W5fr EVENING IiEDaER-FHIEAn-FnPTrT. FRIDAY, MABtlH 17. TSTfl. IT BXECUTIVJa DAY DRAWS ANOTHER GREAT CROWD TO BIG BUSINESS SHOW Erul of Efficiency Exhibit, Worth $1UUU,UUU, in ruat. Regiment Armory, Is Drawing Near r-MODERN OFFICE HELPS only one more day remains In which Phll"dlphlnns will lmvo the opportun ly T, .eYlng $1,000,000 worth of onice equip 01 iki ' f hecauso the Jlrsl ",tnt.?"r,,,ittnhlit nuslness and 13(11- ,"""3 Show, now being held In the lRt cncy snow, .,., nmt Caltowhll ff will end tomorrow night at 10 L0C.'- ..,! wa of various ble cor- -Jutlons and bustncBS houses are tho Pr:l " h. hnw. It will bo tho sec ond afternoon known as the Executive nky This afternoon the doors will bo 1Ad to the public, so that the executives nar have full possession and may ask nny motions uninterrupted. Although the Dlctophono hns been on rS market for a number of years and although many persons have heard of It ihtre are thousands who have passed through the Business Show who nover Mwone before. Tho Dlctophono booth r .. nMniiliir rtnlnt nf lnvnl Icnllnn if the show, both for tho business man And tnfl PUDUC IU Kvuuitii. noiiuin n u much Interested, according to tho sales 1 - T T Wanltrvtt. vlin thov Vienr Sat. by'the uso of a Dlctophono. letters i minute, while under tho regime of dicta tion by shorthand 125 words Is tho aver age rate. MACHINE DOES ALGEBRA. The Hammond Typewriter Company, 1 Mch has local offices at 208 South 11th street. Is attracting considerable attention with Its machines which write In several languages without changing the key board. For Instance there Is ono machlno which wrltfH Yiddish, Orcclt nnd Eng llih. To write Yiddish nnd CJrcck, tho machine has to go from left to right In stead of from right to loft. Then, too, the the machine which enn bo used for algebra Is causing much comment. Tho Hammond people clnlm that they have the only typewriter which does algebra. The Corona typewriter, which W. L. rrlckltt, a member of tho firm who Is In the booth, cnllB "tho typewriter for per lonal use," Is being Invei-tlgated by hun dreds of people dally. Tho Corona Is often lovingly called "tho baby type tfrlter," bccaURO It Is the smallest at tho big Business Show and weighs only six pWnds. It can bo folded up and packed In 8 grip or a suit case. Mr. rrlckltt de tlires that It goes all over the world with the writers of news, becauso It Is easily carried nnd makes such clean copy. The winner of tho highest possible award In tho stencil mnchlno class nt tho Panama-Pacific Exposition nt San Kran elsco, the lelenl Stencil Company, Belle Yille, 111., has a booth at tho exhibit which has attracted crowds. "Some peoplo have never oven seen a itonctl machine." said tho representative In charge of the booth, "and they aro much Interested In It. The newest featuro, which has nover been used before, la tho alldlng table on which wo place our card board for tho stenciling." Tho operator jays that many firms fllo their stencils and uso them for years. INTCrtEST IN LETTER COPYING. Crowds also visit tho booth or tho Itoneo Company, of Now York, to see how fbonles of Iftters aro mado without water ' jmade on a vegctnblo parchment paper that F' ' la na tliln na ttoa,,n .iinn,- ' rwl nu atmnt Id ma .., .... ttk.uuu ji.tj,.. ...tu , '..utt f m the old-fashioned brown wrapping' paper. Copying of tho typowrltten letters ti made posslblo through tho uso of tho i Konea no-water copier papor, which Is HTeol Iff air-tight waternroof . rolls. B Visitors at the Business Snow aro show- W In enAitlnl InlA.nat n Ilia Ti .P. It. nheit k. .writers, made by the Hendihaii Manufac turing company or uwcago. u. is, woig, the district malinger for sales in this ter ritory, calls his machine "tho only only," because It Is, ho says, the only one which writes duplicates, tho only one which Is a ft self-Inker, tho only visible one, nnd the f only one which perforates and inks the check on the back, so It cannot be tam pered with. Changing tho amount with a pen, using acid, or erasing any figures on B. rhrlf U'Htfnn ii'ith n,i M A 7 t..tf.tt lea R -impossible, according to Jlr. Welg, who f vtemonstrates at his booth in tho Business Br Ehonr. h WHOLESALE SILK PRICES ADVANCING STEADILY Operators Said to Be Buying Up Big Supply of Good3 The prices of wholesale silk aro ad vancing so steadily that, nceordinff to all reports, they will soon bo In tho "war hrlde" class. Not only aro tho prices J6rted this week much higher than those of lout, but operators are said to be buy ing" up a big supply of silk Roods for future sales nnd a further rise In that line u predicted. In some cases oven silk roods are not on tho market. The same ttory Is told by mill owners, importers, wholesalers and retailers namely, con tinued demand. Inadequate supply and prices which nro undoubtedly "going: up." The price of Japanese raw silk contin ues to advance, while prices of certain wunese pongees show a inaikeu increase. The same la bald on Georgette, ono of fh coming fall fabrics. Among tho popu r, spring and fall color mentioned are pay, Belgium, navy and black. ACTRESS SERIOUSLY BURNED Her Clothes Ignited by Curling Iron as She "Makes Up" ft" ALLENTQ1VN, Pa., March 17 Norma "rry, leaning lady of "Lovers Lottery," It the Orpheum Theatre, is lying In a dan rerous condition at the Hotel Allen, her clothes having caught fire from u curling ran while she was making up last night. Jler tights were consumed by the flames W4 a large part of her body Is scorched. Trout DIRECT FILING SYSTEM Vertical Filing Diuf Awsr With Bod and Follow Hlock Steel Filing Cabinets BUSINESS SHOW Bread and eU8whlll Streets American Steel Furniture Co. I a I LsJfer GEORGE E. SMITH President Royal Typewriter Company. WHOLE WORLD WRITES ON TYPEWRITERS THAT ARE MADE IN AMERICA Business Show Audience Hears George E. Smith, President Royal Company, Tell of Trade Growth U. S. BLAZES THE TRAIL AUSTRIAN ATTACKS REPULSED ON CARSO Italians Hold Newly Gained Po sitions at San Martino Despite Assaults nOMi:. March 17 Another day of des pirate nnd bloody (lirhtlnR nlong the Isonzo front, particularly south of Clorlzln, 1ms cone by without the Austrlans bclni: nblo to rcgnln nny of their lost ground, the War omco nnnounccd last night. "There has been fierce fltrhtlng on the Cnrso platonu," the report says, "for tho possession of the positions wo captured Tuesday In tho Han Martino zone. "After severe artillery and musketry preparation tho enemy Inunchcd two strow? nttneks and succeeded in renchlng the brink of our new trenches, but was on ench occasion vigorously repulsed, leav ing tho ground covered with dead. "In tho morning the enemy artillery renowed the nttack, maintaining It with Increased violence until night, but tho firmness of our infantry nnd tho con stant nnd effective support of our batteries cnaniea us to hold our positions. "Along tno rest oJ tho front our de- I tnehments continued their nttneks, wreck- i ltig tho enemy's trenches with grenades In various places. Inflicting' losses nnd i causing explosions." , Tho ofllclal report also mentions some ' nrtlllery actions In tho Tyrot and says: "A thick fog yesterday Impeded artillery activity on tho Isonzo heights, but tho firing was more Intense on tho hills west of Gorlzla." The v.otl1 ttnos Its typewriting on Amer ican typewriters. In turn, the world Is pouring Its millions Into America's coffers, arrordlng to Hcnrge IMinund Smith, presi dent nf the ltoyal Typewriter Company. Now Vnrk, who attended the first annual Philadelphia Iluslnosq and I'fTlclcncy Show l.nt night nt tho First Itcglment Armory Itroad and Callnn-hllt streets. Mr. Kmlth ! n former newspaper man. Ho was with the Chicago Tribune before ho entered tho typewriting business a score of years ago "The I'nlted States leads the way In typewriting nnd ofllce appliances," said Mr. Smith. "It hns blazed the trail. In the path nt the typewriter has followed the American oflloe equipment "And because tho typewriter people be lieve In preparedness," ho added, "they are now making ready tn handle the enor mous volume of business which will come to the I'nlled Slates as soon as the Euro pean war Is over. Kor Instance, at our plnnt, tho ltoyal, alone, we nrc building an enormous factory nnd preparing to In crease our output 25,000 typewriters a year. niO FOREIGN TltADE. "Speaking of the way the American typewriter Is used In foreign countries, It might be of Interest to mention that wo mnke 18 1 different types of keyboards 'gg- Electric Calculating Machine 90Machine and 10 Operator The Best Evidence Is the Ensign Record In Business ll.NNKiN tr.SKRS Nmv York r.lfo Inaurume Company use, .fl Philadelphia Hitllrnad' una 47 I). H. (!ot. (Various Dcpta.) uio Ss 11I To1n!inn Companies u IS City of New York Ueptrtments uia 17 And hundreds of other equally promi nent concerna tiro Enaltfn repeat-order cus nmeM. Visit Our Exhibit at the Show. C. L. METZGAR, Selling Agent 1416 S. Penn Square MAHLER ARTISTS HONORED Alexander Van Rensselaer Host nt Supper Gifts Distributed Alexander Van Rcniselarr was the host at n buffet supper given last night In honor of more than 100 persons, who took part in .the recent performances of tho Mnhlcr choral symphony, nt tho Academy of Mu sic. The affair took place at Horticul tural Hall. Mr. Van Rensselaer Is presl dent of tho Philadelphia Orchestra Asso- I elation. I Gifts were presented to different mem- ! bcrs of the symphony. A sliver cup was given to Henry Gordon Thunder, a grand fathers' clock to Arthur Judson, manager of tho orchestra; a dress suitcase to Louis A. JIattson. assistant manager; while Mr. Leopold Stokowskr received from some unknown donor several smnll china dolls, representing tho chorus. MR. SECRETARY Sec the HAND at the Business Show Does your addressing ten times iaster aim neater tnan handwriting and prints exactly lllto a typewriter. In valuable t o any business. cnurcn, ciuo or lodge. $27 to $51.50 i&f With Only Ten Keys the Dalton Is the Simplest and the speediest for adding, subtract ing, multiplying and dividing with a perfectly visible listing feature. Whichever way you operate the Dalton cithor by the old-style "sight" method or by "touch" operation you will find it un equaled for speed. Tho small, compact keyboard, with only ten figure keys, enables tho oper ator to maintain maximum speed without trouble or fatigue, as machine automatically takes care of numerical order. It en tirely eliminates tho burden and eye-strain caused by other machines. These nro provable advantages that you will enjoy only with the Dalton. In these points it is entirely different altogether better than any other calculating machine. A com parative teat will convince you. SEE IT DEMONSTRATED AT THE BUSINESS SHOW Or Let Vt Put One In Your Office Without Obligation. PERRY & COLLINS DISTKICT hAI.KS AGENTS Room 102-1-6-8 Forrest Bldg., 119 S. 4th St. ;; .. M05wT'V.-' m 1 f i i 7 PHILADELPHIA BUSINESS SHOW , . 1 v9 1 T.''.'.,.'....::::ii...-v.i.!.J" ANOTHER Executives' Day Today For the busy executive who was unable to attend the Show on Wednesday we have made this another Executives' Day, First Regiment Armory Broad and Callowhill Sts. Jjtrsrm 1$m5fcj&l Pen l p M t( io ? m. djglyB tor th foretrn 'trade. W make some that write from rlht to lett Instead ot left to right Turkish, Jlebrew and Oreek have to have special action In this way, Kvery ship that comes from foreign lands brines gold lo pay for American type writers. ' "Peoplo of this nation llttlo realize how much they have to be proud of In the achievements of America In the realm of typewriting; nnd ofllce equipment," con tinued Mr. Smith. "I hopo nil Phlladcl phlans realize that under this roof nnd In this show they have the opportunity of seeing tho best In the world In ofllce equip ment and typewriters. I know this Is the truth and, what Is more, these appliances are the result of generations of work tho achievements of the brains of Amer ica." Mr. Smith raid the typewriter held a unique place In tho history of tho world. lie also said that ns the automobile hns centred about the gasoline engine, and the aeroplane hns centred about tho gasollno engine, so the entire field of olllce equip ment has ccntrod about the typewriter and, as a result of the Increased speed In getting out letters, so the rest of the ofllce equipment haa followed to keep pace. NEW EFFICIENCY STANDARDS Mr. Smith nnserted that the American typewriter, tho American sewing machine and the American harvesting machine nre In a class by themselves, and that they have set new standards In tho world for efficiency. Mr, Smith held that Americans have achieved these successes because of the claes of men who go Into the type writing business. He says In Europe men "dally with It." while In America men give their whole lives nnd brains to the busi ness, "Americans grow up In the business," said Mr Smith; "they do not trlflo with It. They nro In earnest In this coun try there Is $65,000,000 Invested In type writing companies nlone, to say nothing of the million" In olllce equipment " Tho typewriter, lie explained, lias gone through four stages: first tho Invention Itself, then the adoption of n unlxrr-al keyboard, next lo make tho writing visible, nnd It Is now being made so It will last. TWO PLUNGE FROM SCAFFOLD Workmen Badly Hurt by Fall of Twenty Feet WEST CHESTEtt. Pa., March 17. Ed win Murphy and John Dclmar, I'hllndet phln tile workers, who have been em ployed on the Interior of the new Brown Opern House here, wore badly Injured to day, and nro In tho Chester County Itos pltat. The men were working upon a swinging scaffold 20 feet above the con crete floor. On the platform was almost a ton of material. A rope parted, nnd the men plunged to the floor. Murphy suffered serious ruts on the head and one arm Is Injured ; Delmnr lias a fractured elbow and was liijurrd Internally by the masi of material fall ing upon him. Dies as Result of Hemorrhage Investigation of the death of Samuel Mc Williams, 38 years old, of 1131 Olive street, who was found In n pool of blood last night on tho floor of his home, today dis closed that ha was seized with n severe hemorrhage of tho nose, Tho body, which was sent to the Morguo by Coroner Knight for n post-mortem examination, wna or dered relened after detectives of tho mur der squad learned that death was duo to natural causes Policeman Saves Three Children. Three children we'ro carried ont of smoke-filled room to safely by tollev man Long, of tho 3d nnd Dickinson rtreeta station, when a fire before noon today started In the home Of Hyman Coheh. US? South Orlanna street Tho fire originated In tho room whero the children, Pnutlmv aged 7; Eenjamln, aged , nnd Nathan, 4 years old, were at play. JIrs, Cohen heard tho chltdren'n cries and met th policeman ns she hurried outaldo to give the alarm. Tho loss was trifling. The Great Interchangeable-Type Typewriter Writes over 50 lancUatrcs in all styles of type (all in stantly interchangeable. Two styles of type al ways in the machines "Just Turn the Knob" and change from one to tho other. Hammond Typewriter Company Foot East GDtlt St., New York, 208 South 11 tit St, rhlla. 1 Befoi a farm t t&ct or yotaJwiy it behooves you to skin your eyes and approach the matter with exceeding wariness. The business of making small, low-priced tractors is young. But it's popular. More than a hundred concerns have taken out tractor patents in the last two years. The infant tractor industry today resembles the infant automobile industry of a few years ago. Some manufac turers have rushed into it blindly. Some tractors will do the work and some will not. Some farmers will suffer. A man who has no ax to grind has been investigating the whole tractor situation. He has learned a good deal that you can profitably learn before you loosen up on your tractor money. He tells what he learned in a series of articles The Tractor- and the first appears today in GJN Also in tills mmiQt A Fruitman-Shepherd An account of a personally conducted visit to the farm of David K. Bell, with whom tak ing first prizes for pears and sheep has become a habit. Pigs that Cost Less A discussion of hog breeding from the dollars-and-cents viewpoint and it certainly makes a difference whether a newborn pig costs fifty cents or five dollars. Underdrainage of Farm Land A practical, authoritative talk on the classification of soils and the manner of laying out a system of tile drains. Corn in the Classroom In which it appears that a farm-bred boy can go to the right kind of a school and learn a whole lot about making corn raising more profitable. . Stabilizing Farm Credits Suddenly the country has awakened to the fact that something has happened in Congress having to do with rural credits. What? And more, including Building a Lath House; Eco nomical Road Building; The Gampines, by Judge W. H. Card; Building a Workbench; Curing Pea-Vine Hay; A Start with Sheep; Treatment of Al kali Land; The Cow on Test; What is New in Embroidery; A Reel for the Clothesline; Dried Fish Dishes, etc., and The Regular Farm and Home Departments out t OllH fmmamr 'news dealer orboyagGftt 119 8. iTII ST, M I' I l Hi MH.