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The evening world., 1919-03-05

skdded, or when a dog got in tho
way. Someway couldn't help think
ing Of father and didn't blame him
for not making any greater effort to
catch it.
don't know where we would have
gone II policeman hadn't showed up.
but he made a flying leap and grabbed
the little handle on the back OF the
! chair. | don't know who shut on tho
/ caught up.
! "Who owns this carr" says the cop
And where's its license plates, and
what d y mean, driving on the side-
walk in an automobile? Amt the
street wide enough for you? Come on.
I'll take the whole lot down to the
Traffic Court"
Mother didn't say anything for 8
minute, she just sat back and sighed.
like she was tired. Then father came
up.
No, we weren't plnched. finally
convinced the cop mother was an in
valid, but he come pretty near taking
father along with him, that was after
he'd listened to what mother told
father. "a wife murderer" was one
Of the least things she called him. ana
the cop got suspicious.
We haven't been able to sell the
chair yet. | advertised it some in the
paper. but we never got any answers.
I guess that was because mother made
me say mot guaranteed harmless"
Mother said she wasn't like father;
she said she couldn't bring herself ia
foster anything like that on on an uns
suspecting public without first giving
them warning.
The evening world., 1919-03-05
Who Are Your NamesakeS!
Pauline

in New orleans where Pauline was
born In 1888, and later the family
moved TO Grand Rapids At tirst
Pauline was u variety actress in the
Southern and western cities. but
when the Civil War broke out she was
engaged by the Federal Government
as detective, She was caught rs a
Northern spy -martialed and
sentenced to be hanged But wnen
the Confederates left Sheyyille she
was left behind and released by the
Union Army.
Pauline Lucca was a famous opera
singer born in Vienna OF Jewish
parents. She sang in all the Euco-
pean cities and visited the United
states, where she met with great sue
cess
Two modern actresses named Pauline
are Pauline Chase and Pauline Fred
elick. Pauline Chase made her first
great lit as the pink Pajama Gill"
and Pauline Frederick IS moving
picture actress.
The evening world., 1919-03-05
Suppressing Father By s!H.-! Rix
Or Making the Home Safe for the Family

they'd never try to sell mother any Of
the things that father falls for with
both feet
1T was an electric rolling chair
that had a motor attachment and han
dies, and a battery that ran lit ran
minutes mother thought it rum
ming.
The trouble started with the tuding
step-ladder that father came home
with some time ago. When II wasn't
a step-ladder II was a chair and It sat
in the kitchen. Mother gets careless
sometimes and forgets; then she uses
one of fathers inventions and there's
always sure to be trouble. That's like
it was about the ST step-ladder. She was
hanging picture, or cleaning out the
hail Closet-she was too mad after
ward to tell US just what she was do
ing. Anyway, we had the doctor and
lie said that mothers leg was frac.
tured in two places.
or course father felt real bad, and
to show that he wanted to do all he
could to help, he bought the electric
rolling chair. Mother said he only
used her as an excuse 10 buy another
Invention; she said that after It al
most had her life.
went out that day with them
father was going TO show me how TO
run IL.
Maybe you know where Columbus
Circle is. 1t was about II o'clock in
the morning. or course We had to
! choose just that time to go across,
aiming for Central Park. Anyway
we'd got as far as the car tracks, and
mother was holding on the handles and
telling father TO be careful, when an
/ automobile headed our way OF
| course mother did the wrong thing, al
least she pulled the wrong handle
! The FIRST thing knew was thai
father was yanking me back so
wouldn't get run over, and after the
car passed he looked real surprised
and wanted to know where mother
was.
Then we saw some people pointing
land there was mother streaking 4
across the Circle as though she haC
entered the Vanderbilt. | followed
land father came along after me
That chair never hesltated at tn,
curb, but took 1t on the leap ant
started into the Park, with peopl
getting over the fence or climbing
trees until IL got past.
was beginning to catch up. and
could hear mother saying things
especially when one of the wheel
ltouched the iron railing and the chat
The evening world., 1919-03-05

" ERTRUDE, the Jarrs llght-run-
\ ming domestic, turned excitedlly
from her vantage place at the
front window. "Mlssus Rangle's COM
ing up the street," she cried.
"straighten up the room; that's a
grill" said Mrs Jsrr quickly. "Mr.
Jsrr's got his old newspapers all over
the floor. and cigar ashes too, OF
course! And there's his hat on the
piano. instead OF being hung UP in the
hall!"
Here. I'll take that hiatt" cried
Mr.. Jarr, as Mrs. Jarr swooped down
upon 1t, while Gertrude picked UP the
papers. "If you are going to have
company, Ill duck out.
81 don't see why you can't stay in
little while with me-" said Mrs.
Jarr. Mrs. Rangle won't stay long,
and surely she's no bugbear. !
thought you liked Mrs. Rangle. Just
the other day you said she was one
OF the few women you knew who had
sense OF humor and talked about
interesting things"
"well. she isn't all the time CAB
bling about clothes and hats-wom-
ems clothes and hats" grumbled
Mr.. Jarr. "She does seem to have
n little sense"
"She talks about good things to
eat mostly" said Mrs. Jarr, land
suppose that's why she's 80 interest
| ing to you. At least, IL some WON.
en- do occasionally talk OF what
/ they put on their backs 1t is more
/ refined than talking about what &c
put in ones stomach! But, as the
one sensible woman you know Is COM
ing up the stairs, you'd better stay
and give us tho benefit OF your pres
ence and conversation.
"oh, you don't want me TO talb
10 you, | guess" growled Mr.. Jarr.
eyes. We do" said Mrs. Jarr. You
used to like TO sit and talk with my
friends when you were counting me.
Here the bell upstairs rang, an
| nouncing the visitor was at hand
and as Mrs. Jarr was holding his ha
anyway, Mr.. Jarr sank back for tn,
pleasures OF conversational inter
course.
How do you do. Mrs. Jarr?'--'
kiss. How do you do. Mr.. Jarr?" 4
handshakc. you're looking good
my dear"-this to Mrs. Jarr again. e
thought I'd run over and show yol
my new hat"
And Mrs. Rangle got in the stronj
light from the window and revolve,
in circle.
IT'S beautiful The shapes some
thing like those chic French hats the!
were wearing Il year or so ago" sal
The evening world., 1919-03-05

TIME most celebrated Pauline was
the wife OF Seneca, the philos-
pher. Through the brutality OF
Nero. Seneca was condemned TO die,
and Pauline insisted on sharing her
husbands fate. When his veins were
opened hers were opened too. When
Nero heard OF this he insisted that
her wounds be bound up but Pauline
lived only Il short time after her hus-
band.
one Of the sisters OF Napoleon
Bonapartc was named Pauline. She
was born at Ajaccio in 1880 and she
married Gen. Leclerc, who died shortly
after the marriage Of yellow fever,
Pauline Craven was another noted
French woman, and she was the
writer Of religious romances. She was
born in Paris in 1920 and she died
there in 1891.
one Of the most interesting Paulinos
| was Pauline Cushman, Union spy In
! the civil war. Her father was a
Spaniard, Who had settled as trade
The evening world., 1919-03-05

when he makes choice in favor OF
your goods he is not doing so on his
unsupported judgment. His judg-
ment Is being backed up by the judg-
ment OF others.
One OF the most successful sales
men | ever knew never gave a Gus
toner his OWN opinion Of his
goods, lie phrased his sales talk in
the words OF the other fellow who
had purchased aud been pleased with
them. lie told about what other
people had told him about the merits
OF his goods
This salesman had a new man out
with him one day, calling on the
grocery trade. The new salesman
! told Il grocer that certain coffee
was a good blend. The other sales
man reproached him utterward. say
ing: THAT grocer doesn't care a
whoop about what YOU think
Neither does any other prospective
customer. Tell him that Mr.. Sharpe
over in Syracuse, told you the other
day he was selling more OF this blend
OF coffee than any other two blend'
combined, and that once he got q
customer started on II, the customei
wouldn't use any other kind"
That's the way to use testimonials
Clothe your selling talk in the Ian,
guage of the other fellow.
4 suspicion may arise in your minC
righ, here, You may think an
advocating untruthfulness; that
am suggesting that YOU invent i'm
'aginary conversations with imar
mary customers. Nothing could b
further from the truth, II you ar
selling a worthwhile linc--and / an
, assuming that YOU would sell n
! other-you are hearing complimcn
tary things about your goods ever
I day.
A good plan is this: When a ma
pays a compliment to your goods, jc
IL down In a notebook Very 500
YOU will have n collection OF truth
tul testimonials. Then weave thes
testimonials into your sales talk. Us
them TO bring out your selling point
: to point to the truthfulpess Of wha
r you say.
= The very best advertising in IN
Y world is the good word spoken b
E some one else about your merchar
disc. Such advertising cannot /
I purchased. 1t must bs earned Thu
The evening world., 1919-03-05
Railroad SLang

coal car, "gon;" steel coal car, "whale
belly" refrigerator car "rccfcr;
freight caboose, "doghouse"s or bug
gy;" pay car. band wagon" or fam
lily disturber;" a train on which ex-
TIA fare is charged, dude train"
roof OF car, deck" riding on the
roof OF a car, decking" boards run
ming lengthwise OF the roof Of a car,
running board" or "toepath."
Switching is "shufhing them up;"
II three cars are to be cut on you
might "amputate three" saw on
three" "hand me three" or "'scuse
three" The overheated journal bear
ing is hot box" and to cool hot
box is TO freeze the hub" to set the
brakes, anchor them" to set the
emergency brakes, wing herr" the
roadpath on the side OF the track /;
the grit" and to have to jump Is
hitting the grit" missing a meal Is
"hying light" TO leave the service
pull the pin;" to boast, blow
smoke"
The evening world., 1919-03-05

THE railroad engineer is known
yariously as eagle eye" hog
head" and throttle puller;" tho
fireman as diamond pushcr" and "tal-
low pot" new fireman, STUDENT"
brakeman, "shack," ground hog"
"helder" and "car catcher" yard
master, switch hog" yardmaster's
olnce. knowledge box" yard clerk.
number grabber;" railroad clerk,
paper weight" track laborer, Jerry"
or "snipe;" non-union man, Short
tall" a man who stays on division
about one pay day, Boomer"
The locomotive Is a "mllV or
"kettle:" the heaviest type of con-
solidation engine, "battleship;" lighter
type OF consolidation engine, hog"
passenger car. "varnished carr" OBJ
servation Pullman car, "rubberneck
carl" box car. side door Pullman
The evening world., 1919-03-05
The Jarr Family
By Roy l.. McCardell
In the Spring the Ladies' Fancies Lightly Turn to
NarrOU Skirts.

Mrs. Jarr. "And l see you have a
military pin tool"
Mrs. Rangle drew out a hatpin, on
one end OF which was fastened a big
| national shield. The shield was
about four inches across and most
conspicuous.
you've seen the hat Cora Hickett
has?" said Mrs. Rangle. II wouldn't
wear such a freak. why. she has 1t
trimmed in the most wretched taste"
"She always does that with her
hats" said Mrs. Jarr.
why yes" said Mrs. Ranglc. You
know those carved elephants they
| sell in the japanese curio stores7
We'll Cora Hickett told me che
Thought they would be just the thing
| to decorate n hat with. I wonder
she hasn't done 1t.
"wel, this patriotic hatpin makes
decoration enough for me-" continued
Mrs. Rangle, with the air of a wom-
an renouncing the vanities of the
/ world, "and besides, those ornate hat
trimmings are so very dear and so
few people are wearing them. that
they make one look conspicuous"
you might be sure Cora Hickett
would want to be conspicuous. She
wants strangers 10 think she's an
actress" said Mrs. Jarr.
"And did you see her new dress?
She looks like one Of those little
| a L., al fa ,d
wooden Noah's Ark" said Mrs. RAN
gle. "You know, Noah and Noahs
wife. and Ham and Shem and Japhet
they all looked alike!"
"well. that's the style" remarked
Mrs. Jarr dogmatically. mo hips
You can have shoulders, but You
mustn't have any hips whatever. Mrs.
Stryver told me only yesterday that
the new gowns made a woman look
almost coffin shaped, from the baSkt
There's the shoulders. no hips and
then the dress going down 50 narrow
in the skirt at the bottom"
81 thought curves would come back
after the war;" ventured Mrs. Rangle.
Everybody thought So" replied
Mrs. Jarr. but Mrs. Stryver told me
that her corsetiere told her that all
the corset makers were in despair.
They had felt SO sure curves would
be back"
We'll" said Mrs. Rangle. "rvs
taken last years dresses and mar
rowed them as tight as one can, to
permit one 10 walk
"I never saw such crazy styles an
they have this yesr!" interrupted Mrs
Jarr. but where is Mr.. Jarr?"
All. that was The question. whers
was Mr.. Jarr-perhaps at the dress
! makers!
The evening world., 1919-03-05
From an Inventor S
Notebook.

4 rubber suction cone to manipu-
late the chest walls OF an uncod-
scious person is the chief feature ot
new rcsuscitation apparatus which
can be used by the inexperienced.
Airplane mail, freight and, cventu-
ally, passenger service between che
principal cities of Brazil is proposod
by promoters who have been granted
a Government concession. iN3
To permit a window TO be letl Opc>
without danger Of injury to a / Ten
when it rains canvas trough to ~
fastened to a window sill to catcn
the water has been invented. l
A sleigh used for coastlng on Sv1Il
mountain roads is equipped N&<1
both runners and wheels. eitho< o|
which can be lowered to the g1HM1 r
by levers operated by its driv
The evening world., 1919-03-05
Testimonials.

UANuFACTURERS Of patent
V medicines are. It must be con
coded. mighty good advertisers,
For years they have spent large sums
Of money TO tell the public what some
fellow In Kansas or somewhere thinks
about their lavender pills for langu!d
people. They have thus established
tho fact for the business world that
no sales argument has ever bs"n
evolved which will get the money Ike
the little old testimonial.
Your prospective customer knows
that YOU are being paid to sell goods.
Give him credit. when you tell HIM
what YOU think about the goods sou
are presenting for his consideration he
isn't impressed very much. It Is your
business 10 present the goods In as
| favorable n light as possible.
What DOES interest Mr.. Prospec-
ItIyy Customer is what OTHER peo-
Iple think OF your goods. lie viii
discount your statements on IN,
ground Of your own solf-interest In
the matter of making sale. Tie vii
believe what the other fellow says
about your goods because he believes
the other fellow to be disiutercsteC
ana therefore more inclined to b'
fair.
Testimonials properly presented
and tactfully used. are the creates
sales arguments in the world. liu
you must get this fact straight II
Your mind;
\ testimonial Is NOT,a reason 10
BUYING. II II not of Itself one Ot tn
buying motives, Tho fact that al
imposing array OF prominent peopl
wore and ,indorscd certain make o
shoes would not Interest you plrticu
larry unless you were in need o
shoes. But II you wanted "A pair o
shoes YOU would be apt To give pref
Crcncc TO make which had bee
indorsed by other men as being thor
oughly dependable and high grade.
Testimonials must be used Yer
carefully. They cannot be dragge
into sales talk by the heels regard
less. The prospective customo
should never feel that you are en-
deavoring to influence his decision
them. This will do Infinitely NOR
harm than good. The prospec
should be made 70 fed ths
The evening world., 1919-03-05
How to Be a Better Sale Sn1 a n
And Earn Bigger Pay

in itself would seem TO be sufficient
inducement to manufacturers to pro-
duce nothing but worthy merchan-
disc.
1t might not be amiss to add that
in your life work you are selling
yourself to the world every day
Whether or not you receive any "tes-
timonials" from the world will depend
upon whether you earn them. You
can't buy the worlds approval. And
when you do earn the worlds testi-
monials. don't haunt them in every
nne's fnce without rhNme or reason.
The evening world., 1919-03-05

Nations memories.
The will TO join forces for purpose traneendng national in
es the capacity up issues however bgwhat better
could the country find assured it in genuine eado
Mr. Taft has become oneof its great political parties;
On tine platform last night Republican ex-Presden
explained and earnestly endorsed the League Of Nations
which has to be associated with the efosof Democratic
President while that Democratic President pledged himself to
carry the task ompcon which the Republican Prcs
dent has set his heart and soul.
There stands political leadership United States
occasion produce it,
Beside that kind Of leadership how large the hryseven Re-
publican United States Senators look vino made record for
party blindness and perversiy in their desperate attempt
dcredit the President by striking the covenant?
Every word Mr. Taft uttered last night seemed put the
wretched fven further and further beyond the pale
Repubicansm. They thought their unprecedented
tery stroke The full force Of that stroke will yet co upon their
heads While Mr. Taft speaking many of his
have felt that the evening which much to the drawing together
Of nations lasting might also to the destiny
the Republican Party the United States How party hold
together the attitude of the hycn Senators becomes test
Be it noted Mr. st who did the expoundng the
stuon of the League last night 1t the Republican cxPre
dent who selected the nub" he called explained
working of Articles XVII XvII and XVIII, and appcd final
extnguer the argument that the Monroe
1t Mr. Taft who took the of the showed step
by step and bit by bit the hOpefune promise and strength thai
is in il.
Let those Republicans been camong for explanations
Of document they always begin by dcnouncng nepbe
they try understand it, read through Mr. Tas Repub
can eyes and whether is beyond tho grasp honest intel
igence.
Mr. Taft having demolished the doctrine Of doubt despair
President Wilson insisted mpressiye vet
the tragic dependence of the peoples Europe upon
tons standing by its declarations accepting responsibility
and putting the force its unse cooperation League
Of Nations!
The President expressed the certain crpo.
OF the League who show their attitude that hy
have been separated from general of the thoughts
mankind"
Above all he dwe the Importance OF the League of Nations
integral governing Of treaty that
hope to be lasting worth while "rhcr many threads
The treaty tied the that you
before the League inconsistent ncoheent, impossible
of the Metropolitan Opera meeting
to be gone into at greater length and detail.
first outstanding IMPRESSION however extraordinary
pride satisfaction the country should feel being able pon
leaders of opposite parties honestly and earnestly
Of the biggest effort in its interest
mankind has yet shown itself ready.
As the President says forces of that magnitude do
they operate In operating in this country they will presently
than their prcjudices.
Those who the Metropolitan Opera House eyenn
felt the working their boadc strongcs
: ANA best
The evening world., 1919-03-05
BY ]. H. Cassel

Coyrght. l"lc by The Pres Pub ching Co.
The New York Lyenns wOf.dD
THIS didn't happen up at our
house; It got outside before IL
began: but it came from our
house, so | guess it's all the same
thing. Besides, it was one of fathers
inventions-the things. as mother
says. he's trying to wreck the world
with. lie don't really invent them,
you know he only finds them in de-
partment stores and places. Say, you
know those clerks must be there when
II comes to judging human nature:
The evening world., 1919-03-05

The s1ty-ffh Congress foundcrcd over the tape true
to form.
Il take IL for granted the President that the
who obsructed and passage necessary
legislation are willing to assume the
sponsbiy OF the impaired efficiency
the embarrassed finances OF the country"
willing they will find the country ready place
the responsibility and place II hard.
The evening world., 1919-03-05

New York is not complaining OF dulness this week The
city has Just about time to last nights
the arrival OF It's load OF the
Twentyseventh Luckily the husky enough TO stand
a lot OF excitement But the settler will have
hard time remembering week when New York has had
bigger things Its mind.
The evening world., 1919-03-05
By Roy Griffith
The Evening Worlds Authority on Successful

The Evening Worlds Authority Successful saemsnshp
~ Ncs lorE wordD
Mr. GUithS SaIesmdnhD published
articles like tOd1gS alternate uiH
readers Oi ?hc world
address him newspaper
The evening world., 1919-03-05
A GREAT MEMORY.

VXYHAT took place at the Metropolitan Opera House last nigh
wv will remain Of ne inspiring and reassurng Of thi
Nations memories.
The evening world., 1919-03-05

Why mot parade the ThIrty-ssveng
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I
Claims, pretenses and promises do
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October Il, 1919.
To Whom 1t May Concern:
On December 9TH, 1917. | entered
the Adcox Auto and Gas Engine
School at Portland, Oregon, where
purchased course in auto and gas
engine work. After completing the
course | accepted position with Mr..
W. L. Wright at the Harrisburg
Garage, Harrisburg, Oregon, and l
worked for one year. | then bought
out Mr.. Wright's business and started
in for myself. For the first five
months our books showed approxi-
mately Thirty Thousand Dollars
worth ef business. / feel justified in
saying that any. young man who has. !.
little back bone and not too much
wish bone, can duplicate my success
by taking the course at the Adeox
Auto School
Fred A. Hawke.
Harrisburg Garage
Harrisburg, Orc, &
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