width of the margins on his news- 
“paper saves him money—in the case 
of big papers. perhaps thousands of 
dollars a year. One publisher, who 
will'not permit black-faced type to 
_be used in his paper, saves hundreds 
of dollars a year in ink. It is by 
such seemingly small economies that 
“many big concerns swell their 
profits. The Government, which 
_ does business on a scale bigger than 
_ any private corporation, is taking 
the hint and its savings will be in 
_ proportion, while the service will 
_ not suffer in any particular. 
: 
Bananas for Flour. 
_ The announcement that the bana- 
na has been attacked by a blight 
which is baffling the men of science 
who have tried to fathom its na- 
ture and to discover remedies for it, 
will be disquieting to the large and 
rapidly increasing number of people 
who eat and like this cheap and 
_ wholesome product of the tropics. 
The Department of Agriculture an- 
nounces that the disease has made 
alarming inroads on the plantations 
in Costa Rica and Panama, and nat- 
4 ural fears are felt that it will extend 
_ to other banana-growing localities. 
This news recalls a recent publica- 
tion in the Consular Reports to the 
is worn out. 
‘Lining counter. 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
effect that dried bananas and what 
are known as dried banana chips 
have been offered for sale in Ger- 
many with increasing commercial 
success for over two years. 
It is impossible to obtain reliable 
statistics, as the import figures are 
included with those relating to fresh 
bananas, both the dried and the 
fresh fruit being free of duty. Im- 
porters consulted state that they 
have been able to sell without diffi- 
culty all the bananas shipped to 
them, and that the difficulty has 
been rather to obtain the goods than 
to find a market. 
The consumers of dried bananas 
and banana chips were originally 
vegetarians who discovered attrac- 
tive ways of serving them, but there 
is now a considerable demand for 
the dried fruit in all classes of so- 
ciety and one susceptible of being 
extended materially. 
Thus far the best dried bananas 
have been received from Jamaica, 
which also seems to be the chief 
country of exportation. The whole 
fruit is shipped in wooden cases 
weighing 56 pounds, and chips are 
received in sacks. Importers are 
paying $5.95 per 100 pounds for 
goods deliver in Hamburg. 
Europe now imports large quan- 
It is no longer necessary for women to dispense with a petticoat because the flounce 
For simply by renewing the old flounce and stitching on one of the 
New Separate Adjustable Gilberta Flounces 
you will have, practically, a new petticoat made of various sensible materials and sold at our 
NORTH SHORE’S BEST DRY GOODS STORE 
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The New England Tailors 
Shuman & Goldsteine 
MERCHANT TAILOR 
Ladies‘ Tailoring a Specialty 
Wish to inform their Customers 
who patronized them last season, and 
all North Shore people, that they are 
now ready for business at the same 
place. 
Hart Street 
Near Baptist Church. 
Beverly Farms 
P.O. Box 298 
tities of bananas. Banana flour, 
made from the fruit when not quite 
ripe, is very nutritious. In England 
bread is made from banana flour, 
and a factory in Switzerland turns 
out a ‘‘cocoa’’ preparation from the 
banana. This is highly nutritious 
and has a fine flavor. 
German imports of bananas 
amounted to 14,900.5 long tons in 
1909, against 7,370.6 in 1908, show- 
ing that the consumption more than 
doubled last year over the previous 
one. In 1907 the imports were 
5,369.8 tons. 
How some folks do enjoy rolling 
up their sleeves, and then—bossing 
the job that somebody else does. 
Phone 1280 
Connects all Depts. 
Mail Orders 
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