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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-11
BY STEPHEN LEACOCK.

TT is very commonly supposed that
to laugh in adversely, to joke
over poverty and if need to, to
4 chucklc in the penitentiary, is
the mark of a fortunate and
superior mind. But the question still
remains whether the man who pos
sesses a sense of humor is better off
financially for having it. Does it help
or hinder?
to cold business, cutting out the
funny stuff" and of quitting mon
keying," as if all laughter and fun
and monkeys were contrary to the
spirit cf business Nor is it regarded
as a compliment to tell a man that
his proposition is a joke and that his
offer makes us laugh. Is not a young
man in an office warned not to get
too fresh" and not to try to get
gay? Indeed, is it not the man who
has lost his job or whose business
has failed who is invited to console
himself with his sense of humOr?
On the other hand, in the new
realm of activity that is called Sales
manship, there seems to be per
Sistent idea that if you get man
sufficiently amused. you can sell him
ANYTHING. One laugh and he is lost.
manship | don't think l could even
sell a copy of the Harvard Classics
to retired banker in Iowa Never
| theless. here is the way amusement
is supposed TO work.
The Salesman enters the Business
Mans office and says to him,
1T is my intention to sell you one
thousand hanks of No. thread man
ufactured by the company that l
represent"
The Business Man snorts.
oh, I don't want you to buy any
now" answers the Salesman WAIT
till I've told you that one about the
| travelling man and the college pro
| lessor"
Five minutes later the Business
| Man, sLffocating with laughter, signs
an order for not one thousand, but
for five thousand, hanks of thread.
On the strength of this ancient and
worn-out fiction, many an unhappy
Young man wanders round the Coun
! try as a commercial traveller trying
to be funny to pass himself off as
merry dog so full of humOr that he
, couldn't be dishonest if he tried.
think the whole idea is wrong.
| | find that the men who can sell me
encyclopedias are the men who sug
! Sest that there is some strange,
| mysterious purpose in their person
atty. Such man looks at me with
penetrating power and says in a
voice that Forbes Robertson might
envy. 81 have here an encyclopedia,
and when he says it that way | am
sunk
1t is just the same idea as with the
Ancient Mariner, when he stopped the
stranger and held him back even on
his way to a wedding feast.
He holds him with his skinny
hand
He holds him with his glittering
eye"
! Now, that Ancient Mariner, if he
| went "cn the road, would be worth
| $50 a day.
/ remember once having had per-
| sonal experience of the same thing
| of the convincing power of earnest
ness rather than levity. 1t was late
| at night on a dark street. | was met
and accosted by a gigantic man, very
| evidently from his build and from
| the accent of his speech Highlander.
| Like all Highlanders, he used the per-
aonal pronoun in a way unknown to
pther nations
He took me by the coat.
'She will be Dougall McDougall."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-11

But he had feeling that she would
have been just as pleased to dance
with David.
x y y
THE little barber had made the
haircuts identical. but they did not
appear so on the second day. Marian S
struggled. She found it most annoy
ing, and there was no electricity, so
she could not even curl the few locks
left to her. Pats face grew sharp
with sun and country air and wind.
Or perhaps her thoughts sharpened
her face as Clyde rather devoted him
self to the Sawyer girl. who, in the
same dress she had worn the day be-
fore now slightly crumpled. or in the
same shrunken bathing suit, let his
attempts at pleasing her slip of her
idly. David Blair seemed to be FUN
bling with the same kind of attempts.
and less uselessly. for Wanda liked
David. She called him Mr.. Blair and
remained his secretary in attitude, but
their talk did not die off as it did
between her and Clyde. Marian no
ticed it. Patricia saw what was going
on and could not leave it alone. She
was wise enough to know that she
should but her tongue got away from
her on the second night.
Have YOU fallen at last, Clyde?"
"Fallen?"
For the swimming secretary"
at wouldn't be falling exactly
would it?' asked Clyde. Failing for
smart girl like that might be
rising"
only remember this" said
Patricia. there are long hours when
one neither swims nor dances"
That was exactly what worried
Clyde. He couldn't make the girl
out She simply didn't open up. at
least. to him. He looked at Patricia
with her amused, distinctive face and
her air of knowing something about
everything, and asked himself why
he didn't ask her to marry him and
call it day For a minute he almost
did. If she only weren't so eternally
clever. All the time he had been in
South America. he had been wonder
ing if Pat would be unmarried when
he got back, and, if she was, what he
would do about it, just as he had been
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-11
CHINCHILLA FUR.

sheared the fleece for their textiles
after the manner Of sheep.
These little animals are regarded
by the naturaists as a link between
the rat. the hare and the squirrel.
They differ from other lepOrides by
having three inCisors instead of two
and five toes instead of four.
There are two distinct varieties of
the chinchilla-the common, found
mainly IN Peru and BOliVis. and the
Chilean chinchilla. found in the cen
ter and north of Chile. The common
variety measures about a foot and a
half in length, including the tail 1t
has a domed skull. large round ears
and five toes on the forefeet The
hair, which is blue-gray at its roots,
ranges through various shades until
it becomes pure white on the under
parts and feet. The Chilean chin
chilla is similar to its Peruvian
brother but somewhat smaller and
the skin is finer. III color, it is a
smoky gray with black markings,
while the underparts are of dead
gray with yellowish tinge.
This little animal is rabbitlilIe in Its
habits. 1t feeds in the early morning
and al nightfall and is rarely found
very far from its burrow. Roots,
lichens. bulbs and heritage comprise
its food. In movement it is ex-
tremely swift, and because of its pro
tective colorinS. which blends into
the shades of the rocks. can only he
distinguished. when on the run, by
the keenest eye. Curiosity is a very
pronounced trait and, when driven
into its lair on sudden alarm. can.
not for long resist the temptation of
popping its hulletiike head out of
its hole to discover what the trouble
was all about. And herein. from this
habit of inquisit' veness, lies too often
its doom, at the hands Of the hunter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-11

he said, and she will want 10 cents
to buy drink
Yes" l answered and she will
get it, too. And she did.
On the other hand, if that man had
said. as most of my friends who
meet me say, Il heard rather funny
story the other day, wonder if you've
heard it," are not the chances, shall
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-11

we say. that | would already have
heard it?
But in one way a sense of humor
can be of real use in modern business
life. 1t ,an serve as a corrective of
bunk about service" and helpful
ness"-all the "brother-brother" stuff
that is Spreading like an infection
today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-11
Business With a Sense Of Hun1Or

| I don't know who started this. |
| suppose in Il sense we are all broth
/ ers. 50 are the monkeys. But the
| plain truth is that when a man is do
! ing business, he is not trying to he
a brother to lnybody-cXcept to hlm-
| self
Here ale one or two samples If
what I mean. | admit that | maze
them up. because l found it a little
quicker than looking up actual OK
amples, I admit too. that they NAV
be a little ggerated-thouSh L
doubt it-for to a considerable extent
the kind of thing that appears in all
the advertising pages of the maya
zines is of this sort
Sample No. 1.
Letter from a firm of calciminers
and house painters soliciting business
or no, l beg your pardon-offerlng
help.
MIR. FELLOW CITIZEN:
rs your home a little dark and
gloomy Do you sometimes look at
the blank walls in front Of YOU II
50, let us help YOU All we ask is TO
serve. We know your troubles so
well, and feel that we can be OF use.
Have you ever thought of the effect
of sunset pink in your Hvingroom?
And your kitchen? Would YOU like Us
to tell YOU how a coating of thin sky
blue-our own cobalt hhle-brouGct
happiness to one home? We wonder
If YOU would care to see our little book
let Paint and Punk? We should so
love to send it to you. May We? We
only want TO help lift a little bit Of the
BURDEN.
Now, of course, the only answer to
that letter should he, Roses Red and
Niolets are Blue :"
Sample No. ..
Letter from firm of patent ice box
manufacturers Offering to send up
their Mr.. Smith" TO my house
DEAR MIR. HOMEOWNER:
What about new ice box Inc
old one not working very we'll, en-
Wen, then, suppose you let US SEND
up our Mr. Smith 10 the house Down
here we call him the man VINO
knows about ice Just TeH"n"et
that. He knoWs--and he wants to ten
YOU.
Won't YOU let him come Go you
Won you peIhap lot him let'h
al"ng sample Of our new icei"S- zee
ho-s and give a Demonstration. Why
not bring in the Riddles and let them
see it all. too? They'll love our MI
Smith. And he wort try 90 ru-n voI
INTO buying anything, either. He
just tell YOU all you want to know IN
his own chatty, cheerful Nay.
Your home will seem all the brlShi-
e. When he cc:ne~ Scry.' ~--'nd'
all he stands for, and, as he SAYS nm
self, IAN ice box that will give 10 the
consumer 100 per cent of satistacuch
for minimum of cost That's the
way he talks. Just as clever as
that"
Now this kind Of thing would he an
rlSht II 1t were sent out by the Lie
Boat Mission of the Salvation Army.
But as addressed by one ordinary
BUSINESS person to another Is
heartrending'
And vet after all, II seems that the
world likes a littte bit IF lcindhneNS, ,
the touch of nature that makes the
vince world kin" and likes hNHor9e
or aSsoriation the person or the thing
with which the kindness is connect.
ed. Indeed. If "Sen4e cf AEmnr'
means. rs it Should. sometime genial
ana kindly, something "tum3n IN the
hest and largest sen-e. th~n perhaps
II i9. after all. one of the best "husi'
ness assets that man can have.
In other words, the beginning part
of this article is all wrong.
lCopyriSht. 1881 a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-11

TT is very commonly supposed that
to laugh in adversely, to joke
over poverty and, if need to, to
4 chucklc in the penitentiary, is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-11

A GIRL came into his booth. toss
4 n ing her hat on the rack and slip
ping up into the chair. He pinned the
bib around her neck, and she opened
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-10-11
We Build from YOUR PLANS
SEE THIS ONE
TWO-STORY STUCCO WITH TILE ROOF

SINGLE GARAGE

SINGLE GARAGE
First floor living room solarium, dining room,
kitchen, large breakfast room, lavatory, boiler
ROOM
Second floor three bedrooms and bath. This
location is ideal and the lot 90x1O0
Price $4,000. Financed to suit
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-03

i cious storeroom, about 60 feet by
SO feet. The walls are finished in
light blue plaster and the ceiling in
white.
Large windows are across the front,
giving the public an unobstructed
view of the scene Of beauty in the
blue Nash models against the light
blue background.
The company offices are situated in
the rear of the showroom to the left.
The executives have every modern
convenience for the carrying on of
their office work or the reception of
guests.
7 In the rear is one of the largest
repair shops and storeroons in the
district. The shop is under the SUI
pervision of Herbert w. Mattingly,
chief mechanic.
Mattingly has had IL years expert
ence in the auto repair line. He has
worked for the Buick people in Dallas;
Cadillac Oakland and Pontiac people
in Ell Paso; Ford and Lincoln dealers
in El Paso; Dodge Buick and Chew
rolet company in Juarez, Mexico;
Star and Packard dealers in Miami,
Arizona, and at the local Dodge
agency before accepting his present
position.
Mattingly is well equipped to make
repairs on all makes of automobiles
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-03

street, where the office of DR.. q.
Causey is now located. They had a
large barn to house their livery and
transfer business. They kept six or
eight teams for the hauling work.
After remaining there about e year
they moved into the site now occu-
pied by the Arp and Arp garage. For
eight years they carried on their en-
terprise there, and then purchased
the Star stable from Ed BoWden,
where the International Commission
company is now at Twelfth street and
G avenue.
1t was in 1916 that Reay and John
son bought the lote at 1920 G. avenue
and constructed the first unit of their
present building.
The first unit was building 50x140
feet. It was one-story building,
with a basement running the entire
length. 1t had concrete floors and
roofing, making it class A fireproof
building.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-03

He has staff of two competent me-
chanics working under his direction.
General repairing, welding, body
work and other jobs are done in the
repair department. Cars are washed
in the storeroom.
The Copper City Motor company is
the farthest dealer outpost of the
Troy Motor Sales company, Nash
distributors in southern California,
Nevada and Arizona, being TAO miles
from Los Angeles by highway.
The company handles Firestone
tires.
Fred and Henry Appel in the Cop
per City Service station are equipped
and prepared to do anything in the
tire sale or repairing line or in the
gas and oil business.
They have been in business at their
present location for the past six
months having bought the business
from Bob Smith. Each has had va
ried experience in the business.
They handle Calumet oils and gas
and General and Miller tires. The
station is equipped with two large
gas pumps and a BoWser air pressure
Oil dispensary.
The Appells have the latest machin-
cry for tire repair work and maintain
a slogan of courtesy and service for
their Station. D.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-03

The Copper City Motor company at
Fourteenth street and G. avenue has
the exclusive franchise for the Nash
automobile in Cochise county.
In the same building is located the
Copper City service station operated
by Henry and Fred Appel. tt is one
OF the most modern and best equipped
service stations in the southwest.
The Copper City Motor company
has been an institution in Douglas
for many years. 1t was formerly op-
Grated by the Sonora Mercantile
company.
On January IS, 1927, Ben Cravey,
d. w. Fisher and w. A. Evans took
over the company. Evans Withdrew
q short time later and his stock was
taken over by Kenneth Haymore, who
had been associated with the Copper
City Motor company under it's old
management.
Cravey is president of the company
and Haymore holds the office of
secretary treasurer. They have an
efficient corps Of statesmen to show
the latest models designed by Nash to
the people Of Douglas and Cochise
county
The building which houses the
company is one of the show places of
Douglas automobile row. In the
front part of the building is the spa
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-03
& n a.
a. ~ -

The second unit was added in 1924.
Ii is the same size as the first but
contains no basement. The two units
give Reay and Johnson building
with 100Gfoot frontage on Douglas
main street, G avenue.
They handle the Studebaker auto
mobile, Firestone tires, gasoline and
oils, accessories and have modern
repair shop With: a staff of three ex-
peienced mechanics.
The company employs five dray
men and five automobile trucks are
used to take care of the transfer
business. The company handles pool
shipments by the carload from manu-
facturers to people in Douglas.
The present Studebaker models as
shown at Reay and Johnson's are
even more beautiful than in the. past.
The beauty of custom lines, fitments
and finish is matched in the Stude-
baker by a chassis OF rugged strength
and unfailing dependability.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-03


The models have gracefully sweep
ing lines and numerous interior and
exterior refinements. Some of Chew
rolet's quality features are one-piece
full crown tenders with bullet shaped
lamps; newly designed tire carrier;
new gas guage of proved accuracy;
AC oil filter, AC air cleaner semi
floating rear axle with @ modern one
piece pressed steel housing, and heavy
spiral bevel driving gears; a new oil
pump, flexible chrome vanadimn steel
springs, Fisher windshield with au-
tomato wiper and rear vision mirror;
new instrumental panel and many
other featuresI
The, Chevrolet has always been
noted for its economy and the latest
Chevrolet, in which is incorporated
the developments of the large staff of
General Motors engineers, is proving
nationwide sensation in its ability
to perform and in its economical OPP
Grafton.
The Simon Chevrolet company tries
at all times to have complete stock
Of the different models Of cars and
trucks, and would be glad at any time
to demonstrate the excellent qualities
| Continued on Page SevenD
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-03

A big tn:ng stressed by Simon in
his business is that the company
carries full line of Chevrolet parts
so that when Chevrolet owners need
new parts they are not inconvenienced
by having to send to the factory for
them.
The repair shop of the company is
well equipped. j. r, Baker, head
mechanic has been through the
Chevrolet school at Oakland, Calf,
where he graduated with the highest
honors.
He has had IA years of experience
in the game and thoroughly under
stands the repairing of automobiles,
specializing in Chevrolets. He has a
competent staff of men working un-
der him.
Labor is the biggest cost in auto
mobile servicing and repairing and
the Simon Chevrolet company's me-
chanics specialize in Chevrolet cars,
enabling them to quickly locate any
trouble and correct it.
Bodies for the new Chevrolets were
designed and built by Fisher. All are
finished in Duco, the outstanding
colors being beige. brown, st. James
gray and marine blue.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-03

1.-THE Most Beautiful Chevrolet in
Chevrolet History" is being sold in
Douglas by the Simon Chevrolet
company, .531 Ninth street. George
Simon is the proprietor. He became
actively engaged in the automobile
business in 1913.
At that time he was in the employ
Of local garage, later conducting a
garage at 715 G. avenue. He has
worked as q mechanic and at the
present time enjoys an intimate
knowledge of all makes Of automo-
biles. This knowledge stands him in
good stead in his present enterprise.
Simon has been in Douglas for more
than % years and knows or is known
by practically everyone in Cochise
county. For the last five years he
has been in the grocery, feed and
general merchandise business here.
On January IS, 1927, he purchased
the local Chevrolet agency from E. Fl.
Richardson. Under his direction the
firm has progressed and forged to
the front.
The Simon Chevrolet company
handles Goodyear and G.. and j.
tires, gasoline and oils and all kinds
of accessories.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-03

William j. Reay and H. H. john
son, Studebaker dealers, have been
business associates in Douglas for the
past % years forming their partner
ship in June, 1905.
Johnson came from Bisbee in 1901
to do some work and returned the
following year to make his home and
enter the transfer business. Reay
came here from New Mexico in 1908
to engage in the livery business.
Douglas then was just beginning
ito get on her feet" Construction
work was being started on the c. and
A. smelter and the Copper Queen
smelter site was being laid out.
Laborers were flocking to the city
and business in the transfer and liv-
cry lines was good So in June, 1905,
Reay and Johnson entered the part
nership that has lasted nearly a quar-
ter of a century.
Their first location was on Tenth
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-03
music CLUB
HAS GROWN
With CITY
Brings Many Fine Enter
tainmentS Here EACH
Year
(By Mrs. E. G. Piper)

The Douglas Music club was or
ganized in 1917 by Mrs. j. D. john
son, whose husband was the COM
manding officer of the 22nd infantry
stationed here at that time. The
charter membership consisted OF
about 20 women. with Mrs. G. o.
Ellis as vice president and Mrs. E. G.
Piper, secretary and treasurer.
Its object was to promote an in
tereSt in music with it's membership
limited to 40 active members. In the
course of two or three months tne
22nd was sent to another station and
Mrs. Ellis filled the chair until the
close Of the club year.
Since its organization the follow
ing women have filled the office OF
club president very effectively: Mrs
G. O. Ellis, Mrs. E. G. Piper, Mrs
F. L. Simms, Mrs. Fred Moore, Mrs
S. G. Dowell, Mrs. M. j. Anderson
Mrs. j. r. Newcomer, Mrs. A. b
Murchison and Mrs. Piper, who i
the present incumbent.
During 192O-21 the club decided to
bring in chorus members, having al
lowed an associate membership IN
1918. In 1924 the State Federation OF
Music Clubs met here, having MRS
Lyons, the national president, as their
guest.
In it's several years existence the
club has brought many splendid mu-
sical events to the city, as well as
presenting some good local programs
The next years work will follow the
old lines, only stressing study
course for both the senior, junior and
juvenile clubs.
Mrs. John r. Newcomer is tile
counsellor for the juniors; Miss Ida
Hickman for the juveniles, and Mrs
S, w. Mccall, the chairman OF music
for all the groups and lecturer for
all orchestral and piano work. Miss
Martha Criley is assistant to Mrs
Mccall.
The membership consists OF about
so active chorus and associate menl-
bers. The officers are Mrs. E. G.
Piper, president; Mrs. George Dave
vice president; Mrs. John R. New
conner, second vice president; Mrs
John Crowell, secretary; Mrs. j. M.
Johnson, treasurer: Mrs. Charles
Cunningham, librarian; Mrs. L., j
Tuttle. Mrs A. B. Murchison, Mrs.
Russell Meadows, members at large.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-03

by j. w. IARDY
1.-The Douglas Lumber company, like
all other successful business houses
of Douglas, is founded upon good
will. A good will gotten through years
OF real service. A business house
succeeds in proportion to the service
it renders in community. The
Douglas Lumber company is willing to
be judged upon that basis.
Our business is good has been fair
even through our most depressing
times, and during prosperous times
it has flourished. The officers, di-
rectors and employees Of it--have many
chances to sell, several times at at
tractive figures, but never have been
able to see where we could establish
ourselves in a better place. In other
words, we have been afraid to leave
Douglas for fear that it would amount
to what we had expected Of it, then
we would be sorry that we left.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-03
Paris Writers Like
Goose Quill Pens

PARIS. R0-The typewriter is gen.
orally accepted by American authors
as the quickest and most satisfactory
method Of setting their thoughts on
paper but in France, where art is
still spelled with a capital letter, much
of the literary output is from quill
pens. The goose quill is a standard
article at stationery stores.
The Importance Of quills came to
light recently when a newspaper con-
Quoted campaign among writer's to
discover whether they were music
lovers Many of the literary people
asserted that to their ears the sweet
est r1usic was the Squeaking of their
quill pens.