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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-07-31
store Closing Movements.

Years ago it was common for retail
stores to keep open longer hours than
now In the smaller places they were
apt to open every evening. Gradual
Is il became customary to close them
several evenings a week. In large
cities and many small towns they may
close every evening.
In large cities Saturday afternoon
closing has become quite general. In
many towns some half holiday in the
middle Of the week is arranged for the
summer season.
Wherever all the stores of town
ana ncighh9ring places arrange half
.oliday, q great benefit is obtained for
every body. It is good for the health
q both the saiespeople and the pro-
rnctors. They all return with their
ainds freshencd up and can do better
work.
And if everybody follows the rule
everyone gets just as much trade Only
given amount of business can be done
anyway. 1t is simply concentrated
into a shorter working time to the
benefit of everyone. One merchaat :
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-07-31
PARK snaces.

The pioneers Of but few communi
lies bad iae foresight to lay out ade-
1uato PARK spaces. They huddled to-
yether their homes and their stores in
4 oyowd0d ssntc.. AS the place grew,
che land ae6r the center became very
valuable. Thq coSt Of an open spot
10 .hc middle Of the town would be-
soma prOaiuiiiye. Gradually the town
would ApreAd out. The land that 10
og a. wears ago could have been taken
tor park nae at very moderate cost,
ynay aow ts worth five or zen times as
naca And 10 beyond reach.
Today ii ia recognized As sound mum
icipal economy For any town to pro.
vide considerable park spaces. II these
are not haautified by nature, thcy can
nc made SO by tree and shrub planting.
Ten yeats troe growth will MAKE tire
meAdous difference even in spot that
was bare and unattractiva when TAX
en-.
When a town fails to take over at a
reasonable p-ico AZ attractive bit Of
landscape within reasonable distance
Of its center, il is displaying q negii-
gpnOe that II viii regret. K0nosha bas
:rsoss Of ais description inelnding the
long stretch along the lake to botn
;hc north and south of the city which
would be splendid Investment for
ito future and worth far more tran
their cost.
J. Horace MacFarland, president Ct
the American Civic Association, lays
down the principle that any towt
should have An acre Of park space 10:
each 100 Of population. Manifestly
Kcnosha hos nroh less than that.
An attractive park system is a won
derful asseo to promote town I
growth, It promtes public health By
leading people to spend recreation
time out Of Coors. 1t gives the town
reputation for beauty and attractive
ness that docs more to promote growth
than any other factor that could b
named.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-07-31

Monroe, Jackson, and Lafayette Coun-
ties.
AS a supplementary award for work
well done, Mr.. Sullivan was one of the
guests of honor at a Northwestern Nh.
tual Banquet given in Milwaukee on
July slst. During the course of the
after-dinner oratory he was warmly
commended BY he President of the
Company for having so well exenplified
the vivaeity and willingness to serve
typical of all successful men in the in
surance game or any other business
that is truly worth while.
When interviewed today about the
= Marathon honors'' recently thrust
upon him, Mr.. Sullivan said:
i can only say that this recogni
ton has come to me BECAUSE I have
tried to sell service as well as insur-
anee. | have always reaelized that the
service you render is the value you
receive and | have conducted my bust
ness with this ideal constantly in mind.
! welcome people at my Office wheth-
ef they seem to be in the market for
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-07-31
Railroad Service in Summer,

1t is hard to find anywhere more
uncomfortable looking set of people
than the occupants of an ordinary rail
road day coach on warm summer day.
Their minds being freed from daily oc-
cupations, they have nothing to think of
but how uncomfortable they are.
A lot of the men slump down in their
seats in the effort to find some comfort
able way to adjust the human spine to
the sharp angle Of q railroad car seat.
lit can't be done. The men peel off
coats and vests, and display suspenders
of the most astonishing colors, soiled
to various degrees. The women take
moro pride in their personal appear
ance aad won It let themselves go. But
they display an activity in tanning
themselves that shows their discom-
fort and probably makes them still
warmer.
People become grouchy and triAes
annoy them. They complain over slight
delays, though they might not know
what to do with themselves if they got
to their destination OH time.
Some peopas think that the roads
Iprrposely make ordinary day coaches
rather uncomfortable, on the theory of
driving people to travel in luxurious
chRir ears and sleepers for an extra
fare. Hut it 10 hardly likely that that
motive Is falt, as the extra fare
cars 20 not probably bring additional
revenue enough to pay for their heavy
weight.
The trouble is that unless a railroad
train is to become very long requiring
u Tremendous motive powe, to pull il:
the people have to be compsescd int
small space, and they get tired il thei,
, cra,nped positions. Nigh baeked seas,
on which the weary :caysuer can rcs.
his head, and plentiful supplies of lex
water, arc two things that hNip ivu.
ney 20 better. Then il everyone wii
take along a good newspaper o. rasga
zine to read, SO that his mind viii b
occupied, and try not to get cross, HI
will find that the time passes more
pleasantly.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-07-31
Walter Christensen, Aged Ii
Years, browns At Twin
Lakes Sunday Afternoon
Near Schwartz Pier.
DIVER RECEIVERS The BODY
Philip Drummer Of Durkee Avenue Finds
Body At Seven O'Clock Near Place
Where Boy Owed Bruise On Head
Throws Light On Cause of Death.

A day IS outing came to a tragic end
Sunday afternoon when Walter Chris
Jensen aged 13 years, the son of Mr..
and Mrs. Louis Christensen of III Sa-
lem avenue, was drowned near the
Schwartz Hotel pier at the Twin Lakes
summer resort. The boy who had been
swimming for several hours during the
day and who was tired out as result
of over exertion, dived into the water
from the pier and was not missed until
fifteen or twenty minutes later. This
happened just after three clock and
four hours later the body was discover
ed by Philip Drummer, of 619 Durkee
avenue, who with several other Keno
shans were diving for the body.
| The Christensen family motored to
Twin Lakes yesterday for family pic
mic. Walter after a great deal of urg.
ing on the part of his comrades con-
sented to 60 in flor the last dive'
about three O CLOCK in the afternoon.
His mother, who was sitting in the au-
tomobile near the pier, saw him dive
into the water, but thought that she
saw him again a few minutes later on
the diving board. There were Sc many
IN bathing that the boy was not miss
led by either his older brother, Emil
Christensen, or " the other members of
the party, until ten or fifteen minutes
later when a search was started for
his body.
When the body was found severa,
hours later, a large bruised spot on
the boys head led the coroner and the
Iaoctcr who were at the scene of the ac-
Ieident, to believe that in diving the
boy had struck his head on the bottom
aud in his weakened condition had
been unable to recover from the blow.
Mrs. Christensen declares that she saw
Walter fall into the water sideways
and it is believed possible that he mas
have died from heart failure and fallen
into the water.
The victim of the drowning had liv-
ed all his life in Kenosha. He was q
pupil at the Columbus School where he
was a fayorite both with his teachers
and his playmates. He is survived by
his parents and by two brothers and
two sisters. The funeral services i
be held Wednesday afternoon at two
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-07-31

One matter which will be warmly de-
bated ia Congress before many weeks,
ID that Of tho United states Employ
;nen. Scrv;ts The service max SO very
large claims Of what il accomplished
Surfing the war, in finding work for a
great body y men' On the other hand,
j, has been sharply criticised Ssr al.
legged extravaganza.
II is absolutely esscntial to find a
job for every willing worker. The en-
istencc Of large body os unemployed
people subbacts from the total produc-
tion and prosperity Of the country and
creates social discomfort and disturb
ance.
SO the government can well afford 4
large sum To keep q nation, wide en-
ployment perSitc going. Tee fact that
suqh a service would cost number Of
millions of dollars proves nothing. 1t
is worth il.
Ths Employment Service like the
other war activities, was very hastily
organized. Very likely i did spend
10. more money Than was necessary
The task Of organizing the labor forces
OF the country should now be thought,
fully studied GUS as permanent func.
tion Of government, on q strictly basi
ness basis with politics all cA ont.
OF eeurse the oGiee seekers will be
keen for JOBS in this service. Tao
politicians will seek to take tacM on
% side lines in connection with other
work, and as An easy meshcd Of earn
ing some goTsrnment money.
Su. ths service Will be q failure i!
organized on :his basis. Appointment:
should be given TO brigAt, capable, anC
hastling ron, who aill put pep sad lif,
into the work Of modifying lsber, and
reduce me coSt OF the service to min
imum. Handled in tais wsy, tho co.t
ought not TO be any tremendous amount
rs cooperating with local and privat,
agencies, a great deal of expenses can
he saved.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-07-31
THRESHING MACHINE
TREMBLES ON BRINK
Bridge on Wilmot Road Falls Under
weight of Threshing Machine
Engine Monday Afternoon.

A serious accident almost happened
on Monday afternoon when the bridge
over the bayou of the Fox River near
the town of Wilmot collapsed beneath
the weight of the engine Of the thresh-
ing outfit owned by the Kanis Broth
ers. The large wheels of the engine
had barely touched the timbers of the
bridge when the foundations began to
give way. Fortunately the engine was
stopped in time to prevent it from fall
ing with the bridge, but it was left
trembling over the brink Work
men are busy today attempting to
place supports under the engine in
such way that it may be pulled out
of the wreckage by another engine
which was called to the rescue today.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-07-31
HUSBAND IN JAIL
WIFE GETS DECREE
Mrs. Mary Schoenke is Divorced from
Her Husband Who is in House Of
Correction in Milwaukee.

In the Municipal Court on Tuesday
afternoon Judge Tully handed down a
decree of divorce in the suit of Mrs.
Mary Schoenke against her husband
Edward F. Sehoenke. The defendant
did not appear and it was said that he
had excellent reasons for not appearing
as he is now in the house of correction
in Milwaukee serving term follow
ing his conviction on statutory
charge. The name of 'SPearl Coplan =
was mentioned in the. wife S complaint.
The wife did not ask for alimony and
the decree of the court made no pro-
vision for it.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-07-31

If the saloon men are going to defy
the federal law and sell beer Of Alec
hclic con.cni there is no reason why
they SHOULD be allowed to go right
sasad and defy the state law as well.
Il saloons &c to be open the city might
Just as well got its revenue while the
getting is good. When the government
starts in collecting fines there will be
mighty little left to pay the state and
cities so that the prudent alderman
will see that now is the time to get it.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-07-31
EXPRESS REGRET OVER
HANSEN RESIGNATION
School Officials Pay Tribute to Work
of Instructor in Physical Culture
Going to Minnesota.

VILLAIN S. Hansen who has been in
charge Of the physical training work
in the schools Of Kenosha for some
time presented his resignation to the
Board of Education on Tuesday with
the announcement that he had accepted
a more lucrative position at Aurora,
MINI. He will leave within month
for Aurora to begin his work there. Iii
accepting the resignation school Off
cials of Kenosha have paid high trib-
ute to the work of Mr.. Hansen in Ke.
nosha, declaring that he has shown
splendid service in the organization of
the physical training work in the
schools of the city.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-07-31

Up in Oshkosh an oil company has
announced shat it is not going to sell
gasoline on Sunday any more. 1t de-
clares that it believes that the oil
pumps are entitled to one day s rest
in seven just the same as anything else.
It probably took considerable time to
decide to give up Sunday selling but
the company win probably find in the
long run lat its profits are just as
large or larger.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-07-31
SULLIVAN WINS
UNUSUAL HONOR

Continued from page /.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-07-31

Insurance or not. I answer all the ques-
tions they care to ask on any phase
of the insurance subject. Possibly that
and the prestige of the company per-
suade them to bay of me when they
finally decide to sign up for life in
surance'
With such business and professional
standards it is small wonder that Mr..
Sullivan has sold hundred lives
in single year and has become a
f. Marathon Winner on the records of
the Northwestern Mutual Life Insur-
ance Company of Milwaukee.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-07-31

"A half a million dollars for
schoolsa" Well why get all het up
about it. Its the best possible way
that the city could spend half a mil
lion. Strange as it may seem the ross
of giving the children an education has
increased just as well as the cost Of
laying pavements or digging sewers
Why pay for one wit.oyt a bubble and
quarrel over the other9 The children
are entitled TO an education and the
great mass of the people of the city
are in favor of giving it to them even
if it does cost the city half a million
a year, and then some.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-07-31

DR.. Roberts has decided not to appeal
and he will take the year in the house
of correction. A year isn't very long
as compared with a life sentence. Grace
Lusk-Roberts who is serving the life
sentence will probably be convinced
that the privileges Of the male sex are
much more extended than those of the
female of the species.
Kenosha has been shabby in its
treatment Of Mrs. Pingatore the widow
of man who died doing his duty as
a police officer of the city. The city
should see tc it that this woman has
a comfortable home and assurance that
she and her eight children will not want
for the necessities of life.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-07-31

o clock at the home and will be followed
by services at the Danish NJ. E. church
at two-thirty O'Clock and interment in
the family plot at the Green Ridge
cemetery
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-21
IS
 ID TAKE CENSUS

Washington, Feb. 21.-With hos tilities at an end, the government Is now laying the basis for one of the greater of its peace time tasks-the decennial inventory of the United States, its people, lands, industry, and livestock that is called the census. Secretary of Commerce Redheld the other day signed the order that trans ferred one of the largest of the tenn porary war buildings put up in Wash ington, that formerly housing the army's department of aeronautics, to Director of the Census Rogers and his staff.
 Actually, the government began the job some months ago. assembling its plans and forces. By law, the begin ming of the census period of 1920 is July 1. 1919, though 1t will not be until a year from April that the emu merators will set at work. It is then that every individual in America, OF some one acting for the individual will be asked the series of questions that must be answered.
 There will be 29 of these questions in the 1920 census, according to the presen. design of Director Rogers dumrcy cards, which now are being given the exhaustive study of sta tLSIItIdIlS. 1he LHoIe COiAp1SA AGcS- tiOnnaires that go to industrial es- tablishments, schools, farms, and every other permanent institution o1 i the country are likewise in the devel- l opment stage, undergoing critical ex animation in the light of experience 1 the government has gained in con l ducting 13 inventories of the kind. l Chiefly the bureau Is engaged il 1 preparing for the classification a&st ! tabulation of the vast quantity of ma terial which will be assem bIed. Tn, 1920 census ta1ulation will be for tn,
 first time almost complete,y a ma chine operation, conducted by mean!
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-21
FORD sALEsROOMs MOVED.

Dutee W. Flint, agent for the Ford Car, has moved the salesroorns, and the assembling of cars to the new
 building located at 455 Golden Hill street. MT. Peabody, the manager of the local branch, is planning several changes and additions that when com
 pIeted will make this building one of
 the largest automobile show rooms
 and service stations combined in this
 section of the country. The main
 floor will contain the salesrooms in
 front and immediately in the rear will be erected a service station sixty feet wide by one hundred and twenty feet long. This building will also house a
 parts stock room. The lower floor will be devoted to an assembling room and storage station, the dimensions of which are sixty feet wide by one hun dred and sixty feet long, containing g all models of Touring Cars, Run bouts, Sedans and Ford Ton Trucks. For the present the Service Station, Parts Stock Room and Office will be retained at Al Cannon street for the ! convenience of the public
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-21
MERELY COMMON SENSE.
VoCa tional ReeducattOn Sounds Inn posing But It Is Really a
 Simple Thing.

Washington, Feb. 21.-"There is no mystery about the work of retraining war disabled men. so as to make them 'cffirient'." today declared pr. Chas. A. Prosser, Director of the Fed eral board for vocational education. Ut is simply the application of good com mon sense education and good judg- ment. It is merely the utilization of the abilities remaining to the dis abled man, which can be so trained as in most cases to be just as effec- tive if not more so. than the ones which he lost by reason of his in- juries.
 'It is surprising the number of things a man is ca able of doing. If he has been engaged in an occupation which requires the use of his leg, such as operating a foot power press, we do not throw away his trade knowledge, but he is educated to use his hand. or perhaps the stump of his leg by means of a special adjustment, end can continue doing that which he knows best just as well as before he received his injury, or if he is dis inclined to continue that work, he is reeducated for some other phase of the same industry which he knows well, and which appeals to him, thus preserving his trade knowledge.
 This reeducation is given in the various industries and factories as well as in the leading technical and trade schools of the country. It is absolutely free to the disabled man {; if he is single, he is given S65 a month support fund, all other expenses be- ing paid, and if married or there are other dependents, a larger allowance is made.
 The federal board of vocational education is anxious to get in touch with all disabled, discharged men, and will gladly correspond with them about their cases. The address is sim ply Washington, D. e.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-21

of devices useful only to the census bureau of the United States which have been invented and are now be- ing built by men in Its employ. Flee tric machines will first transfer the written information coming in on the enumerators' sheets to cards, not by writing, but by punching holes at proper points. Then the punched cards will be handed in their mil lions to another battery of machines, the tabulators, an amazing product of human ingenuity. E. M. Boiteaux, who devised them, has been with the census for IS years, and is now super intending the construction of 25 ma chimes the operation of which he will direct.
 These tabulators, working with smooth and silent perfection. take in 400 cards a minute, count them, re ject all that are imperfect or im- properly punched in any fashion, and take off the totals of punch marks, assembling the final result in print ed figures on handy sheets. One of them the other day in eight hours handled 15O,0Oo cards, compiling in- formation that would represent the ; population statistics of a very sizab1e American city. Their experimental use was commenced after the 1S census, but Mir. Boiteaux has since devoted most of his time to their i'm
 provement, and to the extension ot their abilities.
 The machines resemble in outward aspect . piece of office furniture Cards go into metallic magazine a their top, travel a few inches on meta l guides, come out neatly stacked witt l the mistakes of the punching ma. 1 chines-which have merely human operators pointed out. The printed
 records of the 1S or 20 totals that tht punch marks indicate come out iron another slot, and the instrumen i stands ready to repeat.
 1 With these machines. there Is
 practical assurance that the pubIi
 cations of the census, usually com | ing out a long time after the enura l eration, may be more quickly at hant
 to guide the estimates of gove | mental and industrial leaders, ant
 generally guide and demonstrate tn
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-21
FINE PROGRAM
 AT FEDERATION

The State Federation of Women's clubs en+oved a most delightful day at the Stratfeld yesterday. The en- tire program as planned was carried out to perfection and every speaker introduced something new about the various lines of work in which the clubs are engaged. Mrs. Eva Chlld Mason, president of the Connecticut Federation, gave the welcome ad- dr.ss. followed by the reading of the minutes of the secretary, Mrs. Fred erick Peasley.
 Miss Helen Louise Johnson, the editor of the Women's Federation magazine, brought her message of the need of every member to read the Federation pamphlet, as 1t contained she club doings, civic problems and the news of each and every club of the organization. A personal talk from the one who conducts the Red Cross Gift shop in New York city for the purpsoe of bringing useful arti cles to the maimed boys who return to this country proved very interest ing. Mrs. Howard Nichols Wake man, who is in charge of the store, described in detail the store and it's equipments and of what great advan- tages 1t brings to the returned sol dier.
 Members of the FederatiCn were completely surprised when the pres ence of Miss Helen Evans of New Haven, who has been chosen from Connecticut, together with Miss Mar jorie Baker, to serve in the furlough in France, was announced. Miss Evans was to have sailed for Eur ope some time ago, but on account of some trouble with the passports, will not sail until today, and came to this city to show the people what they were sending" She displayed her beautiful uniform and was warm ly greeted.
 According to reports read by Mrs. John Downs of Danbury, chairman of the Victory Commission, SIP, 347 has been given by the Connecticut wom- en to further the work in the fur louSn house in France.
 Mrs. William Pedrick answered the question 'Is the Federation Worth While?" by stating that the clubs in the east, west, north and south have Joined and the bond of fellowship and service to mankind will always keep them closely entwined.
 The program was fttingly closed with a song, entitled Keep Club Wheels A-Turning," to the music of Keep the Home Fires Burning"