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16 Bargain for 1"\ A I /"A XX J 1 I ' Li XX I ' I - I I—4 ior 17 ALI\ U Wll4 DK'-' I 45cJ 1 CORNER NORTH FLORES AND WEST COMMERCE STREETS IQcJ Many Exceptionally Strong Values Here Beginning Monday Every department is filled to overflowing with bright, new Fall Goods—all moderately priced. Thrifty shoppers will find it a decided advantage to shop here —This week’s special offerings have been selected with great care. The highest quality combined with lowest prices. Be here early tomorrow morning. Big Values in Petticoats Just received a large lot of sateen, silk and heather bloom petticoats that are the best values ever offered you. It will pay you to see them. Sateen Petticoats 49c Heatherbloom Petticoats $1.48 to $2.98 , Silk Petticoats $2.98 to $lO Bed Spread Specials Two Big Values Excellent quality of white bed* White and colored bed spreads, spreads that sell regularly at fine material, fringed and un sl. Specially priced W A fringed, worth 4 OQ for Monday at ■ w $1.69. Choice.... “ UDI OF IHEIELEPBE HIS HU 11 BEST Some Facts and Fancies About Young Lady Who Says “Number, Please” When You Take Down Receiver. HARD WORK FOR SMALL PAY x UMBER! Number, please,” says the voice at the other end iFx °f wire. Perhaps the number comes right quick and " V perhaps there is nothing but a dead silence. If the answer comes quickly and you get the right number, there is no kick coming, that’s all. If you have ‘to wait a minute you lose your temper and frantically bat the hook up and down and say things until you get a "number, please,” whereupon if you are a man of ordinarily good temper you are mollified enough by the smooth voice at the other end to merely inquire if the Lady of the Telephone was asleep. If you wre very much out of temper you sometimes cuss and say things that you’d lick any man for saying to your wife, or daughter, or any of your women folks, but the telephone operator is a long way oft As you cannot see her stretching her arms as far as she can reach this way and that plugging in the connection, you cuss at her in much the same way that you do at the stick or stock or stone against which you stump your toe. * If yo« are a woman, sometimes you port he says he is willing to swear, the ars patieni. and don’t nag, but if you।telephone girl watches on an average are not patient to the suave “number 170 signals and serves 185 subscribers, please ” yon say, “Don’t nlease me, He also intimates that an operator may gire ie my conation.” The Lady of f««ently handle from 230 to 275 calls The Telephone may mollify a man by ! n an , hour - a ” d dun °R abn t,me anting i> a sweet voire, but never a be ™ kn(m ” t 0 handle 88 88 4ao woman. It only serves to incense her ca 8 ,n an “ our ' the more, and the Lady of the Tele- Averages $22.80 A Month. phone grows wondrous, worldly wise. For the use of these dexterous hands, Fer eight and nine hours a day, with suave voice and unruffled temper, the un intermission every two hours and a Lady of the Telephone gets, according |iand an hour or an hour and a to Commissioner Myers, an average sal half for dinner, in these eight or nine ary of a month, and by means hours the Lady of the Telephone is re-jof these the Southwestern Telegraph ported by government experts to be and Telephone company is able to re able to answer 226 calls an hour with- port a quarterly earning ranging from out shedding a hair pin, though they $950,000 to $1,000,000. fail to mention that for various un- The salaries paid in San Antonio by towards reasons she may give you the the Southwestern range from $17.50 for vroog number three times in five min- beginners to $35 for local, and from rites and cause appoplexy and indiges- $2O to about $4O a month for long dis tion at both ends of the wire. tance or toll operators, with from $4O According to Joseph Myers, commie- to $5O a month for supervisors. The sal alor'et of labor statistics to whose re- aries with the Independent comnanv SUNDAY, Elegant Showing of Women’s Fall Coat Suits We show a number of models in good worsted cloths, men’s suitings, diagonals, etc. These are the season’s newest styles. The coats are the new finger tip lengths, silk and satin lined, some plain tail ored, others trimmed with braid and velvet. The skirts are made in the new narrow effect. All the wanted shades for fall represented Priced from $15.00 to $30.00 Women’s Long Coats: Very Stylish Very smart looking new fall coats, ebautifully Women’s long military coats, something very tailored, of diagonal cloth, have large sailor stylish and serviceable, buttoned on the side, collar, cuffs and collar velvet trimmed. An high braided collar, complete assortment of assortment of fall shades. A 4 Eft shades. The best value ever 4 C A great value at Xnriwv offered at • sJa Plain Tailored Dresses Voile and Panama Skirts Not a speck o£ finery about them—they are This fall we are showing a most complete the very neat, plainly tailored dresses, sailor line of voile and Panama skirts. The new ™ 1 j .v:-* fall styles—some are plain tailored, gored and effect, button trimmed, narrow skirt effect, plgit J. otherg haye > ands above flounce and with band above flounce. The colors are the new narrow effect. navy and black. Unquestiona- 50 Panamas priced at $6.98 and $7.98. bly a great value at " Voiles priced at $7.98 to $16.98. Silk and Messaline Waists You’ll be pleased with this new fall showing of silk and messaline waists. Some are plain while others are elaborately trimmed in‘lace and embroidery. All the fall shades. Priced from $2.48 to $lO. Women’s Fall Hats Never have we shown a more beautiful display. Our fall hats have won the popular favor of the 1 most exacting buyers. Here you will find the most becoming styles —the very newest models at posi tively the lowest prices in the city. 98c to 7.98 range from $l5 for beginners to about $3O, or $35. Many of the girls in San Antonio live with their families, and through their own efforts dress and per haps partly support themselves on their salaries, but in cases of those who are entirely dependent upon their own earn ings except those receiving the highest salaries, the matter of a livelihood is a very serious matter. According to the report of Commissioner Myers, “many of these girls have no homes and the meager wages they receive compel them to live in little rooms and to do their own cooking and washing after their hard work at the switch board. They have little opportunity to enjoy life and little opportunity to improve their social, moral and educational conditions. Conditions Here Are Better. The conditions at the Southwestern exchange are better, however. The ma jority of the girls are residents of San Antonio and live with their families, and have been with the company for RHEUMATISM PAINFUL & DANGEROUS Rheumatism is due to a diseased condition of the blood cells and cor puscles, brought about by an excess of uric acid in the circulation. It is not only a very painful disease but an extremely dangerous trouble. The briny, acrid state of the blood gradu ally forms a coating over the muscles, and by depositing a cement-like sub stance in the joints frequently termi nates fatally, or leaves its victim a hopeless cripple. It is natural to “doctor ” the spot that hurts, and it is quite right to use liniments, hot appli cations, etc., to get temporary relief from a painful joint or swollen tendon; but Rheumatism is not a skin disease, and such things, when depended on alone make one careless, and the dis ease gets a firmer hold on the blood. S. S. S. cures the disease because it is the greatest of all blood purifiers. It goes into the cir culation, and re moves eve'j M 6 particle of the el WL irritating uric acid, builds up > the blood, I ■ i I x ■ makes it rich L* and oily, and in this way pre pares it for the proper nourishment of all joints, muscles, nerves and bones. If yot have Rheumatism, get the uric ack out of the blood by taking S. S. S., s purely vegetable medicine, and enjoj freedom from its misery. Book or Rheumatism and any medical advici free to all who write. XHE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., AtUnU, Ga, SAN ANTONIO LIGHT AND GAZETTE China Silks 27-inch China Silks, in all the want- ' ed shades, a regular 50c value, a big bargain Monday per yard ■ V ■ BARGAINS IN CHILDREN’S DRESSES ■ Attention, mothers! If you have girls to clothe for school, here is interesting news for you. Mon day we place on sale an assortment of children’s llnene and gingham dresses at greatly reduced prices, neatly made and trimmed. All sizes from 3to 14. _7sc Dresses are now 42c $1.50 Dresses are now 98c $2.00 and $2.50 Dresses are now $1.39— Kg,— । । .1 1. " Men’s Hats The correct styles and excellent quality of our young men’s soft and stiff hats, combined with lowest prices, has gained for us the patron age of men who appreciate real val ues. Every style, shape or shade for fall is here. Buy your fall hat here and save. $1.50 to $5.00 ■ GREAT LACE CURTAIN VALUES R Monday we place on sale a lot of red, white and ecru lace curtains, very pretty designs, and of ex- I cellent material. To close them out we offer them at the following reduced prices: I — $2.00 values go at 98c $1.50 values go at 89c —I 27-inch Shanghai Silks 39c 27-inch Shanghai silks in all the wanted shades, changeable colors, a regular 49c value. Monday at per OA yard OyC eight or ten years. While when the pres ent exchange was built it was thought that it would meet every requirement for all time to come, the city has grown : so fast that it has entirely outgrown{ the exchange, which however, has been I provided with a rest room and person-' al lockers for the girls. The exchange ;is very crowded, though it is reason-j |ably clean, well lighted and is kept cool । by the use of electric fans. The new! 'six story exchange, which is being built 'next door, however, is to be the pride { jof the manager, J. V. Hucker, and will jbe provided not only with a rest room, (but with a hospital, a library, a cafe and every comfort and convenience for I the operators. According to Mr. Hucker, local man ager of the Southwestern Telephone Ex change, the girls who are residents of | San Antonio make the best operators. jEvery six months the girls are given a - 'promotion, if their services are satis- ■ factory, until their salaries reach a cer-j (tain amount, and after that the raise' is given once a year. The beginners arc j ipaid while working and there is a ichance for promotion to directory clerk, I information clerk, supervisors and chief operator and assistant chief operator. 1 Once a year the operators are given a ten days’ vacation with full pay, and i if in case of ill health they wish to (take a longer rest, they are permitted |to do so. The better operators are given ' the choice. Mr. Hucker states that tne company is always glad to get applicants for po sitions as during the busy season more {operators are always needed. Young la dies of good appearance and ordinary’ 'ability are desired by the company, and ithe quicker and more intelligent opern- Itors are quickly transferred to the long distance exchange, where the work is more exacting and where the better salaries are paid. “Oh, yes, I like the work very much,” said the Lady of the Telephone at one of the large hotel exchanges. “In a place like this one meets so many nice people. Of course there arc a lot of things about the work that are 1 not pleasant. There are a lot of cranks, ; and then people get impatient when . [they don’t get good service. Of course •/one can’t blame them. They don’t ua 'derstand the odds a telephone girl is . (working against in a busy time, when : | sometimes she is doing the work of i three. “The hardest part is to keep one’s I temper no matter what happens. We i {have to take a lot and smile and say {nothing, but then on the other hand , {lots of people ar mighty nice. Women ’ j are more impatient as a rule than men. ' jof course there are a lot of men whe j get cranky when they can’t get what they want right away, but usually whet 1 a man can’t get his connection right '{away, he doesn’t make any fuss about 1 it. If a woman, however, calls for hei ! ■husband or any one else over long dis tance, and don’t get him right away । she gets unreasonable. She doesn’t take Our Fall Suits | • — Appeal to the men who a demand the highest stand- I ard of quality with low || price. They’re faultless in J style and fit —workman- ;1 ship throughout the fin- fl est. You’ll be satisfied in I every respect with one of j our new fall models. ' Blacks, blues and a wide range of shades to select from. $lO.OO to $27.50 into consideration that the person may not be at the place he was called; that ho probably has to be found before the call can be delivered to him, even if the connection is gotten right away.” On every hand among the girls was heard commendation of the local man agement. “The treatment is as good as we would ask,” they said. While in the smalled exchanges the accommodations are not as good as could be desired, yet, the gills have no complaint to make. “A girl simply cannot support her self on the salaries paid by the tele phone companies, if she does not live at home,” said a former telephone operator. “I got $25 a month. To get even decent board one has to pay at least $2O a month, and that left $5 a month for clothing laundry and other expenses, so you see the problem of living on it was hopeless. For the class of work done by the girls, I consider the salaries inadequate. One must be well dressed, for if a girl does not pre sent a neat appearance, though her work may be satisfactory, she is told that she is not needed. “The telephone operators have a nerve racking task at best,” said this former operator, “and anything that I can say to help them I will gladly do. “The vast majority of users of tJw telephone know as little of the work ings of the system as an African savage {knows about the gyroscope. Nearly ev 'ery one who grabs a receiver from a {hook expects to be immediately con nected with the person with whom he (desires to converse. Any and all de lays are charged to the malignancy of 'the telephone girl. Perhaps she also has (j Albert Ri ne x Geo. B. Taliaferro | I GOOD Gue Zaimanzig I I LUMBER p^.r 3 Albert Rine | Courteous Lumber Co. Treatment BOTH PHONES 3132 | Loans For Building 1817 S, Presa SL Purposes S M-m— —J “Sunsot Crossing” Lace Curtain Goods 36-inch Lace Curtain Goods, in green, red, ecru and white, a 1 regular 15c value. Monday, yd... 27-inch Silk Rep. at 69c 27-inch Silk Reps, in all the wanted shades, changeable colors, an 85c value, on sale Monday at per 69c NEWPORT SET IS CALLED THE VESTIBULE OF HELL BY PASTOR Boston, Mass., Sept. 28. —Celcbrat- I ing the beginning of his second year [as pastor of Tremont temple, Rev. Dr. .Cortland Myers in his anniversary sir mon, declared that Newport was the vestibule of Hell, said he believed “Mayor Fitzgerald is growing bet ter,” and that it was probably be cause he (Myers) came to Boston, hit at Colonel Roosevelt, announced that the “new religion” is dead and among other things said he was prepared to stay here and preach whether he got a salary or not. He lauded Boston as : a beautiful city, morally. Dr. Myers told of reported excesses nerves and a temper. Possibly r>he {would like to reply with asperity to your animadversions upon her sincerity and c«lerity. But she’s a jwho must hold her job, while you’re a bully who has nothing at stake and can afford to ‘sass’ the girl operator ad jib. You may also be impertinent and iaddress her in your cheery moods in a manner that you would regard as being insulting to your wife, your daughter or your sister. And she can only reply -by inquiring what number you want if ’it happens that she isn’t the sort of a 'girl that likes to indulge in philander jng over the wire with a voice that may (belong to someone she never saw and {would run a block to avoid if she -should see him.” OCTOBER 2, 1910. Specials for Monday 60-inch table damask, the 35c kind, specially priced for Monday at, yard.. 460 V Mercerized poplars, in navy blue, black, cream, wine, old rose, pink, light blue, tan, champagne, green and lavender. A 35c OE/* value Monday, yard.. AOw 9-4 bleached Pepperell sheeting that sells regularly at 30c, a great bargain for Monday at, the yard •■vC Calicoes, in indigo blues, grays, red and light shades, the 7 cent kind. Specially priced (fa Monday at, the yard.. “/•W 10-4 Pepperell bleached sheeting, the regular 33c kind, on sale Mon day morning at the re- m duced price of, yard.. Our regular 27-inch rep in every conceivable color, formerly sold for 25c, goes on sale 4*9 Monday'at A • C 36-inch soft finish cambric, a reg ular 12 l-2c value. Mon- Q a day, per yard w Soft finish domestic that sells reg ularly at 10c on sale for A _ Monday, per yard O Dress challies, for dresses, kimo nos and dressing sacques, sells regularly at 15c a yard. W Monday, per yar<! t C 33-inch light and dark percales, a regular 10c value. Mon- W /day, per yard A W 40-inch* white sheer lawn, the reg ular price is 17 l-2c. 4 4 Monday, per yard.... A “ w* 40-inch white India linon, the reg ular 10c kind. On sale Monday, per yard.... W /•w Standard “C” canvasing special ly priced for Monday at, the yard "■ wJ Mercerized linens, in all shades, a regular 35c value. Monday, per yard.... among the smart set of Newport. “If Newport isn’t the vestibule of hell,” he exclaimed, “I don’t know where it is. In one of the carouses which the society people carry on all Saturday night and throughout Sunday, jewels worth $50,000,000 were worn. One woman —freak of a woman—wore a necklace worth $200,000. And yet they call these people ‘high society.’ They are not. They are low grade society. “What we need is the spirit of the Son of God in the hearts of men and women. Religion isn’t getting men and women into heaven; it's getting heaven into men and women. “There was a furore in the religious world when I came to Boston last year. I was informed that a new religion had just been launched here. The new re ligion! In heaven’s name, where is it today? “It took no nourishment from the sand in which it was planted, and it dropped and the perfume was extiu i guished. And that was the end of th« new religion, and of another parasite, of which there are too many upon the cross of Christ. “Ex-President Roosevelt is advocat ing the new nationalism. If Bryan was talking you might think he was your president. New nationalism, in [deed! Mr. Roosevelt has a unique way 1 of saying things, but they’ve all been I said before. Bryan lost his political life on them.”