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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-13
AN UNCERTAIN COMPLIMENT

They were dancing the one step.
The music was heavenly. The swish
of her si'ken skirts was divine. The
fragrance of the roses upon her bosom
was really Intoxicating.
"Ah." she smiled sweetly. with an
arch look UP into his face, 'you re-
mind me of one of Whitman's POEMS -
n sudden dizziness seemed to seize
him. 1t was as if he We're floating in
dream. When he had sufficiently
gained his breath. he spoke:
(which one?"
"Oh. any one," she replied. "The
feet are mixed in all Of them,"-
tEverybody's Magazine.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-13
BUSINESS EFFICIENCY
by H. J. Barrett.
A Manufacturer Who Was Open to
Conviction.

A Manufacturer Who Was Open 10
Conviction.
Ultra conservatism is a fault which
brings its own punishment in the
fierce competition of present day bust
ness life" said prominent manufac-
trrer. "The man who is not open to
conviction regarding methods Of i'm
proving his business is slated for the
toboggan. Take this case for example !:
Some four or five years ago l re-
ceived letter from an advertising
egcncy requesting the privilege of an
interview regarding. expanding the
market for my product.
CAN any time. / replied. I am
skeptical regarding the ACCESSIBILITY OF
advertising my line. Probably you'll
be wasting your time. But I'm always
glad to get ideas. 1t will do no harm
to discuss the situation
Although my business had beer
esta blishcd many years, l had neve,
trademarked my product. Conse-
anently l had created no good will
with the consumer. I distributed my
goods through several hundred retail
ers. many Of whom posed as manu-
facturcrs Of my product. All sorts o,
prices were charged; some took SO pei
cent profit, others $50 per cent.
I had not gone far in my CONVEX.
satton with the agency people before /,
developed that the sales and publicit,
plan they had evolved had been pre-.
pared for and rejected without hear.
ing by one Of my conservative com.
petitors.
That's nothing against 1t in IN,
eyes. l assured them. In fact, its
evidence in its favor
They presented for my inspection
an analysis of the market for IN,
product by states and towns: number
of possible outlets: estimate of num-
| Der of statesmen required to adequate.
~ cover the country; suggestions re.
| IardinG the trade marks, guarantees
etc; in fact they told me n good dea
| That I had never suspected about the
possible market for my goods.
i began to become interested. Fin.
ally | concluded to appropriate a sun
Tor advertising and sales expansion
My product was trade ma rked; (;
oinding guarantee was attached L
| each article: consumer campaign
was launched together with a mailing
campaign covering thousands of deal.
ers my sales force was enlarged anc
q well-planned well co ordinate,
campaign launched.
| To-day instead of less than a thou.
sand dealers. I have representation
with about 1000 or nearly IS per cen
OF the possible customers in the co,,n.
try. l have four times as many sales
men as formerly. each of whom OBJ
tains more business than any one di,
previously. My product has become :
household word throughout the ma
ton. And my business is my own
staple and substantial: Il solid asse
not dependent upon the whirhs Of ;
few hundred dealers who sold m,
product under their own priyat.
brands. My competitor who rejecte,
the sales plan ! accented has gone on
Of business. All of which demon
strates the value Of being open to con
viction."
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-13
No Chance.

One of the features of the Michigan
copper country winter is the enormous
amount of snow that falls and stays
for months. Also, though the idea may
not seem apropos, there are few ne
groes in the district. The only colored
folk seen are the few walters and por-
ters from the railroad. Two of them
were walking along the principal street
Of the copper town just after q heavy
snow storm. Said one to the other, in
speaking OF mutual acquaintance:
dat niggah jes treats me wiz con-
tempt lately. He jess ignohs INC.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-13
THE MORNING SMILE.
A Tailor's Sign.

The tailor's sign in a little inland
town was an apple, simply an apple.
The people were amazed. They came
in crowds to the tailor, asking him
what on earth the meaning of the
sign was.
The tailor, with compliment smile
replied:
IF 1t hadn't been for an apple where
would the clothing business be today"
--Everybody's Magazine.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-13

pointed minister to Denmark by
Roosevelt. retained by Taft and re-
appointed by Wilson. He is an cx-
treimely able and useful diplomat and
in strong contrast with the rich young
idler. Morris ut Stockholm, who
bought his appointment with contri-
buttons to Democratic campaign funds.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-13
HIGH eillTY.

Mrs. Brown is a very large woman
Besides her great number of pounds.
she Is also possessed Of unusual
ttmidity about crossing streets where
the traffic Is heavy. Ono day she
stopped q policeman in the middle of
the street. Officer" she asked, could
you see me across the street?' The
officer turned and regarded her close
~. Madam" he replied. II could aes
ryee f0< aaNae y -ae3sells. n--,Jvaxes> =
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-13

Our large local army of movie fans
will be interested to learn that their
hero, Richard Travers, is at the Of
ficers' training camp. that his younger
brother Is in service in France while
still another brother has been killed in
action. Charlie Chaplin is still play
ing safety first. but then he never was
much of a hero.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-13

German money cannot be sent
by wireless, but some person or
association is footing the bills for
pio-6erman activities in this
country, Uncle Sam should as
certain who handles the money
Chicago Daily News.
Sure. And he might begin at Butt
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-13

The Washington Times in an out .
burst Of admiration calls Bill stone a
Sadfly who is useful because he stings
people into thinking. That may be
true, but think of the thoughts that
Bit stings people into thinking.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-13

We will know more about the pa =
triotisn of baseball players when we
learn how many of them pass their
winter vacations in curving hand
bombs TO the German trenches.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-13

1t may not be necessary to wear
masks to avoid the poison gas of the
o-German aSitators. The govern
ment has, of late, shown signs of
active interest in our welfare.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-13

While Mister Hoover still glows
with optimism over the prospect Of
reduced cost OF living We will hold
back our shouting until we see the
marked down prices.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-13

Just because he was not sent abroad
at the head of an army Colonel Roose-
Welt has not joined those who stand
and wait He is busily engaged in
Very useful war work at home.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-13

Through an intensive campaign by a
crew of trained thrift workers. De-
troit savings bank within q few weeks
obtained $500 new depositors. and an
other bank. recently celebrated ity first
birthday by putting 5000. new names
ON It's bOoks, j, $50
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-13

And now come crisp and mellow
autumn days with air filled with pep
and ginger, making one feel like toss
ing a few pro-Germans over Mount
Jumbo as a breakfast appetizer.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-13

Mucky Mcdonald knows that we are
at war. He finally found a Judge at
Wallace who sent him to Jail for six
months along with a five hundred dol.
lar fine as a result Of Muckys pleas:
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-13

Another encouraging sign is that
Bill Haywood has ceased to tell wha t
the I. w. w. will do to the United
States
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-13

The kaiser's chill will cause him to
complain to Colt for ncglecting the
health of the divinely appointed lord
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-13

This is a good hour to recall Il para =
graph from Tom Paine's Crisis:
These are the times that try mems
souls. The summer soldier and sun
shine patriot viii. in this crisis, shrink
IRON the service of their country. but
he who stands it now deserves the
love and thanks Of man and woman
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-13
Poor John!

Hello! Is this you. mother. .dcar?'
Yes. Sue. What is it? Something
awful must have happened. for you to
call me up at this
ITS not SO awful. But John, dear.
hasn't been feeling well and the doc.
tor gave him pills to take every four
hours. rye been sitting up to give
them to him and now it's about time
for his medicine. but John has fallen
asleep. Should wake him."
Il wouldn't If were you. What is
he suffering WITH"
Insomnia. "-Ptttsburgh Telegraph
Chronicle.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-13

Passed me on de street yesterday wifi
out speakin' to me-
'Mhybe he didn't see you." sug-
gcsted the other.
Didn't see me! Say. man, you
mean to say dat one niggah could
pass 'nudder OH de street in dis yeah
town an not see him? An in all dis
snow :'-1Argonaut.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-13
WAR POETRY.
wari war, War.

V0VS VV0CS war;.
(From the Congressional RecOrd)
Mr.. Johnson of California
The call to war has been variously
described. | read YOU from recent
poem. which expresses. think. with
a virility no modern American poet
yet has approached. this call:
Far and near. high and clear.
IIark to the call Of war!
Over the gorse and golden dells.
Ringing and swinging of clamorous
bells,
Praying and saying of wild farcwclls-
War! War. War!
High and low. all m'irt go:
Hark to the shout OF war.
Leave to the women the harvest yield;
Grid ye. men. for the sinister field:
A sabre instead Of n scythc to WELD
War! Red war!
Rich and poor. lord and boor.
11ark TO the blast Of war!
Tinker and tailor and millionaire.
Actor in triumph and priest In prayer,
Comrades now IN the hell out there.
Sweep to the fire OF war!
Prince and page, sot and sage.
Harh to the roar of war!
Poet. professor and circus clown.
Chimney sweeper and flop o. the town.
Into the pot and be melted down,
Into the pot of war!
Women all. hear the call,
Tho pitiless call Of war!
Look your last on your dearest ones,
brothers and husbands. fathers. sons.
Swift they go to the ravenous guns,
The Eluttonous guns Of war.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-13

ant pastime Of beating up miner.
Times have changed since this pocket
edition of the kaiser had place In the
sun at Butte.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-13

While Chicago is the sixth German
city of the world it still has very
active minority of Americans.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-13

The distilleries have been closed
since Saturday, but we have not read
of bread riots among the unemployed.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-13

Within a few days we will know
whether korniloff is the man on
horseback" or a torn deuce.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-13

What an army we might have if we
could exchange the lung power Of the
agitators for man power.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-13

The Panama canal has broken a
worlds record by worrying through
the year without slide.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-13

Mr.. Bryan has the enemy's range
and he " firing hot shot. 49, -zi.--,--s
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-01-27
~LEAVENWoRTH, KANSAS.
(By Mrs. Gladys Young.)

(By Mrs. Gladys Young.)
Miss Ruth Helms, of Atchison, Kan
sas, visited her auntie, Mrs. Randolph
Nash last week. The Glover Leaf
Art club will meet Friday with Mrs.
Weatherly at Lansing. The many
friends of Mrs. G. Lyman are glad to
know that she is able to be out again
e. bethel A. NJ. L. Church is having
a splendid success under the leader
ship of Rev. A. J.. Sanders 49,. Rev.
Simms, of the c. NJ. E. Church, is con-
Quoting a successful meeting with the
assistance of Rev. j. D. Hunt Rev.
j. w. Hayes and Rev. A. j. Sanders
=. Mrs. r. E. Anderson and sis
ter, Mrs. Taylor Richardson, are
ill. 80 Mrs. Rachel Hall was called to
Kansas City to be at the sick bed of
her mother, Mrs. Martin. The in
FAINT daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Chase died Monday. January 22d...
Mr.. w. H. Rhoe. of Fourteenth street
and Miami street is very sick. Miss
Gladys ArmfieId is visiting her moth
er in Lexington, To-. Miss Fay Daw-
son, Mrs. Edith Price, Mr.. Penn, Mrs.
Susan Lamb, Mrs. Irene Nichols, Mrs.
Emma Young, are still sick. -. Rev.
j. d. Hunt, of the Independent Baptist
Church, is having a large attendance
each Sunday.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-01-27
cHILLlcoTHE, MO.
(By B. V. Longdon.)

10Y %. "
Mrs. LOWE Clark and Mrs. Nellie
Anderson have returned from Leads,
S. Dakota, after spending two months
as the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
Moore. e. Rev. j. w. Ward assisted
Rev. s.. D. Lowell in the revival meet
ing at Lathrop, Mo, last week. The
following persons are on the sick list:
Mr.. Thornton Curry, Mr.. Gordon Col
Inns, Mrs. Robert Anderson, Mrs.
Denny and Mrs. Fannie Alnutt. IA
Baptismal serman was delivered by
Rev. !. L. Tally at the Mt. Zion Baptist
Church, January ~. .Merceds Alnutt
and Walter Holmes were baptized at
this service. And last Sunday night
an entertaining program was rem
dered at this Church to the satisfac-
ton of the large congregation
Missionary Day was observed at the
A. M. +. church last Sunday. Through
the activity of the w. H. and f. NJ.
President Mrs. Mary Monroe, the af-
ternoon was taken up by an appro-
pirate program The novel methed
of arousing the members and friends
of the church to the greatness of the
missionary work is meeting with
much success We are thankful for
the faithful subscribers of the Sun in
this city. Yet, it is a fact greatly to
be deplored that over 20 of our sub
scribers were dropped during the past
year. While we are anxious to have
them renew we are inclined to per
suade those whom we know have
never been subscribers of the Sun be-
cause they have never disappointed
us.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-01-27
R~OSEOALE, KANSAS.

The Pleasant Valley Mission Circle
met at the residence of Mrs. j.. H..
Thornton, Monday. IA delicious
luncheon was served Mr.. Mason
Banks is able to be out again after
a serious illness. The condition of
Mrs. Nelson Smith is somewhat i'm
proved. - Mrs. Eli Tuppence is quite
i'll.
Mrs. S. L. Bean. 1882 Grand avenue,
who underwent a minor operation is
convalescing. We hope she will soon
be out again.
Mrs. Margaret Vernon has just re-
turned from a three months visit to
her son, Rev. W. T. Vernon and wife
in Memphis, Tenn. She reports a de-
lightful stay.
Mr.. VIM. Hopkins, Master of Prit-
chard Lodge A. F. & A. NJ, continues
very i'll at his residence, 2224 Vine
street.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-01-27

Stop that bad cold. Smiths Vim
and Vigor Cold Tablets will do it.
Price rs cents. 18th and Tracy.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-01-27

Hurry-renew your subscription
while the rate Is $500.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-12-28

This is a war mother and her foul
sons who have enlisted to help Uncle
Sam win the war. She is Mrs. Leslie
B. Rowley of Madison, Wis. Mrs. Row.
ley is member of the Red Cross and
is a worker for the American Fund for
French Wounded. She has been &C
tive in the work of the Women's Com
mittee of the State Council of De-
tense. She inherits her war spirit,
for she is D. A. r. Lawrence n.
Rowley, her Oldest son, is 81. He was
employed by st. Louis automobile
concern when war was declared. He
has been member of the Milwaukee
Light Horse Squadron for seven years
and then enlisted in Troop A, First
Wisconsin Cavalry, and went to the
border during the Mexican trouble in
1916. He was mustered out, but re-
enlisted and is now with the medical
corps Of the machine gun battalion at
Waco, Texas John Rowley, age II,
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-12-28
MRS. w. III. STORM
LEAVES HER PASTORATE

Mrs. w. H. Storm, pastor of the
Christian church will close her work
in Ladysmith Sunday. She took the
pastOrate here last September upon
the resignation of her husband and al
though her ministry has been brief it
has been successful and happy for
both pastor and congregation.
At the close of the Christmas pro-
gram Monday night, Mr.. l. l.. Jordan
presented the church with large L. S.
flag. farewell gift from Mrs. Storm
10 the congregation. Next Sunday
the teacher training class will hold
their graduation exercises at the
preaching hour. Mrs. Storm will
preach the sermon and diplomas will
lie given to all who have completed
the course satisfactorily. Aside from
this service there will be no other de-
parture from the order of the day,
The Official board of the church will
take action Immediately, locating a
successor to Mrs. Storm that there
may be no relapse in the work
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-12-28
THE WEATHER
Thermometer Registers % Below
Friday Morning Making Low
Record for the Winter.

Old Uncle Hiram Haversack said
this morning, Il notice that when the
weather gets so darn bad we think we
can't stand it we cheer up when we
think that we wouldn't change places
with the Kaiser"
Friday morning the coolest wealth
er of the winter was recorded when
the official DimOck thermometer told
its story of % below zero. Up to that
time the coolest had been u below
on the 10Th. The air was clear.
On the 10Th of the month the Their
mOmeter officially stated that it was
81 below zero and up to Friday
stood as the record for the win
ter But it Rugged the figure pretty
close on Tuesday morning when the
mercury reached Is below. There has
been plenty of all kinds of weather for
the past week but it may be recorded
also that for three days during which
most of the Christmas shopping is
done, nothing could have been made to
order better.
4 cold wave started from the north
west section of Canada OH Sunday hit
Ladysmith Monday, and the thermom-
eter went down without the aid Of a
parachute.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-12-28

was manager of business at AIM
herst, Florida, when the call came for
the national army. He did not claim
exemption and now is sergeant with
Company A, 324th Infantry, Camp
Jackson, Columbia, S. C. Leslie Row.
ley, age %, joined the American am
bulance Corps in France in February,
before war was declared. He was
registered in Madison and a card was
mailed to him. He as been at Verdun
since March. Henry Rowley, age 20.
was attending the University High
School when he enlisted in Madison S
company of the Wisconsin National
Guard. He is now at Waco, Texas. Two
other members of the family who are
at home, both barred from service be-
cause of age, are doing their bit. Les
lie B. Rowley, the father, is CAPTAIN
of the home guard company. Gordon
Rowley, age IS, is a corporal in the
home guard.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-12-28
STRICKEN EUROPE
NEEDS OUR help
American Red Cross Answering
Appeal on Wonderful Scale
Finest Peace Work
in History.
Now Red Cross Asks You and
Me to Do Our Part for
Those "0ver There
So We Must Join,

In war-torn Europe today there are
millions of mothers and babies at the
point of death from actual starvation.
Winter is at hand. Yet they are rag
ged and homeless. They are diseased
tuberculosis, dysentery, skin affec-
tons, fevers are ravaging them. They
are widowed and orphaned and BROKEN
with grief.
In order to protect America and save
the liberties for which the allies have
been battling three years, our own
lads are over there now, fighting and
dying SO that you and I and our wives
and our daughters and babies may not
suffer unspeakable cruelties at the
hands of enemy savages.
Now then: The people of America,
through their Red Cross, have under
taken to right the hideous wrongs the
Teutons have done to noncombatants
in Europe, so far as it is possible to do
so. 1t means building thousands of
homes, providing food, clothing and
care for millions, conducting hundreds
of hospitals on large scale ano thou
sands of medical dispensaries. 1t is
the biggest peace job the world has
ever seen.
But that isn't all-not by long shot.
The American Red Cross has a colOs-
sal war labor to perform. Tt must es-
tablish and operate hundreds of large
military hospitals Of various kinds for
our own armies and those of our al
lies. 1t must provide necessities and
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-12-28
)arachut.
Here is the record:
BIG CHRISTMAS TRADE
REPORTED BY ALL

About everybody that had home OF
place to crawl i'll kept inside the
house Christmas day. 1t was not as
cold according to the thermometer as
it had been once before during the pres
ent winter but the sharp wind made it
extremely uncomfortable. Christmas
eve was one of many festivities and
church affairs. Monday afternoon the
mercury began to take drop and kept
falling until it touched Is below zero
and hung there for several hours. In
the afternoon of Christmas day the
weather moderated somewhat.
Every merchant seen by TIL reporter
for the News-Budget said Thursday
that the season had been the best in
the history of merchandising for holt
day season No one had complaint
to offer
1t was a concensus of opinion that
since Ladysmith was Ladysmith the
people had never had so much money
to spend. While there was much
economy of expenditure in some di-
rectiOns yet the majority of people
bought goods and more of them on the
lines of utility as well as of beauty
and luxury.
At st. Mary's church mass was cele-
brated at 5, and o'clock in the morn
ing and at 10 high mass followed by
benedictiOn. Large congregations were
present at all of the masses.
Presents were distributed TO the
children of st. Mary's school Friday
afternoon.
Hotels were deserted by guests-the
regulars with few exceptions doing
away for Christmas visits. The travel
ing men were not on the road and the
day before Christmas there was a pretty
vacant look at the hotel dining rooms.
At the Baker for Christmas, were E. M
WOrden and family, w. NJ. Vaughan
and family, d. w. Maloney and family,
Mr.. and Mrs Nate Hand and daughter,
Bernice. and August Simon and family.