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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.
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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.
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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.
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< 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.
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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.
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The only ejcluMve licensed Ikln and fea j
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ntoles. supcrrliKu* hair. found out hollow I
clieeks. templet, thin necks, arms, bind*
- • .11 facial defects.
Paraffin Removed and the Blunder! of
Experimenter* Corrected.
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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
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