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WHAT ARE PENNIES GOOD FOR? $100 FOR BEST ANSWERS SENT CONDITIONS OF CONTEST Write a letter of 250 words, giving your views on the |j advantages of the penny. Use only one side of the paper. Awards will be made as follows: |! For the best letter $50 in pennies j For the second best letter $20 in pennies For the third best letter $15 in pennies l| For the fourth best letter $10 in pennies I For the fifth best letter $5 in pennies |j Address your contribution to Penny Contest Editor, The Call. Call's Prize Contest Is Bringing In Scores of Bright Letters, But More Are Wanted ■ . What .good is a penny?" ■ How often you hear that expression. Or' better, how often you USED to hear It Since the advent of The Call .i* an afternoon penny paper the cry has been growing:. fainter and fainter. The pennies are coming into their own and The Call is helping them to obtain their rights. Thai is one of the reasons for the . c pertny contest in which The Call W s going to give away prizes amount ing to $100. Even the prizes are to be awarded 1n pennies to help the good cauee a 1 mi sr. That the cause has many adherents can no longer be doubted, judging from the piles of letters that are com ing Jrom every section of the state, ail from contestants eager for the „ „cpveted prize* But The Call wants more letters: it wants one from every person. Make thesn brief, not more than 250 words, and tell what you think are the ad vantages of the penny. * # » PENNY FIRST STONE Like the first stone in the founda tion of a great building is the penny, •.argues this writer, and It may be the "beginning of a great fortune. Her arguments are sound and concise. Penny Contest Editor: The first : :}'':•', peti ny earned by the sale, of a " .;r.ewspaper may be the foundation '.'•'-• •v.rion which will be reared a great .••■'.•' :fe'r"tune. The ambition created in ".•"* the breast of the boy by his flrst • .earned penny may never die. but .;*■" .;-e\*er prove an intense inspiration '■ rfor stin greater achievements. V . . Like the first stone in the foun . .; ."' .'. "ffation of a great building, it may j ".' . •:.'■ "•' bo the beginning of a great for : born of the imperishable 'V,- incentive Of the flrst success, and ••••'•froro this great fortune may he 'o "[•; •.' erected homes for the widowed V.;'•';-. mathers and homeless children. I' endow great schools of learning. °,-span continents with railroads '•;.,•*•/-and .lift the burdens from the of millions of men. ..' . ". •..'women and children. • . All large things are the result . of ■mailer things: from the acorn -.••. grows the mighty oak. raindrops •'.rnjkke rivulets and rivulets make .• ;•" ..-rivers and rivers make oceans; '• -peonies make dollars and dollars „. " ' .maker millions, and millions con .,: '. trof •-the commerce of the world ° ° • •'•'and the . commerce of the world . feeds and clothes all humanity. •„•■>. Dollar's, are the life blood of " commen-e, and pennies are the red corpuscles ./of commerce; little t ou.-tfvifcs make large virtues: a W mtllldS pennies will buy a million ' sticks of.-candy that will make'a million" children happy, and a ' ."'million-pennies will buy a million riew'sp'a'ners that will help a mil-' .. li'bn'.inerr and women t« forget for a.moment their cares. Pennies are * .. . the flrst lesson in frugality and . ? .'■ •'• thri-ft. Save the pennies! :. „.•'■'.'•■'-• VIRGINIA MORRIS. '-~ "'• ■ 5157 San Jose avenue, Alameda. "••;'•;•. "• •• ; «'" ;■ .* . ;'" HAS PIRCH.ir-ilXt; POWER 'j One penny, small as it seems, has •'".great purchasing power, this writel main-tains, for with one cent coppei coin he can buy a postcard showing 'the glories of California and send 11 . -"east, perhaps to win a permanent res .' jldent for the state. But. greater still, he Claims, is the ability to purchase a whole evening's entertainment and p'roflt in tad Bhape of a great dally .. . evening newspaper. Penny Contest Editor: Not " long since, while standing on one of the streets of San Francisco. '/ . we heard one man address an other in thia fashion: "I have ' •-..''three pennies. Will you give me two more, so I can buy a sand .••." •'• wich?** Two pennies. It set me •'. ."'.•.to thinking. How much %hm little. copper coins meant to this man! .' •'. Without them the other three .;•..'•.'•'•--WABre useless. With them a gnaw •.lng : hunger could be appeased. ..-_'. llorte* has a comparative value, .!. To that man the oft despised penny looked as big aa a dollar. '.•'.'•'. - Then, think of the innumerable : . : V company of little folk for whom ".. the penny seems adapted. Who . . '. .is not able to go back in memory ."to their "penny days?" Just think .'..•.•••• . <-f the great burden lifted from . ..tlfes parents' heart When the? are •:,•.';. a"hie to satisfy the incessant .'-clamoring of the child for money with which to buy candy or gum, y -Mag their hands in their '•'•.'. j.po 'kcts or going to the mug on : •„••. ' "ttie.mantle and bringing forth the ..."..•coin of smallest denomination. It .•.•serves-) t/ie piirposes of the hour. ; The heart of the child is made ;••';• glad-.and the' family Is kept from •'•' ".p*RkTtiptcyi . For one penny I . .< an'- buy -a postcard showing the glories of California and sending it . east,. pe'rchancM* to win a pcr r maneht resident of the state. FoV .one penny, f can pim-hasfe ..." a.whole evening of pfotlt and en- Joyment in the shape of thai greatest of modern educators, the 'one cent daily newspaper. . •: .• •' H. E. KLINE, '• ,?331 Dana street. Berkeley. • » H # MK4f2L BI T IMPORTANT "'" , , ..Hero's a man who can do many things witji tlie little despised p-enny.. "Tbe penny t* small," he agrees, and then contends, "but so are the multi tude of the things lh;ltfe»" Penny Contest Editor: -I have, a little, red faced penny, in my pocket. My last purchase t00k,49 oujt of 50 cents, and left this little fellow to Jingle away in my pocket along with two or three more Just l c ike njm. ■ How rich they make me feel, for they have the same cheering chink, -chink that their yellow uncles have. • Then think what a power each 'one has! He'll buy'a great big daily called The Call, filled with a dollar's worth of news and other BU< h. He'll buy a stamp that will s#nd marly a note of cheer,to a distant friend, or he will pay for a candfe that will rival a star in brilliance when the electric cur •% rent goes off. Oh. but a penny, you say. is • very small. .But 'tis true, my % friend, 'tis true. And so are the r multitude of things in life which make it worth the while. And thia cheery little fellow reminds us of j the worth of little things. Yes, It's little. Indeed, but-it's one of a hundred which make a dollar. C N. BERTELS, South San Franlcajco. # % < OXTEMPT COST I-OVPI Here's a case where contempt for the penny cost a young man his lady love. This writer relates an inci dent in which the little copper coin played a great part. Penny Contest Editor—ln re ffard to pennies, I hope they have come to stay. I think if a man or a woman can't save the pennies .they are hot capable of saving the dollars. It makes me think of ah incident which happened wheft I was a little girl. I knew a young man in medium circumstances who called upon his lady friend, who was more com fortably situated than he. and when he said "good night" to her one evening he happened to let a penny fall out of his pocket. She told him that he had dropped some money and he said: "Oh, it's only a penny." "Well," she replied, "if you don't know how to save a penny you do not know how to save dolars." So, the poor fellow lost the girl. MRS. C. SENGLER. 1935 Grove street, Berkeley. * ♦ * PENNIES BOUGHT FEAST Did you ever hear of pennies pro viding a Thanksgiving dinner? No? Well, here's an instance. This lady tells of a case where the little coins turned a gloomy feast day into a bright and happy one: Penny Contest Editor—You ask us to write about what a penny will do. It is often the founda tion of a fortune. It saves the dollars often. Once I had a Thanksgiving dinner I called my penny dinner. Everything was going wrong in our home, and as the day of Thanksgiving drew near I saw no chance of having a dinner, as father was out of work. A few days before the eventful Thursday, I noticed an advertisement of "specials"—so and so at 18 cents—and so on. Then I thought of my penny bag. Looking it up I found that I had in it nearly 400 of the little cop per coins. My husband had been saving coins for years, and all the pennies came my Way. With these pennies I bought a turkey (it was 20 cents a pound at the time) a seven pound daisy, some currant jelly, vegetables and fruit; pie, and even invested in a bottle of wine. Our dinner was a success and it taught me to appreciate the penny at its true worth. PAULINE WALSH. 1220 Geary street. ONE-HAlf BOTTLE Of THE GREAT KIDNEY MDV ACCOMPLISHES RESITS i When I sent for a sample bottle of ! \ Swamp-Root I was in great distress ; | day and night. Before I received sam- ; pie by mall I went to our best doc-tor (and he Is second to none In tills vicinity) and told him how I felt. He put me up a bottle of medicine. I was about a week taking the medicine, but was no better than when I be gan. I then began your sample bottle, ami before I got through with it I felt a change. The scalding sensation did not bother only a few times In the middle oT the day. I would not have believed such a small quantity Would have done so much, but before It was gone I learned that our druggist kept Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root and so got a large bottle for one-dollar, but actu ally worth one hundred dollars. I only took one large tablespoonful three times a day. and before I had taken j one-half bottle I was all right, and j have been .«ince. Gratefully yours, GEORGE S. CHAMPLIN, Ashaway, R. t. State of Rhode Island, ■ j County of Washington f BB -| Personally appeared George 8. j j rhamplln. to nic well known, and' ' made oath that the foregoing state- j ! ment by him subscribed Is true. E. R. ALLEN, Notary Public. Letter to Dr. Kilmer «V Co., I ' BinKlmmtioi. V \. j Prove What Swatsp-Root Will Do for You Send ten cfents to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Blnghamton. N. V.> for a s«mpl« size bottle. It will convince any one. You will also receive a booklet of valuable information, telling about the kidneys and bladder. When writing, be sure and mention The San Francisco Daily Call. Regular fifty-cent and one dollar size bottles for sale at all drus j stores.—Advertisement. DRS. STEELE & STEELE The only ejcluMve licensed Ikln and fea j • ore specialists on fly* coast, correcting 111 j shaped Msae* outstanding ears, receding rfetiw, deep scars, pitting*, sagged faces, m rfilkte*. <ti*iti|e and thick Up*, rfeoklei. | ntoles. supcrrliKu* hair. found out hollow I clieeks. templet, thin necks, arms, bind* - • .11 facial defects. Paraffin Removed and the Blunder! of Experimenter* Corrected. Paitages Theater Building. 935 MARKET STREET i Hours: 9 to ft; Sunday, 10 to IS. Plione Krarpv tttS. J \ J. B. McINTRYE BENDERY CO. BOOKBINDERS 523=531 CLAY STREET Tel. Slitter 1034 s Heme C 4«04 San Francisco, Cal. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TTJESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1913 CALIFORNIA'S TAXES $38,698,140 S. F. Alone Leads List With $11,839,432; Increase in Taxes Is $6,275,479 SACRAMENTO. Dec. 2.—California's remarkable growth during the last year is evidenced in Controller Cham ber's compilations upon which county government taxes will be based. The assessed valuation of property In Cali fornia is $2,983,707,539, an increase of $501,529,497 over last year. San Francisco's assessed property valuation is $623,847,729, an increase of $78,783,352. California property owners Will have to pay taxes of $38,696,140. San Francisco's share will be $11,889,432. The taxes this year show an In crease of $6,270,47!) over last year. Taxpayers in incorporated cities ."of the state will pay $22,027,268 toward tlie support of county governments on an "inside" assessed valuation'of $1,951,729,418. seggregated as follows: operative real estate and Improvements, $118.4»M*1. Xon-operatlve real estate and improvements, $1,444,527,018. operative personal property and money, $1»15.817.785. Non-opera tire personal property and money, $222,982.1)04. . Property outside of municipalities will pay $15,424,115.' the balance of the $38.<t!M5.140 t%x oo "outside" assessed valuations, as follows: Operative rt=kl estate and lmprovt-ments, $27,385,874. ■„ , \ Koa-Ajnerative real estate and improvements, $931,123.98*. - Operative personal -jlropertv and money. •18.179.927. . Nun operative persona-1 property and money, $135,288,238. Winston Churchill Drives Aeroplane LONDON, Dec. 2.—"Winston Churchill showed himself to be an expert avi ator on Saturday at Eistchurch when he made a flight with Captain Lush ington, R. M-.-'on a dual control naval biplane. ■ ■ ." ' ■• " Churchill recently has been taking lessons in aviation fi*om naval ex perts and has made 11 flights. WJien the biplane had reached an elevation of 500 feet Mr. Churchill drove it for about 45 minutes in a strong wind, covering a distance of about 40 mile's. He showed considerable skill and coolness. . Oldest Postoffice in Contra Costa Closed After being In operation since the' sixties, the postofflce at Pacheco, Con tra Costa county, has been discon tinued by the federal authorties, put. ting out of business the oldest office in the county. Residents of the town.' will receive their mail by rural der livery from Martinet . LADIES* GUILD BAZAAR The Ladies' guild of Howard Pres byterian church will hold a bazaar Friday afternoon and evening at Di visadero hall. 321 Divisadero street. •Every • Hi#v Grade- Suit Orders by Wire Sale Tomorrow From Mr. L. Harris Ahd Wtlile They Last Now in New York an to Sell I Acil A Plff Cft \ • Windows Crowded With These / it* M "-« 'i - 75 German Soldiers Bayonet Jeering Alsatian Civilians Trouble That Has Been Brewing for a Week Results in First Bloodshed BERLIN, Dec. 2.—The first blood shed occurred today in the trouble Which has been brewing for a week between the German troops and civilians. Lieutenant Baron Yon Forsetner, who is held to be re sponsible for tne greatest part of the hostility because of his arbitrary be havior toward civilians, ordered a company of soldiers with fixed bayonets to charge a crowd of jeering workmen at Dottweiller, near Zabern. in Alsace. One workman was bayonetted and arrests followed. News of the action of the soldiers increased the feeling of .hatred on the part of the civilians and will probably give rise to Interpellations in the imperial parliament, when Chancellor Yon Bethmann Hollweg Koes before that body with an official statement for the government. All This Within Year, Says Wife's Complaint Within a year after marriage, Thomas Banford had inflicted several different varieties of cruelty on h»o wife, Agnes K. Banford, according to a suit for divorce filed today. Snu charges her husband struck her, dislo cating her fingers, for which he was convicted of battery; that he gambled: that he stayed away from home nights, failed to. provide for her and her child, called her names and tried to strike her with ■a - hatchet. The couple married at San Rafael June 2i. 1911. Painter Loses Balance; Plunges to Death Losing his balance while working on the roof of a two story structure at 1327 Laguna street, Ernest Plath. a painter, plunged to his death at 9:10 o'clock this morning. Plath fell a distance of 35 feet, striking his head on the cement side walk. The painter was putting up a scaffold preparation for painting the building, and as he attempted to fasten a hook on the edge of the roof he slipped over the end. Plath was 35 years old and lived at 1128 Haight street. AUDITOR REFUSES TO 0. K. SAN DIEGO FAIR BILLS MARYSVILLE. Dec. 2.—County Aud itor Fred Greely notified the super- I visors.today that he will not O. K. the claim of $767 for a part of Yuba coun ty's share in the exhibit at the San Piego world's fair in 1915. He con tends the rax Was levied for the' San | Francisco exposition. .* I . WOHL TO BE BANQUETED •'Matthew Wohl. president of the In ternationa! Photo Engravers' union, will be banqueted this evening by lo cal union men at the Argonaut hotel. DEFIANT WOMAN REFUSES TO PLEAD Defiant and silent, Mrs. Mary Vaughn, accused of attempted grand larceny, appeared before Superior Judge Griffin this morning and re fused to plead to the indictment. The court entered a plea of not guilty when the woman refused to talk. Prior to the pleading a motion to dismiss the indictment was denied by the judge. The case was continued until December 9, Mrs. Vaughn is accused of attempting to "square" the Widney white slave case in the police court. WEATHER FORECAST For San Francisco—.Fair tonight and Wednesday, light north wind; light frost in the valleys. The Ideal Christmas Gift /£&j£S A VICTROLA To Amuse The Whole Family young folks, the old folks and j^^^^^^^^^* even $15 — and on the P U easiest terms. Come in m X and make your selection now. l| delivered Christmas week. The $100 Victrola Sherman .May & Go. PTE! NWA V AND WERER PIANOS PIANOLA PLATER PIANOS VICTOR TALKING MACHINES. SHEET MUSIC ANB MUSICAL MERCHANDISE Kearny and Sutter Streets, San Francisco Fourteenth and Clay Streets, Oakland TENT SLEEPER IN FIGHT WITH THUG Abed in a tent at the rear of 2545 Harrington avenue, Oakland, Harvey Hall, son of G. W. Hall, awoke at 1:45 this morning when disturbed by a noise, sat up in bed and looked into the muzzle of a revolver and the glare of a flashlight. Instead of firing, the intruder turned and fled and Hall snatched a pistol from under his pil low and emptied it at the flying figure. RED MEN TO INITIATE Modoc tribe No. 57, Improved Order of Red Men, will adopt a class of 100 palefaces Thursday night, when the crack degree team will confer the honors at their wigwam, 240 Golden Gate avenue. BASEMENT MISHOOM Closes at 6 o'clock jylfjW ever y night t up Christmas eve. Women's and Children's Holiday- Gift Handkei chiefs 3 corner embroidered handkerchiefs in box 3 sheer corner emb'd handkerchiefs in box Alpine Swiss peasant work, 3 in fancy box 1 6 elaborately embroidered, in fancy box, $1.00 Children's Initialed handkerchiefs, 3 in fancy box for Nursery rhymes, or wonderland, 3 in box, 15<£ 3 plain handkerchiefs in burnt wood box, 3 corner embroidered in burnt wood box, Trunks, suitcases and telephones, each 25<£ New "Peg-Top" Cloth Skirts $5.95 jdght Fashionably modeled skirts of new jjljl large and small plaids in green and j \t brown. Considering the style and j {Rf/ 7\ Quality of fabric, $5.95 is a very mod- j llf \ crate P" ce - One illustrated. AW {Basement Salesroom.) Serge Skirts special at | jj $2.95 and $3.95 1 Navy, black and brown material in !'K good styles. Suitable for business wear. || Two Skirt Specials at 69c |3IS I an d 98c, both worth sev- j ylffif t^mes than their ffij tM price tags indicate. Reduced Kffl [Children's Cloth Coats at WIS 1*2.95. Wonderful Bargains; j I ask to see them tomorrow Close fitting Turbans and ruffled Hats at only $1.98 /ti These of good quality velvet < and plush trimmed with the af^T \*ORS popular "donkey ears." Black jl /'v C '• only. An opportunity for San Jy) fwt [•*■•• i\ Francisco women to save m-y j' • / much on seasonable millkrery. / Three excellent numbers in the " '''! |J , ill Women's Glace Gloves 83c jjijl Overseam sewn, two clasps, heavily embroidered. White with black and self embroidery. Black with white and self embroidery. ~ Tan with black and self embroidery. ... j! Boy Scout Gauntlets 50c ', !J Heavy embossed cuffs and fringe; entirely new. Boys' Leather Gloves 59c " 111 Have one clasp at wrist; come in shade of tan. |||||| Six Tub Fabric Bargain Items jjjl Galatea, yd. 15<. Robe Flannel, yd. 25*. . . I Plain colors; stripes. Heavy; assorted color*; "• , I new, pretty patterns. % j Kimono Flannelet, lift* Hemmed Napkins, $1.15 Vdour"*, new patterns. Doz.; 20x20; mercerized; HI ready for use, heavy. Plaid Suiting, yd., 25*. Damask> yd . 33^. Double fold; red, blue, 56 in.; mercerized; varied j 111 l gTeen, brown, yellow. patterns; heavy weight. ||||J| Purchase of Plated Flatware I Permits Great Bargains at these minimum prices All high in quality, but having been used as sam- || I pies they are not in first class condition. Separate pieces or sets up to 26 pieces. A * iO- Salad forks, food pushers, x\X lOt pickle forks, sugar shells. Butter knives and cream ladles, /jo An excellent assortment, priced at JwOC Ai. Afmlr* ugar ion %*> c °ld meat f or k s ** 1 «**•*' and gravy ladles; good designs. Pie servers, hollow handles; child's set; /: q pie knives; berry spoons; these at vOC jj $1.18 sou P ladles, worth many times J 111 * more than this price. Other bargains. Women's Novelty Boots $2.98|1|p7 f~~]Zjr\ Expensive boots in the better styles, but all [ 1 £|Ry ver y mu ch underpriced. Illustrated, a / I I •! French Caiter boot of patent colt with /\ Jf *X gray kid top and welted soles. All sizes. / S\ "\ English Street Boots, $2.98 £fJ \. Of tan Russia Calf with the broad English \ • heel and recede tee. Welted f ~J Xfc- soles. Button and lace styles. l 1 1 5