journal, .Gotland, cunday morning. " November . 0. isi3.
PERTINENT HINTS TO HOMEBUILDERS
1 f "
Exterior
''After having' obtained fomplete"plana
and specifications, the next thing ot irn
portance ia to, have the borne properly
built from 'them by a good contractor.
.', Contractors as - a., whole are honest.
capable- "inn,' who, try to do the beat
ln4 : jof ork in the beat ; ;'manner
, known to rthe trader There are, how
, ever,' black' aheep1n every 'fold.. Trob-
ably the moat, exasperating man , that
' one. can. 'attempt to do business with
.a the dishonest contractor. , , ,
. .Bonis of. hie poor work. Is (apparent
While la being done, but by fsr tho
'.' freatfr portion of it doea not show it-
.) self until a year or more after the home
la complete, it la not until the piaster
: ing falls down, , the doors go to pieces,
the plumbing leaks, the beating plant
fails to work, tba basement floor cram
bleu, or the fintsr ruba off the wood
' work,, that the Atwner. realises .that ba
r r.as been ''buncoed", and wisnes n naa
let bla contract to the man whose bid
" was thra hundred.' dollara higher and
save tho additional expenditure of thia
amount, afterwards, to say nothing of
the annoyance. . . .
v- To not let the contract to the loweat
,t bidder In, of course, not fair or Just.
. The owner should, therefore, be liure
and invite to submit figures only re
liable men to whom he would let the
contract Because, a contractor baa a
reputation for .doing, work cheap doa
-, not necessarily' recommend him, for It
, often happens that the.man who doas
work cheap doea cheap or inferior work,
wh'.ch la the most expensive kind Jn the
' long run. r The best man la the cheap-
E
BY VERY LOCATION
Bread. Water and Drainage, a
A City's f Threes Essentials, Is"
;!'- Possessed In' Plenty,
Thia la the laat of a aeriea of eight
aructea aesenpuve or an '"all tne year
round" highway route from the Cana
dian to the Mexican borders through
Central Washington. Central Oregon and
yanroroia aqvocateq py Bamuel uuu
j "Whit does the- all the - year' 'round
highway mean to Portland t" X aaked.
i "It means that thousands ot prosper
ous people who tour, the coast in their
machines will atop over for a day or two
in Portland.", said Samuel If ill. ; "They
win taae away witn tnem mere than an
impression of Portland's -beauty, for
they cannot fall to note the desirability
of Portland as a place for investment
and as a home elty. ?'-,,".':..-. i r;;7 ,
r , "Thompson says that the three things
essential to make a city are bread, wa
ter and drainage, ; Portland baa her
bread brought to her from all over the
,Wide stretchea ot the Inland Empire and
the.. Willamette valley. .Traffic, like
water, runs down bill. : Not - only the
bread, and by. that I mean Wheat but
the fruit and hops, the bogs and cattle
and sheep and all of the other products
of the drainage basin of the Columbia
flow into Portland. sf. w m -;
Hl "Portland has a water supply that la
famoua everywhere. In tact there are
A-.'i ' II put u n .'.- ...' '-t '; 'V; ( : . v . ; Cum .a : I I I :.: ' J.
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GREATNESS
FUTUR
ASSURED
PORTLAND
THE SINGLE TAX
- .. evoinxionT 11 is aireaay Being put
- . Canadian jr orthweet, and la Si
Ditlas of Pittabargii and Boranton, Pa., and Pueblo,
amPOWarao u DUt 1 into nultial
fcing-le caxere
in
teS???.!" lu77di5rlalWiio.; of our faariiwpiS ad
flflTia I mmt tt
K ,1. Z.m 4"BlnT, x " ominr, and If you want to laant more
iJ l ai!a , , I I"" axponent, "The JubUo," which ,
L. Vi. Amioa 'nmental demooraoy la all things, feouadid
by Z.ola r. yosl, now Assistant Ssoratary of I.aoo at WasbiSgtOn, , '
Three booklets oa The Clngle Or
Xx and The Public 13 weeka, Z3C
ON SELECTING;A GOOD CONTRACTOR
, and interior arrangement of ideal ,
est regardless of bis price, provided tba
i is reaaonaoie.
" -' rxoftt Xnst 9a KatuaL ' 1 -)
' Any transaction to be "mutually at
Isfgctory; must be mutually profitable.
l get good work you must allow a
reasonable profit. i i Vt S : f '" r
To mak aura that your lowest con
tractor ts a gooa man is a simple mat
ter. . Ask hlnv f or references. Tell him
that you want to sea,;; soma ,. ot the
homes he has built, preferably several
built a year pr two back. : If Jie doea
business 'on', tha square." he will be
glad to have you look' him tip. Then
talk with the owners of the vhomts
ba refers you to. They will i tell you
what kind of a man be ia to do buai
neaa. with, and you. can see with your
own eyes if his. work stands, the test
of time and wear wall, , i '-..!,.
lltv la best to .let the con tr acta for
the general -construction, the v. plumb
lng - and heating - separately. If ..all
the A work is let to ' the general con
tractor, he will Invariably sublet the
last ,i two - Items , to sub-contraetora,
from whom he will, In turn, obtain
competitive figures and charge the
owner about 10 per cent of their eoat
for acting aa middleman. ' When tha
owner obtains bis own bids on heat
lng and plumbing he baa the oppor
tunity of selecting his own '. sub-contractors
and aavea the ten per oent
When It comes to writing up the con
tract It is beat to have an attorney at
tend to It. since this is essentially un
attorney's work. The blank form c-f
contract which some architects . carry
on hand covers the average home or
building fairly well, but ca contract
few cltlaa so bleaaed in their waUr sup
ply aa la Portland with' iu - Bull Run
water. ' L6a Angeles la spending millions
to get What Portland haa secured at
small expense. . : rfi
. "Not only ba Portland the bread. and
water to eat and drink, but It has the
Columbia and the Willamette, to serve
perpetually as great ; , highways over
which ber heavier travel may be moved
and to serve the equally important pur
pose of keepng the rail rates down.
"Portland also has - the drainage so
that she baa the essential elements for
the making of a city and no tourist or
visitor ean stay Here long without real
ising the possibilities of her future
greatness. . -i . :i . '' ! iV .
"One" ot the first . problems V in. the
maxing ot a great cuy is tne maiter ox
raw products and ' transportation. No
one will 'deny that Portland has ou
abundance of the raw products and end
less possibilities for the production , of
more,;: with the raiiroas centering in
Portland, - with its. electrlo- lines and
with its water transportation. Pprtland
haa all of the elements Of future great
neaS from the standpoint of transporta
tion. To make-transportation profitable,
there must be people. No matter bow
rich the garden of Eden was, the trans
portation companies would not have
been able to declare very heavy divi
dends hauling Adam and Eve around the
Garden of Eden, and so the problem for
the transportation companies la to at
tract a desirable class of settlers, men
and women who will go out on the land
and become - producers, and , become
more than mere v producers, become
prosperous and contented family units
of our atata for our atata'a nmaoarltv la
based on the welfare of the family. A
population of bachelors will never make
a great clty.w They may make a mining
camp nut what-becomes of the camp
wnen tne truce plays outr - The men
scatter all over the world, . ,
ropiuatum and lead. -
"Do you remember what Jimm t
Hill said some time ago, Population
without land la a mob and land without
population laawlldernessr We have the
lana, we bave room, for the population.
What do you know about
this ' great reform that '
promisee the solution of
va social end industrial
to practioal taat. i
on at on, Tmeki, and the -,
Colo., have fnaa baaa
There are a aoora nr nor.
ma 4m 9im, .......' uvl... a.
THE PUDLIC
Ellsworth Building, CIHCAGO
residence.
vtfrles to some '.extent , in Its require
ments, nd even when a bfank form is
used it Is best to bave an attorney fill
it out , It is then done right Archi
tect have to be Informed on a great
many tradea and profeealona. but they
are not Uwyera and cannot be expect-
w uui wwjrwi ana cannot oe expeoi-
ed to know any more about the technical
pitfalls of the law than a lawyer does
about the atrength . of building ma-
itertalg. v i i i vri ja ;;
What Specification Is.
Some pepple ake the mistake of
thinking, that a specification t is the
building form of 'Contract If la "not
k?n'dTworkn??ns'nr
ntJilJS'i
!mSJf rm
pecif,1.U?on Xh Y.orln. lraT:
re -StrSS
trriwri' .t
fficilfVt.
financial, aundlng. , Remember, if be
.... '-'." ' -
abor. you wMi have to do ao, for. in
the eyes of the law, -he la your agent!
The house ia on your property. Md til
haa merely, made a convenient, arrange-1
MSj aa V r . r A mm y. w . ea aa . 'O r n ae aa aian S mm VI 1 sll 114
V . "
it for soar . If you intend to require your
euuir&tior (urouu a tobb you anuuia i
ao inform hlmr before be blda or else
stand the expense youraelf. - i J
, The proper construction and artiatia
appearance of a home do not depend so
much upon the proper writing of a con
tract or the furnishing of j bond aa it
doea upon the proper preparation, of the
piana ana speciHcauon. ana wm "meo-
tion of a reliable contractoiv? vrv I
It'ia Up to ua to aee that we get the
right type or population for the land.
Natioif building la involved. In city
building, for a nation la merely an ag
gregation of 'units and a city or a com-1
m unity can taiae or lower the standard
or the entire nation. S.r'y:''Mi
UniverthrPoTuand SZ
While nature baa been good to Port'
tTJtit
ieop" that ifc?VejS ' J Bll
once saldj "It ia the oeonle hat'wW
ove?coalmtp.y 'tSeoeb ' Byhul
epigram ha meant , that it la the people
ment' .- ..-?;?c. . . . j
t. "One-fourtn of the nonulaUon of the
globe Is on the Atlantio ocean, t Three- j
fourths of the population of the e-lobal
ia along tb. pacific. - Wha( we lack
here in Portland Is breath of vlaion.
What most men Jack, In fact, is the abll-
ity to look, into the future. When the
urai aatuera 01 roriiana ' maae . tneir i
"'row sireeis ..inrougn tne tail tim
ber, they made them narrow so as to
save the extra labor of cutting down
the treea and improving a Wide atreet
They looked at Portland In the light Of
a village or. a email community. What
we must avoid bera la having our build
ings grow up into sky-scrapers, thua
making narrow canyona of our atreete.
We have the room' to expand and we
anouia ao so. The time la coming when
all of the land on the west aide, not on
the bills, will be the business dlstrlot
The residences will cover the hills and
go on the east mA'Urli?Av:T,:j,M'i
"Every indication points to a dense
population along the coast Climati
cally, and from the standpoint ot phy
sical geograpny, i-omana is oestlned to
be one of the great cities on the Pacific
Mental activity is stronger here, There I
la not the lassitude to be found further
south. There la not the constant fight
against nature to be found farther
north. ( -i r
We are always In sight of the moun
tains Whica are an inspiration to
nigner . ideals and civ!a righteousness.
Did you ever- stop to think that no
nation surrounded . by mounlalna has
ever been alaveaT Take the mountainaara
Of Spain, of SwlUerland, of Montene
gro, uo wnere you wiu. you will find
them a tree, hardy and courageous peo-
"There is a line aomawhara in ttrit.
ish Columbia, traveUng southward to a
point In California where the and is
. wnaia irn cumaie is mild,
wnere me ooniutlons are ideal ami
wnere in tne ruture,. we are to have
our. densest , population, in, the United
ETUtea Our Cities Will ba almoat m.
tlnuoua through the eatablishment of
homes on small tracts, ?.;? t ,x.w ',v
Environment Za Ail Zmportant.
'A man to do hla beat mint -
rleht environment That ' we are af
fected by our environment anyone who
has ever lived in the tropics can eaallr
prove. If a silk worm faila off a mul-
borry leaf, Jt dies. Ehopenhauer ayH,
'A man 1a what h eats.' or. It la put
; even mor graphically In . tha eaylnr.
'Tell m what you at ana I will tell
you what you are,'
"Did you ever atou to reason why
l Portlana ha tha elementa . of futur
t greatneaa as a cJty not possessed by
many other cities ? Take any of the
larger eastern cities If you want to
get awa from the east wind or from
the constant and "trying-.; . changes ' ,of
temperature or the slush and cntumiv
In Portland, within a few houra' rid.
I except tha sub-tropical. A three-hour
i ride will DUt van tt .Thi Dalles of ftt
MaryhllL where even In winter you win
find a braolng air and sunny weather.
you want, vne mountains, in three
houra you can smell the resinous sptcy
odors of the fir or pine. Three hour
will put you at the. acacoaat where vo j
can hear. ,the murmur of the aurf -aa it
breaks ceaselessly- on th.. foam-wet
hore. -' 4, 'ir.: v .v. , - ' . 'i ' , "i . v
"Ufa Is a' ouestfon of f.iiin.. . a
pint cup ean be just as full aa a quart
cup. In Portland Ufa can be full. Nature
la so prodigal and man haa ao multi
ple bl eapaclty for enjoyment. In
other worda, we bav speeded' tap our
llyes, so that where the pioneer used
the oi-o.rt and the pony .express we
have luxurious train, tha lrnh
the telephone, the. typewriter, the aten
oarapher, the dictaphone and a score of
other labor-saving devices whereb on
man can accompuan in one day what li
i wuuio. ibk score or men to do a
i few decades ago, '-.;
"After 1 HIT ha fair.. .... - It.
bread and water and drainage, It turns
to the ; aesthetlo aide of , life. A man
can only bring back from a foreign
country what ha , baa taken there. He
can only get out of a book what be
takes to the .book. In other words. If
we hava a narrow vision and nv
and email, we will not get the greatest
"uIor ur"vea or ror our city.
The constitution, as von win .
member, aaya wa are to' provlda for
I the common defense and i nromota th
general welfare, if I ever bad a slogan
or a motto It would ba that phrase,
to promote the general Welfare, for In
no way can a man make hi a life worth
more than by try in tu ti of .1 Km, 4a him
fellow men in other words promoting
the general welfare. That' r aa.fi v i. h.
main-spring In aU of ray deslra to sea
bettej" roads. That la why Portland will
ba benefited by the bulldln of hih.
waya,' . . .y -;v '. -sw.-. . ... i , , ..
"If you have read touv Tfln
will remember whara r JkAttl ansae. Ir-aa a
jnw mo Ming separated by moun -
tains and mutual distrust. Make It easy
fwyn w travel ana they will get
acquainted with each other You wilf
at leaat break down th na i.
trust If 'you hava
X,": 1
I trie. whToh' ;,"ow" IfSS!? f?"n-
Uted. are most civilized. "
land an- .r.; """""i vv
Drese? -hTJl tl n,Int,eancL cf our
of service Tto our ?l or
S, SIT! :1J2,2' ?ur..,tat nI
I our-nation it.i . . -- -
one oi thmJr?Tt? J j,e"Unedl to
0 6 the great clUes of the country."
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INhW SALES RFPflRTPn .
;, ' 77: .7
5 V O !' bULUMislA I HUST
i Tr?.,Vo 5.
I Th Columbia Trust
Et fHw.i1 k A th C0Pn
SS!L81 "d ?olWl"- ' Oregon
SSIf -STOf' ?.Becon' Church of
Ch Sc'enUst 112.600; B. M. Ander-
ttJ?-iZJrs'Tim'J t Hood
SillSnifLw- IwXk $12,000;
2T fa ?lt5r ftmPny to local - In-
veTto 50U" It in Vernon. $8000.
J. C. Meehan, local T. M. C A. offi-
ci. m purcnasea house and let on
East Tbirty-elghth and Knott atreeS?
in Beaumont, mmm.hm.. t..r , . "
W. H. FitiM i,.. .,.w
house and lot la Beaumont next to the
AsBaaaivi . , . . I
w,w oni on jsast Forty-aec.
ond atreet for tJ7SK , : ; i , .
jr. ,i. jmuer, vice- president of tha t I
I P. Co., haa recently takan tin.
to a very complete bungalow on East j
cuiu'Hraaa BireE near- jrmnn(' .tn.
4500.
J. O. Convll. tatalv i.i(i ...i.
lent superintendent of Darks, aa nur. I
j chased, the aix room bungalow on Eait
Forty-second near Knott for f000.
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HARTMAN & THOMPSON
; REPORT REALTY DEALS
-..Sa -
Hartman" A Thomnaon mail id.
wing aalea thia week- thronri. h.f I
reauy aaparunent. I
m . . f I
House and lot In Rosa Citv Papfc a I
N. Holrne on. acre In Pirkrose io
52T CJ? rawrec rtwo
fJ?d crea to r, A. Bennett at
F,t tyton; thirty acres near Turner
Moal: .even'
"rr"""on. lP. '
tocaine ctoia in violet.., .
Paris. Nov. AT new matho n ,.
illicit sale ot druga baa been discovered
to meet the ever era win- damanA t I
Montmartre. .
A young man named Daniel Gay baa
been arrested by detectivee whUe in the
act of selling small bundles of cocaine
conceaiea in punches of violets.
CLOGS THE KIDNEYS
f0lBtiliy0tiraCJ: AQXta
ot ldder bothen you--I)rink
more water.
URIC A ID IN MEAT
tf n.u. ..llirht thev havine to eexrv a candle or
aat It, but flush your kidneye with I
occasionally, . aays a , noted au- I
thorlty who telle ua that meat forma
brio acid which almost paralyses the
birtn.va in th.i, .f(-(-i. "
rw" w T'". V"H
ioe oiooa. ; xney; Become aiuggisn.and
weaken, than von auffar with a. Ji.iii
misery in the kidney region, aharo ealna
in the back or elck beadach dlaslneaa.
your atomaoh aoura. tongue la coated
mi whan tha mmmtwm la h. .... l
rheumauo 'iwlng;i" The TurlnV SaZ wIfe
cloudy, fuU of sediment the channels told ma th -hrhCd tlxedo tha room
often get sore and irritated, obliging it? 2fEwt i-.. L
van aair r.tia . .h.-l iZl5 wouldn t X please send her a girfi
r,.fci ii,V . " . t
JJ2lta?il?rtl' inl l 'f P
J1y RfiTroman''nn'.0.0 '
Jad Baits from any phamacrP here;
take a tablespoonful in a class of Watar I
w5S!l AaJS wh0 know how to cook and do house
your kidneys win then act fine. This work are not only easier to work for
famous salta is made from the acid of but they know how to rat mnoh
YAtmmiZ.lUw U8t the day before Thanksgiving
to flusb and stlmuate sluggish kldneva. ant .v m. -.r, v.. . - "
:iVtin?"LVi"
Z7 11 "," auua. anojogiine xnajixagiving dinner. I asked her
bladder weakness, v, ....... -.: v If the turkey would be stuffed and she
Jad Baits ia IneXDenaive! cannot in. I mmiA v.- t ......
- t . - " " - --a- a
J ""y.fll m"KM a delightful ef f ervea-I
cent llthla-water drink. I
FINDING WORK FOR GIRLS,
; HAS MANY DIFFICULTIES
i : v. m v . i m m ' ,
! m ; .:
. L
1 uonBoanco waeaiuoa, eecreiar
!
t , ;
Bureaa.,
By V. W.,
Getting the girl a lob. ' v
ifiJS kDerVtXyr
It's one of the big problems of -social
" I... , Question, larger than that of
fe,f in" 007 . ,00'
i gina, , ana moreover, Dy i irainmg- ana
temperament, they seem better fitted to
' la few places in Portland la there a
hrreater aodal and economic service be-
. .c. uui we
" Performed than in the employment
bureau of the ToUng Women's ChrUtUn
I Association. ' -
: "l P aoeount of the number
I or peoP' 3 .caI the bureau in
!!rjc5,."1 rJZl.wr',-
V"""", iw
R 7mr'li "people' "wS cam a" Into
TPrin offlceVirled from 47 to
each .day. Theee figures do not include
thoae whom I met in the waiting room
and told that I did not have their kind
of work at that time, or the great ntMnf
bar of telephone calls, for I have j,an
assistant whose entire time ia given over
to anawering f the telephones! During
the month of September 295 placea were
I e through the aaaoelaUon bureau,
"Our- new rooma .in . the remodeled
iKntMin. . -. t...nM
I.M kh.w .. - t,.M .
claaa of people who tfted the eunahlne
. . 4 a . m m .
lana rrean air, ia me peopie wno come
ft tha hnraau. . Thr maka rood of
the magazines, too, and I am always
Irl to see a girl reading, or better
u,, doing a bit of embroidery or tat
ting while she waita, rather . than
sit
atari ng at the walla.
"We secure all possible Information
concerning both employer and employe
be,or fIU,B" potlona and make every
effort te fit the girl to the niece, be
cause a girl who ia perfeetly satisfac
tory with one mistress may be . abso.
lutely impossible with another as the
point on which : binges the pleasing of
some women is scarcely considered by
others. ; Some women want girle -who
are good with children, others require
them to wear a uniform, aome require
- ..... MM4
1 " vw-vwm u4 uu
"" omera me trauty to cooa
.SP.-
VrSTStr their
acarcely any time off. This par-
tlcular subject haa been responsible for
"TL - .ff -
lV - -Va TX
an,. I.
:;Vi. J J Jf-. S ZlT".:i
Ume does a girl have after doing tip
tv.. lnnv. n-w M A.a.
do a litUe shopping and get home by
I o'clock to get dlnnerf
"I bave a syatem by which I keep the
name, addreaa and telephone number
of employers and employes who frequent
tne bureau.' - On these cards I note the
date a girl takes position, the date
she leaves it and the reason. After
three unfavorable reports from either
side X talk very plainly.' I had three
consecutive complaints of a girl's indlf
f erenoe, whereupon I told ber that
would recommend ber to Just one more
place and If a similar complaint came in
I could not send ber out again, thus
endangering the prospects of oapable.
faithful girle. She listened and heeded
end la a till at that fourth place, and
that incident was five months ago.
"Three girls came back from a cer
tain borne, each bearing a tale of the
uncomfortable room they were obliged
to occupy. it bad neither tire nor
l!f,.n- " V?? 2.p.w TJ"7 . n 1 !.ftndv l!
V v 1. T"U"
had Ktien rTic laewhere.j , When this
woman f nd ,a?lf1 nie why
Ishe could not keep a girl. I told her
varv . nlalnlv that th. Ma.nn h- -n,,!
Ui'wZ a ' tiT . ra r V,
not keepagirl waa on aocount of that
"J. "A l.f ?ul! B0 nd ? .n
S"'?. A1"." .3T SLVlutZ
!?titffiSE&,ffi
naro tnat I waa afraid the association
aia and she la there yet for the wo-
r-ally vwy nioJ woman. but
."Tn ""tr of training; in domestic
science for both mistreea and maid Is
imr..... .
o' ko'rs the next day VoooiT
aw a, vwMva Hw.f . tuvn ' a aao rvrtl IltT 1L
the pln-feathera had been removed and
her -What?" over the tcleDhon. iniJ
01 u x, w,,;, A, jumpioymeni
cated that her knowledge of pin-feathers
waa very limited. I also found out
that the pies - were not made and
finally sent the woman a caterer, who
was busy all day preparing that dinner.
The woman meant all right but she
simply didn't know. Many women are
sending their alrls to our domestic sci
ence classes and paying their tuition,
others are attending and paying them
selves in' tne hope of bettering them
selves. In other , instances women are
taxing courses in cooking and then arc
teaching their girle what they learn.
Kind of Work la -Demand.- '
"General housework, cooking, child
nursing, sewing, second work, kitchen
helper, chamber r work, waitress, house
keeper, governess and day ; work of
cleaning are the kinds of work most
often asked for. Then we furnish ex
tra help for wholesale houses.
"Recently a woman called up and
wanted me to send her a scrub woman
to massage ber neck. I asked ber why
she wanted a scrub-woman and she re
plied in all seriousness. Because she is
sure to have good strong arms. I sent
the acrubwoman and I guesa the re-
auiis were aauaiactory. . .
'.The women who come for day work
le surprisingly large, they Include wo
men witn sick husbands, whom . they
have to care for at night; women whose
nusDanaa nave aeaertea them and wid
ows who are obliged to be at home with
their children. " Foreign glrla are also
adopting tne plan of doing day work,
a group of them take an apartment and
men so out to do catering, cleaning,
etc, by the day. '-?. - :' w. '.-; ';
"The foreign glrla who moat often
come to ua' for employment art Ron a.
mian, Bwiaa, Scandinavian, j . Flemish.
Oerman and Icelandic. : Jewish glrla al
most never seek oomes tic employment.
uuk mjr worn in arreat numDers . in
stores, ahopa, etc., and they are found
in great numbers In beauty ahopa.- Fre
quently glrla come to ua who. want of.
f ice work or some other special kind of
employment and upon questioning them,
I find they haven't the first idea of
what they are asking, they know abso
lutely nothing -about business. ; -
. Xmpostorg Axe rreguent.-":' '
The impostor find her wav n 4fca
employment bureau Just as she does
other places.' A few daya agar a woman
atuck her head in the door and ai na
me, said with much disgust VO. you're
here yet are your I answered. Tea, I
am here and X bave oa my records all
three of the names that you have gone
under in Portland.' whereupon the wo
man grabbed bold of her husband ana
said. Come on. John, she'a Just as darn
particular as ever and out they went
I cooperate with the Associated Chart-,
Does Your Business Need
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-An Infusion of New Blood?
NAPOLEON SAID"I WIN MY BATTLES
, WITH MY lVIAIHALS." ; ; ;
" He picked' the men whom he could rely .
: upon 'and gave them opportunity by throw-'
ing responsibility on them. '
I am not 'looking for an ordinary open- .
v tog, but for ' the right opportunity with the 1
-. right man. " i- -
The1 job I accept, or .'the business that I
invest in, must be' one that will keep me .
' hustling to keep, up its requirements; and one '
' . to' inspire all the initiative; energy and ability
V that lean muster,' ;
, I do not pose as' a geniusmerely a reli
able, wide-awake individual, who can' adapt'
k himself to your business and grow as duties
, and ' responsibilities are placed on my shoul- '
dersv Married, age 32, record clean, executive
1 experience; busy now, but looking for bigger
opportunity. - -
" ' w Tie man who, reposes confidence, in
1 s will be repaid with the full loyalty and fid:!
t ity that it merits.
To meet ma hzts to f;rc, r"T
ties and other chariu.!-'. i. t i '
gnnlzatlons in an fff.'tt to w. t . t t .
impostors and serve the 1. . i vin-r. "
Impostor isnot conflne.l la t),e v? -" V
seeking employment, I hn.l a in.in ttn
in the Other day w caring' a w.t..: -i ." .1
ault of. brown velvet and atiylnir that t.e
raised hogs brown velvet anj hog a, a
somewhat .unusual combination to )
sure, but of couraa there la money In
hogs. He wanted a housekeeper, but I
soon found through. ., tils unwillingness
and Inability to give proper recommon
WfiWMojUh..." A(ii
eon 'to Ivhom I could send a Woman or
irii''vr
"Portland women are aa a rule very
charitable in their dealings with girl,
as they well understand the selection ct
a girl with me and with them Is more
or less of a lottery. When a girl comes
In to tell me about her mistress and de .
ciarea 'She's a lady,' I know that woman
la Inherently courteous and I am always
Willing to give ber my beat girls. ,4
"No fee la required either of mlstreas
or maid, but we do try to-get the girls '
to Join and become happy members of '
our international family. Last year
several, times we turned , these bureau
rooms into living rooms for the evening '
and gave national parties; , one party "
was for Swedish girls, i another for '
Scandinavian and another for German '
glrla. They entered into the spirit if
the occasion, got acquainted With each
other and with ua and had a splendid '
time, j Then at the conclusion of the
Sunday afternoon vesper service - we'
bave a social hour over the tea cups. 5
Many of the girls who first knew us'
through the bureau are new members
of our various educational classes, some j.
taking sewing or cooking, others etudy--.
lng the English branches and man v an.
Joying-the work of. the gymnasium. ' v
FRENCH GOVERNOR HAS . ;
VERY; HISTORIC SWORD
Paris.' Nov7 a. When Kintr Alfona
and President Poincare were returning;
oy train recently rrom Toledo to Madrid
the king noticed a aword that General .
Lyautey, the French military governor
of Morocco, waa wearing, -Surely, that
is a sword with a history. General," h
said, "it ia not of modern design." -
fit belonged to my grandfather, aire." '
replied General Lyautey. t "He was an '
officer in the army ot Napoleon J." The
general drew hie aword and banded it to '
the king, who read out alowlv the namea
of the great battles engraved on the '
blade and kissed the blade gravely. , .
He then banded back the. aword to.
General Lyautey, who, deeply touched by
the graceful act aaluted and returned It
to its scabbard, ' . , ' '
PERSONAL ESTATE OF .
, JOHANN SEBASTIAN SOLD
Vienna. Novi .-i-The past few weeks
have witnessed the eele under the ham-'
mer of the personal effect of Johann.
Sebastian, brother ; of Frans Josef I.,
who was last year legally declared
dead, ater, a 'disappearance Of twenty '
yeara He la remembered - as. "John
Ortb." and as a lover ot music and art
his life was ideal. - v v t-
When' he married pretty little Frau. .
leln Stubel of the Vienna stage, be was
obliged to retire into, the background,
but never was he lost eight of. in true
democratic simplicity be mingled with
the musical Bohemia of Vienna and
Gmunden,, and artists from every na
tionality were bis guests and constant
companions. Hie death ia shrouded irt
mystery, but he ia thought to have been
lost at eea on bis way to the western -hemisphere
in search of freedom in his.,
private life. , i - . . .. a ,
ENGLISH ADMIRALTY To i '
ESTABLISH AERODROME
London, Novl SiA conference be
tween representatives of the admiralty
and the Dundee harbor trust made pro-
visional arrangements for a v seven
years' leaae of a site on the Tay within
half a mile of the submarine base,, for
the establishment of a.-, navy. : aero
drome, !A' ,. --'j v- :v-.!
The station will bave accommodation .
for 1 machines, and launching ways, '
will be laid down. -U Is probable that
this base will be the headquarters Jr
Scotland of the naval aircraft and that
a repair factory will also be erected, .
KING AND QUEEN MUCH "
-AFFECTED BY DISASTERS
London, Nov.. (.Few -realise - how
profoundly great . disastera lnvolvlntr
lose of life affect King " George and
Queen Mary..;; There are A always, of
course, the royal messages of sympathy,
but the majority of these are read by
the public ,ae merely formal announce
mentc A-r--"; 1" - "V--- i"- i- -
As a sailor King George was deeply
affected by the terrible Volturno disas
ter and Queen' Mary was even more up
set by the awful coal mine tragedy in
South Wales. Both of these calamlttcs
cast a gloom over Buckingham palace '
and added to them waa the fear of suf
fragette disturbances. . r