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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-12-15
coLoAEL HOUSE HOME

New York, Dee. 15.-Colonel
E. M. House, President Will
son IS representative to the in
ter allied conference recently
held in Paris, reached his home
here tonight, He prepared a
statement to be given out to-
night.
Colonel House, it was stat
ed, reached an Atlantic port
this afternoon.
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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-12-15

BUSINESS CHANCES = Wonderful
story of oil, write today for story Of
how l financed three oil wells now
producing; four others now being
drilled; $l50.000 refinery being rush
ed to completion-an in 80 days.
Every new we'll advances stock; .
advances already; 100 wells planned
for next year. Reads like romance.
N. A. Reinhert & Co., 346 Transpor-
taticn Bldg, Chicago, Ill.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-12-15

exposing a giant SPY plot in this eoun-
try was made today.
The United Press was authorized to
say that this motive for the crime has
been fully established by justice de-
partment agents and Allegheny eoun-
ty police officials and detectives in
yestigating the case.
Where the plot was hatched and by
whom. were facts which, if definitely
known, we're not diyulged.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-12-15

A hearing after execution is be-
ing held before Judge Kelly in the
matter of Annette l. Miller against f..
Il. Gribble, it being in the nature OF
an accounting.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-12-15
German Spys Murdered
This Pittsburg Woman

Pittsburg, Pa, Dec. 15.-Definite an
nouneement that Mrs. Emma Fritzen
Boyer was murdered by a person or per
sons interested in preventing her from
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-12-15
REAL ESTATE

30 acres with fully modern 10 roomed
house, water tower, tank, engine, dy-
namo. new barn and other buildings,
8 miles from station. On terms at
five per cent
135 acres. 5000 an acre. A splendid
buy
5000 acres, $50 an acre. Good wheat
land
go acres. 500 an acre. Fine build
ings, near Salem.
400 acres, S45 an acre. VIII trade.
acre tracts from $3.50 to 100000
I have acreage for city property,
and want eitv property for acreage.
Acreage wanted for rent.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-12-15

FOR Rents room house furnished,
large lot, plenty fruit. Price $40;
Five room house with two good lots,
SO. Z room house on car line, paved
street, bath, toilet, lights, Price s..
Five room house on car line, fine lot
close to school, $40. z room house,
one blcck from paved street, two lots
plenty fruit in its season, Price $40.
square Deal Realty Company. Phone
470.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-12-15

BUSINESS OPPoRTUNITY-wiH you
invest 500 under absolute guarantees; J;
pay you steady income. amounting
$3.50 first year. and increas'7g every
year thereafter7 Write quick for
particulars. Victor Irons, Ideal Bldg.
Denver, Colo.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-12-15
SALEM'S TOYLAND, End Floor.

Bring the Riddles to Santa Claus Land Here are games
and toys Of every description Also big showing Of Cut
Glass, Japanese Novelties, Suit Cases. Blankets
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-12-15

ALESM EN-Ambitiou statesmen of
neat appearance, call on merchants
in your territory; elegant line, con
venient to carry. Good commissions,
prompt remittance. The Geo. H.
Jung Co., Cincinnati, o.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-12-15
DESTROYER LOST

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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-12-15

From the Oregon City Woolen Mills Most novel designs
and brilliant coorings Makes of the practical
and appropriate Christmas presents for any of the family
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-12-15
c. " MFFFEYER,

544 State street Salem u
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-12-15

Our large estabishment Is stores in u offers easy
solution to the Holiday shopper. With modern equip
ment efficient store service backed with strictly Quality
Merchandise" shopping is made a pleasure. Every
department teams with merchandise that make suitable
and practical gifts.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-12-15
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FOR RENT-Furnished rooms. very
reasonable. Phone 500. 12-i5
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-11-21
Lowell

An affair which ec'IpSe'l any that has
been etTen for th.. local cariti"s recently
WIS the bridge tea Mid m t::'' bali room
OF th.. Hotel Windsor Yesterday after
noon and :hc card party IN The rv':!t'il:;.
given ny the Catholic W"r1'ns league
from which tho wonderful sum Of eleven
hundred dollars vas realized.
Mrs. -. A. :tous" and Miss Anne
wIngerter vs-e the hostcS$es ~ this
charming pleasure.
And from n social point OF view. II;
was indeed most delightful. =,
Several ciubs. and small parties en-
joJ'ed spirited games. and there We're
other groups who divided their time b.
tSeen knitting and cards. and then there
we're several interesting parties that ar
rived tor the pleasant hour of tea. The
table in the Private dining nom was
spread with ELEGANCE. y hammer NJ
yellow NUNS was ;hs c"terpiccr. u'ri
arranged about in" Table w:re crySt.t!
holders bearing yellow candles. Mrs. 7
A. R.-,ttie aud Mrs. +. Il. Carney poured
me tea and ;hc following ladies served l..
MeSdo noes
Thomas \ Esattie :. y NCycS
VIM WiAs"rtrr y. J.. Kelly
Geo. II. Hewitt: III! Sa"rid;-t
Misses
Ross Mashisou Clara RIOS" Cole
Marie WinCert"r rn:.a
Bess Carney Marie 't:"St""
TIL. serving ~ t:a WAS III '':'t-:-c %
u e..vy- "t youn1; ladies. including
Misses
I.uciu.. AL Virginia FiaccrS
Katherine. E..Strr virginia Carroll
Angela Couitf Midr"u L;'attH
Cattle Yin. Sratti., Natalie brennan
The Evening A1!a1r.
The evening affair was equally SPLEEN
did. alM! with the Hrrtlen,"n IN att"nd-
ance. bridge. Ave hundred and cuchre
~e-e played with delightful enthusiasm.
Dainty r.freshmcnc were served IN the
late evening.
Those knitting in the afternoon wer.
MesdaneS =. ~ Wood. =. J. Johnson.
VIII WinSsrtse. \. l.. Coy!", T-:N Down
tug o. oil CRY Pa: I. =. Buchanan.
Paul Mngncr 7. J. Miller. Those drop
pink in for tea were Mcsditrn"s n. T..
Ruwnd. y. {! FranZhn!m. Etrol! Young.
T. + fAris Miss Nell Sc:fcl Eugene
Hlldrcth I'll. S.wetl Gibbs, Mss Ruhl.
" ] Ford. Charles OI:-icn.
Those who enjoyed cards dn.inS the
afternoon were:
Table No. IN eadamee r. p. Mcneil.
Davs Evans. }. l.. Wright.
Tablr. No. c--Mesdanirs par" 'rappar.
W. A. Ward. Harry Novthw""d, !. IL
kliHrsS-
Table No 3-M"sdam"s Stella
Schlatideck,.c Cincinnati. -: John J. T.
O'Brlen. George y. MeFadd"n. Thoe'. j..
O'Rrien.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-11-21

spirit is in evidence here. but the dtsloy-
alists arc n very small majority. and
patriotic wave is RAPIDLY Sweeping over
;hr county.
The y. VI. c. A campaign was' sup
posed TO have closed last night, but
workers arc busy today receiving belat-
I'd subscriptions. The y. 81. c. A cam
paiEn committee was composed Of Dam
lcl J. Taft chairman: A. 5. Polling, sec.
Rotary. and B. +. Snyder. treasurer. and
tho finance committee vas composed OF
Harry II. Dryer. chairman, Alex g..
Wnddcll Herbert N. Crawford, Lee ID.
Sandridgr and T.. 4. R!nehart.
The county's quota was $500. but
more than $4,000 was raised exclusive
OF $500 subscribed Mt Broaddus college,
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-11-21

TE, very much anticipated 'ntormH'
dane. iu l." given at III" island "iun
rooms. will hr on t"m"rr"w "H"nin"
uu,irr tin auspices NJ ,nr 'iuIi'llnE Sta7
rrllrn.il Sous and rHrrht"r> "i l.is"'E'T
Orchestra mus" VIII l." iuEhlSh""
Ihruuchuut tn. evening and pleasant
,irrr is promised 20 th"S" wh" attend.
Mrs. t;,nrg" Iirnd"rSh0t IL chairman ol
,bc affair. assisted hv IN" t"l"winE-
committee: Mrs. Maylr" ton"wAE
Mrs l.nass. Mrs. Mary Miller. Mrs
burton and Mrs !N"nzri.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-11-21

Miss kiidCr of thu Young WprDcns
Christian Association is interesting the
children IN HlvinE their candy money I"
send to the belgian (hildrrns Christ
INNS candy n:nd. Miss kidder states
;hat $nrnr If The girls urn proving to
b. regular Little phIInnthrupists.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-11-21
BRIDGE TEA IS GREAT SOCIAL
EVENT Of THE PRESENT SEASON
sr ENpto Sun REALIZED BY THE
CATHOLIC WOMEh'S LEAGUE
YESTERDAY.
soetetys Attention Claimed BY Party
Of Yesterday Afternoon and Pre-
parations for T~ie's Bazaar
On Thursday.
aims whch the hant

That is not true aims whkch the hand
can hold:
He gives only worthless gold
Who gives from 4 sons" 1T duty:
Bot he who gives but T. slender mite.
And gives - that which Il out OF sight
That thread OF the all sustaining Beauty
Which runs through nil. and doth all
Ca!te--
The hand cannot clasp the whole OF his
aims
lowell
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-11-21

Cathedral There wl! y" games. At
which prizes Will liz awarded |" the win
nrr~. The evening. though Informal.
PROMISES t. hr very enjoyable and re-
frcShmrntS which VIII parl;k' or tn"
nature IF THANKSGIVING g""filcS. VIII N"
I.:,r rived
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-11-21

Tho Young Moments Christian ASS0-
citation will iuak" Wednesday, ;tl nearly
ny possible q whca.lcsE day. not even
pie md lake h"tnE served. Other drs-
seIts which q" not rcqulr~ wheat Will
br Offered. Reports ~ several travel
ling m"n arc Ia Tho effect that In n
i;r"at many large cities ia" lr'uplr an,
failing down on The observance Of
Whcatira4 days.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-11-21

Tho Young Wrrncn's Christian Assoc
citation Is inauEuratInE n campaign tn
rails" s4.0nh for war PURPOSES. TIL" plans
are tnc"rulrtN "a yTt, hut tho plans
will b" announced la fcY days.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-11-21

Last night. the weekly war-wurk class
In Home Nursing ut tn" !. w. &. y.
was conducted Ivy Miss Harriet Barry
:ud Miss Bertha Irons. Will" Miss
CLANCY Vt tho high school was in chnrE"
OF tn" classes In English. arithmetic and
spelling.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-11-21

Thrr~ VIII lc n very tntrrrStin,, swim
:nir2 demonstration on Thursday "rrn-
lu- at tn" Young Womens christian
Association. Racing contests and div
!:.i stunts Will to given. and 4 splendid
timc is looked forward to.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-11-21

Tic rrCnIar meeting Of til" !. w g \.
chapt"r nj tho Red Cross. took Nlar" on
the third floor "f the Y. w. hhiidinS
Monday nigh. md th,'ro were So many
IN attcnrlanr" th1t they 0V"rf!owrh 20
the SECOND flour Thu girls arr' taking
An iutcn9n interest in this work.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-11-21
ANIMAL Social

Tomorrow evening, the annual srcrnl
=: ia" Tongue Of Sacred Heart will he
hcld IN tn" basement Of s.. Joseph
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-11-21


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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-07-07
BIRDS WOULD CONSERVE FOOD
Return Of Feathered Benefactors to
Farm Would Mean Saving Of Bill
lion Dollars a Year.

II the Eastern states alone could
bring back the quail, the rose-breasted
grOsbeaks and other bird benefactors
they would save $15,00O,000 a year in
the price of materials used to kill po-
tatO bugs.
Charles P. Shoffner of the Liberty
Bell Bird club made this statement, the
Philadelphia North American states.
He made a plea for the birds as a
means of conserving the nations food
resources.
"If Pennsylvania had but one pair
of robins to the acre." he said, "the
birds would consume 5000 tons of in
sects a day, The nation loses 81 ,000,-
100000 year through ravages of in
sects which the birds can eliminate.
"Next year the country must double
its crop output to feed its army. 1t is
necessary, therefore, to have the best
crops we can obtain, and the way to
obtain them is by bringing back the
birds"
Mr. Shoffner explained the impOr-
lance of erecting bird houses to take
the places Of the thicketS, the hollow
trees and other natural resting places
for the birds which have disappeared
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-07-07
Keep Your Fish Dry.

Strange as it mag seem there Il
rothing in the world that will spoil q
dead fish so quickly as water. If your
fishing conditions are such as to pre-
vent yODr keeping your catch alive,
by all means kill each one as quickly
as caught and having done 50 dry 1t
and keep it dry Remember THAT a
fish strung through the giIls and
thrown oversize is doomed 10 a
speedy death by suffOcatiOn. II you
must string them use one of the
patent stringerE that holds Through
the jGw and gives the fish q fighting
chance for life. If, however, you can
neither treat your catch in this way
nor tlrn them loose in a tank, kin
them instantly wipe them quite dry
and sheep them sheltered from the SUR
Fish should not be packed so that
they come in direct contact with ice !;
place a sheet Of nOnabsorbent paper
between. Avoid damp mess or sea-
weed in your creel.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-07-07
Blossoms for Dead Soldiers.

One of the most prosperous agricul.
rtural districts in France at the pres
ent time Is iR the near n6ghbOfh0od
of ,uOulOn, the Mediterranean seaport
not far from Marseilles, and therefore
far distant ifESm the scene of war.
But the 'wEr is to this district the
most important source of its prosper
tty. For It's chief product is those
tiny, long.lasing flowers known. as
"imInOrtelles." They go. in vast guam
titles, to decorate the graves Of French
soldiers. In early spring the fields
planted with them are density carpet
ed with the MISUNDERSTANDING in
ererybody's mind not with. life, but
with 'death-which are picked in early
morning. before the dew is off the
ground. and shipped. via Toulol, t.
ala parts of France.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-07-07
Conservation of Labor suppIx.


II we are wise and far~sighted we
shall enforce child labor laws and
school laws more rigidly than ever
just now. We shall scutinize and
regulate every single use of children
in industry, for there must be moth
ing needless in the emergency about
our use of human resources. More
than that, We shall stimulate educa-
tiOnal activity, especially in Industrial
training, and support as never before
public and private child welfare agen-
cies, If we are going to make the
most OF the material we have in hand.
In short, we must protect, train aud
develop children now for the simple
reason that for the future, both re-
mote and immediate, we need more
intelligent and ablelbOdied set of peO-
pie than ever. "The nation is under
special obligation TO secure that the
rising generation grows up strong and
hardy both In body and character" is
the solemn warning Of England, which
has been at war for three years, to
America, on the threshold of war
The New Republic.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-07-07
True Friendship.

We are all inclined to lean too much
on friendship; to depend not on om
own souls for strength, but On the
strength that comes from other souls.
SO the building in process Of erection
has many props 10 support it; but as
1t nears completion prop after prop is
knocked away, and it is secure only
as IL rises firmly In its own founda-
ton No friend can bear our burden
for us; the most ne can do is to help
ms 20 bear it well, prompting as to en-
deay0r by his sympathy ana wisdom.
II we have so used Friendship that we
have lost the power 10 stand alone, we
have misdseI It.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-07-07
Put the Dollar To Work.

When a manufacturer or other pro-
ducer Of real wealth does a profitable
business and turns his profits back
into the business, he gives en-
ployment to men and creates more
real wealth as he progresses year by
year. He does more real good for his
fellowmen than he would IL he gave
all his profits in charity, because 1t is
better to make people self-supporting
and Independent than it is to give them
something for nothing no matter how
worthy the motives may be.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-07-07
Bees intelligence overrated.

The intelligence OF the honey bee
has been greatly overrated, according
to Everett f. Phillips, who is the
government expert on bee culture.
He says that this insect really has no
adaptability at all, but a wonderfully
perfected instinct. Success in bee
keeping, therefore, depends upon study
ing the bee and giving it exactly what
It's imperious instincts require. For
example, the space between the wall of
q hive and the comb I'm which the
honey is 10 be placed must be exactly
quarter of an inch. If II is more
the bees viii store honey I'm the space.
and If il is less they win seal it closed.
In either case the hive must be broken
open to get the honey.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-07-07
L. & N.
Time Card
Effective Apr. Is, 1917.
TRAINS GOING SOUTH.

lRAlNO OOlINO OOOlh
No. &C. GIN. o. LIN. 1921 am.
No. 51-St. L. Express 5:29 p. m.
No. 95-Dixie Flyer 9:32 a. m.
No, 55-Hopkinsville Ac. 700 a. m.
No. 53-St. L. Fast Mail $3.50 a. m.
TRAINS GOING NORTH.
No. &C. & St. l.. Lin. 5:29 a. m.
No. 52-St. Louis Express 10:20la. m.
No. 94-Dixie Flyer 7:05 p. m.
No. 56-Hopkinsville Ac. $3.50 p. m
No. 54-St. L. Fast Mail 1914 p. m.
No. 81 connects at Guthrie for
Memphis and points as far south as
Erin, and for Louisville, Cincinnati
and the East.
Nos. SO and IS make direct con-
nection at Guthrie for Louisville,
Cincinnati and all points north and
east thereof.
No. SO carries through sleepers to
Atlanta, Macon, Jacksonville, St.
Augustine. and Tampa, Fla. Also
Pullman sleepers to New Orleans.
Connect at Guthrie for points East
and West. No. SO will not carry To-
cal passengers for points north Of
Nashville: Tenn.
w. N. CHANDLER, Ticket Agent.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-07-07
THE THRICE-A-WEEK
EDITION OF THE
new YORK WORLD
IN 1917

Practically Daily at the Price of
Weekly. No other Newspaper
in the world gives SO much at SO
low price.
The value and need of newspaper
n the household was never greater
than at the present time. The great
war in Europe is now half way into
its third year, and, whether peace be
at hand or yet be far off, it and the
events to follow it are sure to be of
absorbing interest for many a month
to come.
These are Notwithstanding affairs, in
which the United States, willing or
unwilling, is compelled to take part.
No intelligent person can ignore such
issues.
TIE TRICE-A-WEEK WORLDS
regular subscription price is $1.0O
per year, and this pays for 156
papers. We offer this unequalled
newspaper and the
HOPKINSVILLE KENTUCKIAN
(Tri-weekly,)
together for one year for S2.65.
The regular subscription price Ut
the two papers is $500
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-07-07

Government Of Island Colony Urges
Farmers Not to Rely Further on
Imported Supplies.

United States Consul Carl r. Loop,
at Hamilton, says: The department
Of agriculture Of Bermuda has issued
a leafiet for general distribution
throughout the colony, urging on the
farmers the necessity Of growing larger
quantities Of food for home consump-
ton. II says In part:
"The government is most anxious
that farmers and others realize the
Importance under present conditions Of
increasing local food supplies. The
high prices of imported foOdstuffs,
which are likely to be still further in
creased in the future, add very great
ly to the cost Of living, and at the
present time II is a patriotic duty for
all to do their utmost to insure the
practice Of economy in every depart
ment of life.
Heretofore the farmers Of the col
ony have depended too much on i'm
ported and too little on homegrown
foods. The present aim Of every farm
er should be to produce as much food
for his family and live stock as he can
grow with economy, and to have sur
plus to sell. BY so doing he can great
ly reduce his own cost Of living and
at the same time lessen the colony's de-
pendence on imported foods. The high
cost of imported foodstuffs should in
crease the demand for local grown
foods, and a market would seem to
be assured, especially for potatoes,
both Irish and sweet, and pigs"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-07-07
Enforced Iahor

providence has so ordered It that
state Of rest and inaction, however
II may fiatter our Incidence, should be
productive of many Inconvenience
that 1t should generate such disorders
as may force us to have recourse to
some labor as thing absolutely re
quisite to make us pass our lives with
toierable satisfaction" Edmund
Burke.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-07-07
BRANDED As myth
Mother Never Really Carried
Market Basket, II Is Declared.
Even Before Days OF Telephone
Housewife Seldom Went to the
Grocery or the Butcher Shop.

A voice Of protest rises In the East.
There, as elsewhere, sundry lecturers
have been talking to women's clubs
about the high cost Of living. Said
one Of them:
Housewives could reduce the cost
Of food II they would market in per-
son. Too many market by telephone"
This is a typical remark.
"Our mothers and our grandmoth-
ers," continued the lecturer, "went
personally to the grocer and the
butcher. They saw what they bought.
And they used TO carry It home with
them"
The conclusion is obvious, says the
Indianapolis News. Our mothers and
our grandmothers, paying these daily
visits to the grocer and butcher, were
able to buy seasonable products-and
the best of the products-at lowest
prices. They made their own selec-
tons; they picked out what they
wanted.
A woman took issue with this state
ment. Others followed. This argu-
ment, they said, has gone undisputed
long enough. AS matter Of fact, our
mothers and grandmothers did very
little marketing in person. The tele-
phone in their day was not used, to
be sure. There were few telephones
to be used. But 80 years ago-and
even in more recent times-the gro
GERS boy called daily, recited some
new items Of stock, logged the pa
irons memory with a few questions
regarding the quantity Of potatoes,
sugar, flour and salt on hand, took the
customers order and departed. Moth
er saw the goods for the first time
when the grocer's boy, later in the
day, delivered them.
And in grandmOthers day, the wom-
en- protesters declared, four-fifths of
the marketing was done by sending
Johnny or Mary to the grocer or the
butcher. And many of us who are
something over thirty and not yet
turned sixty, regardless of sex, can
find without effort, in the depths of
memory, personal evidence to substan-
tate this claim. How many times
were we brought complainingly in
from play to "go TO the grOcer'sT'
And at the tender age of seven or
eight or nine, did we do much select
ing when we thus filed the household
order? Very little, as we recall it.
On the contrary, we took what the
grocer gave us and hurried home with
the purchase, making sure both COM
ing and going that we kept safely in
hands or pockets the little brown book
in which the purchase was duly and
carefully recorded by the grocer oil
the grocer's clerk.
Times have changed. Johnny an(
Mary go seldom nowadays 10 the gro
Ger or TO the butcher or to the baker
Mother rings them up and delivers hei
| order by telephone. Butts the diff
ference very great? Is it sufficiently
great to account for the vast increase
in the cost of groceries and meats
and bread and rolls? Substituting the
telephone for the grocer boys daily
visit or for marketing with the chill.
dren as proxy will hardly seem TO
some Of US, now that memory is
aroused, to account for the higher
cost of living.