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Show ERA IN.FI ' . - fr 0 i a, rPUBLtC(TY AND PROVES TO BE A POPULAR MOTTO. ACCURACY I CV - frsz Are the 'grmt financiers of the country bey'lnnlng In h a new light? Time was, until recently In fact, when the men at the head of the big cor to kt pt their business poratlons themselves," as far as the law would allow Capable men at the head of the big concerns, long realized the weakness of their iioaltion, but what was needed obviously, as In all great re forms, was an unmistakable occasion and a courageous man. The occasion aroe In the purchase of the Western Union Telegraph company by the American Telephone and Tfbg-a-- h n company, and the man appiunu Theodore N Vail, President of the purchasing con oration. It was last when it.hlc announcement was- - made that ihe Gould holdings of Western Union I i d been, taken over by the Telephone company. On account of the high esteem In which the management of the telephone company Is so generally held, great things were predicted as a result of the absorption of Western Union Hy the press of the country the "deal" was most favorably commented o It being widely poluted out that under the direction of such men as Theodore N. Vail and his associates, the telegraph company was bound soon to work ttm-tInto a po sltlon where it could offer the public far more efficient service than It had ever before been able to offer. But a very few months bad elapsed when It became apparent lo the new management that a modern and up appraisal of the company's assets Would make possible a far greater degree of efficiency of operation, Here," they said to themselves. "weve bought control of this property and we know Its Imnjpnsely valuable, but we don't know Just valuable.--Thcs- e . how appralsals of real estate and securities owned were made a long time ago. If we have a complete Inventory made of every thing we've got we can announce the facta to the public, start a new set of books, and begin our responsibility to atockholdere right there." How Inventory Was Taken. The moat expert accountants and appraisers to be bad were put at the task. Their labor lasted over eight months. Their report and Ita publl-satloby the company marks an In finance. It began by reoommendlng an adjustment of the difference between the appraised and book values by a . eharge of 85.695,089 against Book values 'of securities held were reduced to market values, bad accounts were "charged iff, an allowance of 92.000,000 was made for depreciation." another of $500,000 for reserve," and bo on, until the old surplus of 918,867,000 came down to 95,138,000. It required courage, the publication of this statement to stockholders, saying In effect: The property of your company has been reval nedt. the surplus Isnt nineteen millions, as you have been led to believe, but five millions." but It was the troth, and President" Vatt flld' tiot inch. he Accuracy- declared, was eesentlaf. The stockholder has a right to know. The shares of this company are scattered from one end of the Union to the other. This Is more than a private corporation. It Is a great national enterprise. The public Is entitled to the facts." The report was ordered published forthwith. Financiers of the old school and speculators generally were aghast. What would happen 1 Would the bottom drop out of Western Union when the shareholders realized that their propetry was worth 913.000,000 less than they had supBut the amazing posed? thlnp happened. The stock-weup and stayed up. The public had respond ed to this remarkable display ol frankness and confidence: to the new motto, "Accuracy and Publicity." The full significance of the action of the new board la stated concisely by Harper's) Weekly In these words: la this Holier of publicity and of open handed dealing with sharehold era and public the forerunner of s similar movement on the part of bth er big corporations? Certainly It Is to be hoped that it la. lu the case of these big companies, dependent npon public patronage and doing busl nesa 'under public franchise, can there be any question of the right ol the people to know? That right being iccognlzed It la recognized now in this epochal act on the part of the telephone and telegraph Interests. It Is the dawn ol a new era' In corporation finance. OAMNOr of pieti s t.s s r a I nowaday t 1 1 - - I MYE'R P1TCW-N- e n ep-ac- b aur-plus- ul nt 1 Timeliness fective ln exact proportion to - tbelf timeliness; partial decay may be cut away and cleansed; Incipient error corrected; but there. Is a point al which corruption can. inp jmore ,b ll taped, nor wandering recalled, , has been the manner of modern phll anthropy to remain passive until that precise period, and to leave the sick to perish, and the foolish to stray, while It spent Itself In frantic exer tloni to raise the dead, and reform the duet Rue kin. Stops Pain AMBASSADOR Tif FREE the Bladder, Kidney and Back. In Wouldnt It be nice within a week or so to begin to say goodbye forever to the scalding, dribbling, straining, or too frequent passage of urine; the forehead and the aches; the stitches and pains la the back; the growing muscle weakness; spots before the eyes; yellow skin; sluggish bowels; swollen eyelids or ankles; leg cramps; unnatural short breath; sleeplessness and the despondency? I have a recipe for these troubles that you can depend on, and If you want to make a QUICK RECOVEHT. you ought to write and get a copy of It. Many a doctor would charge you $3 50 just for writing this prescription, but I have It and will be glad to send it to you entirely free. Just drop me a line like tills: Dr. A. EJ. Robinson. Luck Building. Detroit, Mich., and I will send It by return mall In a plain envelope. As you will see when you get it, this recipe contains only pure, harmless remedies, but it has power. great healing and It will quickly show Its power once you use it, so I think you had better see wliat If Is without delay. I will send you a copy free you can use it and cure yourself at home. K-2- AND BARONJTSS UCHJDA o'v'tr printed page' ever (top to r. t!ei t what a comparatively time aipTp wn.-- . tii.it lirst saw sueh embellish sin Most of tm- day's happenings mint of the ehroPK distinctly of onr u ad. is ,m douhihss the time when tc tun s wen- unki ( wn in their favor Ite new spapei and even lift r cri.le euts began to make their appvaranee In the advertising columns of long the weeklies, an I later In the dailies, It was lapse ere the picture wt re to he found In the readIng column and a yet longer time before the reader came to expect, not mere cene subjects but graphic pictures Tif tin- current happenings of the busy world. The vocation of snapshotting celebrities ha been the outgrowth the very latest outgrowth, It might be termed of the practise of recording In picture as well as In story the doings of all the world. Wheri the newspaper reading public came to expect the quick reflection in picture form of great bappen- nia-- r IS ! RELIEVES URINARY AND KipNEY TROUBLES, BACKACHE, STRAINING, SWELLING, ETC. 4&, Jt f t VP y f w past few year has witnessed the , of a unique activity, the pur-curiosiU to public of which satisfy I,(,se ty ii yarding men and women who are romintut In one or another of the walks of life. This particularly up to date vocation might be ,b nominated i...snapshotting" of celebrities, which means the making of Instantaneous photographs o.f the In the people who nr.- temporarily or permanently consepublic eye ami whtse personal appearance Is of all iarls to the interest of people matter a quently of the country. Few n s ap r readers who take delight In the I WEAK KIDNEYS, , fjJ Prompt Response to Bold Movo ot President Vail. "Accuracy Reduced Western Union's Surplus 813 OCQ.OOO. "Publicity" Restored Confidence and Its Stock Went Up. RECIPE CURES $3.50 trated many a time during tl e the colonel's trip through west. Several profess'onal accompanied photographers him, and a number of the press correspondents also carried cameras, and often it was a wild race for them to keep up with Mr. Roosevelt and be on hand at the time when the human Interest picgood tures were to be had. Whenever Colonel Roosevelt appeared, unless the police arrangements prevented, he was at once surrounded by a cheering crowd, every man, woman and child of which was trying to get close enough to grasp his hand or at least to At such say Hello, Teddy. a snap-sho- t times usually yielded only a mass of heads and backs surrounding a set of gleaming teeth. If Mr. Roosevelt was carefully guarded by police or soldiers, as was the case in some cities, the task of the photographer was almost as difficult, for the "coppers and deputy sheriffs of Significance In Names. In an Illinois town a workingman having been Informed that a sixth baby had arrived at bis home, exclaimed: Sufficient, and his neigh bors, referring to bis having given that name Sufficient to the new arrival, credited him with originality. The incident resembles a case nearer home, adds the New York Tribune. A New York family was blessed with nine daughters, when the stork brought a tenth one. It was In the d days when the slang term for an story was a chestnut. and as the baby certainly came under that head she received the name, but for euphony's sake the French for the word was employed, and she was called Marron. oft-tol- Admitted. Women already do a lot of governing, said Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont, the brilliant suffrage leader. In an interview In New York. Men, If they are observant and frank, admit that Stfr?jrApY or smrr xngx, bapon dlisrcs H01MT6 MNGIMZU?, covyy SARRPrr. AND, "An editor about to marry was asked by a friend: " What prompted you, old man, to propose to Miss Dash?1 The editor, who was, like all editors, extremely observant and extremely frank, answered: " Well, to tell you the truth, I think Mlsa Dash prompted me more than anybody else. J. lugs all over the world It speedily progressed from Interest In places and things to curiosity regarding the actual appearance of the people regarding whose the papers had much to say. It waa not that the newspapers should print as a counterfeit presentment ot this or that public man a carefully posed bust portrait, touched up to show the to dodge the glass eye polnted-Towahim. In subject as he wanted to appear rather than as he actually did appear. Newspaper readers with any event quick action U necessary at the crita thirst for accurate information came to demand ical moment If the subject sought la to be caught ere he moves away, turn his head or otherwise pictures that would show the subjects as they r who actually appeared. Moreover, they wanted not a spoils the picture. Indeed the picwould catch on the wing such restless spirits commonplace bust photo, but a ture that would represent Its object as he would as Colonel Roosevelt must develop a sort of sixth appear to'one'who met him on the street and sense that will enable him to anticipate with reawith a hint as to his distinctive characteristics sonable certainty the future moves of his subject as to dress, etc. From this demand was born the No other American of the day Is so much pho. - - personal snap shot." tographed as la - Colonel Roosevelt, nl yet he -- -! ambassador snot s Snap to a large extent by no meant an easy subject for good pictures. Nowaday the 'AND MAS. JAMfJ BDYCr In the the Is to not he It ptiblie that stereotvped visage the operation; indeed, displacing objects Almost everybody who achieves fame he seema to utterly Ignore the cameras that are prints. or notoriety must must needs fall victims to the pointed at him a dozen times a day. But the the w'estern towns seemed ip have much more r Is colonel Is one of the most active and sudden of sharpshooters of the camera. The than common sense. In Denver two huas no respecter of persons or callings so long m errand the must be on the alert of the camera men were left behind when the man Interest" la present, and everybody, from very minute of the time or be loses the golden colonel and his party went to the auditorium r.n,d at the "psypreachers to pugilists and from statesmen to opportunity to catch the arrived to find that building packed to the doors suffragists, is the quarry of the camera scout at chological moment." This was admirably Ulus- - and surrounded by a ring of mounted police. To one time or another. Some of the people who are one of these they appealed In vain. But we are manifestly rellHh It; a great number to be with Mr. Roosevelts party," said ENTERTAINING THE BLIND. supposed accept It as a matter of course and a minority one of them finally. "In these days of specialists you can't just Well, was the chilly rewriggle and squirm and even fight at sight ot step out and help your fellow humans In haphazsponse, If you are supposed to be with them, why t'arnera. Conspicuous among the latter are ard fashion, said the matron on an Institution aren't you? And the officers horse scornfully Harry I,ehr, the Newport society pe,pf monkey for the blind. "You have to take a course of switched his tall In their, faces. dinner fame, and J. Plerpont Morgan, the finanbefore you ran even do good In the world. It was In Denver, too, that one of the most training cier. It must be admitted that the father of In this position the task that requires most discenes of the trip was witnessed. The amusing trusts does not make a pretty picture when taken plomacy Is declining the services of people who Press club gave a chuck-wagoluncheon to the Is he unawares and he evidently realizes this, for offer to entertain the blind. All sorts of Incomcolonel In a park. said the camera men Here, usually guarded by several private detectives petents volunteer. Their Intentions are good, but - is our chance for some good stuff." So they put when he appears In public and carries a cane their achievements are deplorable. Poor readers In fresh films or plates anil "hustled out there by which he Is quick to use on any offending camera are most numerous and are hardest to manage. the dozen. The colonel, In thq midst ot a throng that he' can reach. of Colorado deputy sheriffs, stood at They have had no practise In reading aloud since Public officials, headed by the president of the they left the lower gradesTn the grammar school, the rough board table and every time he reached United States, are usually the most satisfactory for a bit of meat or put a morsel of food Into his yet when the fires of benevolence break out that fc-Is the first thing they want to do. snap-shot- s suhj.-ctbecause, whatever may mouth there was a perfect fusillade of clicks from be their natural inclination lu the matter, they 'The blind are particularly sensitive to the the cameras that surrounded him. The photogquickly learn to submit gracefully to this sort quality of a voice. A harsh, high pitched voice raphers were ranged In a triple ring about the of attention. A leading statesman or army or that rambles on without rhyme or reason gets chuck wagon, those with little cameras In front on their nerve, and It is our duty to shut out navy official W ho realties that at publlc functions stooping low; next, the men wlih the larger hand he is liable to be continually In the camera eye all such readers. They have to be handled with cameras, and In the rear the local artists, who avoid those awkward Is likely to Instinctively had big machines on high tripods. It was in truth ,care because their hearts are In the right place, attitudes and facial grimaces that sometimes spoil and with tact their good Intention may be dea comical sight, but the cokmc.l - did- not seem to mind it a bit, and went on eating and talking with things In the cave of a celebrity who It new to flected into some useful channeL" the game ahd self conscious In consequence. From the utmost enthusiasm. s the standpoint of the The visit to Cheyenne, of course, gave the rerhaps the KING'S BEARD MODEL FOR ENGLISHMEN. most satisfactory subjects In this country are the their bekt chances for picturesque views, Beards are at present the order of the day wn." for there the colonel could be caught almost any dtpfemats at Washington that la, the alien offiLondon's fashionable 'Tnen-aboutt- o among cials who are stationed at our seat of government time shaking hands with the cowboys, cowgirls and In remarking about the prevalence of facial hiras the ambassador or, ministers of foreign powsute adornments, a prominent hairdresser said: gaudily painted Indians, or applauding the work ers. For one thing, these titled foreigners are ot the broncho-busters- . "One would not have thought that the coming possessed of gorgeous uniforms That show up of King George to the throne would have made , There Is a Chicago newspaper man who once well In unconventional pictures, and then again current hair- - had the unique experience of being the only person much difference to the fashion ' on to accustomed drees are being with a camera present at the coronation of a king, constantly they dressing. In view of the fact that his father wore a . - a beard for so many yewf. but I ean assure you The monarch! In question was M&tafa, who had parade, muat quick on the trigger- - It has, and a very great difference at that been elected klng of Samoa by a majority of The Theanp-hotle- r "In all probability the present faehlon of the Inhabitants of those delectable Islands In 1898. His and be cultivates ability In this direction almost as earnestly as the gun fighter of the west did point beard Is due tn great measure to so young reign, to be sure,' tasted but a few months, for after are a man affecting one. I have been told thet there a gallant struggle! he was most unjustly deposed In the old days. The newspaper snap-shotwas a great rage for beards among made by meant of special cameras made specialty by the Americans and British, who thereupon partiThe performwhen King Edward Bret grew a beard many tioned tha Islands with Germany. for the purpose, and costing aa much as 9250 ance took" place in the open, hut the king and years ago. apiece. Only a fraction ot a second Is required, once the lens is of 'courts, to make's snap-shoTn my opinion the average Englishman is the chiefs who anointed him were not to be apThe style of beard proached within some fifty yards. Sb rigid Is Safocused upon a odlebrlty In a desired position, but tremendously Imitative. moan etiquette that the one man with the camera the uncertainty lies In the fact that the celebrity King George wears la appropriately named tbs It seldom actually posing for hie picture. More Torpedo' In the navy, and since the king's ac- did not dare to break through tha eurroundlng ring of natives, and had perforce to he content with cession many of the younger men In the eervioe j than likely he may not realise that he Is being such vlewe aa could be had from a distance. caught by tha earners or mayhap miy he trying have started to grow them." doings enough rd snap-shotte- full-lengt- h or tn bptsn gnap-shot.l- -- snap-shatte- snap-shott- er Benny on Benevolence. Benevolence is a great thing. When you hare benevolence you cannot rest until you do something to make other people feel grateful to you. The other day my mamma went up Into the attlo to find a lot of old clothes to give to poor people who could not afford to buy any clothing for themselves. While she was hunting around she found a cane worth $25 that grandpa bad put up there 18 years ago, and forgot all abouL Thus we see, dear friends, benevolence brings Its own reward. Benny. gold-heade- As Time Passes. Before you were married you used to send "your 'wife' Hewers. Now "Yes, replied Mr. Meekton. It takes a diamond necklace to make her as enthusiastic as she used to be bunch of roses. over a flve-doll- To Put It Mildly. They say he has a swelled head." I must admit that he seems to appreciate himself very much. snap-shotte- n self-invite- s -- znap-shotter- snap-shotte- s t, THEY GROW Good Humor and Cheerfulness Right Food and Drink. From Anything that interferes with good Is apt to keep cheerfulness and good humor In the background. A Washington lady found that letting coffee alone made things bright for her. She writes: Four years ago I was practically given up by my doctor and was not expected to live long. My nervous system was In a had condition. But I was young and did not want to die so I began to look about for the cause of my chronic trouble. I used to have nervous spells which would exhaust me and aflSf each spell ft would take me days before I could sit up In a chair. , . I became convinced my trouble was caused by cgffee. I decided to stop it and bought some Postum. The first cup, which I made accorda soothing efing to directions,-ha-d fect on my nerves and I liked the taste.' For a time I nearly lived on Postum aad ate little food besides. I am today a healthy woman. My family and relatives wonder If I am the same person I was four years ago, when I could do no work on ao count of nervousness.." Now I am doing my own housework, take care of two babies one twenty the other two months old. I am so busy that I hardly get time to write a letter, yet I do it all with the cheerfulness and good humor that comes from enjoying good health health. T tell my friends It Is to Postum I owe my life today. Read The Road to WeUvllle," la pkgs. Theres a Reason." Bver vmS the aheve letter? A sew eee aaaeere free flee te tUee. Thrv re aeeeieet tree, aal tall et latrrcet, . lieu |