Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, January 11, 1915, Page 3

BL DAIDY'S CHAPTER By ROBERT F. HOFFMAN, = It is a feature of the glad, free of this republic that ev n is titled to an opinion cn eve ng der the sun, and, within wide lig i ntitled to the unrestricted exp! sion of that opinion. Bill Daidy is one of those who be- lieve there is good in the large exer. cise of thet privilege, although of Jate years he has added caution to candor In the otd days*he came in off his en- gine, loaded with the usual accumula. tion of griefs over the shortcomings of the roundhouse, which are apt to loom large in the long watches of the night run. He gradually grew the habit of clos. ing his regular harangue to the round. house foreman with a sort of perora. tion which summed up the real or im- aginary derelictions of everybody con. nected with the road, from call-boy to president. In an effort to break the .flow of Bill's rough eloquence the roundhouse foreman unwittingly set Bill's feet upon the path that led upward—down. ward, Bill laughingly insists some- times. “Bill, why in thunder don't you write a book?” said the long-suffering foreman, when Bill had become more than usually aggressive in his none too gentle impeachments. “You are sure wasting your talent on an en- gine.” Bill glared for a moment before he was able to let down the pressure of road management which he had men- tally assumed, and then, as the recol- lection of a purchase he had rece ntly made for his growing son flashed across his mind, he gave way to a slow grin and said: “Blamed if I don't believe that's a good idea, Ballard. Maybe I'll just g0 you a chapter, when my boy gets fit with his machine.” So, Daidy, in his evenings at home, took to rehearsing his daily griefs to the boy, who laboriously hammered them out of the typewriter into gro- tesques of composition and the print- er's art. Daidy “dictated” and ‘“revised,' “killed copy” and “edited,” although he did not know it in those terms, and after many days what he had grown to call “The Chapter” was fin- ished, decked out with border lines that fairly exhausted the resources of the boy and the eighty-odd characters of the machine. Bill gloated over it for a weeck of nights, and then liked it so well that he decided to have it all done over again, in order that he might not only supply Ballard, but also send carbon copies of it surreptitiously to the su- perintendent of motive power, the di- vision superintendent, and—holy of lholies—the general manager. The superintendent of motive pow- er duly received his copy, threw it in he waste basket, and remarked casu- ally, “Bill!” He liked Bill, but not Bill's too free excoriations. opy and, laughing, pigeonholed it for uture use in letting down the pres- pure of the superintendent of motive ower when next they should lock horns over engine failures. The general mznager took up his opy from its personal cover and read t from start to finish, as follows: Chapter One. If this don't fit your case, you get a learance card right here. The board B out for others. When you build an engine and want @ most results and don't care what ind, fix yourself with a lot of dis- uraged draftsmen, and, for chief, get good wrangler that talks into his hiskers and don't decide much. Tell them fellows, at the start, that 0u put them into that cheese-box of- ce to stay, and they can't break out nto the road to see an engine do busi- ess, noways. Don’t pay any of them too much. hey are working on paper, and you n easily fix the engine after we get Hire a lot of master mechanics that jnow all about sawmills. There ain't one around here, but you can see pem running in the woods if you take ride with me. They will be ready to Y up your new engine when it comes t Fix up boiler steel specifications Bat you know are O. K., and then let be purchasing agent bluff you into king something better but cheaper; B can prove it. That will sure give a t, once in a while, to some of us fel- s that's a little slow about circula 2 in the scenery, and it will m ngs brisk in the boiler shop. Th ———— e e s | month?” The division superintendent read his | green | llows need work. They are too strong | rest nights. | Use hammered engine frames. If I‘ ha 25 a track man I'd like to be able to it my hand on a busted weld Y. “Them’s it," after the er nped the track and got pulled out of i borrow-pit. The dispatcher won't re, if she don't block the track. It fakes work for the blacksmiths Fix your spring-rigging so. when it the equalizer will hit, point in the track. Gives the ez better start when she ju Il go farther and everything had ght to be made to go as far as it W She hould ‘ruck-pedestal binder-bolts low enough to rip up a It gives the goers. One ough Two stay on too well. fPut your driving-box wedge-bolts in afe deposit box behind the driving eels. Somebody might get at them b a wrench, on the road. Wedge ts had ought to be smelled or d from when the journals screech; seen. ‘ anybody thinks he wants to slack | nut's | d in the tool kit Erew of hoboes in there and tell 1 they got to save ofl agd ram the ! may he roundhouse gang’s too good for | papkin hem, Job. New engines don't run hot | else they are D enough to suit yours truly. Put| wide hem ~ THE EVENING TELEGRAM LAKELAND, FLA., JAN. 11, 1915, a pineli bbit and side of he dispatel and the s all he a lay-off bout ront-ends. If od to you, but don't A teakettle with he trainmaster © 10 a while. Three now somebody job anyhow, and Your front-end furni- on the serap pile while he 5 forget to put it back help some. €Ie's rooms to rent in T You get it done, " en show up again ieubator, fill her up with It's hang for us fellows, h the front trucks 2 some. ir pipes as 18 you can. It was looking and quicker. r your en- can do to o obody out igine cab. Fix 2llow goes to the front Can’t get buck again to the Withe 15 orders from he dispatc owing that the main !ine of the cab is clear, € Loy allows we are working too 1 tle hts at this. He wants a We are So don't bother )0; 1 ash-pans. When nt word that he 't of way on his d him to me, was on the wrong It wis all clear know that we are part wood and s trimmings— ineer. ngth of id above the ver grotesquely he 0 level, howe appear, there is usually 1 him worth observing. I and staying powers he n:“\ €et his feet upon the solid, and Ul has bzlance ler hias been discovered omewhat in this fashion the gen- I reasoned as he read Hed bis secretary, nd by careful question and reply it was soon estublished that neither of them knew who William Daidy wa nor what of W fact and what fu Therefore, the general manager made a brief investigation, put some pointed questions to the superinten- dent of wiotive power, who fumed a little, but electrified the master me- chanie (as witness his short and sim- ple inquiry of Bill), and thus Bill's little seeds began to grow apace. Changes were made. Plans were devised and revised until new engines bore signs of improvement. These things were discussed on the home road, and the news of them went broadeast over many roads Rill's ideas bore the test of service, flo i al and like the prove tree, until finally the, before the “First Intelligence, “Great Arcanum.” or “Court of Resort” of the railroad mechani world, and were called good longer bearing the name of “William Daidy, Engineer,” it is true, but la- beled with the names of many men, for that is the way of the world, and the destiny of all things that are good enough to prove good. Bill never got beyond “Chapter One™ of Ballard's “book.” There wa3 no need. But having demonstrated “a man of parts,” it was to transpose that he was thought advantageous him to the ranks of those he had smit- ten. Thus, Bill became a road fore- Foolish Question. A man who, with his family, had spent several weeks at a fashionable summer resort discovered one morn- ing that he had lost his pocketbook. Thinking it possible that it might have been found by some employee of the hotel at which he was staying, he reported his loss to the landlord. “That’s too bad, Mr. Johnson,” said that functionary. “I'll make inquiries about it. What kind of pocketbook leather,” answered the “What color?” “Dark red.” “Any distinguishing mark about it?” “It had a clasp. o “What was the ape of it? “Flat, of cour said Mr. Johnson “Haven't 1 beer > than a Response to Popular Demand. e crook plays burglars Jack. *“1 ivin’ up tin’ a corre- PLAIN LINEN FOR THE TABLE vy Respects, Although y It Has Some Real Disadvontages. Beautiful in Ma Admitt 1hes very attrac- ehol E advantage. It does show wrinkles and spots more quickly than a heavy fig- ured damask does. So if there is not a fresh cloth for every meal, damask be a better choice. But the linen is beautiful, and in any redge-bolt, let that man shoot the | household it might be used for & &pe- Bb-nuts off with a gun. That's what | cial dinmer set. 1s for, and they’d ought to be car- | table cloth may be finished with a fine The napkins and idery stitch, or like the ordlnm‘ oo finely done by band, or | bemstitched in an ineh- GLORIES OF PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPGSITION President Wilson to Attend on Battleship Oregon— Marvelous Exhibits From REVEALED BY COMPLETED EXHIBIT PALACES e ——————————————— STOP BUYING EXPENSIVE s | Wo COUGH REMEDIES | for bro s Money spent for the old style, | croup, whoosing ready-made cough syrups in bottles | cough. ensugzh holc onl to 2 1-2 ounces is;home to proh- ery largely wasted, bacause most of | ably last the wh iem are composed prene v of ! niter. Children All Parts of the Earth Assembled by Forty-two Countries for the Hugest pay the same price as if it was .’I'I; medicine. You can make a better couzh medi- it take mtains no chlorsform, in, hine or other narcotics as do cough mixtures. Keep it ar anqg water. Yet you have to | to and Stop wasting this mone m hay | cine at home at on fth the cost. | of emergen 3 T H H H Merely go to Henley & Henley's | congh before i L fhe Conclave of Nations in History—Many Strange Displays Will Be Shown, > v i & ‘i [shove. arussie . been anthoices H ’ [{ tha? L 8 s (20¢ worth) of Schiffmann's Con-[to return the money in every si: 3 with one pint of anuiated snear s 5 ion or is not found tho best The Panama-Pacific International Exposition at San Francisco, America's stupendous celebration of the com. was 9 pletion of the Panama canal, President Wilson. Many strange and wonderful ex! which is a telephone with a dictaphone attachment that records the der. This will prevent people from cutting in on the line and also makes a record of every telephone message. Apart from the European participation, the exposition will be notable for its displays fr. world. In its American participatio; amusement features and attractions Its presentation of works of art, inc there are presented more than eighty thousand individual exhibits and collections of exhi and one-l which ounces) . 5 per cent compleied several months before its formal opening on February 20, 1915. A glance at the work that had been accomplished gave evidence and comprehensiveness. Despite the tremendous conflict in which Europe is involved, none of the European countries which had accepted the invitation to take offelal part in the exposition withdrew its participation. France, involved in the great struggle, reaffirmed its decision, and a stately French pavilion, a dupli- cate of the Palace of the Legion of Honor at Paris, will recall the herole deeds of many gallant French soldiers who have won the Order of the Legion of Honor in the present conflict. The exposition will be the scene of a great naval pageant, which will pass through the Panama canal to the Golden Gato. On March 24 President Wilson, on the historic battleship Oregon, will reach the Golden Gate as Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy, having led the fleet of battle- ships of all nations which passed through the Panama canal in the cere monies attendant on the official opening of the canal. Mr. Wilson and his party will be the guests of the exposition until March 28. Despite the war in Europe, practically all of the nations will send one or more of their bat- tleships to attend this occasion and attest their friendly feeling for the United States. The proud pavilions of the foreign nations each in characteristic archi- tecture of the country it represents, lend a suipassing novelty and interest to this largest of world's expositions. Portugal, !taly, Spain, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Greece, Switzerland, Turkey, Persia, are repre- sented nationally. German and Pritish interests are also represented. From Italy came a number of almost priceless art ex!ibits, including many from the universal art exhibition at Genoa. Exhibits from the Ghent international exposition and from the exposition at Malmo, Swcden, as well as huge con- signments from other regions, early reached San Iancisco. No more won- derful tribute could have been accorded to the Unitel States than that which the European countries gave in a period of tremencous stress. hibits will be shown, among them Thomas A. Edison’s wonderful “Telescribe,” telephone conversations on a dictaphone cylin- M other parts of the n, in the extent and quality of its exhibits, in the great number of wonderful of many kinds, the Panama-Pacific International Expositio i8 unprecedented. luding sculptures and paintings, will be unexcelled. In it industrial exhibits portraying the results of the world's best efforts of recent years. Those who have read of the exposition abroad and then visited it in its preliminary stages, nronounced that their every expectation was far surpassed. :lty of ten great circuses like Barnum and Bailey's in a single “greatest show on earth” the cost of a single production and the wonderful midway, or “Zone." excel. hagen. Japan, in her lavish display: household. Rare silks and tapestri: Imagine, for the purposes of illustration, the interest, nction and nov- and presentcd at ten times you will gain an idea of the magnitude of a single section oi the exposition, A total of more than eleven million dollars is expended in this scction. The nations are not attempting to show everything they produce, but will exhibit those products in which they In the Danish display will be shown exquisite products of the Royal Danish Porcelaln factorics at Copen- 8, es, will exhibit priceless works of art loaned under direction of (he imperial wonderful paintings of the old masters hitherto never exhibited in the origi- nal, will be shown from Italy. From China there early reached San Francisco selections of priceless «exhibits col- lected by the governors of the Chin of transportation methods employed public will be portrayed. The Argentine, Indo-China, will shew their resources on a The photographs on this page give an idea of some of the most recent wonders of the exposition. HANDSOME SIXTY- PAGE BOO Those who are interested in book of sixty pages, reproducing the exposition, San Francisco, Manager, Bureau of Publication, LILY'S LETTER By DOROTHY DOUGLAS. The first week of Lily's vacation had been She had not met single attractive man during her seven most disappointing. and so dull did it seem that she was thinking serious- ly of returning to the city. At home, she at least had the society of the boarders who shared her moth- er's comfortable hospitality. However, on the eighth day of her vacation Lily saw a young man the very sight of whom sent a wave of color into her cheeks. Lily was young. “It is positively wicked to be so good looking,” she told herself, as she watched the young man dive from the springboard at the end of the pier. “Now, why that elect to stop at the same hotel I do—there would be a ghost of a chance of becoming acquainted then.” Lily smiled ruefully. “No such luck for me,” she added. She never admitted, even to her- € that she had deliberately let fall the letter that she had received from her mother the next morning. How- ever, Lily did drop the letter and <ed swiftly on without daring to look back to ascertain just who had ! _ picked it up. { Fortunately the wickedly was an who saw he who pie d put both in his note book for fur- Jack Bassington t*er in another envelope y Brayton at the en- vas disappointed that er returned 1 mail male she did antime Jack Bassington's s free to live pocketbook die- tly from the sta- Iress he had seen in of the envelope addressed Brayton When he caught sight of the brown- California and the Panama canal. To obtain this book send a letter to the Panama-Pacific International Exposition Grounds, San Francisco, California. days at Sea CIift, | can't a man like | the | not e to an end and he | ese provinces; silks, eatins, carvings, in the old China and more modern inlay work and precious metal 5, exhibits methods employed in the aw kening re- Australla, Canada, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Cochin and vast scale. 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After all, the circular skirt is brass plate informed passers-by that |the most graceful of all and goes par there were vacant apartments within. l ticularly well with the redingote and The maid who answered his ring led | other basque and moyen age walst him into the little office and there | effects now in vogue. he made arrangements to occupy the daintily furnished room on the third floor. Whep Lily returned two daya later This charming afternoon gown is called “La Dame et la Mode.” It Is of white ottoman. The new decollete is shown in a pretty effect running from shoulder to shoulder in fichu effect. The new waist line is short, coming to a point at the front. The new skirt Is extremely wide, laid in folde and al- lows sufficlent room for walking, danc- ing, eta T e — not just ht. The glasses we of . fer are <e which will correct er- rors and strengthen the sight. Come and have your eyes examined as they should be. 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