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Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-29
SH|P-bY-TRUCK
|SN0W SLOGAN
OF THE COUNTRY
Business Men Get Better De-
Iiveries With Less Break
age Than by Rail
Shipments.

Ship by truck is the new slogan
of the merchants Of the country.
And in the opinion of Lee Huff of
the Nebraska Buick company, local
dealers for GMC trucks, it is one
that every business man should
adopt as means of getting better
delivery facilities and also of giving
better service to his customers.
while overland trucking for the
average merchant first came into
being as war measure, there is no
reason for disseminating it just be-
cause the war is over. Neither is
there any excuse for settling back
into the old rut and not increasing
this new method of freight deliv-
eries" says Mr.. Huff. CONTRARY
to this, there are many and sufG-
eient reasons why merchants should
continue the ship-by-truck plan and
should increase their facilities fo1
this work.
Greater Convenience.
Leaving aside all question OF
cost, the convenience of overland
trucking for moderate distances
alone recommends the plan, The
ability of merchant to deliver his
goods direct from his business to
the out-of-town customer and do it
promptly offers big advantage in
prestige and in efficient service,
which ultimately is translated into
increased business and consequent
ly increased profits. While neces-
sity forces people to put up with
Inconvenience and delays in getting
shipments, the merchants that can
overcome these have decided ST.
premacy in their field.
| However, convenience and
promptness need not be considered
alone in favoring the ship-by-truck
movement. Sending goods by mo
tor truck to outlying points can be
shown to be less costly than rail or
other methods of transportation.
The thing can be reduced to dollars
and cents.
Can Compete With Rail.
I'm the first place, the actual cost
of truck operation is comparable to
the freight rates on steam and cleo
trio roads. That is, if truck can
carry full load it can compete
with other transportation units
Next, shipping by truck eliminates
the extra cost of hauling from one
place Of business to the depot and
from the depot at the other end of
the line. In addition, the number
of times the goods must be handled
is cut in half at the least. All these
represent some saving.
Because there isn't so much han.
ding and because goods packed for
truck shipment can be better cared
for than those sent by rail. Break
age and losses are reduced because
of this and these items alone
amount to considerable in the
course of year. Moreover, the
annoyance of lost and broken ship
ments is eliminated-a thing that
counts with customers.
PERSONALLY, I believe merchants
are going to adopt the ship-by-truck
movement. l believe they realize
the advantages of this method of
transportation and that they will go
into it more extensively each year"
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-29
TREATY SIGNED
MEAN .SSALE OF
MORE TRUCKS
Impetus for Business to Be
Greater Than When
the ArmiStiCe Was
Signed.

That the signing of the peace
treaty will cause increased buying
of motor trucks, is the opinion of
J. NJ. Opper of the Jones-Oper COM
pany.
Notwithstanding the deluge of
business that came to American
industries with the signing of the
armistice, l am firmly of the opin-
ion that when the peace treaty is
actually signed there will be a
further increase in orders placed in
America, which will make necessary
for our industries. manufacturers
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-29
Douglas Motor Co.
Prepares Plans for
Second Large Plant

The Douglas Motors Co. is having
plans prepared for the second unit
of its plant out on the Belt line. The
new building, lO0x500 feet, will be
one story high and of cement, brick
and steel construction. When COM
pleted it will be used as a wood
working shop for the construction
of truck and cab bodies. Every
thing pertaining to the building of
auto trucks will be carried on in the
building now in use.
Since January !, the Douglas COM
pany has manufactured and sold
something in excess of 400 auto
trucks, the trade extending west to
the coast and south to the gulf. At
this time 80 men are employed and
with the second unit of the plant in
operation, the force will be doubled
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-29

lie Thillot pass, and descended,
covered with snow, to the little viii
lage of Curomagny.
For years the French have given
great acclaim to the first car making
this passage before the first of June.
The passage of the Cadillac was on
May II. The snow drifts were al
most impossible though spring
thaws had already begun.
The feat of the Cadillac was wit
messed by three French generals,
The car was driven by Lieut.. F. F.
Taggart, of Boston, and was occu-
pied by Lieut.. M. F. Hart, Indian
apolis; Sergt. Horace G. Mockett,
Swissvale, Pa, and Lieut.. B. w.
Johnson, Oklahoma City.
After the trying trip over the
mountains the car was driven sixty
nine kilometers in an hour and FIVE
minutes, from Epinal, France, to
Nancy.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-29

DRIVE-Hotchkiss type. tubular shaft and
universas.
FRONT AXLE -Specia) truck design, I.
beam drop forging. Elliott type.
REAR AXLE-Torbensen internal gear drive.
Gear reduction SIS to /.
BRAKES - External contracting and in
ternal expanding on rear wheels.
STEERING CEAR--Ross, BR, fore and aft
type, left hand drive, ls-ineh wheel.
sf Pasr semi;eipu:, 2xss.ineh;
silico manganese and carbon steel for
heavy truck service.
WHEELS--Artillery; front. ~ spokes, 49,
mS 6n k frnI.h :Pok as,,.si neh; Steel
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-29
Cadillac Car Scores In
YEARLY Mountain Climb

American enterprise and resource
have again been felt in Europe. An
American made automobile has this
year received the honor annually be-
slowed upon the first motor car to
cross the Vosges mountains at lie
Thillot pass.
Engulfed in snow, and encounter
ing dangerous obstacles at almost
every turn, an official army Cadillac,
which had been driven $4,000 miles,
passed over the Vosges mountains at
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-29
Proper Idling

Owners of cars containing small
bore six-cylinder engines sometimes
complain of the difficulty of obtain
ing proper idling. The owner
usually assumes that the carbureter
is at fault. As matter Of fact the
trouble is usually caused by the
spark plug gaps being set too close.
This causes the motor to roll when
idling with all the symptoms of
loading. By increasing the spark
gaps and cleaning the plugs, the
trouble will be cured.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-29
Warped Valve Stems

If there is lack OF compression
and on examination the valve heads
seem clean and perefct give the
valve stems careful looking over
to see if they have not become
warped by the intense heat of that
part of the engine.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-29

obstructing the course. AT Indian
apolis the Roamer emerged from
the wreck with its motor uninjured.
On the whole, American cars
made very creditable records in the
race, and unless fortune frowns
again it seems likely that next year
the first prize will once more be
awarded to an American machine.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-29

Howard Wilcox recently won the
worlds championship at Indian
apolis from field of 80 interna-
tional pilots. The duplicate of the
Chalmers owned by Miss Juanita
Hansen was driven by Joe Dawson,
total of 1898 miles in "a hours
August | and 2, 1917. The Chal-
mers averaged 81.0o miles per hour
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-29
Service Will Be Keynote
Of Western Motor Car Co.

An automobile distributor who
plans on building up good will and
prestige for the future must build
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-29

for a day and night and swept aside
all standing records up to the 100
mile mark. These Chalmers records,
confirmed by the American Auto
mobile association, have never been
beaten.
The Chalmers in this picture is
personally owned and driven by
Juanita Hansen in Los Angeles.
The state herald., 1919-09-05
pUeLIc LAND AND MINING
CASES

II yet are interested IN any coueea
Or say natter before the Interior Do.
psrtment, write to Clark Z WsigAG
registered land lawyer, goa F elfen
N. W. Opposite Cen1 Land O@pe).
Washington. l.. c. Free iefor0ne3ne
about contests and where to ootsk
scrip. locatable upon pahlie laadA
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-02

training. Evidently the music mas
ter thought 80, for when the princi-
pal gave to the children for learning
popular song, on the ethical and
musical plane Of Glove Me While
the Loving Is Good" the musician
objected, saying that the children
should be taught better music.
Then followed sort Of educa-
tional court martial, a star-chamber
proceeding, and the music master
was dismissed Hereafter any mu-
stefan, If he have any regard for his
art and his conscience, will think
twice before taking a position I'M
der that city's school system. No
real musician will want the lob, and
the loss to the school children and
the community IS grave one. And
why should we allow reactionary
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-02

was not willing to comply with
suggestions, but because she hated
to spend the money for shoes at
their present prices as matter Of
principle. When she found, how
ever, that the deep curve in her
back persisted, and that she could
not get proper control Of her
abdominal muscles, she compro-
missed and bought shoes with low
heels, although lacking some other
good qualities. This helped some,
but every feature she adds to her
shoes to make them more like real
feet, the easier she viii find good
posture and graceful, easy gait, and
the less she will be troubled with
aches and pains directly or in
directly due to her feet.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-02
4 Cast-Iron System Tint Call Cor
Sacrifice Of Initiative Always
Weeds Ont the Pest

rivon district far aAaifs "a ,~.s es
children. aided nv a school comm,
tee which should incluae rcpre-
sentative from every social agency
In tho district. besides a rorreaeet,.
tive If tho fathers md mothers o.
interested parents shemselves r.
stead Of the usua, amounted mr..
cipal the teachers would cleo. sss
Of their own number. To serve e..a
out additional pay. as organlrer and
director: thov would emnlov an re
oountant to DO much ~ ,ae cleric.
record work. which imredes the r,ai
work Of the teacher and turns r.asg
a principal into a fling exner,
supnosc then teacbers ,,or.,,.,
H..
49, ''e
WIZ" groups Oh Ten or '"'iVo' 90 q %.
hour sessions with twenty foar
suppose the teachers. starting " .h
a group Of ungraded children ca,.. 3
doc;ae a. ,oo,,l,. Co..
my % 'N'0sS'U' "'''D i"'e pe''e'
IN another elass-the children could
be shifted and exchanged until each
teacher had a we'll WORKING uoi.
sunnose the toa,bors could a., F..
49,. ,.,,
'' - " ~ wv - e''''p' 'e' s.''
Sea'-0'a O'ea or herman oH an
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-02
Low Heels, Straight
Lines, Flexible Soles

Low heels are probably the FIRST
thing to see to; but close second
is the straight inner line of the
shoe. The foot is meant to be
straight line from heel to toe, and
the big toe is supposed to do a
great deal of the balancing of the
body, which it cannot do when
cramped out of position. Moreover,
bunions result from a shoe that
shoves the big toe toward the mid
die of the foot. Make this toe what
it ought to be, the key to balancing.
If the shoes you are. wearing are
not doing this, discard them. 1t is
difficult thing to say just how,
but it is necessary.
The next point, of almost equal
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-02

value with the other two, is ~
fexibility Of tie sole. It should
bend not only the way thc shoe.nen
always bend 1t TO show low easv
it IS going to be on hs foot, but
should bend in the opposite dlrec-
ton, too. Ii it is suT. then an tao e.
five layers of muscles on the 81
Of the feet have their wor'. tal.aa
away from them and become chm
and useless. In order to support
the body as foot shouia. al
the muscles are necessary, to keep
the body right and the foot # +
free from PAIN and ueliness ANA IA.
efficiency. If shoes have the alasa
three qualities and also have plenty
Of room for the toes, either y aae
ing a rounded toe or By getting "a
shoe long enough so thar the narrow
part comes beyond the toes. Il viii
prove one Of the greatest blessings
to the girl who wants to LIZ
active and successful in life. Per
sonally, think a shoe with mod
erately thick sole, provided il is
flexible, permits greater comfort in
tramping and walking On rough SUR
faces, while developing the foot
muscles. M0ccasins. after tIa c.s-
tomary footwear. would certainly
cause disbursement, and are iot
suited for anything but house p4r-
poses, anyway.
an our country, Of course. Jap
anese shoes would be quite imprac-
ticable. Imagine. a running. jump
ing, romping, playing. tramp &
American giri with board uaaer
her feet attached at only one place
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-02

C. A. Dr.. Inouye has little kindly
feeling toward American shoes. She
has treated the ailments of Japa-
nese women who wore them.
And when she attacks American
shoes in her gentle, courteous ORR
entail way, she does not refer to the
high-heel contraptions that every
one comedies are silly, especially
the women who wear them. No, she
means our sensible, low-heeled walk
ing shoes. OF course, the high
heeled ones are included.
II think your American shoes are
bad" she said last week, and thrust
forward her miniature foot, clad in
q round-toed, flat-heeled oxford;
"They are always too tight. They
are too stiff. I have worn them
since September 9, and my feet hurt
for the first time in my life.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-02
Teaching Hardly a Get
Rich Quick Scheme"

Yet L do not believe this is the
only reason why teaching has ceased
10 draw, any moro than it is the
sole reason for a decreased interest
IN the ministry. The greatest re-
ag1ous leaders in the past were not
engaged in that work because il was
lucrative. Often it proved quite the
opposite, involving loss of money.
position. and even brought persecu-
ton Never have men or women Of
the highest ability gone into teach
Ing as get rich quick scheme If
they wanted money they pocketed
their teaching enthusiasm and did
something else.
have known cases where women
ros high teaching ability have cheer
fully and deliberately turned their
packs upon job in the city schools
Band taught mountain whites at a
Ftrifling salary for sheer love of
bleaching.
y The profession of teaching, like
the job of domestic homework, has
felt the effect of the tremendous in
crease in variety of occupations for
women. Not so many years ago
teaching was the only profession for
women, as their only gainful indus
try was sewing or domestic labor.
II woman hc4 any education at all,
she taught; if she hadn't, there was
housework- AS to the ease of enter
ing the teaching profession, the way
was so well worn it seemed almost
4 chute. A girl child would be fed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-02
The Psychologist and
The Board of Education

1t is always easier to observe de-
fects at a little distance, rather
than In our own city, the mote in the
brothers eye always being more no.
ticeable. Therefore, the attention Of
the reader is invited to the way the
system works in a nearby large
town. Here, it is asserted, teacher
must not attend too closely, nor
with too much interest, the meetings
of the Parents and Teachers Asso-
citation, or she "gets in bad as the
expressive slang phrase Is, with the
Board of Education, for at such
meetings she is quite likely to hear
that venerable body criticised. In
deed, the whole attitude of the board
to constructive criticism is interest
ing and illuminating
The head of the psychology de-
partment of the State University
challenged the board to public de-
bate of questions of school pol
icy in regard to subnormal chill
dren, and the only answer of that
august body was the fretful insist
ence that the university "make their
professor shut up" Whereupon the
professor Alphabetically suggested
that the tests applied to pupils be
applied also to the members of the
Board of Education and offered the
services Of his psychologist clinic 80
that the tests for initiative, for con-
centration, and for other useful
mental qualities be applied, that the
citizens might know what they were
getting. But / believe the only re-
suit was that he again was told to
"shut up"
Yet the revolving professor has
had remarkable success in the train
ing of backward and subnormal
children and the city might reason
ably have profited by his coopera-
ton. The whole problem Of back
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-02
The Wabble Walk
Ia Not Graceful

"Many of the young women in
America look ridiculous, because
when they walk, they wabble. Even
when they take off their shoes they
do not know how to walk, and they
still wabble. They wear the very
high heels. Even the low-heeled
shoes you have are bad for your
feet. Too much support is given
to the arch, and to the ankle They
do not have chance to become
strong themselves. The ligaments
are weak. In Japan we often turn
our feet over, turn our ankles,
believe you say. But it does not
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-02

into the educational hopper and a
teacher with a public school ap-
pointment would come out at the
other end.
Now, woman does not have to
teach for a livelihood If she doesn't
want to, any more than she has to
marry for home or enter domestic
service. She can drive motor truck.
or run dairy, or edit newspaper;
she can be solicitor, or a conduct
orette, movie actress or farmer.
All this female versatility which
formerly was penned into the re-
spectacle fold Of teaching now finds
its individual place, which is far
more interesting for the individual
woman, but not SO interesting for
boards Of education and school COM
mittees, for it decreases the former
ample supply Of "cheap labor"
which, in earlier years, could be
drawn upon to an unlimited extent.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-02
many young women for high heels
and pointed-toed shoes.
The American Woman
Doctor Speaks

Among our American physicians
who are strong advocates Of sanity
in footwear. is Dr. Florence Mere
9th, director Of the New York
Health Centre for Women, which
is conducted under the auspices Of
the Y. W. C. A. She "prescribes"
sensible shoes for all Of her patients.
She herself wears them. And she
agrees with the Japanese doctors
opinions on American shoes in gen
eral.
"unquestionably Dr.. Inouye Is
right in attributing part of the in
crease in women's ills to the Ameri-
can shoe, said DR. Meredith. THE
main objection to any shoe that
takes the heel very far off the floor
is that it upsets the equilibrium Of
the whole body. In doing this the
pelvis is invariably thrown for
ward. This gives hollow back at
the waist line and bullying, sag
glng abdomen. The relation of
the abdominal organs is thus dis
turbed and their circulation inter
fered with. Poor posture of this
type is responsible for much diges-
tive and nolvir tro,1h1o
81 have in mind one girl who came
to the Centre, determined to make
every effort to correct her physi-
cal defects. She baked on the
shoes, however, net because she
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-02

thing which Is expected Of our pub
lie school teachers. What our boards
of education really want seems to be
an army Of intellectual mercenaries.
Why should a woman Of brains,
ability, force, enthusiasm and
the gift Of leadership, Of which
stuff the best teachers are made,
enter an intellectual treadmill, put
her individuality into cold storage
and accept the job of doing as she
is told, even having ready-to-tal
opinions handed out to her?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-02
Since Teaching Is Not Lucrative. ONLY
opportunity for Service Can
Keep the Ranks Filled

I is joyful reflection that per-
Il haps Americanization may
strike not only the schools
lready it has done that-but the
chool system itself.
There has been considerable dis
usslon as to why the teacher no
bnger chases his job. 1t is rather
significant also that in this case, as
In that other depleted profession.
the ministry, the sole reason given
is lack of proper remuneration
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-02
In Behalf Of
Japanese Footgear

DR.. Inouye has been one Of the
notables at the conference of
women physicians. She Is small,
even for q Japanese woman. Her
responsiveness and eagerness to
learn from the doctors of other
countries have made her one Of the
most popular persons in the con-
ference. She goes to all the extra
official meetings and has taken In
all the sightseeing trips arranged
TOR the visitors.
She insists that every one inter
ested in the welfare of the feet see
her exhibit Of japanese shoes and
stockings and learn from it. There
ere several kinds OF shoes-the flat
grass sandals, with rubber soles;
lightweight wooden sandals, shaped
something like short rockers, Of a
thickness that lifts the whole foot
from the ground, and wooden san
dals on high pegs for muddy
weather. The stockings would hard
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-02

Inc introduction of American shoes
into Japan caused the women of that
country to have many physical all
ments they had never known before.
even shoe manufacturers and ex-
bort men may pause to listen and
con slider.
Dir. Tonic lnouye Is the Japanese
geld gate to the International Con-
EereS nce of Women Physicians. which
IS vGinding up a six weeks session
asrs under the auspices Of the Y. w,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-02

hurt US because our ligaments are
strong. Many persons in this
country sprain their ankles and
suffer badly just from turning their
feet. That is because their feet
and ankles are not strong.
"Most Of your shoes pinch your
toes together like this" she went on,
squeezing the fingers Of one hand to-
gether toward the first finger.
"Toes should be spread out and
each one strong in itself"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-02

boards Of education TO Practise
Prussianism on the teachers. while
The teacher. having that experience,
IS expected to teach democracyY
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-02
Representation on
The Board of Education

The teachers should have larger
enthusiastically. But they should
demand them. They should intro
duce democracy into the system and
have the backing Of the community
in the demand. They should de-
mand adequate representation Of
tho teachers on tho Board Of Educa-
ton. Associations of parents also
should be represented on tho gov
erning body. Suppose, in "A Ger
tain district, committee of par
ents Cor nunts and uncles) Of
teachers and an advisory commit
tee Of experts got together the
schools could be adapted to fit the
needs Of the district and every near
at-hand agency for social. religious
and recreational betterment be util-
lied. If ever there were CITY
where a wide variation In schools is
necessary it is Now York. IF ever
there were an opportunity for won
derful educational achievement it is
here in New York.
The marvellous opportunities, the
polgnantly appealing eagerness of
the children and young people of
every nationality, must fairly
clamor at the men and women who
are gifted rs teachers with their in
slstent demand. But between the
man and woman and the work they
ere fitted TO do there often rises
the disheartening and impossible
barrier of cast-iron system. and to
get to the work they have to re
nounce their most precious gifts and
most valuable endowment. What
man or woman wishes 10 make the
sacrifice? 1t Is as if we set vio-
linist or pianist to teach music,
took away from each his instrument
and gave him instead a monograph
and q few popular records selected
by some one who, perhaps, knew 1t
tie Of music. What wonder that the
best musicians are not observed
rushing for the job!
Freedom in
Organization
This cxnerirnpnt mirht LIZ intnr