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Evening star., 1925-11-08

Central High Center, Thirteenth
and Clifton streets:
Observation-Disclosures of the Harvest
Festival, Z. In the girls gymnasium
Woodlothian Athletic Club; Mount
Vernon Athletic Club. In the boys
gymnasium, Night Cap Athletic Club
Memorial Athletic Club.
Wednesday-Was Society OF
the Fine Arts, S.
Columbia Heights Center. Eleventh
and Harvard streets, in the Wilson
Normal School:
Monday-Rehearsa of the Washing
tonians, 5; Park View Athletic Club,
z: Royce Athletic Club, $50, rehearsal
of the Wilson Players, s; rhythmic
dancing expression class, for adults, 5.
Tuesday-Nolley ball and basket ball
groups of the Capital Players, 6:l0,
women's gymnasium class, s; basket
ball groups of the Princess Athletic
Club, 9.
Wednesday - Rhythmic expression
instruction Tor boys and girls. $50;
registration for basketry work, 2:30.
Thursday-Rehearsal of the Wash
tngtonianS, S; elocution and expression
class. directed by Mrs. A. NJ. Poston,
z TO S; the Wilson Players, open TO
adults with previous training in
y
basket ball groups. TO $50; Columbia
Athletic Club basket ball groups. Z:
Columbia Athletic Club, basket ball
practice, $50, Ohio Girls Card Club, s.
Friday-Rhythmic expression in
struction for children, $3.50; children 5
dramatic instruction, $50; class in
folk dancing. social dancing and gym
nasium practice. $50; Friends Ath-
letiC Club, :; Dancing Club. $50: Boy
40. $50: basketry class, 1880 TO $50.
Registrations are being held for
classes in paper flower making, lamp
shade making. dressmaking and mil
linery, French and Spanish. Glasses
will be formed for instruction in any
subject, provided 10 or more members
register.
East Washington Center, Eastern
High School, seventeenth and East
Capitol streets;
Tuesday, the Hine Junior High
School-PIeasure Club, $50; basketry
class, 7.30; Washington Boys Inde-
pendent Band, 7:30; Independent Ath-
letic Club, I; Independent Midgets,
645
Wednesday. in the Eastern High
School - Live Wire Athletic Club, !;
Warwick Preps, S: De Molay Athletic
Ilup, S.Io- urn corps tI Jtb = 1J1tS IL
ters, I; drill corps, Bethlehem Chapter,
.. L. S, S:15; Sioux Athletic Club, /,
Bethany Athletic Club. $50.
Thursday ay-DresSma and milli-
merry classes, I:30; registration for
basketry instruction, 1880; East Wash
tngton Social Club. $50; National
Capital Players, 7:3O; Aurora Athletic
Club. I: Printers Five Athletic Club,
s; Comet Athletic Club. 9J5; Bryan
Buchanan Athletic Club, {; Washing
ton Athletic Club. $50.
l.. V. Brown Center, Connecticut
avenue and Mckinley street:
Monday = Beginners French for
children, 3:15; advanced French for
children, 3:45; piano classes, S:l5.
Tuesday = Childrens' dramatic in
structior, 3:l5.
Observation-Disclosures French for
children, 3:15; advanced French for
children, 3:45; beginners rhythmic
dancing, 3:l5.
Friday-Advanced rhythmic express
sion for children, 315.
Evening star., 1925-11-08
InyeioY Center. TWelfl

streets northeast:
Monday-Children's dramaticS, 3:15.
Wednesday-Ni instruction pro
gram: Girls Industrial Art Club. 3l5.
Thursday - Manchester Athletic
Club; Ukulele Club. basketry class,
industrial art class, supervised study
hour, Buffalo Athletic Club; boys art
class in free hand drawing, 1870.
Saturday in rhythm, Denni-
son art class, 10 to IL am; visual in
StructiOn program, community sing
ing, community athletics, Manchester
Junior Athletic Club. Lovejoy Orches-
ira, Girls Athletic Club, industrial
art class, game and reading group,
1870 to 1890
Evening star., 1925-11-08
Birney Center, Nichols avenue and
BurrvilIe Center. Division ave

Burryille Center, Division avenue
and CorcOran street northeast:
Tuesday-School of music for chill
dren and adults, industrial art class,
3:15; boys game group, chorus sing
ing for children, girls industrial art
club, dramatic club, Wimodaughsis
Industrial and Social Club. 7:30: Boys
Art and Craft Club, 8; Burrville Citi-
ZenS' Association. s.
International., 1925-12-20
OH, FOR THE LIFE
OF A PRISONERi I
tUnited Newsl

tUnited Ne~sl
SAN BERNARDINO, Cal, Dec
19.-Oh, for the life Of prisoner.
Instead Of taking his prisoners
to Jail now, Chief OF Police Tom
Johnson Of Arrawohesd village
gives them a can Of angle-worms
ard pole end seAd them out on
tic lake with instr uctions to do
1.tthing bu+ catch fish.
When ths ch:ct was crossing
tre lake tina t:lar day he leaned
over to p luck water lily and
the only key to the vil lage jai!
fell out Of his poe ket, into the
water. A big pike opened it's
mouth and the key disappeared
down its throat, according to the
chief.
"If I have to eat every fish in
the lake, Til get that key back
for the boys',~ Chief johnson
stated to anxious taxpayers.
International., 1925-12-20

after studying American methods
of handling traffic in half-doz-
en- cities.
eve have too many rules in
China, Keegan said. '.For in
stance, when a motorist starts out
he must remember SO separate
things which require him to come
to a full stop. Among these are
'citizens crossing street with cup
of oil', woman and child crossing
street, boy flying Kite an 'citi.
zen with package.
"Oone peril we face that seems
hopeless to deal with is the prac-
tice Of Chinese running directly
in front Of a moving car in order
that the 'devir following close be-
hind may be run over and killed.
+ "Quite often the ruse fails to
work and the man, instead of the
devil, is killed..
International., 1925-12-20
IMPRISONED BETWEEN
WALLS OF ICE
tUa.se4 News,

NSUSw~3 @NS&~S
WINNIPEG, Dec. 1e. While
prospecting in the Coast Range,
British Columbia, Joe, Lefros fell
fifty feet down 3 glacier fissHfe
and was imprisoned between two
walls; of ice for more than five
hours, according to word resolved
by the mans friends here.
!. Lefros, II was related, was try
ing to find q short cut across the
Maroon. Glacier. A binding
snowstorm impaired his vision, but
he struggled on. A fissure, in
the glacier had been covered b3
q thin crust Of snow and Lefros,
stepping upon the. weak covering,
plunged through,
4 The pack on the, prosrector's
back struck q ledge. Of ice about
fifty feet down in the fissure and
Lefros was suspended there. He
managed to release his ice pick
and, slowly and with great. effort,
hacked out steps in the ice until
he had regained the top.
He. was. so exhausted by the. ex-
perience that he was only, by d
supreme feat Of will, and endur.
ance that he dragged himself into
camp.
International., 1925-12-20
SHIPPING HIGH GRADE
LEAD Ore FROM THE.
MINE AT ARIVAiPA

TOMBSTONE. Dec. 19.--Ac-
cording to Harry Hendrickson, as
sociated with Lewis Douglas in
the Arivaipa mine, north of SAT-
ford, in the Graham mountains,
shipment Of high grade lead ores
has been started by the company
trucking for over 40 miles to the
Glenbar station near Pima.
In the lieighborhood of four
cars of high grade lead ore. carry
me sorlc gold and silver is beng
shipped. while development opera.
tions on the lower grade ores j:
also being prosecuted with the
plan of installing concentrated
at the mine as soon as ore re-
serves will justify.
The Arivaipa mine bids fair tc
become one Of the big lead-silvel
producers of the state, mining
men agree, and Douglas and his
associates have started operations
with a force Of men which they
plan to increase as developments
warrant.
M. Hendricl,son viii leave
shortly for the mine to devote all
his time there, J. A. Harris hav-
ing taken his place at the Grand
Central mill near Fairbank, which
is also owned and operated by
Douglas and his associates. Mr..
Harris will make his home in
Tombstone.
International., 1925-12-20
ESTATE TAXING
MEASURE NOW
BEFORE COURT

PHOENIX, Dec. 19.--Whether
Arizona will receive close to ST.
100000 OF. $4,000; as an in
heritance tax on the estate, of the
late Senator William. A. Clark
rests with the Arizona Suprems
court, in its determination Of TIE
icga ,ty Of the Arizona inheri
t$i.t tax law in the. Simmons
Wright case, il was stated this
week by Neri Osborn, Jr., state
Inheritance tax collector. l
!, Pending a decision by the su-
preme court Of the case of, State
Treasurer Vernon S, Wright, has
filed a stipulation in the Yavapai
county superior court permitting
tax on the undisputed portion Of
the estate. Ha fn
In the case Of Simmons against
Wright the supreme court will de-
ternine the legality of the Ari-
zona statute providing that the
state may tax stocks held by q
nonresident decedent in foreign
corporation in proportion to
which the Arizona assets bear to
the entire holding Of the corpora
ton. II this lis upheld the tax
collected by Arizona will be close
n tNo million mark and otherwise
it will be around $4,000.
International., 1925-12-20
THEY HAVE TRAFFIC e
PROBLEMS IN CHINA
..(UasA~a Mewal

s(Unl4ea Mewal
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 19. -
They have their traffic problems
in China, too.
Joseph L. Keegan, president OF
the Automobile Club Of China,
sailed for Shanghai from this port,
International., 1925-12-20
ST. MARY'S COLLEGE
TO BE ENLARGED
(URits.k NsNal

fURits4 MsNa)
OAKLAND, CAL, Dec. 19--A
campaign for fund Of $780,
New Britain herald., 1925-10-30
For Economy's Sake
COME
TO
GRANTS
WHERE W. T. GRANT co. HAS STORES

A. LITTLE ROCK, ARK, 604-6O6 Main street
49, PITTSFIELD, MASS, 141-145 North street
A. MACON, GA, 4O8-412 Third street
49, EAST ST. LOUIS ILL. 23l-23S Collnsvlle avenue
&C. RALEIGH, N. c.. 21O-214 Fayetteville street
II. MOBILE, ALA, 171-173 Dauphn street
49, PROVIDENCE, R. l., 317 Westminster street
80. FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 61S Houston street
so BUFFALO, N Y, 546-552 Main street
81 DALLAS, TEXAS, 1602-06 Elm street
So SAN ANTONIO. TEXAS. 305-11 East Houston street
So LIMA, OHIO, POP North Main street
54 WACO, TEXAS, 517-19 Austin avenue
So. MERIDEN, CONN.,, 17-19 West Main street
Sc. TOLEDO, OHIO. S15-3l7-319 Summit street
81. BALTIMORE, MD, 216-220 West Lexington street
So. HYDE PARK MASS, 1250-1252 River street
SO. ROCKLAND, MASS, 330-332 Union street
60. NEW ORLEANS, LA, 1019-1025 Canal street
81. NORWOOD, MASS, 696 Washington street
81. NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y, 2l12-2116 Main street
SO. HAZLETON, PA, 37-39 West Board street
Ga. GREENVILLE, S. c., 101-107 North Main street
65. HOUSTON, TEXAS, 609-611 Main street
&c. OSHKOSH, WIS. S5-87 Main street
81. ALTOONA, PA, 1412 Eleventh avenue
6S. DAVENPORT, IOWA, 216-21S West Second street
SO. ST. PAUL. MINI, Alas East Seventh street
20. ATLANTA, GA, 52-56 Whitehall street
II. PHILADELPHIA, Pa. 1010-1012 Market street
70 HARTFORD, CONN, 26 State street
49, GREENSBORO N. c., 2S6-2SS South Elm street
"a CANTON, OHIO, 401-411 Market street
rs. Ell PASO, TEXAS, 205207 Mesa avenue
rs. NEW BRITAIN, CONN, 1887 Main street
IL WORCESTER, MASS, 1919 Main street
7S. BEVERLY, MASS. 226 Cabot street
70. NEW HAVEN, CONN.,, 7ss-SO2 Chapel street us2e
New Britain herald., 1925-10-30

so insistent that It was thought ad-
visable to open a second store"
Slow Growth
Growth was slow, however, for
several years. A few more stores
were added, buying offices were es-
tablished in New York City, new
capital was acquired. During the
ten years from 1906 until 1917 only
thirty stores We're opened, all Twen-
tytive Cent Department stores,
The entrance of America into the
war brought business troubles to the
Grant organization as we'll as every
one else. Its men trained In its
policies, were taken into the service.
Expansion had to be stopped. But
the period Of the war gave the ex-
ecutives Of the organization time to
think and study the condition Of the
company.
Despite its great size and its far
reaching branches, the Grant organ.
ization is still one big family. All
its managers and the greater part OF
its executives are men who have
grown up with the company. enter
ing its employ as stock boys or floor
men, and earning their promotion
from step to step, The men now In
training number nearly five hundred
and the frequent transfer of these
men from store to store adds to the
unity of the organization. The year,
Iy convention. when all the mansg.
ers and executives meet. Is another
means for keeping the family TO
Gether.
New Britain herald., 1925-10-30
GRANT MANAGER
Sees SUCCESS
IN new BRITAIN

J. ". Ryan, who has come to
New Britain from Pittsfeld to man
age the new w. r. Grant Co. store
looks for very successful business In
the city. The diversified industries,
the large payroll, all point to big
opportunities he thinks.
We have come to New Britain
because We think there Is room for
a store like Grants" said Mr.. Ryan.
We are not here to put anyone else
out Of business nor to engage in
any rice-cutting wars, but to stick
strictly to the business of merchan-
| disc, getting a return on our invest
ment. and aiding New Britain to
grow Unless New Britain grows and
We grow with it, our efforts here are
wasted We look for big things In
New Britain. ! think the term, the
"Slumpless City" is very we'll applied
and we are hoping for a continued
prosperity. We shall do our share tc
make it possible"
Mr.. Ryan is a product Of the
Grant system of training Its owr
managers, having worked his wa!
10 his present position from floor
man. He has managed severa
other Grant stores, as we'll as actec
as assistant manager in severl more
He expects to take active interes
in the community work in New
Rritsin and has moved his fsnlil'
here.
New Britain herald., 1925-10-30
w. T. Grant Co. Announces the Opening of
Their New Store, Giving New Britain Another
Valuable Retail Institution
GRANTS IDEA
10 YEARS old
He noticed .

He noticed ="
That phrase, says ons periodical.
is the beginning of more stories of
successful business men and enter
prises than probably any other. It
is the beginning of the story Of thu
", I. Grant &C., whose new 81 De-
, ,artment store opens here Saturday
!: W. I. Grant noticed nineteen
Gears ago that the small items SELL
Alg around 26c were the ones most
constantly In demand, as shown by
ghe fact that they were always the
&nes out of stock. He was then en-
lployed as department manager In
store In Boston, and had the ambi-
ton of going into business for him.
self. The rapidity with which the
CSC items sold gave him an idea.
That idea, developed and expand
sd. Is now the W. T. Grant Co.. with
stores from Maine to Texas, and
from Wisconsin to the Gulf, enrploy-
ling near ten thousand people. with
great buying offices In New York
city. and operating the largest 81
Department Stores In America.
Small Start
The idea did not develop as fast
as the mere telling Of it would indi-
cate. 1t took time fer the employe
OF the department store to convince
his friends that his ideas were sound
enough to invest capital In, It took
weeks Of hard work. long hours and
great attention to detail, TO get that
first small store in Lynn. Mass.
opened for business. It took con,
slant hard work, close buying, care
full study Of the markets 10 keeI
that small undercapitalized store go
ing. But Mr.. Grant did It.
As one anecdote has It, an &C
quaintance Of Mr.. Grants told hin
that It wasn't moral for a man +
, work as hard as he was working.
! The first store was success, how
Y ever. It was such a success, an
: its ideals OF service so unique tina
! friends and business men of nearb
] towns asked that a similar store
. opened in their towns.
t MY first idea was not of
Y chain" Mr.. Grant has said. ut wa
y rather OF store that would be m
own business. But the demand gre
New Britain herald., 1925-10-30
For Economy's Sake
Come to Grant S

/. LYNN, MASS, 1914 Market street
2. WATERBURY, CONN.,, 165-167 Bank street
5. BRIDGEPORT, CONN.,, 1189-12O5 Main street
T. LEWISTON Me, 95 Lisbon street
5. NEW BEDFORD MASS. S58-864 Purchase street
Z. FALL RIVER MASS, 147-149 South Main street
s, LYNN, MASS, 318 Union street
8. NEWARK, n. J., IS Market street
10. PORTLAND, ME-, 54446 Congress street
II. SCHENECTADY n. Y, 419-421 State street
49, HOLY0kE MASS, 210 High street
a. JOHNSTOWN, PA 420-422 Main street
Is. SYRACUSE, N. Y, 337-341 South Saina street
16 ALBANY, n. Y, 81 North Pearl street
II. BINGHAMTON, N. Y, 1877 Court street
Is. KALAMAZOO MICH, 207-211 South Burdick street
10. SCRANTON PA, 307-311 Lackawanna avenue
20. NORFOLK VA 252 CRANKY street
81 LANCASTER PA. So North Queen street
%. HAVERHILL MASS, 1852 Merrmack street
%. DAYTON, OHIO 141-143 South Main street
"a. ERIE, PA. 928 State street
26. YORK, PA. 1912 West Market street
q. FORT WAYNE, IND. 1002-6 Calhoun street
%. READING, PA. 50S Penn street
30 PITTSBURGH, PA. $40 Market street
80. LOUISVILLE, KY, 424-426 South Fourth street
81. ROCKFORD, ILL, 107-109 South Main street
80. RICHMOND, VA, 319321 East Broad street
SO. PEORIA, ILL, D7-111 South Adams street
81. EVANSVILLE, IND. 507-509 Main street
So. ST. JOSEPH, MO, 510-512 Felix street
So. HUNTINGTON, w. VA, 949-951 Third avenue
81. BR0CKT0N, MASS, 141-143 Main street
49, UNION CITY, N. j., 1898 Bergenine avenue
80. CHARLESTON S. c., 265-267 King street
40 MEMPHIS, TENN, 1915 South Main street
a. TAMPA, FLA, 90S-9O7 Franklin street.
New Britain herald., 1925-10-30
GRANT men
PROMOTED FROM
WITHIN RANKS

The Grant managers are promoted
TO their positions from within the
ranks of the Grant organization.
ANY men becoming affiliated. with
the W. T. Grant Company are start
I'd in as stock men or floor men
and are promoted as fast as they
merit 1t through the stages of as
s,stant managers TO full manager.
This training system is worked
out along a definite schedule under
the supervision of K, H. Fogler, head
of the company's Personnel Depart
ment. The men are trained in win
dow trimming. interior display, mer-
chandising, stock control and eXecu-
tive management. As soon as the
men show themselves efficient in one
line. they are transferred TO another
store and given a different line, OF
work so that a Grant man is thor
oughly rounded in all phases Of store
management.
All OF the officers of the Grant
Company with the exception Of q
few technical men are products Of
his Grant system of training, ever
Mr.. Grant himself starting in seven
teen years ago as his own manager
noorman. stock boy, window trim
mer and sign man.
The men working in the store
1.-THE number is now about SEQ
make reports upon their own work
This, Of course, requires absolute
familiarity with thei records Of thei
particular store and necessitate
their being in touch with all phase
New Britain herald., 1925-10-30
CLOAK CO.
IS DISTINCT
FROM GRANTS
Occupies Second Floor OF
Grant Building; Differ
ent Line of Goods

The opening of the W, T, Grant
Csc, soc and 81 department Store
and Grant Ready to Wear Store al
2S3 Main street. Saturday morning.
Is really a double event. The tW"
companies, while occupying the
same building simultaneously are
separate and distinct organizations,
managed by different executive
groups. dealing in different types of
merchandise and connected only In
that they work together in rentals
of property in order to reduce over
head.
The W. I. Grant company is q
chain Of 81 department stores in the
eighteenth year of its existence, and
deals in general department store
merchandise up TO ST. It's chair
covers the eastern United States
from Maine to Texas,
The Grant Ready to Wear Store is
an economy chain system of ready
to wear stores operating on the
cash and carry idea. By elimin-
alton Of overhead expense and by
cooperative rental with the W, T
Grant company it reduces its cost 0.
doing business and passes such say
ings on to its customers. 1t is rec
ognized as one of the leaders in it
speciality and has a reputation TO
producing quality and style III it
merchandise at an unusually low
cost
1t Is the effort Of the Grant Read.
to Wear Store to bring the qualit,
and styles, which have heretofor
been available only at eXcessiv
prices, within the reach Of the WON
an with the average purse.
a visit to the opening of the ne7
w. T. Grant Store will be incom
plote unless 1.-The shopper also visit
the Grant Ready to Wear Shop o
the second floor at 283 Main stree
New Britain herald., 1925-10-30
( lifford B. Curtis Once
With w. P. Crabtree,
Drew Up Specifications
For New Britain's New
Store.

The opening OF the new W. T.
Grant Co. csc, SOC and 81 Depart
ment Store at 2S3 Main street takes
on added interest from the fact that
the store was built according to
plans and specifications drawn UP
by former New Britain man.
Clifford B. Curtis, son of Newton G.
Curtis Of Il Hamilton street, and
for some time associated with w.
P. Crabtree. architect. has for the
last three years been planning and
designing stores for the Grant syn
dictate. The New Britain store is
but the latest of a. long list of
stores on which Mr.. Curtis has
worked, stores all over the United
States having been built according
TO his plans,
In designing the New Britain
store Mr.. Curtis has kept in mind
that his townspeople should know
the chara cter Of Grant stores, and
he has expressed INTELLECTUALLY the
desirability Of convenient shopping
III a well Planned store.
The most modern steps In design
Ing retail stores have been taken
in New Britain's new Grant store.
An entirely new building was built
to house the w. 7. Grant Co. and
the allied store, the Grant Ready
to-Wear shop which will occupy the
second floor. One of the most recent
types of deep recessed lobby fronts,
with large eXpanse of show win
dow space has been installed, while
the framing Of this front is in pol
ished copper with Vermont marble
trims.
Inside the store every facility has
been taken advantage Of TO make
shopping pleasant. The atsles are
vide, the counters lust the light
height for easy buying. Lighting
fixtures have been hung with Law.
ishness, flooding both main tiool
and basement with light nearly
equal to daylight in brilliance
There are no shadows or dark cor.
ners in New Britain's new store.
To assure proper ventilation cell
ing fans have been hung every few
feet on both sales floors. while t
complete the system. large ex
haust fan has been installed in thu
basement, changing the air on thu
lower sales floor six times ever,
hour. Windows across the from
above the show windows. and aloni
the side of the main floor provid
additional light and ventilation.
4 feature unique in chain stores
which the New Britain store has il
common with all Grant stores, is
suite OF rooms for the exclusive us
Of the women employees of tn
store. Located at the rear Of tn
lower floor, this suite consists of
rest room of large size, fitted GU
with rugs, wicker furniture; kitch
rnette with hot plate and a full sc
Of dishes so that warm meals ma
be prepared. Coffee, tea, milk, an
sugar are provided at all times b
the Store. There is also a locke
cloak room. so that wraps of en-
ployes are safe from sneak thleVe
\ modern lavatory completes tf
suite. Situated as these rooms al
ut the rear Of the building. the
have windows and outside air a
though they are in the basement,
New Britain herald., 1925-10-30
BRINGING to New Department Stores
GRANTS NEW STORE PLANNED
BY FORMER NEW BRITAIN MAN

Of the work which they handle.
Rapid expansion of the company.
means many executive positions
opening up and room for ambitious
young men In this live, growing or
ganization.
The Omaha morning bee., 1925-01-06
VOTES SLOW FOR
NEW AK BOARD
Samson's Knights Show Lit
tie Interest in Choos-
ing Officers.

Members of the knights OF Ak
Sar-Ben evidently do not care who
are placed on the board of COVER
nors of the organization. OF the
$500 ballots mailed from the offices
of the secretary of the organization
recently, less than 200 votes have
been received.
Members of Ak-Sar Ben are voting
for three members for the board of
governors to succeed Everett Buck
ingham, Louis c. Nash and John
Gamble, whose terms have expired.
The three men are again seeking the
governorships. The election takes
place January -.
Following the election. members of
the board of governors will meet
Monday. January 10, to elect officers
for the ensuing year. Willard D..
Hosford is now president OF the or
ganization.
The stockholders of the Aksar-
Ben exposition company will hold
their annual election January 90,
when a board of directors will be
chosen.
The board OF directors will elect
officers January 26. Gould Dietz is
president of the exposition company.
In former years. Everett Bucking
ham was president of both the or
carnations.