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About Semi-weekly Bandon recorder. (Bandon, Or.) 1910-1915 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 12, 1913)
Semi-Weekly Bandon Recorder, December 12, 1913 SPECIAL PATTERN PICTORIAL REVIEW The "Minaret" Lady Woll Ml IS i.V SIZE 18 WCHCS Pi Select your Holiday if Gifts now while the stock is com plete. Goods bought now will be taken care of and delivered any time before Christmas. THE (OLDEN RULE STORE THEFTS IN HOTELS Traps to Catch Guests That Have the Souvenir Fad. DETECTIVES AND DIPLOMACY. Tho Two Combine In a Very Effective Way to Foil the Efforts of Those Who Feel It a Duty to Help Themselves to Fine Linen and Silverware. Tho concerted action of tho houso de tectives of nil tho InrRO hotelp in Airier, len hati carefully extracted tho points from two erstwhile excellent stories, the Hint, ascribed to Adclo Ritchie, who, when asked onco If she had ever heen in Kansas City, replied, "1 can't Juat remember, but t will look unions my towels and see," und the second tho more pathetic narrative of the young man who was obliged to break off his ciiKUKcnicut because as he left tho (lining room -of a large hotel with his llancee a number of forks nnd spoons fell from tho sleeves of her sown, for the house detectives have devised a "system" whereby the man or woman who wants to take a souve nir from u'lilR hotel rinds her path be set with almost Insurmountable dlfll cuttles The matter Is carried on with the greatest art fulness. There are no "hurt feelings," no bones broken, no arrests made. The holise detectives' simply extract tho unrightfully attached articles as painlessly as they extract the points from old stories, nnd In the: great ma jority of cases the frustrated "borrow er" never knows at all what happened to him. Klrxt tho detective Is provided with n complete list of everything which Is owned by the hotel every particle of linen, silver, soap. etc. Then he dele gates the responsibility for tho caro of them to various head waiters, waiters, housekeepers and chambermaids. Then he gels a list each day of new arrivals and of those who having re mained a few days are preparing to leave. From these lists of occupied rooms the detective calculates tho areas whero trouble might possibly brew and Into these he goes with his subdivided lists and a chocking up book, Tho chambermaid is required to glvo an exact account In of every piece of linen she has supplied to tho man or woman who Is nlxnit to leave. This Is in turn taken to the laundries, where a lialanco Is jjiade of those sheets, towels, etc., which have coino out of each room. If there Is n precise Wnlancothu matter ends there, but woo "to tho wo man who believes that tho towels rIio placed carefully In her ticked trunk will not bo "missed." Her trunks and bags on their way downstairs are simply carried to tho basement floor ns If by chance, and there tho house detective, with the Old of a skeleton key, goes through them FREE! We will Rive a pattern of this beautiful iloll's dress to every child that calls at our Pattern Dcpiirtmcnt.accompanieilbyan adult, during the coming week. Get one for your little girl to-day. It's FREE. In addition to this free pat tern, we have an extensive assortment of PICTORIAL REVIEW DOLL PATTERNS in all styles and sizes at our Pattern Counter. It Is very gently removed nnd check ed up on the housemaid's list, nnd the trunk Is carefully repacked nnd re locked. Nothing Is loft to glvo wnrn Ing that the search has been made, and nothing Is over by nny remotest chance said to the departing guest She Is sent, cheerily on her way re joicing and is usually perplexed out of all reason to account for the fact that the towels and pillow cases that she knows well she put Into her trunk hnve mysteriously disappeared. Do yon suppose for n moment that this Is an extreme case nor even n rare one? It happens on an average once a day In every large holel In Xew York and with nlmost ns astound ing frequency In Roston. Philadelphia and Chicago. And In the case of sllvorwnro the matter Is almost ns simple, though remedying these thefts requires taking Into your confidence at least the innn who pays the bill, for every waiter has had his eye trained to count np the sil verware while he Is placing the linger bowls, nnd If so much as one small spoon Is not where It should be It Is unostentatiously placed upon the bill. The hotel graciously leaves It to tho discretion of the escort as to whether or not the culprit shnll be told. Rut at least It does not permit him to ho en lightened only by the belnted method of a leaky sleeve. Again, the head waiter will assure you that this happens, not onco or twice, but ceaselessly. "Many a woman that thinks sho's got away with it would bo surprised to know that It Is down In black and white on her escort's check nnd tlint both he nnd the hotel know Just how mnny spoons and forks she Is taking home with her." said one genial head waiter, who viewed the business with considerable Indulgence. Now York Times. i French Fairy Tales. Trench nursery literature If poor In rhymes Is singularly rich In fairy tales. Three of the world's greatest fairy tale writer were French Ln Fon taine. Charles Perrault the Countesi P'Aulnoy. Of these three the greatest In this particular line was undoubtedly Charles Perrault. to whom we owe "Cinderella." "Puss In Roots" and "Rluebeard." Rut the Countess D'Aul nov pave us the "Yellow Dwnrf" nnd "Reaut.v and the Ileast" To Antolne fJalland. another Frenchman, we hnvo to render thanks for the first European translation of tho "Arabian Nights." London Chronicle. fivery right nctlon and true thought (Ms the seal of Its beauty on the per son and the face. John Rusktn. Ribbons, The original spelling of ribbon wns ribband, for It was n band that went around the waist. Inclosing or binding the ribs. The hair ribbon Is thus n very odd verlaJ. .paradox. Slzo of Queensland. To glvt? Mime Idea of the fite of Aus tralia. Queensland nlono Is Iiulf as big afralti as Gtiriiinny. Austria and Hun gry put together. Ita arenas HCS.107 sijuuro lulled, , BOTH WERE STUBBORN. e Lots of Good Will Power Was Wasted In Mere Obstinacy. o now much perfectly good, service nblo will power people waste In mora obstinacy! Martha Malonc, after work ing three years for Mrs. Rlxby, up pearedone morning nt Mrs. Wilson's back door and applied for a place. "Why," said tho surprised Mrs. Wil son, "I thought you were working for Mrs. Rlxby!" "I was, mum. Rut I've quit." "Is that so?" Mrs. Wilson could not conceal her surprise, "I thought you liked her." v "Indeed I do, mum." "And I'm sure she liked you." "I believe she did, muni. Ler-twlse eho always seemed to." "Well" Mrs. Wilson was still won dering what the trouble hnd been. "Well," said Martha, seeing tlint eoino explanation was expected, "you see. It was like- this, mum. 1 always put tho blue chlnn plates on the right hand side of the cuplToard, nnd this morning tho missus comes along and moves 'em nnd says. 'Martha, every mornln for three years you've put the plates on the wrong side nnd I've had to come nlong and move them, nnd I can't stund It nny lrfuger.' "And," said Mnrtha, "I says to her, 'Mrs. Rlxby, every mornln' for three years I'vo put them plates In the right place nnd you'vo come nnd moved them, and then I bad to come along and movo them back, nnd 1 can't stand It an7 longer either.' "And so I quit." Youth's Companion. QUEER TRAP FOR LIONS. Fly Paper Caught and Held the Mon stor Man Eaters Helpless. You know what a ferocious, power ful beast the Hon is. You can linagino whnt strong chains it would take to hold hltn fast. So can you even Im agine a lion captured with fly paper? Well, not so very long ago four hugo man eating Hons were taken In that manner nt the village of Gwallor, In India. ;It happened that tho headman of the village wns nblo to shut tho four Hons up In n hut into which they had ventured In senroh of prey. Ho kept them thus barricaded for nearly two weeks, no one being willing to attempt to enpturo them. Finnlly ho thought of a scheme tlint proved ns successful ns It was original. no had thousands of sheets of fly paper spread on tho ground before the entrance to tho hut. Then Hiuldenly tho barricades were lifted and the four Hons came bounding out Into the fly pnper. Of course It stuck to their paws, nnd of course when they tried to lick It oft It stuck fast to their faces nnd heads. The Hons protnpUy forgot all about human beings nnd In their wild endeavors to got rid of tho fly pnper rolled over and over on tho ground, roaring nnd fighting for breath. Then tho headman and his follow ers rushed forwnrd with long ropes, lassoed tho plunging Hons and tied Uiem up fly paper and nlll Iondon Tit-RIts. Successful Disappearance. Ono of the most successful disap pearances on record was of William Howe. IIowo was a successful trades- man in Jcrmyn street, nnd one morn ing In 170(1 ho left his wife, telling her that ho had business In the city. Ho never enmo buck, nnd nfter somo years nn act of parliament wns spcclnlly passed to enable Mrs. Howe to admin ister her husband's estate. Then ono evening in 1723 tho "widow" received a letter requesting nn Interview. Mrs. Howo duly kept tho appointment and discovered her husband. He hnd been living In disguise in tho same neigh borhood nil the time, ho explained, nnd keeping n close eyo upon tho move ments of his wife. It Is said that tho reunited couple lived happily over aft erward. London Standard. The Only Cure. Mrs. ICecpup tunde It her prlvato nnd particular business to hnvo whatever her neighbor had, whether it was n question of chickens or dlsenses, so when Mrs, Gottheru complained to her one day of insomnia Mrs. Keepup was ready for her. "I hnvo it, too, very badly at times." "Whnt do you do for It. .Mrs. ICecpup?" "Why, I hnve nev er found anything that did me any real good except to go to bed nnd sleep It off." Very Strange. Mr. Fuss (furiously) It Is mighty strange you can't look nfter things a Ilttlo better. Here I wunt to shave, nnd thero Isn't a drop of hot water here. Mrs. Fuss (icily) It Is strange. Why, that's the ono thing I'vo never been 'out of since I married y,ou! Ex change. Danger Not Imminent. "Rotter go home, Jimmy. Your moth er Is looking for you." "11ns she got too hairbrush with her?" "No." "Then I guess I'll play nwhllo long er." llttsburgh Post. One Mind. "Henry," called Mrs. R. over tho partition in tho voting booth, "how are you going to vote on ameudmeut No. C? He 1 am going to vote "yes." J She No, you're not; you're going to vote "no." I have changed my mind. -LUO. Human experience, Hko tho stern lights of n ship nt sea, illumines ovly tho path which we have passed over. Coleridge. C-imwtoiw,m JfnmSi Swh.hiihiiimo.u-- 'JSL W Presents Rsanrlnn KmriitiiVia If So Call At The Bandon Drug Company We have over two hundred designs with prices to suit all From $1.00 to $12.00 each Every Conklin or Williamson Pen Guaranteed Oregon Agricultural College Farmers' Week, December 8th to 13th. This will he a notahlc event in the edu cational history of Oregon. Farmers' Co-operation will he the leading tonic of a stiimilathur series of lectures. The week "ill he crowded with discussions and demonstrations in everything that makes for the welfare of the farmer anil home maker. Winter Short Course Jan. 5 to 30, 1913 The college has spared no clfoit to make this the most complete short course ia its history. V very wide range of courses will he olfercd in General Agricul ture, Horticulture, Animal Husbandry, Dairying, I'oultry Keeping, Mechanics Arts, Domestic Science and Art, Com merce, Forestry, and Music. Numerous lectures and discussions on Farmers' Co operation, Ht home and abroad, will he .1 leading feature. Make this a pleasant and profitable winter nutiiitf. No tuition. Ac nomodations ruasonahlc. Kcdured rates on all railroads. For furrlicr information ad dress II. M. TliNNANT, Registrar, Cor (vallis, Oregon. ' Farmer' limine Course by correipoti. deiice without tuition. a Sura i This store is full of beautiful und serviceable goods o . that will solve the Christinas question in a prac tical manner. A gift selected from our. stock will not only- delight the recipient on Christmus ' day, but for years to come will be a source of pleasure. Come in while the -election is large. A Few Suggestions Chair everything ranging from a dainty rocker to the big upholstered easy chair. Pictures a .beautiful assortment to select from. Tables in many designs and si'es. Fancy "toilet boxes, beautiful dressers, side boards, rugs, etc., etc, Do You Want a HOW ABOUT IT? FIFIELD" Sailed from Bandon Dock last trip Dec. the 6th Arrives Bandon Dock Return Trip, Dec. 1 1 th Round Trip, 5 Days, 1 Hour Sails 11 a. m. Dec. 13 Next Sailing Dec. 20th it Wireless" "Twin Screws" and the popular skipper Capt. John Lindberg (C art-ful nnd Capable) Make the "FIFIELD" trips SPEEDY, SAFE, COMFORTABLE Try it once and then you will always travel o TTt. C.. i 1 He (Jill V WaV I.:; II u n oo CP