Life — March 19, 1914 — page 37: what you’re looking at

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NEW YORK America’s Latest and Most Refined, and New York’s Centermost Hotel "Aves, 43d and 44th Sta, a in Grand Central Termin tooo rooms, 950. with bath— Rates from $2.50" per day. Suites from 2 to 15 rooms for permanent occupancy. Large ‘and small ball, banquet and dining salons and. suites specially arranged for public or. private fanetions. Gustav Bawoann, Pres, John McE. Bowman sir, Your banks have in- formed your railroads that money is very scarce and that no financing can be done except on short-time notes at high rates of interest.” “Well, then I guess we're about ready to make our next move. Have a petition prepared to the Interstate Commerce Commission setting forth that owing to the greatly increased cost of running railroads, it will be abso- lutely necessary for us to have a sub- stantial increase in freight and pas- senger rat Understand?” “Yes, Anything else, sir?” “Nothing else, except, of course, to notify my newspapers to support this proposition valiantly in the name of the public and to listen to no arguments against it.” B. 0.4. A Trivial Matter Booker T. Washington told at Tuskegee a very good story, says the Philadelphia Bulletin “Old Uncle Cal Clay,” he said, “in- vited the parson to eat Christmas dinner with him. The parson accepted, and the spread was magnificent—sweet potatoes and celery, cranberries and mince pie, plum pudding, and a turkey so big and yet so tender that the parson had never scen the like before. “*Unele Cal,’ the parson said, as he The Spirit of Stirs | HEN the land is storm-swept, | when trains are stalled and roads are blocked, the telephone trouble- | hunter with snow shoes and climbers | makes his lonely fight to keep the | wire highways open. These men can be trusted to face hardship and danger, because they | realize that snow-bound farms, homes and cities must be kept in touch with the world. This same spirit of service animates the whole Bell telephone system. The linemen show it when they carry the wires across mountains and wilderness. It is found in the girl at the switchboard who sticks to her post despite fire or flood. It inspires the leaders of the telephone forces, who are finally re- sponsible to the public for good service. This spirit of service is found in the recent rearrangement of the telephone business to conform with present pub- lic policy, without recourse to courts. The Bell System has grown to be one of the largest corporations in the country, in response to the telephone needs of the public, and must keep up with increasing demands. However large it may become, this corporation will always be responsive to the needs of the people, because it is animated by the spirit of service. It has shown that men and women,co-operat- ing for a great purpose, may beas good citizens collectively as individually. AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY AND ASSOCIATED COMPANIES One System Universal Service Scotch Cream Great Britain’s Standard Whiskey for 100 years STRONG & TROW! spread the clear pink cranberry sauce a great, pearly-white, succulent sli breast, ‘Uncle Cal, where did you get this rful turkey?" Pawson,’ said Uncle Calhoun Clay solemnly, ‘when you preached dat won derful Christmas sermon dis mawnin’, did 1 ax you whah you got him? Nuh, no Dat’s a trivial matte —Evening Post. “] GUESS,” said the collapsed auto- *' mobile tire, “what I need is a