The Detroit times. [volume], April 11, 1912, AFTERNOON EDITION, Page Page Seven, Image 7

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OLO BOYS m GIRLS ASS'N
HOLDS ENJOYABLE BANOUET
500 Bruce and Huron Folk Pre
paring For Pilgrimage
Back Home
Th« Huron and Bruce Old Boys'
And OlrU* association held tbelr
•acond annual banquet in tba Elliott
-lay lor-Woolf widen Co.'i case, Tues
day evening. It waa an exceedingly
enjoyable function, about 400 mem
bers of thla old borne social organisa
tion sitting down to a moat enjoyable
apread and excellent programme Tbe
toastmaster was Dr. J F. Mackenzie,
who in bla opening remarks congratu
lated the organisation oh tbe large
attendance and extended to
the Rev. Clark 8. Logan, of Alvlstoq,
°nt., and J. J. Hunter, Kincardine,
Ont., who were present for tbe oc
casion.
Tbe first toast was .‘'Detroit'the
land we live In,” and* Charles R. Rob
ertson, president of tbe Detroit Board
of Education, in a splendid speech
pointed out the marvelous growth of
the city.
The Rev. Clark S. Imogen responded
to "Canada the land we left.” His
address was a tribute to the two great
Anglo-Saxon nations, whose example
had been for the peace of the world
and the uplifting of humanity.
J. J. Hunter brought greeting from
the town of Kincardine, Ont. He
Invited all present to attend the re
union to be held there from July 15
to 20, this year.
Bhort addresses were given by A.
W. Corbett, Chicago; H. McCort, John
H. McDonald. Dr. E. B. Smith and
James Ballantine.
Songs w-ere rendered by Harold
Jarvis. Mrs. W. F. Haystead and
Mrs. Sykes.
This association expects to take
about 500 Huron and Bruce residents
of Detroit, over to Kincardine with
them In July. They have chartered
a special train for the occasion.
TICKETS SELL FAST FOR
NAVIN-YAWKEY DINNER
Tickets for the testimonial banquet
to be given by the Board of Com
merce to Frank J. Navin and William
H. Yawkey. owners of the Detroit
Baseball club. In commemoration of
the dedication of Navin field, the
evening of April 18. in the Hotel
Pontchartraln. have been placed on
tale In the Board of Commerce rooms.
But 400 plates will be laid, and judg
ing by the way the sale started, the
maximum sale will soon be reached.
The sale of tickets for the opening
game, in the Board of Commerce sec
tion. has been heavy. Os the 2,000
seats allotted to the Board of Com
merce, over 2,200 have been disposed
of. . .
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REMARKABLE SUCCESS ENJOYED
BY NEW SAVING SYSTEM!
A system that lowers the cost of living: and helps the ultimate consumer in many other ways was
launched in Detroit a short time ago. Already it has met with phenomenal success and promises to revo
lutionize the entire present day plan of merchandise retailing.
It has been so successful because It benefits the con
sumer and the merchant—making an Ideal way to im
prove on the much debated conditions which have been
depressing the people so long. The merchant is able to
enjoy a better trade because his customers are more
thrifty and are financially able to buy more luxuries and
better necessities.
2'/*% Discount On All
Cash Purchases.
The new savins system
has spread over Detroit
like a flash. In every sec
tion of the city and In Del
ray. Grosse Point* and
Highland Park dealers are
giving the "Certlficatea"
which represent a
d'scount on all cash pur
chases.
The Franklin Provident
ft Savings System was or
iginated by a wsll-known
business man. For many
years he has been manager
of one of the leading au
tomobile factories. He did
not understand why the
retail merchants could not
glYe S discount to custom
ers for paying cash, the
same as wholesalers. This
thought caused him to try
to devise a plan whereby
the dealers could give the
discount and still not be
overtaxed with clerical
work, as would be the case
if the percentage were de
ducted at the time of pur
chase.
All Detroit Banks Accept
Certificates.
And so the Franklin Sys
tem which Is now so well
known was worked out. It
makes this deduction easy
and still allows the cus
tomer the benefit of a cash
payment. The Franklin
••Certificates" are saved by
the customer end present
ed or mailed to the Frank
lin Company, which gives
In return a check that Is
good at any bank In the
city. This check will be
credited to their account
or may be used to open a
new account at its face
value
Teaches Customer* To
Save.
One of the most Valu
able features to the plan—
and the one which has
been largely responsible
for the unusual popularity
Is that It creates a habit
of saving This money
which . accumulates from
the certificates is saved
THE STAGE
The Avenue theater'* attraction for
next week will be the burlesque com
pany known aa "The Girls From
Reno." Whatever may be the signifi
cance of the title the assurance is
M Ven that the show is a diverting one.
There will be two musical pieces,
"High IJte in Reno” and "Business Is
Business/’ supplemented by a number
of vaudeville specialties. The corti
edy will be provided largely by Col
lins and Brown who will be assisted
by Wlll-Nell-Lavender. The Paragon
score board has been Inatalled and la
reporting all the games played by the
Tigers .out of town. The current at
traction is Williams’ “Ideal Com
edians. ”
A play of unusual charm because
of Its quaint setting and atmosphere
.Is "Pomander Walk,” which will be
the attraction, in the Garrick theater,
all next week. The comedy was writ
ten by Louis N. Parker and proved
one of the big successes of last sea
son In Near, York. Tbe original com
pany of EngHsh players will preseut
It, In the Garrick next week. The
storyj the setting and the characters
are of the period of 1805 during the
latter years of the reign of George
111. The three acts of the play take
place In a little residence section of
London called Pomander Walk.
Helen Ware will play a half week's
engagement In the Detroit opera
house opening Thursday evening, in
the drama “The Price," written espe
cially. for her by George Broadhurst.
“The Price” tells the story of the
search of a woman for happiness
through love and the price she has to
pay for that happiness. The char
acters are every day folk with every
day thoughts and experiences. In the
role of Ethel Toscani, Miss Ware Is
said to have added a portrait to her
gallery of atage creations worthy
of her talents as an emotional actress
and a characterization developed
through careful study.
Mme. Maeterlinck devised the spec
tacular features of "The Blue Bird”
as a stage offering and secured for it
the Initial production in Moscow.
Mme. Maeterlinck in professional life
is Georgette Le Blanc, a noted French
actress and singer. She was In Amer
lea for a few weeks the past winter to
fulfill a special engagement with the
Boston grand opera company to sing
in her husband's “Pelleas and Mell
sande,” which Debussy gave musical
setting. It Is said that Mme. Maeter
linck is the promoting head and man
aging director of "Maeterlinck's Ltd.”
A beautiful feature of the perform
ance, in the Garrick theater this week,
of “The Blue Bird,” is the charming,
haunting music.
You wouldn't think it to look at
her now, but there was a time wfcen
Dale Fuller, the clever comedienne
playing this week in the Lyceum the
ater. with Harry Bulger, In "The
Flirting Princess.” was nearly as
without any effort what
ever on the part of the
customer and he will want
to add more to It when he
sees It growing so quickly.
It Is hard to begin saving
—usually causing much
sacrificing of pleasures and
In many InsLancas the ac
tual necessities of life. The
Franklin Bystsm makes
sacrificing unnecessary.
The more money that Is
spent the more money they
save, and If a man would
spend every cent he makes
and saves the. certificates
he will at the end of the
year have of all his
earnings 'ln the bank.
In other words, this plan
enables, tha customer to
take advantage of one of the
little things of Ilfs which,
although it may not seem
so great If you look only
a few weeks ahead, but
when considered for a
number of years, might
mean success or failure.
Having is the start toward
better things In life—-and
the man who does not save
will In nine cases out of
ten never have anything
or amount to anything
financially.
Induces Customers To Pay
Cath.
The merchants are glad
to fake up such a system
as this because It encour
ages cssh sales and It can
not help but Improve their
business. A man who saves
money will be able to buy
more than the man who
does not save. And if the
merchant Is the lafttru
ment by which the man
begins his savlrlgs he will
certainly trade there con
tinually.
It Is Indeed Interesting
to learn th# many happy
homes this plan has made
already. It isn't so much
the amount of money one
has In th* hank as the
knowledge that one really
has some there. Just to
have a hank account all
your own Is a long step
toward happiness, and this
fact has brightened many*
I*»trolt homes and started
them hjpplng for better
things, find has strength
ened them with ambition
and energy to really obtain
tbs ,luxvvie# and Dl**s»ree
for wKl<fh they Have been
wlsalug for so long.
THE DETROIT TIMES: THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1912.
A College Education Mad*
Possible.
The other day a little chap
came Into the store which glvee
the Franklin Certificates, and
when the clerk asked him what
he was going to do drlth Frank
lin Certificates, he replied. "I am
going to college when 1 get big.
and If I save these now my
THIS MAP SHOWS THE LOCATION AND NUMKR OF DEALERS WHO ARE CONNECTED WITH THE FRANKLIN PROVIDENT A SAVINGS STSTESb '
•tout as Marie Dressier or May Irwin,
and Detroiter* know that’i going
some. Finding the stage somewhat
overcrowded with portly laugh-mak
•re of the female variety, Miss Fuller
decided to take a course of training
along original ideas of her own, with
the result that now she ia able to
cavort and trip the light fantastic
with the best of them. When a young
ster Miss Fuller was a member of the
Bdckwlth family who had a swimming
act whlcfr was a popular attraction
with circuses.
‘The Queen of Bohemia” under
lined for nezt week in the Gayety the
ater is said to excel In scenery, ward
robe, electric effects, beautiful women
and clean cut comedy. Among the
comedians will be found Bam Bidman,
George Hayes, Charles Drew, Will J.
Ward and Stephen J. Paul. Among
the ladles are the Countess Rossi, the
Clark sisters, Kathleen Kay and Cleo
Lewis. Tbe first act occurs In the
Black Cat came, and the second on
a farm on the Hudson.
The current bill in the Temple the
ater this week is setting anew record
for laughs. Chief anntmg the rlb-tlck
ling features are the Rays, Johnny
and Emma, who are rlotiug In a vehi
cle styled "The Bandmaster,” In
which Johnny enacts the role of Mike
Donovan, leader of Donovan's full
blooded Hungarian band, and Emma
is seen as Mrs. Baldwin Piker, a
parvenu Just breaking into society.
Other specially attractive features of
w h Y
Security Trust Company is Better
Qualified Than an Individual to
Act as Your Executor and Trustee
Your estate would profit by the combined ex
perience and judgment of the Board of
Directors composed of some of the most success
ful professional and business men of Michigan
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TRUST COMPANY W
FORT C GRISWOLD STS. DETROIT
mamma and papa will not have
to help m« very much. I might
not get to go If I didn't save
these papers, but I save all that
they get, too, and I’ve some
money In the bank now." n*
was as happy as a millionaire,
and who knows but there may
b* forming In his little mind
right now a habit which will
eventually bring him that good
fortune. I
icr*' j V
% / n
the same program are Mabelle Adame
and company in the novelty musical
•ketch, “ZUa.” from a French play
by de Marcey, In which Mias Adams
appears as a gypsy violinist; the pop
ular Six Brown brothers, saxophone
sextet, and Leo Carrillo, character
singer.
Leo Ditrichsteln. who adapted "The
Concert" and will play the chief role
In that comedy In the Detroit opera
house the first half of next week, is
as well known as a dramatist as he la
an actor. Mr. Ditrichsteln has adopt
ed eighteen plgys for the American
stage, and some of them have been
very successful, notably “Are you a
Mason?" “Before and After," and
"The Concert." He Is also the adapt
er of one of the biggest comedy suc
cesses produced In New York last sea
son, but because of a difference of
opinion with the manager who made
the production. Ditrichsteln refused
to allow his name to go on the play
bill as the adapted. “The Concert" Is
conceded to be the best thing in the
line of playwriting that he has ever
done.
ASK RECOGNITION FOR
MICHIGAN SCULPTORS
Four hundred citizens of Detroit
have signed a petition to the estimat
ors, to refuse an appropriation of*sls,-
000 for the General Alpheus Williams
statue unless tbe art committee of the
Williams Memorial association agrees
Little girls are saving for
music lessons which their par
ents would probably not be able
to afford for them. Young mar
ried couples are saving to pay
off the mortgage on their home.
Charitable . Institutions are sav
ing to help the destitute. In a
thousand ways this new plan
which makes It possible to save
without suffering or sacrifice of
any form, Is bringing Joy and
gladness to the hearts of thou
sands and Is proving a Godsend
to the city.
aSsß^siiSMit
BgQHHggSbS-lilK
to allow Michigan sculptors to com-'
pete (or the memorial. The associa
tion haa raised 126,000 by popular sub.
scrlptlon for the memorial and Ufeg
council has already approved an esti
mate of $16,000. The government has
agreed to donate a bronxe cannon
which will be used in casting the
memorial.
The association appointed an art
committee consisting of Charles
Moore, president of the city plan and
improvement commission; Charles L.
Freer and John M. Donaldson. Local
sculptors say this committee Is not
disposed to recognise the Michigan
sculptors' work and that It Is a seri
ous reflection on them.
DROPS DEAD WHILE
RAKING HIS YARD
hillbdale] Mich., April 10.—
Charles F. Stewart, cashier of the
First National bank, dropped dead
while raking his yard this morning.
He leaves a family, also a brother,
Frank M. Stewart, who is president
of the same bank.
In one of the newest electric fix
tures the amount of Illumination shed
by a lamp Is controlled by merely
turning the shade to one side or an
other.
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and BOTTLE OF OIL
In this, you have, right on the start, an Outfit complete to the last detail— and an Outfit
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HEADQUARTERS, GRINNELL BLDG. 243-247 WOODWARD AVE.
Msrchants In All Linss Indorse
System.
There are today nearly three
hundred merchant* In the city
who are employing the Franklin
System In their trade. They »r«
In practically every possible
business which Is done In a re
tail way. Qrocers. meat, furni
ture. coal, clothing, shoes, mil
linery. tailors, paints, hardware.
Jewelry, candy and many other
Linds of dealers are enjoying
Increased business.
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32 and 34 West Congress St. |
ESTABLISHED IS7I ]
Exclusively a Bank for Savings
BOXES TO RENT IN SAFE DEPOSIT VAULTB.
OFFICERS I I
CHAS F COLLINS. President I
WM. 8 ORKEN, First Vice-President I
FRANK H. CROUL, Second Vloe-Presldent I
JOSEPH T. COLLINS, Secretary and Treasurer I
THKO. F. A. OBIUS. Asat. Sec'y and Treas. I
WM. V. MOORS, Attorney, I
Soras papers ha vs na4m. THE THUS
has subscribers. Every home that
takes the paper ia an Its hooka.
embracing even a finer f*
equipment than those we V/| J
have previously offered.. %fs 1m o
The originators of this new
ay »ttin have brought out ths
fact that it will lower the cost
of living and the truth of the
statement Is clear 1 to all. If the
ultimate consumers will tahe ad
vantage of the discount which
they may obtain by saving the
Franklin Certificates they will
actually lower their cost of liv
ing This Is the real con
dition no matter how high prices
may be.
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JJ yyjSfijL Y »?
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DISCOUNT CERTIFICATE GIVEN BY DETROIT DEALERS.
Certificates Given Only By
Bquar* Dealers.
Th# Certificates are the shape
of bank notes, only they ar%
somewhat smaller. They are
convenient to handle and not
easily lost. They are issued In
different values, the lowest be
ing for U cant, which Is Us dls
oount for a 10-oent purohass.
Only one dealer in a eertaln
lino In a loealltv la shewed to
give the Oartifleatea. Tkis
dealer must he reliable and
must have a reputation for han
est values end square dealing.
This makes It a certainty that
the customers will get Just as
good values when they reeelve
the cash discount as they *t
before
The Franklin System Is being
Introduced In other cities MM
mdetinr with just as remarkable
succese as In Detroit. Its great
popularity Is sure to grew
world-wide beoause It beMKS
the ultimate oonsumor. ,
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