stopped to blow the dust from
tears in her eyes as she adjusted the
long rubber tubes to her ears and
turned on the electric current.
Katies first week at home was de-
lightful but when she had cleaned
and Strengthened up the whole house
and planted her flowers she was
pretty tired and felt the need OF some
diversion, but, alas! no music or
movies or car rides were available IN
Plainville: Sunday was a long, still,
lonesome day, and she did not enjoy
the gossip which followed the morn,
ing service at the church where her
parents always sat IN a front pew
AS summer came and ner flowers
grew and blOsSOmed she felt better
satisfied. out the small outlay for
few necessary repairs ana furnishings
lad MADE quite hole ID ner little
The Benson signal., 1916-09-02

savings. There was no income save
the few scattered dollars from her
tathers fees as a justice OF the peace
and the butter and egg money ner
mother contributed. Nobody IN Plain
vile had the slightest need of Katie's
skilled services as a dictaphOne opera
tor. She was resOurceful though
and hit upon plan which nettcd ner
small amount each week. She en-
gagged half the space in the hardware
merchants show window for Satur-
day afternoon. Then she baked some
loaves OF bread, an angel food cake
and some little tea cakes She made
an appetlzing salad. All these she
displayed in the window on Saturday
with card which said: Let these
help to make your Sunday dinner
easy"
They looked askance at all lnnOva-
tions and so the first housewives who
passed gazed curiously at the display
without thought OF purchasing.
Young Mrs. Moore walked right in,
though, as soon as she saw katie'S
display and read the attractive little
card.
mo stale bakers stuff for me when
l can get this dandy bread" Mrs.
Moore laid aside two Ioaves OF bread
as she spoke, and passed on to the
salad. mo standing over the stove
cooking vegetables and cake when
these things drop right down like the
mamma did to somebody in the Sunday
school lesson. Larry Moore doesn't
hurt himself at the head OF that Sec
tion gang, and L shan't hurt myself
cooking his victuals over red hot
stove."
Two other housewives followed Mrs.
Moore's lead and Katies stock was
soon disposed of. After her second
Saturday, she arranged with certain
housewives to call them up on Fridays
to see what she could supply for their
Sunday dinners, and she soon built up
a good little business.
One Saturday she got letter from
John telling about the preparations
for big Labor day celebration on
Monday. She remembered that last
Labor day was the first time she had
ever gone out with John and it hurt
her to notice that instead of his men.
tiOning it in his letter, he wrote: 'Pm
expecting to have the time OF my life
Monday. Hope you'll have as good d
time as L do.''
She had not been downtown for sew.
eral days, but on Monday she decided
she would take a holiday, although
the village made no observance OF
Labor day. She put on a fresh white
dress, her flower trimmed hat anC
white shoes and started out for 8
walk. She met one of the village girls
who was agog over the arrival of the
new grocer from the city.
"Oh, he's swell, tell you! And he
isn't married, either!' she exclaimed
with sparkling eyes.
Katie went to the post office and the
new store window looked SO attractive
she crossed over. She had a friendly
| feeling for this store because it's con
tents and it's keeper had come from
the city she was longing to see again
so she thought she would go in anC
inspect it inside. AS she walked in
she saw behind the counter somebody
who surprised her so that she stood
quite still, while her face became as
The Benson signal., 1916-09-02
CLEANSE THE PORES
Of Your Skin and Make 1t Fresh and
Clear by Using Cuticura. Trial Free.

When suffering from pimples, black
heads, redness or roughness, smear
the skin with Cuticura Ointment
Then wash off with Cuticura Soap and
hot water. These super-creamy emol-
lients do much for the skin because
they prevent pore clogging.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
The Benson signal., 1916-09-02
Aids to Cupid.

"The telephone is wonderful
thing" remarked the man who poses
as a student of science.
"Sure," replied his friend with a
sloping brow. "Next to the stage, more
girls have quit the switchboard to
marry millionaires than any other kind
of employment ever undertaken by the
fair SEX
The Benson signal., 1916-09-02
Real Cause for Complaint.

1t had been very tiring case for
everybody concerned. The plaintiff
and the defendant were both country
men and had had to have everything
explained to them at least twice.
"DO l understand, my man." said The
magistrate at one point, 'that the de-
fendant hurled invectiveS at yOuW
The plaintiff scratched his head
wildly. Then slowly look of under
standing dawned in his eyes as he
replied: !
'No sir. To tell the truth, it was
only bricks as he threw at me, but wOt
I complain about was the terrible way
he swore at me when they missed"
The Benson signal., 1916-09-02
New Accessory.

Chauffeur-Mrs. Non Speederly, the
car won't run. 1t must have hoodoo
on it
Mrs. Non Speederly-Dear me!
thought l had every possible attach
ment. But I'll get one Judge.
The Benson signal., 1916-09-02
A Guess.

"Why does a politician wear a string
tie!"
ITO string his constituents" Louis
Vile COurier-I Ournal.
The Benson signal., 1916-09-02

usually camp on his front porch and
calmly await his return.
The Benson signal., 1916-09-02
How He Got 1t.

She-Who gave you the black eye?
He-Nobody. l had to fight hard for
it.
The Benson signal., 1916-09-02

Ten smiles for a nickel. Always buy Red
Cross Bag Blue; have beautiful, clear
white clothes. Adv.
The Benson signal., 1916-09-02

Any young man can get a good living
if his dad is rich.
The Benson signal., 1916-09-02
What is Castoria

substitute for Oil, Paegorc Drops
Soothing Syups 1t is Pleasant 1t contains neither Opium,
~ Morphine Narcotic substance
Darhoa Wind
Cl relieves Teethng Troubles Constipation and Fauenc 1t
the Food regulates the Stomach and Bowels giving healthy
chidrens Mothers Friend.
under
supervision since it's infancy Allow to deceive this
and
rihe endange the health of Infants and
Children-Experience against Experiment. ~ X(N4ZA
Casora always bears the signature of f2X [C%M
The Benson signal., 1916-09-02
Correct Answer

Correct Answer.
"Why isn't nautical mile the same
as an ordinary miller"
Because it is knot"
The Benson signal., 1916-09-02

A woman has no right to grow old
until she has been married at least
twice.
The Benson signal., 1916-09-02

In the matrimonial game baseball
player isn't always a good catch.
The Benson signal., 1916-09-02

Some Name.
"Have you named the baby yet?'
''NO, not yet-Y eta. Boston Eve
ming Transcript.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-08
Mrs. Kelly Faces Two Sl0,-
600 Libel Actions on Note
Concerning MarshalS.
OFFICIALS SUPERVISED
GIRLS CLOTHES HUNT
Resent Charge of Wrecking
Apartment - Davis Seen
Behind New Move.

The las, faint echo OF the good old
timse when each days paper retsiled
some new development in the guerilla
warfare between the then Miss Eu-
genia Kelly and her present spouse. Al
Davis, on the one side. and Mrs. Helen
II. Kelly. the girls mother on the other.
resounded in the Supreme Courts OF
Manhattan and the Bronx yesterday
John c. Gardiner. city marshal and
a veteran OF the kelly-Dsvis feud. flcG
in the Bronx court a libel suit for
$4,000 against Mrs. Kelly and her
counsel, John F. Mcintyre. At the same
time. Peter J. Gsfney, also a marshal
and a veteran, filed in Manhattan, q
similar action.
Through their attorney, Robert II.
Elder. Gardiner and Gaffney slege that
the woman and her lawyer have in
jured each Of them TO the extent Of
the aforementioned amount by letter
written TO the Mayor. complaining Of
their conduct on the memorable 2!th
OF November, 1915. On that day,
students Of history will remember, the
newly welded Mrs. Davis descended
upon her parental apartment. in the
absence Of Mrs. Kelly. and with the
aid of the msrshsls, armed with writ
of replevin, two assistants and uni
formed policeman. captured $50 articles
If 4pparpl
Suspects Eugenia's Hand.
Having retrieved these. the raider,
went their way. the Davises to that
farm on Long Island. where Eugenia is
doubtless still displaying her captured
hnery, and the city marshsls back to
their homes. Mrs. Kelly, who arrived
a half hour later. found, according TO
Nr. McIntyre, that her entire apart
ment had been upset. everything ran
sacked, and many things broken.
At her behest Mr.. Mcintyre sat
him down and complained. in a care
fully worded letter to the Mayor, nam
ing Gaffney and Gardiner as the chief
offenders. Whereupon, the city mar
shals became grieved, and more grieved
with each passing day. By yesterday
morning their sorrow had reached the
height or SlO,OVJ and they brought
suit.
The case will not be brought TO
trial. Mr.. Mcintyre remarked yester-
day. at is only another effort to make
things unpleasant for Mrs. Kelly.
here WAS absolutely nothing libellou,
in the letter sent the Mayor.
"Mr Elder is Davis's lawyer. From
that. it is easy TO imagine who Is really
behind this suit. On November "a
these men broke into Mrs. Kelly's
apartment. They threatened to smash
down the door with an axe II they were
not admitted, but showed no authority
whatever for their entrance
"Mrs Kelly was far from we'll At the
time. and when she saw her ransacked
apartment she had a relapse. She has
been III ever since. The present suits
are merely persecution"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-08
NCREA GOES TO COLUMBIA
Dean Of Wharton School, L. OF r.. Ao-
cepts Economies Professorshlp.

Philadelphia. March Dean Ros..
we'll c. McCrea, a leading educator Of
the University OF Pennsylvania, has
accepted the position Of professor OF
economics at Columbia University and
will assume his new duties on July I.
Dr. McCrea has been dean Of the
Wharton School OF Finance OF the Uni
vorsity OF Pennsylvania since 1912;
Previous 70 this appointment he served
as head Of the department OF civics
and history at the Eastern Illinois
State Normal School; instructor in
economics. Trinity College. Hartford,
Conn; Fayerweather professor Of eco
Monies and sociology. Bowdoin College;
associate director and professor OF
economics. New York School OF Phi
lanthropy: lecturer on the bond foun-
dation, Bangor Theological Seminary;
in charge Of work on the Henry Bergh
Foundation and professor of economics
ct Columbia University.
DR.. McCrea is the author OF many
books. monographs and articles on eco
Monies.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-08
10 PREPARE TEACHERS BILL
Conference Of Pension Committees Ey-
pected to Decide on Measure.

Henry Bruere announced last night
at conference on teachers pensions
IN the Russell Sage Foundation Build
ing, 1870 East Twenty Street,
that the complex problem of public
school teachers pensions would in all
probability be wiped off the slate"
late to-day and that a suitable bill on
pension legislation would be ready for
presentation to the Legislature. This
he expects, will follow a final meeting
of the committee on pensions of the
lnterborough Teachers Association and
subcommittee of the Mayors pension
committee
Mr.. Bruere said that while the teach
ers desired certain things, they were
dealing with their own money, while
he handled public funds. Clyde Furst.
Of the Carnegie Foundation, explained
pension methods Of different cities and
states. Several other teachers spoke
on technical phases of the question.
The general opinion was that the mat
ter should be settled at once as eff
ciently as possible.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-08
LEFTY FLYNN MARRIED
TO DOCTORS DAUGHTER
Yale Fullback. Who Divorced
Chorus Girl Bride, Weds Again.

Maurice Bennett ("Lefty") Flynn
fullbsck on the Yale 1912 football
team, who, in January, 1918. welded
Rene Leary. Winter Garden chorus
girl, va, married yesterday afternoon
10 Miss Blanche Palmer. daughter OF
DR.. and Mrs. Edmund J. Palmer, OF 1903
West Eighty-siyth Street. Flynn was
divorced from his first wife in Febru-
airy, 1914.
The ceremony was performed AZ 81.
Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Jersey
City, BY tie Rev. Father Terence Gil
martin, OF the Church OF the Blessed
Sacrament, Manhattan. Although Flynn
had been divorced. the Catholic cere-
mony was made possible b. the fact
that his first marriage, being civil
one, was not recognized BY the Church.
Miss Gene Palmer. the brides sister.
ard Mrs. Leslie Lithgow we're maid and
matron OF honor. Carl Flanders, an
old Yale football player. vas the best
man. The bride was given away by her
father.
Miss Palmer met Flynn about three
years ago. her sister said yesterday.
The friendship was renewed last fall.
when the bride visited her aunt. Mrs.
Eugene P. Shove. in Colorado Springs,
Col Mr.. and Mrs. Flynn will leave
soon for his ranch near Craig, Colo.
He received this year ago from his
father, Joseph A. Flynn. Of Rector
Street. The couple will stop en- route
at Syracuse. Chicago and Colorado
Springs 10 visit relatives.
Flynn was a member OF the class o.
1914 In the Sheffield Scientific School
of Yale University, but was not grsdu-
Ated. He was member OF Book and
Snake. local fraternity.
Miss Palmer recently inherited $780,
600 from her uncle. Z. ?. Shore. the
Colorado copper king. Flynn inherited
fortune from mis- grandfather.
The first Mrs. Flynn was married las:
October to Charles ". Rendigs, a cloak
manufacturer.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-08
10000 WOMEN TO CONVENE
Delegates TO Federation Meeting VIII
Come from All Nations.

What promises TO be the biggest Of
!. gatherings ever held in any part OF
rs world Will assemble in New York
q Nay q for the biennial convention
o. ne Federation Of Women's Clubs.
.tisg1ies 20 the convention will num-
v' $4,000. but large parties Of women
are coming with their representatives
York.
Meetings will be held in the 7th Reg
.nshi Armory, where the company
i2on' will be devoted 70 the exhibits
VI ne various departments Of the fed
tt.@Aon Ihirty-four committees have
~ appointed By the local board TO
IsAe arrangements. A large amount
=. money has been given and the Clyde
.-.le mas contributed a steamboat, which
~. vi Tun up and down the Hudson River
carry parties Of delegates 70 points
r.n"iest near the city.
me convention will represent over
million women Of the United
so Alaska, Panama, the Philippines,
vw-.iNype snd China According to Mrs.
imam Grant Brown, chairman Of the
biennial board. reservations in
49, Nad!ng hotels are being made q;
~ iate o. two hundred a day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-08
hCXS NEW COLUMBIA STAFF
"s"n Has Obtained Prominent Men
FOR Business School.

s's'al prominent men have been OBJ
go go Tor the new faculty staff Of the
,'hoia School Of Business. The
80 oi the new appointees will be
80, sn oui this week. Efforts have been
- 70 get men Who would make the
,,s - thoroughly practical and who
,,s Ipefienced Ia all modern business
D@hting methods.
,,,, .sn' Tor The school are being pushed
f.,,,n nay open in September Pro-
49," Ltgoer, Is in close touch with the
49, business and banking houses
,asa'oFn and expects 20 receive their
~ 's,ion- Professor Egbert aims 70
ne students spend certain
r..s.'.t Of time during their Jummer
ia, Or even during the academic
ts,i ~ Downtown Offices, gaining prac-
4. ~, Nicholas Murray Butler, {,
r,ss.S - pleased with the men whom
. c'1eor Egbsrt has induced 70 come
,er, ,smois II IL said several profes-
rs RON other institutions are on the