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The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-12-07
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The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-12-07

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-30

four days and keep 'em looking hand
some."
The gift of creative enterprise being
upon him, he even rehearsed part of his
argument:
"'Pay at the end of the month, sir;
and don't pay at all unless you're per-
fectly satisfied. Our success isn't due
to the profit we make, but to the SER
vice we give That ought to fetch 'em.
And I'd polish the signs myself, too, till
got four or five hundred dollars ahead
and then I'd have money enough to
hire man or two and make regular
business of it"
But he had his doubts; though, strangely
enough, he wasn't troubled at all by the
prospects of carrying little short ladder
up and down Broadway and polishing
signs before a critical public. "If my
friends didn't like it," he thought to HIM
self, @my friends could lump it, My
friends won't want to pay my board this
winter, and even if they wanted to 1
wouldn't let 'em. If I was making fifty
or sixty dollars week, and was my own
boss, my friends could go boot if they
didn't like my style No; it wasn't
"There wouldn't be much future to
it," he thought. at would only be
little business. Maybe could get two
or three hundred signs to start with,
and maybe 1 couldn't. If the worst
comes to the worst, though, l can pay
my board out of it. Yes, sir, I'll take a
whack at it, if can't think of anything
better"
Having thrown this anchor to wind
ward, his eyes again searched the hurrying
crowds; but->thi time, instead of in
wardly demanding of each passer-by,
"How can l make money out of your" he
found himself asking, "How can l be of
service to your" As the last-century
writers used to say, this was distinction
with difference. Sounds better, too"
thought Henry. Doesn't sound so much
like holding EN- up and picking their
pockets" Sounds as if fellow wanted
to give as we'll as take. Faith-like
Margaret said-and service-like the
sign said. That's the combination, all
right. I've got faith, just as much as
Rabbit-skin has; but how can l give
service?"
HE looked at passing chauffeur. "How
can be of service to your" he asked;
but he found no answer. A young male
exquisite came sauntering down the street.
"A pants-pressing club for yours, thought
Henry. "A quarter down, and twenty
five cents a week."
He overlook two women, discussing
their household affairs
IL pay my maid seven dollars week."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-30

"Your laundry. Your floors. Your
windows. Your heavy work. Your rugs.
Your wash we would call for every week,
and send it back to you washed spot
lessly clean, starched, dried, all ready
for ironing. The floors, windows, and
heavy work would be done by a reliable
woman whose honesty we could guarantee
and who would call one day each week,
from half past eight to half past four, and
be at your service during that day. Your
rugs would be thoroughly cleaned, both
spring and fall, without extra charge"
: "But what would you charger"
"Only ten dollars month. Only. But
l tell you, Mrs. Banning" said Henry
earnestly, 4our success wouldn't be due
to the profit made, but to the service
we gave Ten dollars month, and we
would guarantee to please you, or you
could discontinue the service at any time.
Ten dollars month, and we would relieve
you of one of your greatest cares, keep
your maid happy, keep your apartment
work in order, and, in short, solve at least
half Of your help problem. It's really as
much your idea, Mrs. Banning, as it is
mine.
"Now, If l form company land I
could do it almost immediately, will
you honor me by being the first to sub
scribe to the service? Will you be it's
charter subscriber? Ten dollars month
for all that-payable at the end of the
month-not one cent to be paid in ad-
vance? Will you do it, Mrs. Banning?
Will you be the first?"
"Well, really, think it's very clever
idea," said Mrs. Banning, "and-yes, l
think I'd be willing to try it,"
Not only that, but she gave him notes
ofintroduction to number of her friends;
and, as soon as he left her, he almost ran
to one Of those ingenious little printers
who make a speciality of printing fifty
cards for quarter of dollar, and make
a good profit out Of it even after they have
thrown in handsome card-case. Henry
waited at the printers for nearly two
hours, but when he left he was ready for
business.
In his pocket he had thousand cards
bearing the words: Apartment Service
Company" and underneath, in small red
letters: "Solvers of Your housekeeping
Problem"
Under his arm he had thousand blank
contracts stating the multitudinous duties
which the Apartment Service Company
agreed to perform for ten dollars month.
At the bottom of each contract was a
dotted line for the subscribers sigma
ture.
And, more important than all else, in
his heart Henry carried three great ideals
to guide him.
The first was faith; the second was
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one of them was saying, @and Of course
she doesn't do the washing or the floors.
have to get an extra girl to do that, and
you know you can't always find an extra
girl. So unreliable! 1t nearly sends me
crazy! l do declare, the help question
gets worse and worse every year. It's
simply awful"
"Mmmm," thought Henry. "There's a
chance to give service, all right. Every
body knows the help question is teaser.
If could do something to help solve that!
Has to have her washing done EXTRA eh?
Has to have an extra woman for the floors,
too. Mmm. Then, there's the rugs, and
the windows"
He was still struggling with the problem
when the two women turned into large
apartment-house. Henry stood outside
for nearly minute, deep in thought.
"By lingo, I'll ask her!" he suddenly
exclaimed to himself.
And, boldly taking his whole career into
his two hands, he, too, disappeared into
the apartment-house, with that look of
exultation which seems to say, ave
got it'll"
1.-TWO ladies just came in here" he said
to the hall-boy. "The short one had
purple dress and white feather in her
hat" Placing one of his precious quarters
on the switchboard, he added, ado you
know her name, SOM"
"Yassuh. Miss Banning. Apartment
fifty-one."
Henry strobe into the elevator.
"All right, Rufus" said he. apart
ment ffty-one."
MRS. BANNING" began Henry, "al-
though you don't know it, you've
made my fortune this afternoon, and I've
called to thank you for it."
"Made your fortune?" demanded the
puzzled Mrs. Banning. "Why, what do
you mean?"
Henry told how he had overheard her
conversation on the street.
at gave me an idea,' he said. "Now,
suppose organize a company-the
Apartment Service Company; and sup
pose l offer to do all your washing and
starching-everything but the ironing;
and suppose 60 over all your floors once
a week, polish your windows, do any
heavy work you want done, and clean
your rugs, say, twice year. In short,
suppose / can serve you by creating an
organization that would automatically do
all the household work which your regular
maid can't do: would you subscribe to
that service?'
"What work would you do?" asked the
interested Mrs. Banning. twill you
please say it again."
Henry licked off the items on his
fingers:
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might lose IT, ana then Ia have nothing
left. But if can make money by using
my brains guess I've always got another
think coming"
The little end of wedge-shaped doubt
tried to work itself into his mind. Clev-
erer men than he had tried to make money
and failed. @Forget It'll" he said to HIM
self-and fiercely enough he said it, too.
ats as Margaret said. I've got to have
faith-faith in myself-and faith in the
United States. Perhaps if some of those
clever fellows hadn't been so smart, but
had had more faith they might have made
out better" And, with the tense empha-
sis of prophet laying down the law, he
added:
"There's certainly some way of maxi
ing money in New York-and I'm going
to find it, and make it'll"
He thought of the eager, confident
faces he had seen emerging from the
shadows of the Ellis Island ferry,-almost
like the faces of conquering army come
to spoil the Egyptians,-and uncon-
sciously his knees. stiffened and he
looked around him with q challenging
eye.
am going to make money-I'm going
to make money-I'm going to make
money!" he kept thinking to himself, in
q sort of savage chant. And like chorus
he heard the haunting answer:
ayes, but how? Yes, but how? Yes,
but howl"
His mind turned to patents per-
petual hope of penniless dreamers; but
here again reflection showed him he was
barred.
- al 1o
said to himself, lit would take money
to get the patent-to say nothing of
the time. And haven't the time!
And I haven't the money! No, sir;
I've got to do it like old Rabbit-skin
would do it-quick and direct-and be
able to count each days profits as l 60
along"
And still he marched uptown, presently
reaching the shopping district, his eye
quick to see, his mind graphing out in all
directions.
In front of him walked handsome
old gentleman who resembled Napoleon
III. Hang it'll" muttered Henry. "How
can make money out Of your
A clerk stopped to light a cigarette.
ayes, and you-hang it!-how can 1
make money out of you'll"
Two women hurried out of depart
ment store. ayes, and you too, hang it!'
demanded Henry of himself, with fervor
that temporarily made him forgetful of his
manners. 1How can make money out
of your"
A HARD, hard nut to crack, as Henry
was beginning to find ia nut that
might have grown upon a cobblestone
tree. And yet, in the back Of his head an
idea was beginning to form, an idea
which had been fostered by sign he had
seen in drugstore window: @Our Sue
cess Isn't Due to the Profit We Make,
but to the Service We Give"
"Not bad, that thought Henry, and
he memorized it. "I'll have it printed on
my letter-heads," he grinned, @as soon as
have any letter-heads printed. Our
success isn't due to the profit we make, but
to the service we give. Yes, sir; and
there's more in that than fellow might
think"
Whereupon his mind worked back to
that half-formed idea which was still I'M
certainly floating around in his head. As
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-01-08
SHE KNEW COFFEE

A great many people who t1atter them selves that they are judges of coffee or other beverages may learn a lesson of caution from the experiments carried on by Sir Hiram Maxim when he was trying to find palatable preparation of wheat and coffee
 It occurred to me, says Sir Hiram, in My Life" that very few people knew much about coffee. One Sunday l brought out from the Maxim lamp works about thirty young men and women. My stenOg- rapher also was present; she was one of those young ladies that know all-from whose decisions there IS no appeal.
 1 had cleared of long bench and ar ranged on 1t large number of cups, milk, sugar cream much coffee, and plenty oi apparatus for making coffee got from the Army and Navy stores various kinds of coffee that were supposed to be the very best in the world such as Mocha Java, and so forth, and l also got from dealer in coffee some of the sWeeplngs and sftlngs of his shop-small, imperfect and broken kernels These freed from dust and dirt. roasted and ground and mixed with three times their weight of chicory. l was ready for the test
 My shorthand writer came in tasted the Mocha, the Java, the Costa Rica, and pro nounced them all very bad. She then tried some of my wheat coffee, and some of what was half wheat and half coffee, which, she said, were also bad, but not so bad as the others But when she reached the mixture of siftings and chicory she was delighted 'That Is coffee" she said, with an air of finalty That's it That's the right stuff n.'
 In ali probability the young lady had never tasted cup of genuine coffee in her life until that Sunday morning,
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-01-08
PORTAGE BAY COMPANY
 IN FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES

H. E. Ellis, as trustee for the Talkitna Lumber Company, operating on Portage Bay, has taken charge of the property of that concern and will retain the same in his possession until such time as the com pany is in position to resume active opera tions, says Valdez dispatch. The trustee holds mortgage on all the property of the company which said mortgage was recorded recently. and all the creditors have agreed to accept considerable payment on all the claims and to await complete settlement at a future date.
 The present difficulties Of the concern are entirely due to the disappearance of MT. Johnson, who was to have forwarded the necessary funds to meet the payroll and other obligations, but who, since putting in his appearance at the Arctic Club at Seattle some time ago, never has been heard from, although strenuous efforts have been made to locate him by interested parties.
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-01-08
DAUGHTER OF PRESIDENT
 DISCUSSES HER STEPMOTHER
Chicago Herald)
Jm-m. Mrs. Gait. Why, 1 think

"Um-m. Mrs. Gait. Why, I think---~''
 Mrs w. C. McAdoo, who was Miss Eleanor Wilson before her marriage to Secretary Mic Adoo, toop deep breath in Chicago yes terday.
 "To put it mildly, we are all delighted and overjoyed at 1t! As for Mrs. Galt-we are devoted to her She is the most lovabie, cultured woman in the world. There could not be a happier happening in the Wilson family.
 Il wish I could begin to express myself without getting superlatlvcly enthusiastic. Net that I do not want to rave, but l never know when to stop. Let it suffice to say We all love her.
 ''She is remarkable woman and will be most gracious mistress of the White House. She has dignity personality, charm, sweet ness and wisdom Our family more than welcomes her.
 Her demeanor was that of college girl at her first fudge spread. She looked like a college girl too, in her short little black dress filmed about the ankles-her trim shoes and the froth of white tulle at her neck. She wore big white fox, which she flung about with reckless discretion CT re- gard fer it's tail. Had Eleanor Wilson Mo Adoo been in college she would have ex- pressed herself as almost tlckled to pieces, but being in her room at the Blackstone, she repreSsed herself.
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-01-08

one instance of woman putting one over on me She made a tunnel to the neighbor' 5 tent, packed out all our grub and then dy namited the tunnel, leaving me to dig or starve, and in doing the former l All but did the latter, and when, worn, wan and weared I finally emerged, Blithesome Jane gave me the glassy eye and never again was I deuce high in her estimation. By my lazi- ness I had aienated the affections of one of the most true blue squaws that ever wor,ned fish or jerkcd rabbits and otherwise contributed to the gayety of nations That was more than one hundred years ago, bat time has not cauteriGed the wound in my heart nor have the smiles and caresses of other suuaws served to mellow the cherished memories of Rlithesome Jane in my season: scared heart In fact, to this day Jane visits me in my sleep and -'
 "Ba rae is da qon sum lcca guk. ko die a ku la. Fe di klk a WOW go bta gok a hiloic k waka WOW" It was the Sore Eyed Sage Hen, who, having heard the old man $ bust of confidence about Bllthesome Jane, came hustEng into the tent, What she said was; "So Jane visits you in your sleep, does she? Let me catch her ghost shopping around iltFp JuSl ClsCt. NO" Just lti what you said about Jane being the best that ever worned fish or jer,sed rabbits you can dig your own tunnel this winter for ell of me. Whoop la! You still have cherished memories, have you? I'll i've you some thing to cherish"
 But for the intervention of the Stroller she would have landed on the old man. The latter, however, merely shrugged his shoul ders and said something to the effect that he hoped she had left him about three fin gers.
 Before closing the interview the Stroller learned the indications which mean unusu- ally heavy falls of snow. They are seen in the aurora boreals in the form of departed spirits engaged in skirt dancing, and, accord ing to the informant they have been seen on numerous occasions lately, and during
 the beautiful demonstrations of northern lights. A little imagination IS required to see tEe spirit ferns, but they are there.
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-01-08
GIL WITHIN ARCTIC CIRCLE
(Cincinnati Enn1ll,er,

The vastness and wonderful resources If Alaska have been so often dwelt upon oy many writers, including those of the En- quirer, that there would seem to be nothing left in that remarka able territory of ours to talk about, and yet here comes the dis covery of oil to amaze US with an addition to those resources.
 We have long known something about the riches of Alaska in gold, copper, coal timber and other minerals and products of the ground and of the surrounding seas including furs and fishes; also that there are large tracts of arabe lands upon which vegetables, fruits and cereals may be grown in abundance And now we are told that in the far north of that country, within the Arctic circle, there Is a great wealth in oil awaiting development, according to state ments of a discovery made by Eskimos and confirmed by ". B. Van Nain of the United States bureau of education. The native discoverers found four springs of thick ,il close together and maintaining lake of thick, green oil of the consistency of vase line, into which ducks and geese occasion ally plunged from a considerable helght, mistaking the substance for water, and, of course, perishing there. These Esklmos were in utter ignorance of the nature of their find, and so greatly puzzled that they made a reindeer express trip 450 miles 10 the south, to the settlement called Vain wright, to consult this teacher of whom they had heard, and Hho, 1t seems, was so much impressed by their story that he made the trip back with them over the snow and ice and frozen tundra 450 miles to point whose location he has not yet disclosed. There he found this great lake of oil constantly fed by four springs, pump ing away under pressure of natural gas. lie made careful investigation and surveys and staked of his claims and provided "lth samples of the liquid, went back to Vain wright and thence to Nome and finally 70 Seattle.
 The Post -Intelligencer of Seattle seems to give entire credence to MT, Van Nalln's rectcl of his adventures and discoveries, in connection with which it produced pie ture of him in his Arctic furs.
 There is nothing to tell us hint of the location of this richness in oil except tn at it is in the far Northwest, north of the Arc tic circle, and not far from the navlgable waters of the Arctic ocean or some rlver tributary to it.
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-01-08
FOR SALE

Two horses, harness, two sets of blankets Mo- 4 sled with rough lock, pole, doubletree and neckyoke, wood and freight racks. Price for entire outfit, S550. Apply G. Wada.
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-01-08
DISLIKE OF AMERICANS
 NOTED BY RECENT TRAVELER

The three fat wcll-dreSscd, indignant Ger
 man women comfort ably seated in the com
 partment of the railway carriage into which
 the Schaffner politely ushered me at Wles
 baden looked up from their knitting needles
 -"war socks" of course and snilfed ps
 triotically, cn s,rmlsing that l was not of
 the Reich in spite of my German journals
 tresenily, while l was drawing curtain
 one of the thrce abruptly arose, locked with
 easy unembarra.sment at one Of the labels
 on nIy handbags, and, perceivng an Anglo Saxon surname, she whispered her conclu- sions audibly to her companions, An Eng li.bman was on impossbillty must there
 fore he cnc of the dete5table Americans Thereupon all three of the women got up
 suddenly, orrangod their belongings with os te:tatiOus exactness, and sat down acrobat
 icaly CD the edges oi the carriage seats with their backs 10 ne
 With frequent semi audible remarks of no kindness they continued to sit in that
 significant and decidedly uncomfortable posi- i tion- patriotic all the rest of tEer ride, When we reached Speycr they cautiously rose, still
 with those contemptuous, fe5hy backs to me, gathered their effects, and then pro ceeded to sdlc out of the compartment ! carefully hcl,ling from all contact with my per5cn their skirts and satchel5. Fatherand l., Io+roI f t,rC f tia great popular passions in the Reich today. l mention this little incident because # illustrates the psychologist transformation of { the mind of the average German toward everything and everybody from the United States And it will indicate to Americans, who have occasion to cross German terri tory to reach Switzerland or other neutral countries, the sort Of thing that they must i e1pect-nCt to say incidents oi more lmpor-
 tant and uupleasant nature,
 Americans are decidedly mot wanted in Germany today. Nc matter what has been the sentiment toward American society, to- ward American mcney- without which hotels, shops, industries and so much else la Germany are likely to suffer seriously--that kindiness or merely commercial hypoc risy of it, is at all end. Americans travelling
 in Germany, in fact, will do we'll to avoid
 communicating to others their nationality, almost us prudently concealing it as if they were British, at least in public. The two chief Anglo Saxon natonalitles are con
 fused angrily and Intentionally ln the popu-
 lar Teutonic mind as never before
 { They "hate' us, our whilom German
 friends, and they show it. That Americans,
 at the risk of loss of self-respect, will care
 to find themselves much in German sur
 roundings during or soon after the present
 war is doubtful; but such visitors or tray
 clers as there may be will be sure to meet
 with sour looks, sour words, insults and in
 conyeniences of varied sorts.-Lausanne
 (Switzerlandl Letter to the New'lork Even
 ing Post
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-01-08
A Matter of Preference

It was summer hotel, and the baby, being warm and fretful, cried.
 Tut! Tut, We can't disturb the neigh bors this way the fond father said, taking the child in hls arms Let me sing him to sleep"
 He sang, and straightwsy came knock at the door and these words: There's a sick lady next door, and if it's all the same to you, would you mind letting the baby cry instead of singing to ;t?"-Denver Post
 ---]------ LOST-Package containing moccasns and
 mitts between Iditarod and Horsetiy
 creek, on Sunday or Monday last Leave
 word at Tram office.
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-01-08
ARRIVAL OF OPHiR MEN
 REMINDS OF KLONDIKE DAYS
Seattle Post -Intalligenccr, Nov. III

The arrival of five mining men at the Northern hotel from Ophir, in the Iditarod district, with dust in their pokes estimated at between $2O,O0O and 5000, caused Proprietor Ralph Boyer to remark that it looked like the days following the kondlke strike The men came overland by dog teams to Seward. Those in the party are Lew Edwards, Sam Hounam, John Krieger, August Olson and Albert Erikson. MT. Erik son is merchant as well as mining oper- ator, and is making his first visit to the "ouside' in eighteen years All are out for the winter, and all plan trip to the San Francisco exposition.
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-01-08
HOPE MAN IS KILLED
 IN ENCOUNTER WITH BEAR

The disappearance of ". s. Peterson of Hope, some sixty miles north of Seward, was explained On November l7 by the find ing of his terribly mutilated remains in the brush some miles from the town
 When last seen by anyone Peterson was on the trail of large brown bear which had put in an appearance on the outskirts of Hope during the early morning of the 18th Peterson is said to have shot and wounded the animal and later followed 1t into the brush back of town. From the appearance of the body, the bear evidently took him unawares and literally tore him into strips The body was taken to Anchor age for burial