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stead of in bureau drawer. Then
upon departing, he looks hastily into
bureaus and closets to make sure
nothing is left behind, but forgets to
look under the pillows.
Many guests forget their razor
strops and bedroom slippers when
leaving Washington, hotel managers
agree.
One manager reports that three
razor strops and three pairs of bed
room slippers are found in his hotel
each week.
Various things are lost in depart
ment stores. At one of them $50, abb
sent minded women have made pur-
chases and left their bundles on the
counters this year. At this store $50
odd gloves are reported lost each
year and 25 pocketbooks, while man.
of it's customers hurry away without
a thought of the change which is due
them.
Referring to money calls up the
subject of banking. Some of the
older financial institutions have high
ly desirable sums in dead" accounts.
The principal of some of these ac-
counts originally was only a few
dollars, but they receive interest each
year, so are growing steadily. Some
of the depositors have died, some are
out of the city, and others perhaps
have forgotten that they have the
accounts.
Jewelry repair shops carry over
about per cent of the articles left
with them each year, but the for
gotten pieces generally are of the
cheaper grades of jewelry. One shop
regularly reminds its patrons that
the work thay ordered In finished, but
the patrons evidently foTgetl again.
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even after their memories have been
prodded.
One hardly would expect man to
go to the photographer, face the
camera and look pleasant" and then
wait ten years before calling for his
picture. Yet that happens. For in
, stance, man recently requested that
his ten-year-old photograph be sent
to him, explaining that 1t was taken
just before he graduated from col
lege and that in the rush of COM
mencement exercises and starting in
business he forgot all about his pic
lures.
One Washington studio has 60 feet
of its shelf space filled with pictures
taken during the past 20 years, but
not yet claimed.
Union STATION is another port
~ of missing things. Suitcases and
bags have been left there every week,
their owners apparently deciding that
a change of clothing was not neces-
sary where they were going. A
traveller recently left his Pullman
ticket to- Chicago, as we'll as his bag
gage, on a bench in the depot wait
ing room.
often articles are mislaid at times
when they are needed most. Fire
men have lost their helmets and
waterproof coats on the way to a
fire; a thrifty resident of the north
west section lost 500 while taking it
to the bank; and one of Washington's
popular vocalists left her songs in the
taxicab which took her to the hall
in which she was to sing.
People who change their residences
lose enough goods while moving to
1urnish several homesv1 judging By
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One youth forgot where he had left
his clothes.
Somebody has taken all my clothes
and l can't go home" he shouted to
Manager Leech.
Where is your locker" Manager
Leech inquired.
"Over this way. 1t was open and
empty when l came out of the
water" the boy said, leading the way
into the northwest corner of the
beach house.
Manager Leech saw that the locker,
which the boy pointed out was open
and empty, so he loaned him some
clothes and promised to make a thor
ough search after the beach was
closed for the day. And the search
revealed that the boys locker was in
the southeast, instead of northwest,
corner, and that his clothes still were
there.
COME people are so careful with
~ their possessions that they over
do it. This applies to g. young lady,
who was at the bathing beach last
Summer. She would not trust her
rings and necklace to her handbag
when she hung it in the locker. In
stead she placed the jewelry in a
more unlikely place-the toe of her
shoe. Carefully she stuffed a stocking
into the shoe to cover up the hidden
treasure. Then she shut her locker,
but left her shoes outside.
Fortunately beach house maid
took the shoes to Manager Leech and
he took care of them until the ex-
cited young lady came to claim them
a hotel guest occasionally does a
similar thfng-places his watch and
Under ri loW IN
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"One Of the largest rewards ever
received by one of our trainmen for
finding lost article, If not the larg-
est, was 500. This sum was given to
Conductor Naaman l.. German, PA S
street northeast, by a woman who
had left on his car handbag con-
tanning 81, 500 in cash and two valu-
able rings.
Then there are the lost babies. One
mother, having fixed her little son
comfortably beside a window, rose
and left him there when the car
reached Seventh and G streets north
west. She had not gone far. how
ever, when she realized her loss and
telephoned to ask us to find him.
She was told that the car would
go to the Treasury and return past
Seventh and G, so that if she waited
there, her son would come back to
her. And he did"
PABIES occa sionally are taken into
~ the lost article room. Such was
the case of a three-year-old who was
found on Georgetown car at the end
of the line. He defled the efforts Of
employees to learn his name and adj
kdress, but manifested great interest
in fare box, such as is used on the
custodian gave him several pennies
and the youngster dropped them into
the box and ground them out again,
until his parents reclaimed him.
Once a cat and litter of kittens,
in a box, were left on street car.
Nobody claimed them, so they became
pets of the car barn, staying there
even after they were grown. Dogs
frequently are left on street cars, and
once woman telephoned to ask if a
parrot had been found. Said she: Il
forgot to close the door and Polly
flew out. The last I saw of her she
| was perched on top of street car
headed for the downtown section"
Sometimes articles deliberately are
lost" Police reports of missing per-
sons show that, last month alone, SO
people lost themselves, their ages
| ranging from under to over 80
Many purses and wallets are found in
| mail boxes, and the assumption is
| that they were lost" there after
| having been found or stolen else
| where.
Speaking of the deliberate loss of
articles, there is the story of the old
gentleman and the ashes. For week
bag of ashes was found each eve-
ming on one of the cars of a certain
Zine and at certain hour. So the
| trainmen decided to watch and fine
out who was leaving them.
| The next evening a conductor s
| vigilance was rewarded. An old gen.
| tleman carrying a sack which was
| dappled with ash dust boarded the
! car. He seated himself and placed
| the bag on the floor. Soon he started
| to leave the car
You are leaving your bag, sir
| the conductor reminded him. EN-
| barrassed, he picked 1T up, left the
car and after that found another
Mace to deposit his ashes.
d. lost yEaEe3ess
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reports made TO police stations. Rugs,
lamps, pictures and chairs are some
of the pieces most frequently lost in
the change of residences.
Horse owners Of the Capital mugR
forget to mend their fences, because
the number of horses which Mai. Dan
SulliVan's boys are asked to round
up averages so a year. Even so.
horsem"-' do not work the police as
hard as do absent minded automo-
bilists.
Many motorist will experience
that heart lin the-throat feeling 3 ne
is hailed by traffic officer, will suf-
fer for the first the 'awft.: eRparrass-
ment' of being arrested and repri-
manded publicly, and yet immediate
ly afterward he will be able to for
get that the officers last words or
dered him to report to the traff
bureau" Ira fife Chief Albert j. Head
ley said, with a wink.
AT least that is what they tell
us when warrants are served on then
for failure to deposit collateral
The other day a man who is well
known by local school officials came
all fustered into the traffic bureau
and declared that his car had been
stolen. | asked him where he had
parked it. took down its make and
tag number, and sent an officer out
to look for it, Soon the officer re-
turned to report that the car was ia
the block next TO where its owner
had said he parked it, and the educa'
tor then recalled that he actuale
had left it there. He had forgotteR
where he parked his car"
Another absent minded automobile
list yarn is told by Detective Joseph
Connors of the automobile recovery
squad
The subject of this story had spent
over an hour in the stores after leav-
ing his office, so he was in a hurry
to reach home when he returned TO
the place where he had parked his
machine. Dropping the bundles or
the back seat he jumped in and
started off. As he drove along, he
was pleased to note that the knock
in the engine had decreased greatly
since morning. Perhaps the 'old bus
would not have to be put in the shop
at all, he thought. Arriving home.
he put the car in the garage, ate
good dinner. and settled down TO
read an interesting book.
Suddenly the doorbell rang
Opening the door, the man at home
faced Detective Connors and another
man.
The other man was the real owner
of the car which the hasty one had
driven home Finding his car gone,
but seeing nearby. car OF the same
make. the loser suspected what had
happened He notified police. and the
tag number of the abandoned car
guided them to the home of the
motorist who had made the mistake.
The error was explained and the
cars returned TO their rightful own
n
cerned was satisfied
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women in lavatories of office build
ingS. They remove their rings and
bracelets, wash their hands, and then
walk off and leave their jewelry.
Perhaps they have no immediate use
for it, but the ones who follow them
evidently have.
The theater is SO attractive to many
that they purchase tickets, seize their
pasteboardS and rush for the en-
trance, leaving their change with the
box office man. The mana ger of a
local theater reports that this hap
pens at least once every performance,
but that usually the alert box office
occupants can call back the forgetful
one before he enters the theater.
x !;
TASTY as he may be at the theater,
l. the absent-minded Washington
MAN becomes even more careless in
his hurry to take a swim at the Tidal
Basin Bathing Beach.
So many persons last Summer for
got to remove rings. bracelets and
wrist watches, consequently lost
them in the water and appealed to
Lifeguard BILLY" Lowry to fetch
them up. that they almost exhausted
this diligent young diver. In fact,
before the season ended he resorted
to a device to save his strength-an
iron CRATE fastened upon his back,
which helped to Keep him under wa
ter while he searched for lost yalua-
bles.
Mike Menoskey, former outfielder
of the Washington base ball club;
was one of those who were too
anxious to get in the water" Sidney
Leech, Co-manager of the beach, re-
called.
"Menoskey, Clyde Milan and Train
er Mike Martin came down for a
swim one day, and Mike jumped in
without first locking up his shoes.
When he came out they were gone.
Then he poured out a hard-luck tale.
He said that he had lost a dia-
mond ring in the Pullman car on the
teams trip to Boston, had lost three
shirts while in that city, and. finally,
upon his return to Washington, his
pair of new shoes had been stolen.
Mikes hard-luck story is offset
by the goodluck story of a forgetful
woman bather," put in Gordon Leech,
the other co-manager of the beach.
This bather left her handbag, con-
tanning a wrist watch and ring,
hanging outside of her locker. After
she was in she thought that perhaps
she had failed to closet the bag. But
she decided that If 1t had not been
taken by that time it never would be
and continued her swim.
"Re-entering the beach house, she
found that her fears were warranted
she not only had failed to lock up
the bag, but it was gone.
That night a little girl returned
the bag to the loser. She explained
that she had used q nearby locker in
which she placed the bag to prevent
it's theft She found the address of
its owner on a card inside. so was
able TO- return the bag. watch and
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done, and the couple boarded a street
car for Georgetown. Reaching
Thirty sixth and NJ streets. they saw
that the car for Great Falls was
about to go and in their haste to
board it. the wife left her handba e
on the street car.
Boarding the Great Falls car, find
ing two seats together and admirin e
the Potomac River occupied the cou-
pies attention until they had entered
Virginia Then the wife discovered
her loss, They ran back across the
bridge. They rushed into the car
barn. And there they found the neg
lected handbag awaiting identified
ton"
a ger was leaving, when the con-
package near where the departing
man had sat.
That your lunch, uncle?' the train
man asked the old darby.
mo, sub. That doan belong to me, .
was the reply.
The deserted bundle was taken into
the car barn at Fourteenth and De-
catur streets by the conductor, who
pitched it to the receiving clerk
Tearing off the wrapping, the clerk
exposed $4,000 in 81 billsl
Sixty minutes later wild eye ed
bank messenger came rushing to the
receiving clerk and admitted that he
had been so interested in the sport
ing news that he had forgotten his
trust.
Unusual as the story sounds, it is
matched by that of the motormar
who saw dollar bills being blown
like leaves across Vermont avenue
northwest Beholding this sight as
he rounded Thomas Circle, the mo-
torman damned on his brakes, leapeG
from his car and went dollar-bill
gathering. Before he returned tc
the waiting car he had picked up s47
These he turned over to Mr.. Koontz
who notified the police.
Meantime the police had heard
from the loser, a boy, who said thai
he had lost SIS that day while bicy-
cling to the downtown section via
Vermont avenue, his pedaling having
forced the money out of his trousers
pocket.
Il remember a case of chronic alb
sent-mindedness, which was, noted
when I was stationed in the Ecking-
ton car barn." chuckled Frank Da-
wilson, custodian of articles lost or
w. r. and E. cars.
"A man left his suit case on a car
although it's contents were quite valu-
able, he said, when he came to claim
it. After thanking us profusely, he
boarded a car with his recovered
goods and started downtown. Less
than two hours later the same suit
case was brought back into the barn
The owner had forgotten it twice in
the same day.
treated all the boys in the barn to
cigars and cigarettes, and the second
time he gave g. as reward for the
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See ton Of a Street car CON-
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Bab;;es,
BY GENE THOMAS.

IOST-Somewhere in Washington. ID. c.. sew
eral hundred thousand articles yearly Finders
please return TO Mr. and Mrs Absantmind.
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Observation-Disclosures Who Mslad His Who
the Many IoerMotoi Where He Parked His
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Resolutions
BY RING LARDNER.

.O the editor: l always get so
excited in the Yuletide season
that it gets TO be next to i'm
4 possible to keep what is
lamehinelN called nv mind on
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LII these things - and several
"A babies-have been turned in by
Il conductors.
only half of them ever are claimed
by their owners, although a staff of
railway employees makes every effort
to find the losers, by examining lost
articles for names and addresses and
by scanning. lost and found" adver-
tisements.
Lets see, if this bag contains any
clue as to who lost it, said Frank
J. Davidson, chief of the Washington
Railway and Electric Co. lost article
department, as he picked up a red
beaded bag. Opening it, he pulled out
one handkerchief. two handkerchiefs,
three handkerchiefs and a piece of
candy, but no name or address. So it
was put with the other lost things of
that day.
Perishable articles are given to
finders If not called for within "a
hours. Articles of greater value are
kept for periods ranging from three
months to year.
/ In Mr.. Davidson's safe there is a box
d containing jewelry and watches
which have been left on the cars this
year. and a similar box with a SINH
lar treasure is guarded in the office
OF C, B. Koontz, assistant treasurer
of the Capital Traction Co.
Resaries, pearls and near-pearls,
diamond rings and gold watches are
there, mixed with gold-rimmed spec
tacles, beads, bracelets, brooches
vanity cases, silverware, lodge but
tons, medals, Sunday school attend
ance pins and wedding rings.
Imagine the feeling of the con-
ductor who found $4,000 in cash at
the end of the line. The story behind
Athe find, as told by Mr.. Koontz, is
R&h his:
I8 "A bride and bridegroom, spending
1hheir honeymoon in Washington, de-
Cided to visit Great Falls. Before
starting they agreed that it would
he wise to place their $2,So8 In the
Iyoung wife's handbag ThtS fYaS
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-12-12

These are the latest addition
to our display of bags. Pop
ular shapes, that will make
nice gifts, and at the same
time, an inexpensive one.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-12-12
VALUE OF UNIONISM

Nowhere in the world can a more
illuminating object lesson on the ben
efits of organization be presented
than in a comparison of the wages
hours and working conditions of the
unionized municipal railway men and
the non-union Market street railway
men of San Francisco, which run side
by side, and even in some instances
on the same streets with the muni-
cipal line.
Incredible as it may seem, the non
union employees in San Francisco are
working for 20 cents an hour less
than the union men receive and with
a work day from 10 to II hours
spread over u to Is hours time, and
they have no vacation with pay, as is
enjoyed by the union men.
The organized workers have the
eight-hour day and two weeks vaca-
ton with full pay each year, and bet
ter working conditions.
Many attempts have been made to
organize these low paid non-union
men, but their ranks are found to be
infested with spies and informers, eX-
strikebreakers, etc, from all over the
country.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-12-12
CLOTHING TO HIGH

Clothing prices are too high, is the
conclusion of the department of ag-
riculture, following a study of wool
and related industries.
"All branches of the textile and
clothing trade regard clothing prices
as too high, but each feels that eco
Monies can best be effected by the
Others" the department says. Gre
tailers feel that reduction must
take place in the manufacturers sell
ing price. The clothing manufactur-
er contends that the present wage
makes it impossible to effect econo-
mics in production costs Some of
the clothing manufacturers and
wholesale dealers feel that more eff
ficient organization in the retail
trade would bring about lower cloth
ing prices"
The department states that raw
wool is comparatively small factor
in the price of clothing, as less than
five pounds is used in an all-wool
suit
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-12-12
MORE PROSPERITY"

Maine cotton mill manufacturers
are rubbing it in to the workers since
the election Of Coolidge and Dawes.
Ten percent wage cuts are posted in
the Pepperell, York, Bates, Edwards,
Androscoggin, Cabot, Hill, Continen-
tai, Lewiston, Bleachery and Dana
warp mills says news reaching Bos-
ton. More than 1000 operatives are
affected. The mills posting the re.
duction represent a capitalization of
nearly $25,O0O,OO0 and operate near
ly a million spindles.
New England textile unionists are
following the news of the American
Federation of Labor in FL Paso where
the United Textile Workers expect
aid in combating the lower wage
scales going in effect in New Eng
land states.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-12-12

ing, etc. $34.69; food and tobacco
$29.06 and public utilities $33.84.
Earnings of women workers were
$14.57 in stone, clay and glass indus
try; $16.59 in metal manufacture;
$16.17 in wood manufacture; $14.92 in
the fur and rubber group; $16.91 in
the chemical group; $16.45 in print
ing and paper manufacture; $15.45 in
textiles; $17.88 in the clothing indus
try; 1882 in the manufacture of
food and tobacco products and $16.67
in public utilities.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-12-12

The most recent gain Of 1870 does
not represent a pulling out from the
depression.
The total paid in weekly wages in
October was lower than in September,
involving decrease from $2805 to
$27.53 in average weekly pay. The
commissioner attributes this largely
to Columbus day, taken as a holiday
by many workers.
Reductions in wage rates which be-
gan to be noticeable in August con-
tinued at about the same rate af-
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-12-12
FOES OF CHILD LABOR

Opponents present a shameful spec
tacle in their fight against the fed
eral child labor amendment.
Their untruthful statements and
their inuendoes would be ludicrous if
HELPLESS children were not involved.
Throwing principle and decency
aside, the profiteers of child labor
pose as the good fairy who would
protect childhood from the one force
that has Waged war against these
profiteers.
The Georgia legislature reached the
heights of this inanity when it de
clared that adoption of the amend
ment would give irrevOcable support
to a rebellion Of childhood which
menaces our civilization"
The claim that congress will stop
all farm labor under Is years OF age
is the most popular demagoguery OF
the amendment foes.
Amendment foes do not tell the
people that the states have the power
to stop farm labor, or any other lab
or, under Is years.
Many states prohibit child labor un-
der 18 years in certain callings, such
as night messenger service, lead
mines and other callings that are
morally and physically harmful to
minors.
The federal amendment would give
congress the same power, though this
would be limited to 18 years. There
is no limit to the right of the states.
These facts are ignored by the
amendment foes. They reject reason
and truth. They appeal to every
passion, prejudice and hate to de-
velop a mob spirit that child labor
profits may continue.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-12-12

fecting 2,700 workers in October COM
pared with 2,760 in September and
2,O24 in August In October, how
ever, reductions were extending into
the metal and textile industries.
Average weekly earnings of male
workers by industries in October were
stone, clay and glass $30.76; metal
manufacturing $30.72; wood manufac-
turing $28.99; chemicals, paints and
oils $31.40; fur, leather and rubber
goods $28.55; printing and paper
goods $35.58; textiles $26.99; cloth
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-12-12

Simply tailored, the style of
robe becoming to both ma
tron and miss. AS a Christ
mas gift to grandmother, to
mother or to sister, these XII
monas will bring joy. As
bright as fresh morning glor-
les are the colors-rose, COR
al, lavender, purple. blue,
lilac and other shades
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-12-12
JOBS ARE SCARCE

More than one-tenth of the work
ers who had jobs in the factories of
New York state year ago are still
out of job in spite of the seasonal
employment gains of September and
October, according to the monthly
statement of the state industrial
commissioner. The October reports
show that the rate of improvement
during September was not sustained
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-12-12
Silk PetticOats
S1.98, $2.98 and up
to S10.95

Handmade and exquisitely
hand-embroidered, of fine
nainsook-a gift for a num-
Der of names on your list.
You'll find these gowns very
desirable - and an unusual
value at this season.
Teddies to match at $1.89.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-12-12
Boudoir Caps

Continue a boudoir accessory
of charm. Soft satin pro-
fusely trimmed in lace and
ribbon. SOC to $1.98.