The Syracuse Journal, Volume 6, Number 48, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 26 March 1914 — Page 6

| MISS ROSE COPPINGER .j— j> GIRL RISKS LiFE TO WARNJJITIZENS Heroism Displayed by Rose Coppinger Typical of Bell Operators the Country Over. With buildings burning on every side, and the telephone exchange filled with smoke, Miss Rose Coppinger, a pretty telephone operator of Webbers Falls, Oklahoma, remained at her post sending out warnings to citizens and summoning assistance from the rural districts. Miss Coppinger remained on duty until she fell fainting from her place at the switchboard and had to be carried from the building in a wet blanket. She was the heroine of the fire which wiped out the whole business section of Wqbbers Falls? For heroic service grateful citizens presented her with a purse of 5100, and a movement was started to secure for her a Carnegie medal. The case of Miss Coppinger is typical of the bravery displayed by Bell telephone operators in emergencies. Any number of cases are on record where these young women remained on duty until the flames drove them from their posts or they had to be carried from the exchange building unconscious. , i In the Omaha tornado some months ago, telephone operators were blown from their places at the switchboard by the force of the terrific wind; but they bravely resumed their posts and kept the shuttles of talk flying through all the trying hours and in the face of great danger. Similar bravery was shown during the floods which swept Ohio ana Indiana. During the floods operators' at exchanges in the stricken districts remained on duty from thir-ty-six to forty-eight hours continuously in some cases, sending out warnings and relief messages and giving news of the disaster to the outside world. NEW YEAR REVELS IN ; ARGE CITIES PASSING « New Custom Is to Remain at Home and Exchange Greetings Over Telephone. Old fashioned ways of celebrating the arrival of the New Year and of exchanging greetings of good will are making room for a new and modern custom —“Happy New Year” via telephone. In thousands of homes in Chicago, the infant, 1914, was greeted by the merry jingle of the telephone bell Thousands of miles of telephone wire | were jammed with “Happy New! Year.” Chicago is used as an illus-’ tration because an ingenious telephone man there discovered the custom in a■ novel way. He read it on a meter. There is in each telephone ex-! change a meter, called the “ammeter,” j by means of which the amount of electricity used in transmitting . all, the messages through the switch-] boards in that exchange at any singlel instant can be determined in terms! of “amperes.” If fifty conversations ; were in progress and the ammeter needle registered 45 amperes, an advance of 60 amperes would indicate W number of conversations at that j moment had increased. Meter Shows Many Calls. In one of the populous districts o| Chicago the telephone man watched his ammeter closely for fifteen minutes of the old year and ten minutes of the New Year. 11:45 it registered only 55 amperes. For ten minutes the needle rose two and one-half amperes a minute. Then, the rush was on. At 11:56 it jumped suddenly to 90. In another minute it had reached 100; at 11:58 it passed 170, bobbed hastily over-the 200 ampere x mark at 11:59 and halted for a fleeting second, just as the old year died. At 12:01 the needle continued upward at the rate of four amperes a minute until exactly 12:09, when it reached the 265 ampere mark. Seldom does the switchboard at that exchange carry so heavy a load. The operators could hardly handle it. Before the New Year was one hour old the needle was back to 30, the quiet zone. Reports from other Chicago exchanges, as well as from other cities, give ample evidence of the growth of the custom of spreading New Year’s cheer and welcome via the telephone. Cleaning, Pressing, Repairing —Ladies, Gentleman, and Childrens clothes called for and delivered. Phone 935. Boston St Mrs. Henry Snobarger Mrs Nora Kitson —Beckman is receiving new rugs. »> «*“*•*

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Forestalled By JOHN G. LARNED During the reigns of Louis XIII., ; XIV. and XV. of France dueling was so prevalent that at one time it began to appear that all the bravest men in i France would be killed. While Louis ; XV. was on the throne a young graduate of the College of New Jersey went abroad for the purpose of finishing his education by travel. Paris in those days was a favorite resort for the few colonists of North America who ventured to cross the Atlantic, and young Mathewson made quite a sojourn there. The principal reason for his doing so was Mlle. Hortense de Boyer, a dashing girl, who was setting the young bloods of the capital wild. She was considered the most graceful dancer and the best horsewoJ man in Paris and had so far practiced the art of self defense as to stand well as a handler of the foil. One evening after a ball, at which Mathewson had paid marked attention to Mlle, de Boyer, he was addressed by a young army officer as follows: “I am the bearer of a challenge to you from Count Gaston Vaudelais, you haring during the evening brushed against him in the dance.” Mathewson knew very well that the charge was but a pretext for the thaliengeand concerned himseif only about the latter. Moreover, he knew that he must either accept it or leave Paris, followed by the contempt of all who had favored him by their good will. He suspected that the true reason for being called out was that he had paid marked attention to Mlle, de Boyer. He replied by referring the officer to a friend, then went to his apartments. The friend joined him soon after, and upon consultation it was determined to put off the meeting so long as possible in order that the American might prepare himself by practibe. for he had no skill whatever with any weapon. The best, however, that could be done was to defer the encounter for ten days. Then Mathewson began to practice shooting with a pistol. The *iext evening after the ball while Count Vaudelais was dining at the case where he was used to taking his dinner a lady handsomely dressed, but wearing a veil that she did not raise, entered the place and took a seat near him. No lady was in those days ever seen to enter a case unattended by an escort. and the.veiled woman at once ar- i rested the attention of every one pres- | ent. Presently she sj>oke in an indig- ; nant tpne to Vaudelais, accusing him i of staring at her. threw a card on his kable bearing the name of Albert du Plessis and left the case. Vaudelais. astonished, picked up*the card, supposing it to bear the name of the lady’s husband. Since its being given him was tantamount to a challenge. he waited for a friend of the gentleman to appear. Presently a man entered and said that he represented Du Plessis and made arrangements for the duel to take place the next morning at sunrise. Vaudelais now had two duels on bis hands on successive mornings. This did not trouble him. for not a year passed that he fought fewer than half a dozen. But he did not like fighting the husband of a woman on a charge that he had stared at her, and he was not satisfied as to the status of the woman herself, since she had been in a public case unattended. He belonged to the court circle and to fight any one except a gentleman would detract from his social standing. He endeavored to discover who was M. du Plessis. but found no one who had ever heard of him. However, thinking to suffer less by fighting a man of the people than by declining to fight, he concluded, so long as the affair would not interfere with his feting with Mathewson, to let it proceed. He was on the ground the next morning waiting for M. du Plessis, who had not arrived, when a carriage drove up and out stepped a lady attended by a’ maid. She drew aside her veil and revealed the features of jjJ’e de Boyer. Vaudelais was thunderstruck. “How long. M. le Count,” she said, "since you constituted yourself my guardian, with the right to say who shall and . who shall not pay me attention?” “Hortense, what do you mean by such words?” “1 .mean that I have heard that you, whose brains are in your limbs, have. UQder pretext, challenged u -

' whose brains are in his head because he danced with me several times at a recent ball. I propose that you Shall first settle with me for accepting his invitations, after which you may settle with him for giving them.” Throwing off a long cloak, she revealed a fencing costume. Vaudelais did all in his power to avoid fighting a woman and succeeded only by ! pledging himself to withdraw his ; challenge to Mathewson, admitting the true reason for having given it. with an abject apology. j Mathewson was in a shooting gal- • lery when he received the count’s withdrawal. He endeavored to discover the reason for its reception, but • Mlle, de Boyer had pledged every one i concerned not to reveal the truth. When Mathewson left for America he would have taken Mlle, de Boyer with him as his wife, but she was related to the royal family, and to marry a •ommoner and go to the American Wilderness was not to be thought of or a moment. I -- BLUE. The night has a thousand eyes i And the day but one; Yet the light of the bright world dies With the dying sun. The mind has a thousand eyes And the heart but one: Yet the light of a whole life dies When love is done. —Francis W. Bourdillon. severaTTWns \ LISTED IN SIME TELEPHONE BOOK NAMES OF SUBSCRIBERS IN DIF FERENT PLACES ARE IN ONE ALPHABETICAL LIST. PLAN IS ADOPTED FOR CONVENIENCE OF USERS Combined Directory Is Big Improvement Over Former Issues — Valuable for Reference. With the growing use of the tele.l phone and the increasing intercomI muuication between cities and towns in the same locality-, a new type ot telephone directory is coming into general use, which is a big improvement over former directories. Under the new plan subscribers in several different places are listed in one book, in the same alphabetical list. One directory contains the names of subscribers in from six to twelve different towns. During the last year or so the volume of telephone intercommunication between towns and cities in the same locality has steadily increased. As a result of this growth in the number of calls from one town to another; a demand has arisen for a telephone directory of general application, in other wqpds, a reference list which could be used in one place as well as in another. The matter was given considerable study by officials of the Telephone Company, who finally decided on the combined directory. Book Used In Big Cities. This type of book has been used in Chicago, New York and other metro- ! politan centers for some time past ! and has given the utmost satisfaction. The telephone officials believe i that there is no reason why the same plan should not work out just as well , in the smaller cities and towns, and I this belief has "been justified where the plan has been tried. The new type of directory greatly simplifies the task of calling from one town to another. When a subscriber in one town desires to call a subscriber in another town,,by referring to the directory he can ascertain the number of the party in the other town as quickly as he can find the number of a telephone subscriber in his own town. This convenience to the subscriber is not afforded where each town has a separate directory. The new plan saves the subscriber much time and trouble in making a call to a distant neighboring town. In every respect the new book is a big improvement over the old type . ■ of directory. I

FORGET THEE! “Forget thee*’ If to dream by night and muse on thee by day, If all the worship, deep and wild, a poet’s heart can pay; If prayers in absence breathed for thee to heaven’s protecting power. If winged thoughts that flit to thee, a thousand in an hour; If busy fancy blending thee with all my future lot— If this thou call’st “forgetting” thou indeed shalt be forgot! • • • • • • Keep, if thou wilt, thy maiden peace, still calm and fancy free, * For God forbid thy gladsome heart should grow less glad for me. Yet while that heart is still unwon, oh, bld not mine to rove. But let it nurse its humble faith and uncomplaining love. If these, preserved for patient years, at last avail me not Forget me. then, but ne’er believe that thou canst be forgot! ' —John Moultrie. Births A baby boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Cbas. Bowser early last Tuesday. They live southwest of Syra cuse. A boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Grover Christoffel, of near Vawter Park, last Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. James Isbel are the proud parents of a boy born Saturday. A seven-pound boy arrived at the L. T. Heerman home last Saturday morning. A iiine and a half pound boy was born to Mr. and Mrs Perry McCorm ican, Monday afternoon. —“When the days begin to lengthen, then the cold begins to strengthen,” and we feel the need of heartier food like buckwheat cakes. You have the good oldfashioned kind if you buy the Goshen Buckwheat Flour. Teeth filled, crowned and extracted absolutely with* out pain. Dr. Cunningham, Goshen. I J. W. ROTHENBERGER : Undertaker : SYRACUSE, » : IND.

w/- '''" js-yr 33....- ..b j 2S' r SSkv*- «?*ae • ' svW*k ill?* - >'-*‘«sW isr- ■■ - •'"',' ’.■/.•'• i , rwTTiiliiß^>mMKMißMßmiMim3ME^eaia^siiiiiiMinKKa«iMMaHta*^gaMaaMMiaifc3aa9n«;M\iiKH\aI simple rule of health is daily called attention to by every doctor in the land, whose first question to the patient almost invariably is, “Are your bowels regular?” Yet there’s not one person in fifty who ■ takes proper care of the bowels. And the result of this foolish neglect is nine-tenths of all ill-health. If today you are unable to free your body of waste matter at the usual time, or if the act causes straining, pains and discomfort, don’t let that condition occur again tomorrow. Unless your bowels can carry away the I waste materials left after food is digested, decay sets in, the poisons of which, taken up by the blood, increase I the risk of Typhoid Fever, Appendicitis, and many other serious diseases. In treating constipation, there is a right way and a way. The wrong way is to take harsh purgatives w’hich even though they do clear the bowels, cause griping and nausea, injure the delicate tissues, and g| I so disturb the normal functions as tp cause the return of constipation. The right way is to help Nature to Hfa Q produce natural movement, without pain or discomfort, by using —a gentle laxative in the form of a chocolate-tasting tablet. One of This Than these tablets eaten just before going to bed will help to restore your bowels to normal activity at a time when, your bodtjt | Q Qj; (J g® (IHA Hundred being at rest, the medicine can do its best work. As a result . r 4 of taking that tablet (or say two, if your case is ob- GUGrCfItOQ" — : Million Were \ tinate), your bowels will move easily and naturally J < 5k in the morning. The use of Rexall Orderlies IC U Sold Lest Yeer X f° ra few days afterward will restore nor- X M X mal regularity. Even chronicconsti- X HISK IXO iVfIOfW.V I • This enormous quantity was pation is benefited by them, and it J _* r> no i r i *. iused with good results by busy men wo f necessary to continue, the / K Rexall Orderlies go not make &.J who suffered from constipation, due treatment for a long time, be- J your boweis act right, tell us so and I. a to lack of exercise, or indigestion X cause, instead of driving £ we’ll give back your money without jg| caused by overwork —by children whose X Nature, they simply help s asking a single question. There is no parents realize the harmful effect of com- X her to help herself, ff red tape to this guarantee. It means i mon purgatives —by old people whose sys- \ Sold only at the more / just what it says. You sign nothing. ||| terns cannot stand anything harsh—by \ t g& t X’®2 J O in ß Xfo l / . We women during pregnancy, and after child- \ toTnonly birth, when any medicine with a violent \in vest pocket / Orderlies do not do all you expect them to action would be particularly dangerous. Many \ tin boxes, / —if you don’t feel better alter using them and im of these people are your neighbors and friends. \ 10 %, 2 . 5c ’ / find that they are the pleasantest-acting and best Ask anvone who has ever used them—they’ll \ V laxative you have ever used, we want you to Eg tell you'Rexall Orderlies satisfied and helped them. \ / tell us and get your money back. F. L. HOCH, Druggist | SYRACUSE, INDIANA. I

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The Store on the Square" Distinguished Spring Styles in New Apparel Very Modestly Priced'

Just as the month of April gives promise of happy surprises, so this store, chuckful of Springtime needfuls, promises many pleasant surprises for the women folks to come and enjoy. The New Suits & Coats Will Delight You; Sensibly Stylish A woman who lives about ten miles outside of Goshen, and who had visited two other towns larger thaq this one, in an effort to find a suit becoming to her, tersely expressed the aim of our coat and suit department when she enthusiastically exclaimed that our garments were all so “SENSIBLY STYLISH.” She found and and bought the suit she was lookiug for and the transaction made a permanent friend for the store. May we serve you in the same manner. Suits and Coats for Ladies, Misses and Children, price from $lO to S3O. Spring Ushers in a Host of Dainty Underwear A cloud of snowy undermuslins exquisitely trimmed and altogether chic and charming, send you a cheery welcome. They are harbingers of spring and like the season, new. Favored by an overstocked manufacturer, we can sell them considerably less than the quality and workmanship warrant — Petticoats, embroidery trimmed, at 74c to $1.50 Skeleton Skirts at 42c, 59c and on up to 95c. Dowers at 25c, 39c and 50c. Gowns at 49c, 69c and up. Combination suits at 75c, 98c and up. Corset covers at 19c, 25c, 35c and 50c Princess Slips at sl, $1.25, $1.50 and up. The Muslin Underwear is on the New Balcony

Splendidly Ready for Spring in Rug Dept. The rug and drapery department is splendidly prepared to supply your spring needs in furnishings. Countless new patterns in rugs and carpets at prices low, considering the quality, are here in endless variety. Pretty draperies of every kind and description are sure to please. Don’t fail to visit this department before you buy . spring house cleaning needs. Second Floor

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Specials in Ratines Regular 25c Ratines, Plain colors at yd. 19c. ! Silk Warp Ratines, 30 inches wide, 50c valuer at yd. 37c. Krinkled Seersucker Ginghams, 15c values at yd. 12>4c. R and G Rustless Corsets If you want fancy trimmings that will not wear, don’t get an R& G. But if you want style and comfort and quality, come right in, and try on this model. 10,000 women in this land buy an R & G each day of the year. Be one of the 10,000 today and find pleasure and comfort you never knew existed in a corset. Priced from $1 up.