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New-York tribune., 1917-06-01
PilgrimS Honor
Memory Of Chcate
AT Trinity Service
Representatives of British and
French Governments At
tend Exercises

Members of the Pilgrims of the
United States honored the memory Of
their late president, Joseph Hodges
Choate, at impressive services in Trim
ity Church yesterday noon.
Representatives Of the British and
French governments were present with
Mayor Mitchell and more than one hun
dred other prominent citizens Of New
York. In one of the pews sat Joseph II.
Choate and Arthur Choate, sons Of the
statesman whose name was honored.
The Rev. Dr.. William 7. Manning. rector
OF Trinity ard himself a Pilgrim, de-
livered the memorial address.
For more than fifty years the name
Of Joseph Hodges Choate has been
known conspicuouslg in our public life, -
said DR.. Manning. eve find il difficult
to think of New York without him.
ole was the representative OF what
ever is best and finest in our city's life.
It is no mere figure Of speech 10 say
that he was our chief citizen
DR.. Manning asserted that Mr.
Choate's highest service TO his coun-
try and his fellow men was given since
the outbreak Of the World War.
From the beginning" said Or. Man
ming. "he saw the true significance OF
this tremendous conflict. lie saw that
IL was a fight for democracy. for jus
tice. for civilization. for every truth
for which the Christian religion stands.
lie saw that world dominated by the
principles of Prussian militarism
would be a world unfit to live in. And
he lifted up his voice in fearless ad-
vocacy Of the right.
owe mourn his death. but the fitness
of it almost takes the sting from our
grief"
The city administration was repre-
sented by Mayor Mitchell. Police Com
missioner Woods. Fire Commissioner
Adamson. Dock Commissioner Smith
and Controller Prendergast.
Commander Arthur T. Blackwood
represented the British Embassy in
Washington. Give Bayley. British
Consul General in New York. and
Commodore Guy Gaunt, Of the con-
sulate. also attended.
The French government was repre-
sented by CASTOR Liebert, the Consul
General, and his staff.
Others present were James VI. bech'
Dr.. Nicholas Murray Butler, William
Allen Butler, I. Cunliire-Owen. Chaun-
oey VI. Depew. Bishop David II. Greer,
Job f. Hedges. A. Barton Hepburn. Al
ton 3. Parker. Herbert l.. Satterlee.
Cornelius Vanderbilt. George 7. Will
son. Lewis Cass Ledyard. Robert Ba-
con. Willard Straight. J. p. Morgan, H..
c. Frick. Thomas W. Lamont. George
F. Baker. George W. Wickersham.
Henry Field Osborne, Oscar s. Straus,
NJ. Taylor Pyne. Cleveland II. Dodge,
Charles Evans Hughes. General Cole
man du Pont. Charles II. Sabin, Albert
If. Wiggin. John B. Stanchfeld, Morgan
]. OBrien, Csss Gilbert. Isaac n. Sc.
ligman. the Right Hon. the Marquis of
Aberdeen. Jacob II. Schif, Mortimer
l.. Schifr. Otto II. Kahn and Major
General Daniel Appleton.
Among the societies represented
were the St. Andrews. St. Georges, 81.
David's. the Canadian Club. British
Schools and University Club. the Ca
madam Society, the Harvard Club. the
Union League Club and the Toronto
University CLUB. Delegations from the
Chamber of Commerce and the Mer-
chants Association also were present.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-01
RAISE YOUR BIT!
Bv Richardson Wright. Editor Of House and Garden

The onion is a surface grower; its
roots lie close 10 the surface and deep
cultivation is not necessary. Loosen up
the surface Of the soil with a steel rake,
keep weeds out Of the rows, thin out
when the bulbs are about three -eighths
Of an inch in diameter to distance OF
three inches between plants and the
onions will attend to the rest of the JOB
themselves.
Onions are not really ready TO har--
vest until the tops ripen down and
shrivel and the outer skin OF the bulo
is fairly dry. This condition can be
fastened by crushing down the tops
about the time they begin to fall.
They should then be pulled or dug. up.
the earth knocked of. the onions
thrown out in rows and finally topped
have their tops twisted or cut of.
before storing. This curing process. OF
short exposure 70 the sun for Few
days will harden the onions. COOL
dry spot in the cellar should be chosen
for storing and the onions can be used
nm as the table demands them.
Under fair conditions the average
y,eld an acre is 400 bushels, but IT can
run as high as 1000 TO loo busheis
aa acre.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-01
Armour & Co Will Build
Big Food House Here

The block bounded by Fourteenth
Street. Tenth Avenue, Fifteenth Street
and Marginal street. was purchased
Yesterday by Armour & Co. for the
purpose Of erecting what is said will
be the largest food distributing branch
house in the world The building will
be 40 constructed as to permit freight
cars being run into the second floor
from the proposed West Side elevated
improvement plan.
The property, which has been in the
hands Of the Chanler family for nearly
a century. was purchased through Hor-
ace s. Ely & Co., agents for the Chan
Ter estate.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-01
Heiress, Divorced
One Week, Marries
Port Chester Clerk
Mary A. Smith and Clifford r.
Wilmot Welded by JUS
tice of the Peace

Mary A. Smith. who obtained
divorce last week in the SUPERIOR
Court at Bridgeport, from her chauffeur
husband, Arthur Woodcock, motored to
Port Chester bright and early yester.
day morning and got another husband
Clifford K. Wilmot, 4 clerk in the en-
ploy of the Westchester Lighting Com.
pany.
II was about o'clock when Justice OF
the Peace Malcolm Merritt, who always
sleeps with his best ear uppermost 20
catch the romantic chugging Of automo-
biles fleeing from prosaic Connecticut,
heard a car grind to a stop outside his
home. The late Mrs. Woodcock. Mr.. Will
mot and Charles o. Derby. Town Clerk
Of Porst Chester. were in the car
The wedding party had stopped az
Mr. Derby's home for the license. be-
ing more or less familiar with the ways
of Westchester's GTetna Green. and
had brought that complaisant official
along 10 make sure of having two wit
nesses. The other was the chauffeur.
His name is John Drinkwater.
When the Justice OF the Peace had
done his duty, the bride and groom
got in behind John Drinkwater. who
drove them 10 Sea Gate. They will
spend their honeymoon there In n
bungalow. In view OF the recent prom
inence of the bride, Mr. Derby and Mr..
Merritt ignored the prevailing prices
and got out the official rice and old
shoes.
II was in Port Chester that Miss
Smith. who inherited a fortune from
her father. William J. Smith, OF
| Greenwich. Conn, was married 10
, Arthur Woodcock on May H.. 1910. A.
/ that time Arthur was a speedy young
chauffeur, employed by Mrs. J. b. Con-
verse. When Mrs. Woodcock got hes
divorce he had been driving hearss
/ in Greenwich for months.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-01
Society
Miss Althea Glib To Be
Bride of |. E. Eldredge,
Jr., To-day

Miss Althea Glib, daughter of Mrs.
Walter Glib, will be married 20 Irving
L. EldreGge, jr., this afternoon in Holy
Trinity Church. Brooklyn Heights. The
ceremony will be followed by recep-
ton at the home of the brides mother,
20l Columbia Heights. Mrs. Francis
Worthington Hine will be the matron
of honor and the other attendants VIII
be Mrs. Harold ". Csrhart, Mrs. lie
Roy Martin. Miss Louise c. Buxton
Miss Doris Mangsm, Miss Agnes Bise-
low and Miss Jessie X. Hopkins. Seneca
d. Eldredge will be best man, and the
ushers will be Ammi Wright Lam
cashire. Robert VI. Grant, John IL.
Mallory. Harrison Cady, Charles NJ.
Bull. jr., Norman Cady, Norman X.
Toerge. 0. Ellsworth Wood and Robert
NJ. Eldredge, of Los Angeles.
Beverley R. Robinson, who is
to marry Miss Gladys Endicott'
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Endl-
colt, on Wednesday in 81. George
Church. Stuyvesant Square, will give
his farewell bachelor dinner this even
ing at the Knickerbocker Club.
Mrs. Frank S. Witherbee, of Fifth
Avenue. has announced the engage
ment of her daughter. Miss Evelyn >
Witherbee. TO Charles Duncan Miller
son of Mrs. Charles Addison Millor, OF 20
West Thirty-seventh Street. Miss With
erbee is a niece of William Rhinelsnder
Stewart and Lispenard Stewart. She
is a member of the Junior League and
! is an officer in the Nursery and Child's
Hospital. Mr.. Miller was graduated
/ from Yale in 1902 and is member of the
I Union, University and Seawanhaks
/ Yacht clubs.
! Mr.. and Mrs. G.. Trowbridge Holl.
ister. of $50 Park Avenue, have an
nounced the engagement OF their
daughter, Miss Katharine A. Hollister
I TO Lieutenant Truman Smith, 4th Regi
ment Infantry. L. S. A. Lieutenant
/ Smith is son of Mrs. Edmund d
I Smith. OF Stamford, Conn. lie wa
graduated from Yale, class Of rs.
, Mrs. Thomas Shevlin, of the Ritz
! Carlton, has taken q cottage at South
ampton. Long Island. for the summer
and will take possession Of it in 1
I few days.
/ Miss Viwen Moran, daughter OF Mr.
and Mrs Horace Moran, was married
last evening at the home of her par
ents. 5ls West 1S2nd Street, to MARI
Dixon Dodd The bride was ATTENDED
only by a flower girl, Isabel Babcock
DR.. John S. Howkns was best man
Nr. and Mrs. Dodd will motor tc
Maine, where they will spend the sum
mer.
The Rev. DR.. and Mrs. p. Theodore
Pockman. Of Hasbrouck Heights, y. j.
have announced the engagement Of
their daughter, MiSs Laura Doty. TO T
Ford Swick. of NV York, formerly Of
Baltimore, Md
Mr.. and Mrs. James B. Taylor viii
go to Jericho, Long Island, to-day fol
the summer.
Captain +. B. Cassatt, of Philadel
| phia, gave a dinner last night in the
roof garden of the Ritz-Carlton.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-01
"Ad" Men Go West To-day
New York Club to Attend
Convention in St. Louis

Two hundred members OF the Adver-
tising Club Of New York will leave on
a special train over the New York
Central at ; o'clock this evening TO
attend the annual convention of the
Associated Advertising Clubs Of the
World. which will be held in st. Louis,
from Sunday until next Thursday.
The New York delegation will be the
guests tomorrow OF the Advertising
Club Of Detroit. and will reach ST..
Louis Sunday morning. Senator Hiram
W. Johnson. Of California. will make
the opening adress of the convention
and the closing speech will be made by
Secretary McAdoo, who will talk on the
Liberty Loan.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-01
Eat Vegetables ToBe
Hoover S Next Appeal
Food Director Will Ask House
wives to Save Staples

Washington, May 3l.-Within a few
days proclamation addressed to the
housewives Of America will be issued
from the Office of Herbert c. Hoover,
Food Director, to the following effect:
That for the next few months more
vegetables and fewer staple foodstufs
be placed upon the tables of the United
States.
Vegetables and fruits, except peaches,
according to reports, will be plentiful
and cheap. Mr.. Hoover will strive by
his appeal to American women to make
this pentifulness effective.
New vegetables, it will be said in the
proclamation. are extremely healthful.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-01
Captain Bonavita Left
Lion TO Brooklyn Zoo

THy Icl0gfauh n Tho T-HuncI
Los Angeles, Cal, May 81. The will
OF J. +. Gentner, better known as Cap
tain Jack Bonavita, noted animal train
or, who was killed by a Polar bear at
Bostock's animal farm March 10, was
filed to-day. In the will a valuable lion
is given to the Prospect Park Zoo,
Brooklyn.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-01
Phil Dwyer Very Ill

Philip J. Dwyer, one Of the most
prominent men in American racing cir
cles, is critically i'll with pneumonis.
Mr.. Dwyer is confined 10 his room in
the Hotel Wolcott. He IS chief stock
holder in the Queens County Jockey
Club. which has It's course at Aqueduct,
and is owner Of the Grayesond Bay
racetrack.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-01
THE LYRIC MUSE

cbt los rre 8os Statutes of Session of 1917
An Act Adopting a State Song for New Mexico
H. B. No 3I2 as amended Approved March H. 1917
BETT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
NEW MEXICO
Section That the and OF the song written oy '
beth Garrett, entitled "o Fair Mexico" as follows;
ssy Of where balHy bree1e' blow. Sor
Hon. Of tn. Monte1uma with fiery heart agIo~
State the eedsh historic is NueVo MeJco'
CHORUS
heart~ with pride o'erao". no matter where we 60
we love, We love 20" So
The know. New Mexico
SECOND VERSE
Rugged and igh with deep canyons below
rs fun TS of ~s. alfalfa richest perfumes Se'o~.
State Of apple blossoms is Nue 70 N'e'eO'
THIRD
D.,u, -. f,u Of b-dream. nights hangs low:
Land bright coming through veal '"o woe
STATE 0 is Noe'o MeJ""'
the same are hereby adopted declared be the state song
for the State Of New Mexico. ,,,.,
copy Of said song this bill shall be fled with
he Secretary be by him lodged in the archives OF MS %
That it necessary preservation Of the public peace
health rafety inhabitants Of the State Of Ne" Mexico '
ne provisions Of this act shall become effective at 'n pa Hi
n"' and therefore emergency is hereby declared 70 exist % % M
s shall full force and effect from ana " "
'"ag and approval.
Here we make 50 bold is June, proving that as the
'srd put it, it il not always May.
SCENARIO BY J. r. LOWELL
Sir Now, the time to remark that MISS JUNO
Day Of the Lubin Company must be rare little actress
Among those recently welded Lieutenant William H. Eye
d Paudng o. whose marriage announcements say ht hoh
akron, Ohio after tbe war"
FooTLEss FURY
Anger choppy
Makes me scream and sguah
When the wrapper says marked Copy"
And it isn't marked at all
Only thing keep the Giants from winning the peHnan
separate peace .~..-- f. n A.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-01
Mann Blocks Rivers Bill

Washington, May 31.-An attempt 70
bring up the $4,000 900 river ard har-
Dor appropriation bill was blocked in
the House late to-day through a point
of no quorum By Republican Leader
Mann, after a motion to begin consid-
Grafton of the measure had been car
ried.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-01
Australian Potatoes in Chicago

Chicago. May 3i.-Australian pota-
toes were placed on the Chicago mar
ket to-day for the first time in history.
They were dug in February and are be-
ginning to sprout. The importer or
dered thirty carloads.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-01

IN Berlin yesterday they celebrated the anniversary of the
p, Of Juand London they did And when this cruel
10 put mildly over all nations which have paid their
or fees will celebrate the anniversary Of the wars end; cee
~ as though they had For the winners in this
80 70 call themselves winners which precisely what the
losers are going do If The Tribune only had free m and all
~ ng nations this paragraph might put
d 70 the war; the chance, remote In the meantime
enlist buy Bond OF do both.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-01
Be you bruno, or be you blond,
Now's the time to buy a Bond.
TWO KICKS FROM THE 4O-YARD LINE

Sir: Two kicks, please
7 don't mind the who lafs at a caf;
have learned the Boston habit Of taking bahh
But kick the who Memorial Day. puts his pro-
nunciation at harfmasst.
And kick the who eXcusng himself for going
% work saws This buffers no parsnps In these days of food
shortage who would waste good butter on parsnpS?
OMIKRoN P. ROE.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-01
PRODUCE:

Nincty-onc cars Of potatoes arrived in the
market by way of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Terminal: 20 cars Of cucumbers. L. cars Of
touatocs. ~ cars ~ cabbage. - cars Of
onions. Z cars OF string and wax beans, 4
cars Of lettuce. . cars Of peppers. cars Of
bcrrics. car Of caulihowcr. . cars Of egg
plants, . cars Of peaches and car Of canta-
ioupc, also arrived in the market yesterday
Prices were as follows:
New-York tribune., 1917-06-01

Horse meat was selling retail yesterday at
from S cents 90 n cents per pound. depend
inc upon the cut These horses are killed
and dressed under the supervision OF veteri-
narians Of the Department Of Health.
FISH
There was normal supply Of fish I'm the
market yesterday and prices range about the
same as during the early part Of the week.
There was stili "a fairly good supply of CHEAP
fish in the market that could be bought from
I cent 10 10 cents per pound. Prices were
a. fOlloyys.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-01
Plays and Players

Augustus Thomas. who has written
nothing for the stage since Rio
Grande." has affiliated himself with
John D. Williams and left for San
Francisco last night TO produce his
latest play, "The Copperhead." The
California performances will be given
in July. and are, of course, merely pre-
liminary to a New York presentation in
the fall. The new play. it is announced,
is a drama, with scenes laid in the Mid
die West.
The announcement further has it
that Mr.. Williams will produce all plays
written by Mr.. Thomas until further
notice.
Replying to Eugene Walters denial.
A. II. Woods issued bulletin late last
night on the status of "rhe Small
Town Girl" and Mr.. Walters rejoinder
is expected some time to-day. Mr..
Woods declares that he holds con
tract with Charlotte Walker, who IS
Mrs. Walter and the owner of the play.
Mr.. Walter, he points out, is merely the
author.
Romance and Arabella." a comedy
by William Hurlbut, will be given the
customary spring whrl by Joseph
Ritter within the next few weeks.
Among those present will be Laura
Hope Crews, Henry Stanford and Dom
aid Gsllaher.
Also announced for the new season
is a musical comedy entitled "turs
and Frills," written by Edward Clark
and Rudolf Friml and scheduled TO be
produced "or - sumptuous scale by
Arthur IIammerstein. "Furs ana
Frills," it is understood, is a musical
ization of Goat Tales" which -four
ishcd at the COrt Theatre last August.
"ITitchy-Koo," en- route to the Cohan
and Harris. will be unveiled on Thurs
day of next week instead of Monday.
Carter de Haven and Flora Parker
arc announced TO be out Of the cast OF
"His Little Widows at the Astor, by
mutual consent. Richard Taber and
Lecnore Novasio have replaced them.
"proving an Alibi." a comedy by
Anne Crawford FleXner, is scheduled
for production in Albany this month
By the Shuberts.
A census completed yesterday shows
that there are over five thousand rec
ognized playwrights in this country and
that a majority are now dramatizlng
stories from "The Saturday Evening
Post" U. = N.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-01
"Oh, Joy, Oh, Rapture Unforeseen! The
CIouded Sky Is Now Serene"

Friend Baron Ireland tells me
You're getting grouchy, boss.
At guests you glover with visage sour,
And you are fierce and cross.
If that your crouch is due to
Tn infrequence Of my snappy,
Nv epoch-making verses, take
These here ones and be happy
New-York tribune., 1917-06-01
Daily Food Prices

Tho Department Of HcGlths Bureau OF
Food and Drugs reported the JOliowing prices
proUaling IN the wh0lcsole market Bcsterdqy.
MEAT
New-York tribune., 1917-06-01

Vet another glide brought us to which,
has antlv said nut the din dnnerIrvn s. Cobb in the
Satevepost.
Thanks for the ad, Irv.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-01

The Softness of Sybaris
AD LYDIANI
Horace: Book |, Ode s

Lydia, die, per omnes-"
lydia, by the gods above,
Tell me why YOU aim your love
At q lad whose life was centred
I'm the tournaments he entered;
Now he never rides horse;
Never goes around the course;
Never swims the Tiber River
At athletics he's a fivver
Once the discus he would throw;
Quoits he played; and, long ago.
Cobb was not better batter.
Tell me. lydia. what the
New-York tribune., 1917-06-01

Well the tax chewing has been eided by the Senate
50 most of the subwayfarers will be able ride just
cheanl
New-York tribune., 1917-06-01
Approx
weight.

| The demand for potatOcs appeared 10 be
| orc.ter than the supply. An Of the potatoes
| arriving were being bought up quicNy. Inc
! 1ricc. on au other produce remained about
4 the same.
| II usually takes from twcnty-iour TO forty.
1 c,1bt hours for chance in the prices OF
| Good products A. the whDlcsa'c mafIst ~
/ manifest thcnaclvcs 100 ihe fefll = hde some
1 ~ ,be above articea listed under produce
are no, sold by weight. but the approximate
| xeL,ht u stated as aa item ot iniorniailaa-
New-York tribune., 1917-06-01

"Proving an Alibi," a comedy by
Anne Crawford Flexner, is scheduled
for production in Albany this month
By the Shuberts.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-01

Carter de Haven and Flora Parker
arc announced to be out Of the cast OF
"His Little widows" at the Astor, by
mutual consent. Richard Taber and
Lecnore Novasio have replaced them.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-01

A census completed yesterday shows
that there are over five thousand rec
ocnized playwrights in this country and
that a majority are now dramatizlng
stories from "The Saturday Evening
postr G.. s. X.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-01

"Iitchy-Koo," en- route to the Conan
and Harris. will be unveiled on Thurs
day Of next week instead OF Monday.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-01

FOOTLESS FURY
Anger violent and choppy
Makes me want 10 scream and squall
When the wrapper says "Marked Copy
And it isn't marked at all.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-01

Only one thing can keep the Giants from winning the pcnnan
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-11
DIED.

 ROBINSON-In the Rhode Island hos pital, Providence, Aug. 4 1917. Julius c. D. Robinson of North Sterling. BROWN--In New Bedford, Mass, Rev. Henry W. Brown, aged 71 years. MITCHELL-In Attawaugan, Aug. 8, 1917, Floyd R. Mitchell, aged 13 months.
 OGsTON-In stonington Pawcatucl<) Aug. 2, 1917 Mary Louise Ogston, wife of George Ogston, aged 34 years. PENDLETON-In Brooklyn N. Y. Aug. :, 1917. Mrs. Frederick s. Pendleton, aged es years. NICHOLs-In Waterford. Aug. 8, 1917, Jane D. Smith. widow of Edward W. Nichols. in her S9th year. HAZELTON-Sudden in New York Aug. 6 1917, Frederick Hazelton, formerly of New London. KEEFE-In New London Aug. g, 1917. Ellen, widow of John Keefe. aged 70 years.
 BABCoCK-In Jewett City, Aug. 9. 1917. Frank E. Babcock. aged 34 years.
 Funeral service at his late home Sun day afternoon at 1.30 o'clock Burial in Jewett City cemetery. MINNEHAN-In Bangor. Me, Aug. 10, 1917, James Minnehan. son of the late Jeremiah Minnehan of 163 Gen. tral avenue. aged 37 years.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-11
Olre,BmllRtitl. Norwich, Saturday, Aug. il. 1917.
THE WEATHER.

 The winds along the north Atlantic coast will be moderate northwest; middle Atlantic gentle northwest.
 Conditions. A severe cyc1onic storm developed suddenly southeast of Nantucket ear ly Friday morning and passed north eastward during the day, sl<irting the eastern coast of Maine, where a max imum wind velocity of 56 miles an hour from the northeast was record ed
 Generally fair weather prevailed ex- cept on the Massachusetts coast and in Maine, where heavy rain fen. Mod crate temperatures have prevailed generally.
 The weather Saturday and Sunday will be fair throughout the Atlantic states and moderate temperatures will prevail.
 Forecast. Southern New England and Eastern New York: Fair Saturday and Sun day, moderate temperature. Northern New England: FaG Sat- urday and Sunday. warmer Sunday
 Observations in Norwich The following records reported from Sevin's pharmacy show the changes in temperature and the barometric changes Friday:
 Ther Bar a. m. '.''....'''.'.'.... O. aS.Se E 2 IT mi m. .:.:...:..r. .... 7s 7s 2s.si 2s.sI Highest 7S; lowest 6S-
 Comparisons. Predictions for Friday: Thunder Showers.
 Fridays weather: Showers in the morning. Clearing weather at mid day.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-11

that returned goods amounting to 20 per cent of the sales involved. an ex- pse of $14.000 in their office. plus s2o,- coo in packing and S16,000 in delivery: In addition to this expense there is extra cost because of large invest ment in stock and especially because of heavier sales force expense.
 The board recommends that in each delivery store not more than one de- livery day should be made on each route. This. they say, is simple concrete recommendation that is thor oughly practicable. It should be put in effect immediately as the saving will be large. They further urge that
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-11
The Porteous & Mitchell Go.

Gry-goods stores delivery expenses as well as other expenses are heavily in creased by a large percentage of goods returned. In stores from which we have gathered information these returns vary from per cent to 80 per cent of the total sales. Tn a store in which the average cost per package delivered is 25 cents, p per cent of the goods sold are returned
 There are very few large stores in which the returns are less than 12 per cent while IS and 20 per cent $. common. In typical store having total annual sales of about $3,OOO. 900. investigation by the manager showed