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BY BTAR PUBLISHING CO. 1907-1309 Seventh Ave. EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. Bnteret at the Pow ee thee at conttle Warhington laeshasen What chiefly m akes a city capable of great growth is its location, Individual or organized “boor and “push” really accomplish littl beyond displaying the favorable natural con ditions. Look the country over and you will find that many Urban communities have grown great even despite natural dis advantages, suct @ase, etc A Harr he is infatuatec as bad climate, liability to epidemics of dis m has done it in these instances doesn't help to make a Seattle grow because with Seattle climate or people, but because it is kels & natural terminal for a great railroad system A Spre doesn’t put millions into San Diego because there's a lot of fine Weather and real ate lying around there, but because that point has natural a These rich men see antages for t Ansportation pury that the location means, eventually, certain great ness. trend of ce of the Panama canal and the mn nm indicate The opening mercial extensi Pagific coast the nation is to witness the most rapid and @st growth in its whole history bey great EVERY CITY ON THE COAST IS LOCATED RIGH Every city on the coast will get its natural share of the activity nd progress, and no more. The “booming” and “knocking” Will, in the end, affect this very little. All the jealousy, rivalry| and back-biting that can be foolishly engaged in wil! not finally! take from San Francisco, or Los Angeles, or Seattle, or San Diego, or Tacoma, or Portland, or any other peta that which is naturally hers. It is for the gates, stu and makes no mistakes to lift communities by their bootstraps reason that progress investi ies and decides in accord with that which really is, all efforts failed uspicion All efforts at foreed growth, as it were, have Tnvestment looks on the engineered “boom” with fatal All our coast cities are located right in front of the great} wave of national progress which is bound to soon swe ward. It is time to get together jealousies Diego's greatness, and vice versa together all along the coast famento « San Francisco, or moles for Seattle, or to give Los Angeles mil lions for the harbor she ought to have at her door, let the whole coast pull for it! Growth at any point means greatness for all points and no point is going to get more than it is naturally entitled to, p west It is time to drop al There lf the proposition is to give or make basins and seawalls for per waterways, After being beaten up by “Bathhouse” Joha Coughlin, a Chicago alderman, two citixens of the Windy City were refused warrants by the officials. Must be another case of immunity bath. Expert announces supply of coal is qood for 100 years, by which time some of us now worrying about the heat supply will have dis- eovered other places to keep warm. Panama continues to engulf reputations just as when De Leaseps , Was on the job. If the kaiser ts really broke. he might hoek the Watch on Rhine and obtain a little temporary assistance. PO COTS PS CSCSOOOOe Serererrrs OUTBURST OF EVERETT TRUE } DRE COSA +6005 4~* HS SeheSeseoooe V FEEL EXTREMELY FLATTENED 70 HAVE BEEN 43KED TO ADDRESS You OW THiS OCCAHION, BUT 7 CAN'T MAKE A SPEECH — — ~ = the annem FRMINING Loui ONK DRAWBACK “How can anybody | - the beat?” ‘ garly nat. , quaintance e ome drawback. It's wedding way ng to hear the ditter: theugh the bri man, she bad American of the f ady —# e have to do ta to run out to and work the band our Easy Payment Plan is devoid of red tape, embarrassing features or extra charges of any kind. venience, enabling you to purchase | needed apparel at cash prices, but}; on terms to suit your pocketbook—| a little down and a fittle at a time. During our big reduction bargains to be had in all Women's Outer Apparel, cut all along the line. Take advantage of the low prices and open an account at the same time. sale there are splendid Men's and been classes of as prices have Outfitting Co., Inc. , Reliable Credit H 209 “wecmnl : Ouse Union Street nd doubt that out here on the} T.| 1a order to local} In every way should Seattle try to add to San} should be a \pulling| It is purely for your con-| THE SEATTLE STAR |BACHELORS HELD UP TO SCORN OF SOCIETY BY MERLE WANE | oe Tho Amortoan bachelor haa attr. | red up the latest discussion, His friends and ble enemies are engag ed in @ vigorous warfare, the one! jalde contending that he ts harmloas | jand merely a freak at worst, while | bts traducers 4 re that he ta the |progenttor of the drink evil and the author of many of the soctal liniquities which afflict mankind | Tt al came about through the declaration of Mra, Leonora Lake, | one of the leading temperance inc turers of the country ‘atirre ai up the animals,” down east, by an who nouncing that bachelorhood ta the | Worst evil of the country ‘Tt ie the bachelor,” sald she, “who fos tere the rum evil and apends hin jtime in dives. If men can only be made to see that their after tite N depends on an early marriage hat with @ good home and a good | wife life will be easy, there will | be no need for us to fight the drink evil, Tt will die of tteelf | Some in Seattle j | Seattlo has @ large number of | bachelors and the question aprung by Mra, Lake has considerable local | interest get at the sentiment of local women on this subject, 1 tnterviewed several whom | koew |could give definite and Interesting options Mra. Leonia W. Browne, attorney atlaw, who has off ain w New York block and who has an etal ahed reputation authority on sociological questions, expreasod | herself very rly In the follow }ing fashion | “To all bachelors we ‘should cer [tainly extend the most ai passion. Life, and the privilege of living it fully gift so divine and | that ft will always be a matter for regret that certain human. beings wilfully refuse to enter into a state |where they may enjoy the finest and most exquisite things that the} Creator has provided i | Pity for This One. “For the man who ts so wnat |tractive to wonjeh that he has fownd tt Impossible to persuade any |desirable woman to become his | wife; for the man who has been! tually disappointed in love and who resolves to live the remainder of bik life a celebate; for all these and others like unto them who are | living honest, virtuous lives becan: ae an nd con acted course, respect tet ws give sympathy and They will not contaminate the homes of others of set an un-| wholesome example for the rising generation of young men The Other Kind. } “But the cynic of women; the the make; the man who holds all virtue in con tempt; the man who scorns the marriage tle with its responsibili-| tles and sacredness and lives a/ selfish, sordid, frivolous fife at a club or at some luxurious ‘tarily | hotel,’ what of him? Why does he jnet marry? He ts probably known! PUSH OR « PULL? © Still they comet Letters from Star readers telling | le a horse pulls a wagon, or why) jhe pushes it. ' | The Star didn't intend to stir up any hard feelings when it start ed this thing. It just desired «| friendly exchange of opinions.| ome of the caustic letters recetved | would indicate that va ot our readers are getting a trifle “het up. Be moderate, good people. If your wife thinks the horse pulls the wagon, Mr. Man, while you hold that he pashes It, don’t get sore and forget to kies her goodby when you) go to work after the morsing argo ment. if your best young man is con vineed in bis own mind that the horse pushes the wagon, Miss What's Your-Name while you think he pulls {t, don't call names you may some day be sorry for, and bust up your romance over a little matter ike this Here are some of today's batch of letters To the Editor of The Star Would you intad cutting out that drivel about whether a horse pushes or pulls a wagon, and putting tn} something which wilt be of interest} to those of your readers who are| blessed with brains’ Anybody who contends that a horse in front of a} wagon drageing it along by moans | Sa anes ss tees rece Commences Thursday Morning, January 7th at 9:00 A. M. Hah Bair ot The sin wags % We Must Have Room for Spring Goods Now en Route and Will Sacrifice Our Stock of New and Up-to-Date Shoes Regardless of Cost m other than that from pressure in applied Hin a direct i which the Looks to be as ff, considering that} )orse shoves from behind against his collar, while the wagon | ves forward, there can be no doubt that he pushes the wagon F. RL |To the Editor of The Star | If you want to see a horse pull a wagon, turn him around, with his collar drawing against his head, and | let him walk backwards, dragging the wagon, Then he will be pulling | Jit. I certainly hold that the ordl-| jnary collaraction is a pushing | movement FP... | To the Editor of The Star | Sure, the horse pulls the wagon | unless 1am mistaken, I own 1 am| Mat to be mistaken ag | have} | | made lots of mistakes in my time. If he pushes it why not cut out harness and shafts, having millions of unnecessary expense, Why not rig up your wagon with # hole in| the end board, then instead of going jto the thonble of harnessing and | |hitehing the horse up fust lead} jhim out of the stable, insert his) {head in the hole in the tail board | and let bim go to it with a ton | vigorous shove, BE. Voloeg. they circumstances have so shaped their | of bachelor can ra but such a one ts none the lems| “He is a itt of the economic | iy taste nd let nd ane hou oa a A & ‘bachelor to the end. Marriage | condition today. He in to be pitied. | jure before sabre taped shredded . _—S holds not thé sacredness to him} However, an to his fostering of! nocoanut over the tep and cover media | that it does to the young man who | the rum wvil, well—if a man drinks | with whipped cream |WHERE HISTORY married hie first fair, young love,| before marriage, he certainly will| ns STAR DUST sepages 3d 333333 > Buy at Baillargeon’s And here,” sald the Cairo guide we have the mummy of a great Fe Asi 90809 man It is thought that he was J famous politician in his day ‘Twill Cost You Less ¥ TUR ' “Where are his hands?” asked the ] akeption! tourtat In his pockets, I gues " shat. I Hm! That's funny. if be hay Warm Wool Bl ink et | od to be @ iti hie hand cold, handsome p ‘ ' would be in other people's pockets hep ' tan; exception FOO i Mink--Stung again yesterday pair i Wink You © alway getting ne Bink-—Anawered an ad that sald M abet t gahe , t for a dollar they would tell me how | fine English make ell tl tt ar] a : plumbers bills Oc a pair; during January, 3B¢. bY And the answer? : s Hink—Just two words-—“File Children’s Heavy Ribbed Black Cotton Hose, @ { +) them ~ f | ae MW all sizes, very special, 15¢. ae Hitting Back HN > 4 ee ASO ‘ ( iy k Your nearest rival gave me a Persian Lawn Statior y, ) sheet den a gold bracelet,” boasted the pretty | velopes, boxed, special for 20¢. : girl y And I will wend up my present $27.50 Coats, warm, serviceable, and smart | tomorrow her suitor Jin caustic and women, $17.50. styles for girl RE * he loat eye of the | | me something gold, toot” mri Regular $2.00 Broadcloths and Mannish | Wal's present Suitings, now $1.10. Close Fit And so on indefinitely—fine values every- f What a funny looking camel chan said Hoanlo at the x00, “He basn’t where } any hatr on him. PRPS RPM” RR RS ee eta Nee as | lwughed Brother Bobby, “I that going through needle | Special Tomorrow, Theredes $1.50 to $2 Cluett Shirts 95 Cents Rere B > partes | sit abe ate ys tee Less than wholesale price, this is; but the sale is Ree ce a clearance of all brokes lines. ‘Don't mies it ' LEONIA W. BROWNE. | Cold Geet Gelnd. Men's 4-ply Collars, special tomorrow at 55¢ a) @ i Phot by Jamos & Bushnell \<usiet, 0 aunall oniem, 00d. 6tithe half-dozen, $1,10 a dozen, Every wanted shape. } q at SS eS | ereley. Mix with two table RL PARRA PRP PALA 4 fule of salad ofl, a deasertspoontul ’ t Tene at * . Gi Many G4’ Cabbolor; ‘one ot Abel hen to adjunct hinipelf 10 the babite white vinegar, @ little Freneh Ui; d | St Il most eligible; good catch, ete, fof a ‘family man? He will be a) mustard. and pepper and salt’ to aie 0 ndermustins t Ml This is the type of man who is ‘bachelor to the ond’ He is unual-| (At Cul nem salad bow! lined . \ $ dangerous Because to those who ly a drinker and cannot forget the | Ut My them a pi Pa P ¢ 40 not understand him, he is fascin:| wine cups in marriage Loniel endear over Gin Ban woven in Frogress \ ating; because @fly wives permit Lead Them Act poet 0 ellen te Hl li Bony \ him bo munbe i000 to theany hosstee| ead Thom Astray. with ing and ldren’s Garments, 10¢ up. nothing ts sacred in his eyes and| Mrs. Isaac Cooper expressed her Sandwich Rolls. Corset Covers, Drawers, Short Skirts, 25¢ wp re page ie fresh first | oF cervoedang ngs oes 4 to invite |. Theme at be mate om fresh A splendid line at 47¢@—Gowns included I Were | hutband | would pre-| married men out evenings to give|"™*" ¥r* cleaaly @ tows Combinations from 97@ up—some out-of-the-ordi- @ 1 “f As soon as taken from th covered with : | wrong fer to entertain a leper at my jthem what is termed a good time, | hearth rather than one of these./and they often try to make it ap weral th: en of ¢ cloth ane j They are to be feared and avoided; | pear to their married friends that | foreral,thickmostes of Ory cloth wnd and de being ‘tied dowa (haml 901565 erust, using 0 baba thie Gain nounced a they move # Of life. | ond slice ae thin an p Spread among us, are ved and wel) They also set a bad example for) 1)” nutter ; ain tn comed into society. We shut our! young men who should marry be- shavings of m ot; teleet, a6 eyes to thetr tack of moral; even | tween 20 and 20 years of age yal aut hemeare laugh at thedr cyniciam, This kind ‘The bachélor's free and ving dish ly be reformed nary values Y Long Skirts—See the $1.17 line—it's unrivaled. g We've others for still less, as well as much more ' Table Linens at Telling Reductions oven cau lowe many of the pleasu: and ce at, po rou th oaay life tends towards drinking and dis | S ond and They may perhaps, as they feel old | sipation Pruit J. A. B ill & C ec age coming ov, go through themiar-| One well known teacher in the! put one pe teem s at targeon 0.5 | Put one pint can of pineapple into pring St. riage ceremony with fair,| high school summed up the bache = & ginse dish and «lx large ripe ba in thin af young victha of a mother's greed, lor in this win nanas, cut aweeten and earnestly sets to work to live | after marriage s imes mar | GOT OFF WRONG | Butter Cakes (With king Powder) for ‘my family.” Tt is too late for| riage drive a man to drink.” Put two cipe of sifted flour, one tically, Cire ee ener | William Tell was a myth. | half teaspoon of ait and one and |!" . thieke her husband Gi Coveinans never ameuel his’ ; me-half teaspoons of baking pow-|croes if he happens to criticise het | mother to intercede for Rome. ' jder into a mixing bowl Make a axe, 0 gift never-weere.6 Blondel, the harper, did not pa , |holiow fm the center, put im the Jr because whe thinks she | cover Richard L.'s prison. F well-beaten yolk of one ogg and the | > Was not a monster; he did ! whites of twa, add the grated rind The love of a man for bimosit 10 not kill his mother, nor did he fid- : n ne table of |Simnest as. great. as tha \ dle over burning Rome. ; butter, and mix, with one x Alfred did not let the cakes burn, ‘ wf, te » stiff dough; A after she begins t0) nor invade Danish camp as a min . y stir in one-half cup of well-|°S" married woman fixes the date | strel washed currants. Spread the mtx-|of things by the years her children] Pair Rosalind was not poisoned ' ture into two well-greased shatiow | were bern in. emains in| OY Queen Eleanor. 3 ' itin pans, brush ¢ wer with the ore people The Duke of Wellington did not jremaining yolk, then with two ta wets mar-/ say, “Up, guards, and at them” Diewpoons of melted butter, Mix Siege of Troy jargely a myth. x pleases one woman more three tablespoons of granula’ mu. Tiret a| Instead of 300 Spartans, it requir gat. two tableapoons of finely cut led between 7,000 and 12,000 to stop ' citron, one-half cup finely chopped ;, | Xerxes’ army at Thermopyle. aimonds; sprinkle this over the eo the old friend th ET Ge cake and bake in a quick oven. woman who looks OVER WORKED, seis . eoret we How did Ragweed lowe War until she be- | mind? o—Los Angeles fo the easy Now darting. tel Kindly Old Gentloman—Ah, chiidres, you don’t enjoy sledding ited wip airsonc nc! meaneat tricks you ! half as mech ax | used to when ! was a boy All right, 1 wit: tn to act am if One of the Kide—Huh, I guess that was because no old duffer | {tll be quicker if T just tett ya pany nod the things 1 don | Weekly t wa Harp: butted tn on you. you and enjoy STUPENDOUS CLEARANCE SALE OF THE PLYMOUTH SHOE COMPANY’S $40,000 STOCK OF MEN’S AND WOMEN’S SHOES aa . 95 $4.00 W. L. Douglas Shoes $7.00 Florsheim & Co. Shoes $3.50 W. L. Douglas Shoes $1 5.00 Hand- turned, patent kid shoes for . . . $2. 85 $5.00 Colored tops, lace bath button shoes for . . , $3.45 : narrow $7.00 Pate $4.00 Heavy soled, lace and widths... .+. 98c $3.00 Ladies’ shoes Be es perianal noes form.; .. .. $2.50 ag a9 shod idee SI. & 3.00 Misses’ patent kid for sitd OTe ee $1.69 We Treg Every Man, Woman and Child Will Take Advantage of This Sale. If They Do Not? THEY SURELY WILL REGRET IT! button shoes for . .. , -atent kid lined shoes a ae es $4.85 St. 69 $2.00 Ladies’ comfort $3.50 Ladies’ shoes, $6.00 Howard and Foster z a slippers, elastic sides, for . $1.25 707 SECOND AVENUE