The Dermott news., 1918-08-29

bogus. Strings of beads are manufaC-
tured by the mile and sold to the pub
lie AS the work of Indians. The same
is true Of moccasns. toy canoes and
the like
AT best the bulk of these goods Is
rubbish. and our outgo for this pur-
pose might we'll be cut of entirely dur
Ing the war. To do this requires alb
soIutely no sacrifice. The people en-
gagged in this business will simply have
to do what so many Of us have already
done adjust themselves to war.
Aside from souvenirs, we are wan
ton Spenders for actual merchandise
that is inferior or worthless. There Is
% great class of people to whom cheap
ness or flashlncss appeals, rather than
utility and economy \ dealer in cheap
goods told me that be ncttCd $4,000
year from merchandise that vi, prac.
tically worthless. He found il easy TO
srpeni TO the spending instincts e his
customers.
Unnecessary Phone Calls.
Not many of us ever Stop To think
Il The immense amount Of money that
= spent for unnecessary telephone
ais Wherever you 20 The telephone
booths are occupied and when YOU
catch fragments Of the conversations
Aau usually find them nnimportant
Rcginnld calls up his best girl to tell
her he Stil loves her. Maude calls Al
grrnon to thank him for the chocolates
No mntter how trivial the occasion.
our FIRST impulse Is 10 step INTO tcle-
phone booth
II five million people would save one
five cent call day II would mean Il
total of over ninety million dollars a
wear Doubtless several times this sum
could be saved very easily hy the gen
eral public on local and lang-di~tance
ralIS We are lavfshiy eXtravaGaut In
thc use OF the telephone. ! know of
business houses that talk several times
4 day between New York and Chicago.
mourning tolls ON each occasion that
run from five to forty dollars or more.
II there is one thing that the Amcri-
cans haven't learned Ii is economy OF
talk which In these days of WIZ need
might we'll mean millions IF dollars In
Liberty Bonds The telephone wires
are heavily overtaxed. any how.
Then there Is the telegraph We
have this habit. too With n lttl"
planning we could commonly use II
three cent stump instead of Il ten-word
message One large wholesale house
port daily by telegram. an eNpendl
tire that might be eliminated. The
telegraph tolls of some Of The large in.
dustrial and commercial establish
meuts nre so big that tAey seem in.
credible
The night letter IS. In Il measure.
luxury. at lcnst we could do away
With the social phase 81 It and
much OF the domestic. | hap
pen 20 know one business man. who
on his frequent and long absences
erom home. gets n ght letter from his
vile every morning and sends one each
night. Nor are these messages cor.
ancd To fifty words. hut often run Sev-
raj times that length Baby had the
eolic: Freddy fell downstairs and
skinned his knee. Jeaun"ttc had hcr
hair washed
happen TO be acquainted also With
with n young man Who revtl> Ia l. ghf
letters to his fiancce. They are real let
tiers. too. beginning like this: "parl
ia. Suc-I love You more than ever.
couldn't sleep last night thinking Of
You DO you Svc me still2
\ certain business man. The head N
large concern. goes aWay n intervals
20 rest for week or two hut insists
an having night letter every morn
iuc. nnrrating the substance of the
previous DAYS business. These mes
>aEcS run into hundreds 81 words every
day
l would not belittle the night letter;
hut IN the present stress w need T."
gurtau whatever part Of this expense
may be unnecessary and loan the
money Ia the government
The Tasicab Mania.
We Americans also have the taxi
cab mania. There is n very large class
II men and women Who ride In cabs
habitunlly. and let 20 immense 49, .u
he aggregate. They take taNicahS 10
se n few blocks In . group Of tucut}
/ leading cities there arr about four hun.
bred thousand Of these vehicles and IT.
each Of them absorbed Ten dollars ev-
cry day IA unnecessary fares the NJ
! -rccute would be over fourteen million
! dollars year What would Ice the
/ total for the whole United Staiesf II
is luxury 10 jump into n cab when
/ ever ones wants 10 move about hui
| these are stern times and we need 10
! he more iron-mlndcd. The boys in
/ France do not ride In cabs and the
money we waste on this form Of luxury
i might better so into gas masks FOR
+ them.
We American men saturate ourselves
with many kinds OF soft Indulgence
! as IN the barber shops. These places
! Ia the high class hotels. rs well rs the
/ oil I'm,