EVK&ING- ( LEDGER PHTLiVDELPHIA, MOXDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1916
PASSENGER AGENT
m GOOD' WITHOUT
AID OF 'SEX STUFF'
mleat Moment of Miss Lob
Fall's Life Wns When She
Was Told She Wns
"Railrond Man"
5TS FEMININE TRADE
By M'LISS
i.Tou can l pull tlio sex stuff, out our
r and get n'y wlt" 1L A woman a roi
,y business man. It she wants to be
weeess. ftml the proudest moment of my
to was when my boss ateppeu up 10 me
Mt said. 'Vou're n railroad man.' I knew
I. muul (llfn '
Jl. h,.m nf tho western winds was In
Imt lone ths Pi'" of nn Orcuoh npple In
Iw check It won Miss aus i.ouueii wno
Spoke, a-fortlnriil Rlrl. who Is beating a
KeW Pth to tho goal marked Occupations
Iter women
I She's n woman passenBer agent In town
Fm.i week for tho forty-fourth annual con
Iwntten of the American Association of
iTraVennK ARcnts. Her business is 10 cor-
'ton Railroad and NavlimHon Company, a
fcranch of tho Union rnclflc.
NOT AS l.ASY AH vr i-uuiva
Jut to look nt her and If you don't be-
iMfie It. v we ner incline iu ...,... .
M"'. .'. . - I r-..M thlnl- Hint nil
KOUlun I DO num. v.u -
ly na,e to tin would be to step Up to
the chal.man of tho arrangements com
mittee of n blB convention, pani them tho
baby stare to hao them promlso Instantly
to ship tneir mousanu iicu'ni.-
w road and none other. Hut If you Im-
irlne that It's awfully easy, what with the
I Hmold eve stuff, the drooping lash business.
.. .,i. nMhlnir of tho Insluatlng clinging
11 Tine pose, for some women to Ruccecd In
I business, step up to tho ncIlcvue-Strntford
and hae a little tans wun ans nuuuen.
What we women have got to learn,"
Miss Lobdell said, "Is that much of our
success depends on our relations with wom
en. You can t pun me set siuu on mem,
My road employs mo to get the feminine
trtdetor them. I've got to persuade women
that our road Is tho. very best for their
.mfnrt that their babies can travel In
safety on It : that the soot which comes
' tmm our smokestacks won't Irrevocably
ruin their complexions; that they wont
run any danger 0 being let down nt the
wrong station. In short. I've got to deliver
the goods. Just as a man has to."
She pulled her blue kimono around her.
examined with Intense gaxe a minute speck
tn her nose which Bhe suspected of being
a blackhead, but which turned out to be
merelr a sample of what Ph. ladelphla can
contribute In tho matter of dust, and called
Into the adjo.nlng room to her coworker
from Spokane, likewise a pioneer woman
passenger agent.
That oung woman. Miss Olive lender,
came forth In pink kimono to uontr.buto her
part to the conversation.
SUCCESSFUL EXriirtlMENT
"We took our positions as experiments,"
she said. "Wo were newspaper women,
both of us, and when tho president of our
road, J. D. Ferrell, said the persuasive
tongue of women could be used to advantage
in the railroad business, wo qualified. That
was eighteen months ago. Now we'ro ie;il
passenger agents. There are only live of us
In the United States."
Presently, no doubt, newspapers will be
printing stbrlcs about women locomotive
engineers and railroad presidents. In the
meantime. Judging from these two ex
ponents, being a woman passenger agent,
riding up and down the country, seeing
things and meeting new people, must be
huge fun. Don't you think so?
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ANCIENT ARTILLERY
PARADE AT THE SHORE
Slnlwnrt Grenhdicni of-" Bny
State Tnkc Atlantic City
by Storm
WOMEN PASSENGER AGENTS
Miss Olive Lender, of Spokane
(above), nntl Miss Avis Lobdcll,
of Portland, Ore.
ATLANTIC CITV, N. J., Oct. 2 Stal
wart grcnndlers of the Anolent and llonor
nblo Artillery Company of Massachusetts,
richest, oldest and most exc'uslve military
organisation In the country. haxlng carried
the Iloardwnlk by storm w.thout the low
of a single man, today entered upon their
379111 neld day festlMlles by parading tri
umphantly through city streets. Stnto of
ficial of MaachuetM In long coats and
tall hats headed a turn-out of marvelous
martial mngninccnce Scarcely nny two
men In tho procession wore the samo uni
form, and a multiplicity of colonels and
major generals threw high privates almost
Into the discard.
Thia afternoon the Ilostonlans. whose
gorgeous raiment tilmpty has overwhelmed
a peace-lovlnB city, piradcd the Iloardwnlk
In rolling "chairs, to thoKrenl delight of
thousands of npplnudlng feminine specta
tors Tonight they arc to capture the
Million tol ar Tier nnd hold n military ball
there Mayor Curley Is duo Wednesday
night for the annual banquet.
BORDER TROOPS' BEDS
LOST IN FACTORY FIRE
Sprinkler, Turned on to Save
Building Here, Causes Dam
age of Thousands
fin
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Wills Probated bj- Itcgistcr
Wills probated today were thoso of
Thomas P. Shuster, 4637 York road, which.
In private bequests disposes of property
.valued at J20,1G3; John It. Barnard, 239
North Fifth street, J3725; John Spring.
thorpe, 6113 Marlon street, $3400; Ellen
Mayne, 2242 Sears street, $3300; Ilosle
LSelUer. 356 North Seventh street, J2S00;
$ John J, Bergln, 5539 Morton street, $2200,
5 and James T. O'Hrien, 2128 North Twenty-
eighth street, $2000. The personal effects
of the estate of Lemuel II. Fooker have
been apnralscd nt J466C. 09.
Two thousand beds, scleral hundred of
which were mado for the soldiers on the
Mexican border, were ruined by water to
day when fire threatened the destruction of
the plant of the Ucrnstcln Manufacturing
Company, at Third street and Allegheny
avenue.
This wns the second fire within two
yearn at the factory, which Is one of the
largest of Its kind. An automatic sprinkler
system was set Into operation upon the
discovery of tho (lames about 10:30 o'clock.
Water coered cery bed ready for ship
ment nud brass and other material used In
manufacture of the products.
Although this caused a lieiuy monetary
loss, tho quick nctlon of the employes, led
by Herman Ilelmlch, one of the foremen,
In turning on the sprinklers saved the
building. Right hundred men were nt
work when the (Ire started, and while .Some
left the building In perfect order the others
remained nnd fought the blaze.
Tho fire was confined to tho packing
room. The cause Is bellexed to have been
cither spontaneous combustion among straw
used In packing or the crossing of live
wires on the third floor, where the fire
occurred. The firm was unsblo to give
an estimate of the lost, which Is said to
be covered partly by Insurance.
CHESTER ItOAD CLUB FOIIMED
W. Stanley KUo'Prcs.dcnt of Orpjanlza
tion for Social Diversion
A club to be known as tho Chester Itoad
Country Club has been organised In Olen
olden, nnd plans have been mado for a
winter of social nctlv lies. A clubhouse and
grounds will bo ready for use In the spring.
It has been announced.
The officers of tho new organisation are!
W Stanley Kite, president: Horace F,
Itoopes. vice president; William 11. Lnuer,
secretary, nnd It. C. lta'r, treasurer. Com
mittees havo been appointed to select loca
tions for the club, plan tta financing nnd
draft by-laws to bo presented nt a meet
ing October 10 nt the home of John I.
Metz, Jr., 303 Chester road, Glenolden.
Fire on Liner Found Spontaneous
NHW YOIUx. Oct. 2. Inestlgatlon of
(Ire aboard the American liner Philadel
phia, COO miles nt sea, led today to the
belief that It was caused by spontaneous
combustion. She cimo In yesterday, with
steam shooting from her No. 7 hatch, but
only six of her 64C passengers knew nf the
(Ire.
SISTERS END 1-tVKi? TOGETHER
Ono 111, Other Fcnrinfj Loneliness,
They Form Death Pact and
Inhalo Gas
Two maldi sistets. one III and the other
fearing to bealeft alone In life, formed a
death pact, nnd committed suicide by In
haling gas In the "spare room" of the
house In whlolt'the'y wero btrn more than
a half century ago at 44S0 Frnnkford ave
nue. The sisters we're Mls Kmma Oram, sixty
five years old. and MIm Anna Oram, fifty
nine years old. who conducted n thriving
dry goods business on the first floor of their
home. With the same methodical care
which characterized their life they put on
their bed dresses, closed the room, turned
on the gas and lay down in each other's
nrms on the bed. Their bodies were found
last night clasped tightly together with
their cold nrms.
Their death was planned carefully. The
day before they urged Mrs Margaret
llrown, their housekeeper foi twenty enrs,
to make a long-conteinpiat.l visit to Wild
wood. Their last words to her. were a ques
tion ns to whether her going was a cer
tnlnty. Dr. Joseph J. Toland. of t RSI Harrison
street, who happened to be passing, wns
called In by Mrs. llrnnn, and said that
both had been dead secrnl hours. He hur
ried to hla office for nn oxygen machine,
with which he tried In nn to irestore res
piration. The younger sister had since last Feb
ruary been melancholy. The elder, harassed
by caring for her Bister nnd directing the
business at the same time, had become
nervous. Neither, however, appeared any
worse than usual yesterday morning, and
Mrs. Drown says she never heard either
speak of ending her life. Two gasv Jtta
were open In the room.
The business conducted by the two sis
ters was founded seventy years ago by
their father, Charles Oram. They fell heir
to It upon hla death, eighteen years ago.
ScrippsSBooth
thlrsb for tho road; to
pmvo its own power of
progress
GEO. W. REINnOLD
2506 N. llrond St.
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Wood for Grates
Wc sell choice dry Oak and
Hickory logs at current rates.
Also splendid kindling for
starting fires.
Cummings' Coal Yards
Mnin Office, 413 N. 13th Street
J. E. Calcktell & Co.
Ready Money
United States Loan Society
117 North Broad St.
411 8. Sib. st. 2518 flermantoirn are.
FKKn DKMONSTn.VTION
Chas. DeLancy Allen's system of Character
Analyst!. Tuei Oct. S. A p. m. Flrat at IS
lecture course, ldlea Invited.
Wrtt llrsnrli V. St. C. A.. CSd and flnnom 8t.
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PHILADELPHIA.
bridal
Qfis.
Pearl Necklaces
Bracelet Watches
1 Dia mond Bar Pins
(Srandfothers Clocks
Silver Forks and Spoons
Reading Lamps
best short-cuts your
figure work
With only ten keys Instead of
eighty easily operated by the touch
method tho Dalton will most effec
tively "speed up" your adding, listing
and calculating.
lla ersatllltv la unlaile Us accuracy
unequaled. Wliatetcr the size or nature
o( lour fisurlmr work the Dalton will
reduce the number of operations re
quired will Increase the eltlclrucy of
our business.
YOUR business would prnltt by tta tn
stallatlon. Wo want to show ou HOW
and Wilt. Write or phone. Asjc ua to
prove Its advantaces to you. No obll
cation, Act NOW.
PERRY & COLLINS
District Hales AtenU
Rooms 40I-1-O-S Forrest ItUs.
110 H. 4T11 HTIIEKT
902 Chestnut St.
Crystal Stemware
Many new designs
the exclusive importa
tions nnd products of
J. E. Caldwell & Co.
REMOVAL:
J, In the early Autumn the
husiness of J. E. Caldwell
& Co. will bo located In the
Widcner Iluildinjr, Chestnut, Juni
per and South 1'enn Square.
A Few Pointers
on Perry
OVERCOAT STYLES
at
- $15, $18, $20, $2S
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DIXON
Distinctive Tailoring
House JMabllahed I860
Ours Are Values
Standardized
IMxon-Tallorlne nnd
lllxon-Hervlce glo you
exact value for eery
cent you pay.
Whether tho price be
35 or 535, wo give each
garment that bears our
name the samo care
ful study, the same ex
pert workmanship.
We take pride In re
sults we omit nothing
that's necessary to the
complete satisfaction of
our customers. That's
why ft Illion suit or
overcoat Is always dis
tinctive, 1111 Walnut Street
r-LADDERS-
I Sloile.. Me. f.i Eitanilen. fit. ft.
IL. D. BERGER CO.. 59 N. 2d SI.
E-aaa-aataOUIa 4000 a II 11 III Mall ll ft IT a I
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GORDON - DETWILER Auditorium
(I'ormerly Griflith Hall in Crozcr Building)
1420 Chestnut Street
Tl. GflrilotvDfltwIltr Inntltute of N Y. Inc. which lail er taught th Fpanlih
leangLMKe to nter ttve-nty thousand bunlr..-. tuiople tif New York, Chicago, Cincinnati.
Onklnnd. Scnttl nnd San Fraticlo han Just lcned from John AVanannker, throuan
William I.. Nln, Attorney, the U-imth Hull In Croitr Ilulldlinr, ami therein will very
ahortly Inauural n tl.tri-leeson rourae nf ypanlih for ltuilneM I'eople, teathlnff by
the new Voneraattonal rictorUl Method'
Are. ou Interentrd In Houth America Are- you Bolnr to ahare In the benefltii
a'lilns from the Klsantlc trade and commerce that In Hprlnfflna up between the United
Htaten ftnd the South American Itepuhllca? If i, ou muat learn Hpanlih. for South
Americana are not eaay to ileal with unleaa ou fpeik their rhoaen lant-uase. Ho why
not take the Kail Hpanlih Coure of the Uordon-Detwlter Inatttute, urn upwarda of two
thouaand others banker, nmnufacture a. ozportera and their men and women employes
are Kolnir to do?
The Uordon-Uetwller Tourae of Bpantah la a capital one in every respect. It was
written by n corps of the beat known professors of Hpanlah In the tntle world, Includlnar
hla xrellrncy el Henor Halhlno Davatos hlmaelf, u memlwr of the Mexican Academy and
a rorreapondlne member of the toal Hpanlah Andemy It will bt t a unlit to this
class by such worhbrenowned profeiisora an l-o feasor Haalle (1 d'Ouakll, lea-IJ,a of
the l.'nhrnHty of l.jons. Kraiue; 1'iofesaor IVdro Cezon, of Madrid, Hpaln, und Dr.
Jorge 1 Kantamarlnw, of ttuenon Al'ea Artrentlna
The fours la Klen In thirty leaaons of nne hour each. $7 SO Is (he entire cost
The printed lesson leaflet are provided ou free to taka home and keep. You may
attend ut 1'-' 15 1' M, or at 4 1, I. M.. or at A 45 I M . or at 7.00 !. M., o at N:15
1 M You may attend at the iimo hour on cli class day or you m-iy Interchange to
suit our own convenience Spanish coneraatlon is taught In theae thirty leasona. This
does not me-m that after thirty lessons ou absolutely master the Spanish language.
for pe-baps no ono sae the i;rat t ernntea las el done that, but It doea mean that
a spienohi worKina; uusineas ocauuiary vi biuui eigni nunureu worus
know ledtf e uunt ceaaa ry
clven. Previous
background A living;
tlrurnumr la constantly kDt In th
lAfiainiBu 1m niuHlt-rrd inorn rradllv bv ti rue tic a than bv atudilriar rutoa nf immmar.
This lull I'laaa m filling at n surprlalnte rate, therefore At avoid possible O'sappolntment
Lou ahoutd mall u postal card or telephone ut once for further Info mat tun, which will
e sent ou Immediately Telephone Spruce 3U7U-3U71
Ciordon-Detwiler Institute of N. Y., Inc.
209 Crozcr Huildinir, I'hilatlelphia
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SEMI-KIMONO" MODRr,
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Soft - rolllnr Isprls, button
through front ; high, narrow
nhouldcrs. Straight - liandnK
full back. Velvrt collar or cloth
collar, various run treatments.
Perry';
"KIMONO.SI,I.KVK" MODEL
roii lMTX
An Improve J I'erry model.
IIIbIi. narrow shoulders; wide
back and skirt i deep, comfort
able nrmholes; soft-roll lapels,
slashed side pockets or patch
pockets. A coat of comfort,
(race and style.
"Wo don't use horses at all now' says Mr. Raymond Smith, of the
Unit Construction Company, 131 S. 31st St., Philadelphia. "Autocar delivery
is cheaper ,and better. When we bought- the car we srot rid of four horses
and equipment, and we, find the car dDes more work than they did. xWe use
it-on short hauls for both heavy and light Joads, and save time, every trip,"
More than 4000 other concerns in ,all lines of business use the
Autocar. Write for catalog or call on tha Autocar Sales & Service Co., 23d
and MarXet streets. Philadelphia, factory branch of the Autocar Company,
Ardmoe, Pa.
I As to Range Every "Style" that is in good
taste is ready on the Perry tables. There are
Raglans, Kimono-sleeves, box backs, pleated
and belted backs, conservative models.
CJ As to Making We suppose quite a number
of housewives can make pie;crust; but every
male man knows that there's pie-crust and
pie-crust. So is -it of Overcoats and of Over
coat models. We are sure there will be
Overcoats elsewhere this Fall favoring the
models named above. We have no patent on
them. But there won't be any made just Jike
Perry's.
j These Raglans have Perry button-up col
lars, with Perry drapery from the well-fitting
shoulders; these kimono-sleeve Coats have
Perry armholes, Perry-fitted -sleeves, Perry
centrality of line in the buttons; these snug
fitting, belted-back models suggest the time
worn simile of "the paper on the wall," and
live up to it!
J For real Overcoat distinction,!! the work;
ing-out of model-recipes, Perry's ! ' '
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16th & Cheitnut-Sts.
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