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THE SEATTLE STAR BY BTAR PUBLISIIING CO. OFFICES—19! and 1N9 Beventh Avenue BGR APRN ON KXCKPT sUNDAY TRLAPHONRS® Buatrons Departme nt +. Maty »T pendent Liam hs BALLARD STAR AGENCY an ard Ave Sunset, Red ML gent wer sony ity fra er ”.” «hoc, £ BUBACRINERS—The i twenty-five cents per month, wa label of each paper, When that {again been paid A-ehange of date on th _Bntered at the Postoffice at Seattic. Washinton, as aecond-ola WANT AD. GERICS—-RAGLEY® DRUG MORE. COR. SECOND AVR AND PIKE sr T Our new Want t, the Purpose of ai Office at the above number hap recently been onened ling the publie 8 convenient place to leave want ada. est Man In the World At 38 a man should be In his peime. ken down and ts forced tw retir rely from business ute Nervous dyapepsia—the same from which his As not brought the disease mn himself by dm- Proper living. He has not been a drinker, He has not been devoted Ro rich banque He ts said to be so fond of no other viands as be ja “et pumpkin ple and milk, He has not stayed out late at nighta, He is @ovoted w@nierty hv his wife, his Sunday school class, his home and to quiet, s. Mis lite has #8 and exemplary as that @f the young man in the Sunday school story books Yet he is a wreck at 9%. This young may is the only direct mal r to the largest single @ortune in the world. He has been rigidly drilled for ‘the responsi Dility It swell known that one af the father's fondest hopes has been Bhat the son might be ft dnterests that will develop upon him You have heard of to manage » esfully the vast thietes, overtratned, who break down on the eve of the supreme contest. ‘Well, the training of an ordinary athlete fe but child's play, compared with the training that must be gone Phrough to fit one successfully to manage Dusiness interests that ag- Bregate « billion Don't make the mistake of Imagining that the heir to a lot of Millions has nothing to do the rest of his days but leisurely clip cou- pons and study bis own pleasure. The average millionaire must have a sleepless vigilance, o field of mental resources, and a fund of nervous activity which would land the av an hour, ‘The man-who takes charge of a great and intricate machine ts MH @ different attttude from that of the man who built It. And the heir @® a vast fortum ze man in a madhouse in is under 4.strain unknown to the man who amassed It ls not overwork that kills so much as over worry, ‘The fact seems to be that Rockefeller, jr. lacked the capacity to Mandic the large affairs intrusted by his father to his management, nd, being conscientious, worried about it, until the worry develaped ON Inherited weakness of the stomach. This greatest helr in the world has a double legacy—a fortune Phat worries him and a weak stomach that faites him. ‘The mighty tnheritanee, which millions no doubt envy him, has made him awreok at 38. a Beating a Wall St. Bank Harry Leonard, the young broker clerk, who beat the National City bank out of $359,000 by one of the most fearless explotts in the Ristory of crime, says he did it as a joke, and to show how easily ft could be done. It is what may rightly be called a “rich” joke. He has beaten Wall street by something very much ke Its own % ‘The magnitude and skill of the operation seem almost to raise ‘Mt from the low and vulgar level of larceny to the high and princely of finance, The amount of the booty compares not unfavorably with the sume aus recent disclosures show policy hokters in some of the big life AMosurance companies have been relieved of. This new David has so suceessfully hit the Gollath of “frenzied “nance” that he may canfidently count on a complimentary paragraph ‘from Tom Lawson, of Boston. There can be no question thaat the shrewd, coo! young man has ‘Shown that the thing can be done He operated with a forged check Bad a false certification, and these bore such a close resemblance to ‘the customary implements of high finance that they and be alike passed without suspicion. There may be doubt whether perhaps his methods are not an Mmprovement on some of those so long in vogue in Wall street In explaining from the bank's standpoint how the deal was pos- Bible, Vice President Vanderlip says that Wall street does threo. fourths of its messenger work with the banks through boys from 15 fo 18 years old. “Sometimes,” he adds, “the loan clerk has to lean over the coun- fer to see especially small boy. Sometimes there are a dozen fn line.” ‘The system may appear reckless, but it is mot always the measen- er boys who appear least trustworthy in Wall street. The practice is a dangerous onc, as this instance proves—danger wus to the owners of the money ant dangerous to the messenger Mt Is not go0d business to take unnecessary ke, and it is mot good morals to expose people to needless temptation But to talk of morais in Wall street is only to become involved in um hopeless tangle. The Why of a Large Smile In the good old days when a man wanted money and bh #onvinced that it was impossible to become a plutocrat working rages, he jonded a crue! looking horse pistol, donned a mask and took Bis station on the highway. He plundered the public deftly and quiet- Wy, because he was str nd they were weak, and the werld had a gneaking admiration for his da It is different now Take the case of Eugene Zimmermann, of Cincinnati, who was Mever famous as @ fin The New Yorkers laughed at him. He mechieved his greatest publicity when he be he duke of Mo Mr. Zimmermann had the money lust. Popular rumor says that Being father-in-law to a duke is an expensive luxury. At any rate, @ir. Zimmermann learned long ago that working for day wages doesn't make millionatres. So he, speaking in a figure Joaded his gun, He got « > of three third-rate raiiroads, Poined their interests, made quite # splurge, and behold, he had A BXSTEM. It wasn't much of a system. It was just big enough to @eare some financiers, Mr. Zimmermann's pistol bore the label, COMPETITION, andas big men in the raliroad world promptly deauted over a talr share of thelr valuables. They purchased his wallroads. After {t waa all over the duke's father-in-law wore a smile Pleasing to «ee, and bis bank account was fatter than ever. He had Bone nothing iNegal or even immoral in these days of lightning finance, and it ts alleged he made A MILLION AND A MALI for himeelt. He no longer cares to run @ ralirend. “I shall rett “4 long for peace, and I want to play with my grandehildrer He will get peace. We can afford almost anything It 46 noticeable that the money kings no longer laugh at Yuyene Bimmermavn. Ho is a smarter mon thay they gave him credit fo me the father-in-law of pester ve sense only, donned his mask and rol of he sald. ‘ riptions for The Star and feave news Items. ‘The phone num- 4 Bees Tor this ore are: Sunset, Main @89, Inde font M68 — ~amee ———— The Subitean of the Son of the she! It dy reported, however, that at that awe John D, Rockefeller, Jr, wow, PATMER DON'T GO STRAININ’ YOURSELAF Y RASSLIN’ fn any of the athletic games or th of the muscles. country ta an aut: WHERE /S ETHELBERT Y CYNTHIA GREY.) Just thinking about wondering what be: to be found tn ev country school, Yeu have s Yourself that same question 60,000 tines, You kr the fellows who were 80 piclously, wnnatu g004, proper and cx t. that you, being # boy, had an intense desire to bloody their noses spoil their clothes: his name in your had « fellow cut off the mather made him w old, and he wore kne coches until he was so that he looked itke a pair of atta It ls when Wag about 10 years old that you ® He did't play rough games. He didn’t spit thr his teeth, was never late to sehodl, wouldn't F bird's neat or break windows in a vac siways wore a clean and, ob, the dimgre tt, he BLACKED MIS SHOES every morning. To fair, we will have to a P= knowledge. He gulped down the books like o pup awatiows head of the class, He could tell you the answer to [1 tines 1 easy as anything. And every tin told the t encep and sneak. If you whispered. he he played on the girt de of the schoo! yard. Everything about him was narre that he came from the & piece. Bthelbe it house he got a hard knock heard a 1 it. Mont for fear the sun will fade the carpet. And when exeminath came, it was thie seme pale, nice-looking Mthelbert who took m of the prizes and answered all the pussling questions You threw rocks at him as he went down the read with his arms full of books, and then you grew up rd anything more of Ethelbert But what be of these fellow od away and on ey ever get to bankers, congressinen or senators, or do they build rallroeds or fac- the world for those bloodless sert of hu- In there a or do they Just dry up and blow away? If they do, it is just ae well, for this ie a world that cal backed by strong bodien t you like to know what became of Bthelt *» STAR DUST The Times annow leetual con’ es an “intel Some of the boys would buy « thinking,” and unnecessarily adds) grounds. that all Times’ employes are in-| Hi Henry's baby is very sick from oligible. [eating @ red balloon - | Several of the “Peasants” are euf- | UNCLE HENRY THINKS. fering from “pop corn tnaulation.” | Then, again, jist about uz sad words | for a ten us any are, “It ought there's no ra place —Cony ence, Bellefontaine Examiner DON'T LET IT WORRY YOU NOTES OF THE COUNTY FAIR They got “Ame Martin's” wallet} And in its dol Jast year for about $1.60. Guess | It gives the sign that icy blasts that’s the reason he stayed home Will follow all too soon. this year The leaves are dropping ‘neath its We heard a feller say he hadn't | bitght heen in Bellefontaine for 20 year and so far had only seen smal change. Guess he was one of them! Of chilly autumn air, light fingered fellers. Dad Waters, 72, went early,| Around him, man stayed for the show and missed the falls Jast car. The killing autumn band The branches. rough and bare, Wr DS GON So ”" HOLERN LUSINESSCOLLEGE. Night School COME AND SEE! THE ‘SEATTLE STAR--THURSDAY, OCT. THE LEAR 1 hip wife's band K THAT MRS. COOPER FOUND ABSTONIBHED 80 LACKING IN ECONOMY ‘The farmer hax few sports, Farm work is so arduous thet the young men have pleasures in which the young men of the otty men are so worn out by thelr years of Iabor that (hey cannét indulge xtract from & repert written by a government inve stigator who rushed —— Anh § us we #hood sa, “| presumably you fotch Katydidz along terda Sew that we alls fish kin cotch.” Gu yoGern, he frosty alr And utters sumdtry oaths its penetrating And digs up w | Sew tha kin kore Wen tha sa | Brung fer bate them katydide JOHNSON PROCTOR?) 0 eer Lat hope displace |.A fow days more and this campaign | Wii) open up t | And when it old schoo! days again and the sisay fellows that are ke “How did you enjoy yourself on} your trip east?” liked New York New York life ts no dif-| [ferent from any other. | Remember Ethelbert Johnsen Proctor? Maybe that but you can bet yo © proceedings of the legis | itteo's investigations.” uris wotil he was 11 years Bully says he ie back in the cotton | 1 nouncement might at tion if every men tion of bis name didn’t remind peo ple of John L. ember him bent. WINTER FAMILY CAME YESTERDAY EASY WAY TO FIND OUT like to know what |man more money than running an mit that he waa a bog for ne etutf that wae in itk, and was wt the Deo you own « car?” “Run it yo " arsh word he an 1s pouseelf SMUGGLED IN cher, He was a tale-bearer. It came natural to him to “ your wife run it, you'll find out the time He wore really |} and you could safely wager nd of a home where everything was accord ing to rule. One of thoae houses where they never open a window Dowie claims King Edward as a ght home a varied | | assortment of “ | knows hell lose same of his * day t all | welt <mhe ving was admirably HAVE YOU EVER |Gas COKE? Range or Heater? ‘ther coal or wood, for red blood, and more of It every year. It needs brains, but they muat be Johnson and it will last Fifth Ave. So, and” Coarse Coke $4.50, 2.00 per ton, twice as long Send your wagon to the Gas-Co.s Plant a ton for @ trial #3.50, Broo Seattle Lighting Co. FOURTH AND UNION. Bx. 27; ind, Ex. 76. WAS A GOOD MIXER opened the @ Knabenshue satled bis You can't blame | ship over Chicago. | him for being afraid to walk through | pig ye “One hundred and fifteen 4 when it ought ni © HONOR ANOTHER'’S Dad) Henderson says to tell] order w | the public that he wasn’t the that caught the greased pig at Coshocton. | which requires | boats if they sold them et the fair Phones--Sunset Lafayette) by Pete Hall figured on going two} days, but after he got home Thure- | day night he discovered he'd give!" ® feller © warm vest on two fives| i) THE FAIR "3 & », 5549 Second GOING AT HALF PRICE. 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