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_ THE SEATTLE STAR Y STAR PUBLISHING CO. 1907-1309 Seventh Ave, EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY, Rotered at the Postoftice at Seattle Was were sos meee Pare ~ —_— ee BY PRISCILLA PRIM § oO When she’s in the midst of her} A LIFE FOR LIFE | the factory girl may not -_ | attractive ag some of her | os the sinele life the only successful o siatera who work In stores and of. Is th oe tt ee ee fices, Her hands may not be as Pr lent-elect Taft considers the old maid existence the }olean nor ber nails as well mant | ideal one. To Atlanta normal school pupils he said Pectnchttg ol geattirrad Ag compensating — satisfaction ne “I think that the secret of most domestic infelicity is in| purse Is generally fatter the fact that young women think that unless they are married | The nature of her work doosn't lrequire the factory girl to dross their lives are not a success, As a matter of fact, I think the laimost aa well as a gentlewoman feverse is exactly true.” | whould, and her little weekly wai 3 se Ca ae conn tly goose farther in other F Mr. Taft is a good “jollier To pupils in a sch 01 Of | directions technology he says that the world’s greatest men are its engi-| Then she usually associates | with people @ neers; to law students he says that the law is the noblest of |, professions; to divinity students he says that the ministry is /o the highest calling No harm is done if his pleasant utterances | afe not taken too seriously. » + im 9 Unfortunately, his remarks on the advisability of remain: |, +s ing unmarried seem to be taken seriously. And, coming from | 4 " & president-clect, they involve a radical chahge in the policy of government, being a complete reversal of the Roosevelt Bi doctrine of big families h Single blessedness, if it is blessedness at all, is the very doubtiul of absolute blessedness selfishness, The general |% feason. He is a parasite upon society, contributing nothing toward the only real thing in the world—life. is true of the unmarried woman. There is no getting away from the two fundamental yearn ings of all animal existence-—self-preservation and procreation. F Indeed, these yearnings extend beyond animal creation, and E: are basic laws even of the vegetable kingdom r The man or woman who fails to bring at least one life fnto the world dies in debt for his or her own birth a And the same} ® 1 . ; , the factory girl's employment pe of He or she may perform high social service of other sorts.| riod. Old maids are a rarity tn : ‘ jher set The bachelor wedded to science or art or mechanics may leave} the world better than it was when he caine into it. The teacher may contribute to life in making it better worth living. But in doing these things, they do not pay their full debt L © * their obligation to recreate their own kind WIFE-MADE MEN The first passion of a woman is her love for her children. Is that true? If it is true, her second passion is her desire to make a} man of her husband. We hear much about self-made men. good to hear more about wife-made men There are a lot of them. Many of the best men in the World—the greatest in statesmanship, science, art and litera- ture—have freely acknowledged their indebtedness to women. Perhaps to their wives they are indebted—possibly to other | women. A wise wife is she who completely fills her function, being Comrade and source of inspiration. Ii she doesn’t do it, some Other woman may. Not every wife carnestly secks to be al helpful companion. Not every one who tries succeeds The wife who contributes to her husband's uplift and helps #6 enlarge his vision must not be denied high credit for his eareer. The best part of many a man is the femininity which} ‘comes from his wife. High character which counts for his suc-| cess may have originated in her. His ideals may have come from her; to her he may owe his purposes. And her joy in it is exquisite. This is a woman's greatest} work, next to the rearing of her children—if it is second to that And in all great work there is keen pleasure It might do us | eeeeeeeeeeeeeee eens “Weill, Httle girl, what is it?” “Have you got any genuine love | potions | LEGISLATIVE CALENDAR, The following bills have not (yet) | been Introduced in the legisiature: | To prohibit hens from laying cold | storage engs. Providing that the end-seat hog shall appear on the Ist of January, and, seeing his shadow, shall re tarn to bis hole to stay during the rest of the year. fo ber of chocolate caramels required on ere that he would the chances wer = er-|to keep @ young man in good stand- | lite. tory than tn the kitchen. ings movement toward taxation of the bachelor is not without good | rule tn housework friends and soctal interests. ta the family somebedy's kitchen. |im generally able to take « Mashera beware take On the contrary, the higher the development of their charac- | Pha re yo ie ter and the higher their capability Yor service, the greater is/ way schoolboy guesses, compiled from compositions and examination pa pers by an English teacher are the tube that regulates the weather. : Requiring congressional garden| A® axiom Is a thing that ts so WILLING TO sUFrER. seeds to distingdish themselves| Visible that it ts not necessary to|f) Mitte Washington gn he |from weeds when they happen to|*#e It | ‘e time wanted a Bosto: | germinate. ‘Things which are equal to other|f) Sarees Bram 20 atteck | Relieving men of fifty years of| ‘hings are equal to one another | ae |age and over trom the necessity of|, The venith ts « quadruped Nving ect pretending that they like to play|'!" the Interior of rica. ina procure | Poit ney ke tO Pay) it care ia not taken with dasty lef mother's response was to the| Fixing the size, weight and num-| Corners, microscopes’ will breed i that ae Daddy did not ike there. it her own means and | oclal condition, and is not #0} ften dissatiafied with her lot in| The beginner who starts in on} feco work might earn more noney dotng housework, but «he! nows that she has r free jom and independence in the fao-| “1 have my Sundays and even off anyway,” she reasons, ‘and that's more than I get as a onsemald,” She knows that when she does xtra work in the factory she gets xtra pay, and that's seldom the! The factory girl generally lives) it home, and comes and goes as he likes. She has her own ntertains her parlor. The girl who works in a factory » of are tongue. erself, Sometimes her fists jaite as lively as her Matrimony generally cuts short But, should adversity come to or little hame and the husband arning capacity be lost to . he is in a position to cheerfully up the burden she dropped ASHLAND, 0, Her will gave specific churches and charities. cent farm an a site. may not eat up the $1.44 phans will be saved from the wreck. A lover whose heart is broken does not throw away the ploces Le eee Tell a man you “loathe” hhim, and be thinks it is simplified spelling for “love,” we ed All femininity is impulsive. When Eve found the gate of Paradise jocked behind her could not understend why the key was not left under the door mat. SCHOOLBOY BREAKS Among 4 collection of samples of ollowing Chivairy te when you feel cold. A thermometer is a short glass Queen Elizabeth's face was thin ae ee $43,313.70 WILLED ORPHANS, BUT THE LAWYERS GOT $45,312.26, LEAVING $1.44 FOR THE ORPHANS, Jan. 19.-Seven years ago Mra. Frances Freer died, worth about $126,000, legacies to various The balance was to go to establish the Ashland County or. phanage, for which Mra. Freer had already given a magnifi- All the loxactes were paid in full, and there was $43,313.70 left for the buliding of the children's home. The lawyers and jadges then fled their bills, amounting to $43,312.26, leaving $1.44 for the orpha: Now the county prosecutor is swearing out warrante for lawyers and judgee-——which further legal proceedings may or And the farm, too. Mebbe the or- o * * * *« * « * * « * * * * * * * * * » * » * » > » » * » It ts the extent to which the Indl vidual woman recedes from her impulses that classifies her, a ye Reor WeM Now $12.50 $20.00 and $22.50 at $9.75 A wening Chronicte. eT Me OFF AT j} of town. | “No; but be is | rider, or except when his wife is out ving to have one I might sit next to her and she'd want to talk about her rotten novels, | and I haven't read « word of ‘em. || POULTRY—POULTRY | || a» soon as he proposes to ime All dry picked fowls. Fresh Yak- 4 ’ ’ || Young Men's Suits, in all popular|Capons, Spring Chicken, —Yenimp wy \ CUFFS 4c OULARS || styles, regular $16.50 values, for| Duck, Turkeys, Jack Rablts, eto SHIRTS 10 RACK || 99.35. A. Bridge & Co.'s Clearance PALACE MARKET OE !| Firat and Yeuler one Second and Yesler. plag. the expression ot "asa. | and bale, but she was a stout Prot tment that came to the face o| ‘or the protection of umptres,| estan’ | nn +} e.g mother’s heart | Making it a misdemeanor for any| At abstract noun ts the name of fait til you get well, dear; then | but padded pop bottles to be thrown | something which does not extst, Will Me werad the child. “The |°xePt immediately after a decision | sich as goodness. } ploter Pixie the mary likely he wii |{hat loves the game for the home! contiding Youth (vo the | @ to buy it for me.” eam own novelist ore Vavasour a - Sala | Imposing an income tax on con-| | eveaa ing the sare 1 Ey | 6 High nan—Hold up your | tdence > “|inaeribed her private name, Mr nang, Tshwerme WF | fidence - in+the - intelligence-of-the-| Pi eet, amith)-—-be you know, tr Smithson——You can't scare me; |Plain-people and similar bunko » quite re i to find you're not Tm used to this holdup game; I've | games. Mies Vera Vavasour. 1 heard she Cluett last paid my coal bill—Washington | To suppress the automobile night| ¥4*,9 be here, and 1 was so atrata 1 AMERICAN WOMEN WHO NO. 4 — THE FACTORY GIRL VIEWS ON THE GRO OF THE LOOKING ACROSS GEYSER BASIN AT HORTICULTURAL HALL. Mary relatives, Sete eee eee eee eee a. —— ie & Grade Hand-Tailored Cloth- ing Less Than Cost to Manufacture Hireh, Wickwire & Co. ao makes, Suits from $26. ai to 89c_ | Underwear, The values jend more puasie mower business.” mame So : ETAT eRe We WAS PURZLED. Tt Ie ail very well for potitt speakers to make classical ail In the speechom, but the thing m de carried too far jebody was making a speech from the Avon's work, poured from hia heated ti as he progressed im his orn’ dividual sitting on the first bew below the platform grow more id owar At lant Gils todividual longer. He leaned man neat him “Hay he whiepered, hoarsely, “I can't figure It ont hat? ithe & republican or « domo that pushing fellow who hard to get into our he's the made a lot of fellow whe Feit the, lawe -Pittsburg Post ORATORY NOT NERDED. Why de you think he's a good candidate?” “Weill, he's # Feet tgiker.” f tw hi Don We need a good — keep-atilier.” Cleveland Leader. A DISTINGY DRAWBACK. She-—Don't you think it will be delighitul when we all have fring machines? creditors - London All the blood in the body passes through the heart in three minutes. anization Sale ; Have Money ndige, Kincaid & Co.’e famous $35.00. Monarch Shirts and others ve 890 Benson Clothing Co., > oe UNDS - Y.-P.E at Any Sacrifice STAR DUST A Word from Josh Wise, “When of a feather! flock tergether, then th’ feathers fly.” birds Maybe 6, “Johnny, what do you suppose tv meant in the nursery rhyme where It nays, ‘Bolla on her toes'?” Dunno, Alice, unless it means that her feet were wringing wet.” By Fred Soh “fee where some Paristan ;~ prophet has doped out a tough forecast for 1909, anid the Pre lweription Clerk, as he came — int HAIR OIL HARRY ISN'T STRONG FOR THE PROPHECY INDUSTRY | But the Goda Dispenser Hasn't Range. Mme. Kibosh Painted a Rosy Futur Been Able to See it at Clo Hair Ol! Harry's department for a swallow of Vichy, “Basen it on the 53 Fridays we're going to pper anything the nwer ors band you,” said the Soda | nser, feeding himself with a slice of pineapple, “Play the field | against their selections every | time,” | “Do you twitter from experl-) ence,” asked the Careful Compoun der, “or in this one of those animus jabs ‘without foundation of fact’ as) Alas! Alast Wine ia a mocker,” in oftheard advice; But what mocks me mostly In lack of the pric All work and no play discour- agee the budding dramatist. A lass of beer makes many a foil froth at the mouth. Few men are really as big as thelr own opinions of themaelves. — The only secret a woman con- siders worth keeping is her own age. The pinnacle of fame ts no place for the man who Iikes lots of com pany Whatever else you may say of the bill poster, he sticks up for bis employer “Competition is the life of trade,” quoted the Wise Guy, “Also the death of it,” added the Simple Mug Even the fellow who lives to be at the top of the heap doesn't pre fer an upper berth in a sleeping car Doctor—"You should alwaye take a little fruit in the morning.” Guatier—' do. I am old-fash- loned enough to tneist upon a cherry in my cocktall.” Marriage is a The Hachelor game of chance.” The Married Man-—"And you have cons ntious scruples against gambling? The Bachelor t exactly, but 1I have against drawing a booby prize. Two for Her. “Queer things are siways hap pening around theatres,” sald Billy Hene of the Tabor forces, yester day This afterson a wor jeame up to the box office and ask ed me if she could b two seats |for the matinee, The performance was about to begin * Certal 1 sald, You may {wreath of bay, indicating success, | ¢ | been ther said Harry. ‘I've had my past and future told) eo} r t the way.) A pg ngthr: gti * ture bolave |songs, indicating admiration of the like they weren't told at all. At | multitude, Presently the boat 5 el “\oeame to @ rock, but there was ag any rate they're still delinquent.” | gaetise tenons aaa ing about me warbling melodiow “ 1 come | collision. ti” eau te ‘friend - |indicating that I would meet no Aston,” said Harry “In a obstacles in life. FY wasn’t 4ippy moment 1 went to Mme, |it, and all for four bits “How did it come out?” pursued f, the Pharmacal Follow. . Kibosh, Trance Seeress and Muck- raker into the Mystic. She went) the P : into @ trance and told me what she| “Well, the only bay I've had om ° ‘tt me into the | my head is bay rum,” said Harry, pope: Ey orb ek don’t know | “I've never been fn any boat but a. good ferry boat. I have no pawn tickets Sateea. hak ete tie helto show that I ever amassed any) Gg ¥ fi the way she | to 6 Co eet oon trance ts the same as | diamonds, The admiration of the £ & spasm, so I'm glad I stayed multitude is nix. I haven't side 9 out.” ‘ stepped any obstacles, as every Well, what did she tell you?” | bill collector in town knows me by asked the Presertption Cl sight.” : ‘ “Oh, not so mucl said Hair Ot “But you're young ¥ t, said the Harry, yawning. “Said she saw mo Preseription Clerk; give the | prophecy a chance.” ¥ fa well my chance for 2% ents,” said the Soda Dispenser, | "Do I hear any bidet But the only thing be heard was the proprietor coming in, and Hale Of] Harry buckled down to wash ing the glasses. ee Tt coming, of the years of absenog but they ‘all seemed so really im 7 consnqueiagal now that he wae here. prodded the 4 brown leaves. in a golden boat floating down the stream of Time. On my head wase I was dabbling one hand in the perfumed water, and on my fingers gieamed diamonds the size of door knobs, signifying wealth. A flock of violet birds were flutter se a BY STUART 6, STONE. The richest woman in Rosslyn county stirred the brown leaves in the orchard with a very small foot and sighed. Men agreed In calling | bro : her b tiful; she was brilliant and is You are sams Yard something’ amiable; even her name--Kathryn | the young man as Van Herkimer—accorded with the| Mise Van Leeda Pa fortunate rest. But, with wealth,| “Yes,” she sald, softly, “It has beew wit and charm of feature, the rich-|/ont for m: east woman was not content. For Be — whe had no heart. Many men had|©hap, “o 4 told her this—the professor, the| She sh ok her fine head “Moat more precious than that.” Young Lanyon whistled. She@ was indeed very rich, It was hear gy vast fortune, tn fact, that had te Heutenant, a lawyer and a doctor or #0, and, only last night, & west~ ern senator. Now Miss Van Herki- mer knew for herself. ” . . * ghe| strained him in the days when B67 dceed. = oe ee ee oe had felt that she might care Hog reverenced for his learning; the|*opped and began to” rake . Heutenant had pleased her with|'*#ver about. “You haven't iy his blue and gitt dash, and each|* bunch of U. P. 6's out here tn of the others had possessed quait- |°!4 orchard?” he inquired, She shook her head again. “T ties for admiration not stir ber heart But they could if she had such} have lost nothing of momey value, & You might lay it out on a counter” buy a dozen ff you want that many.’ Two will do, she said 1 want one to #it in and one to put my hat and furs in.’ “And that's exactly the way she used those two seats, too,” he con cluded. Followed the Pretty Girl. There ts a conductor on a Colfax loar who is a knowing man. In the jentrance of his car Sunday eve ining were half a dozen young peo- ple completely blocking the way. There was plenty of room “up front,” but the young people paid no attention to his requests to ‘move up, please.” In the crowd | was a pretty girl. Finally the con- |ductor went to her and sald: | “Would you please step toward the front a little way?” The girl complied with the re quest and five you men, only one of whom ko her, followed her “up front” in a disinterested way. Jimmie—Say, paw, what ts execu- tive ability? Paw—Getting somebody to do the work while you do the bossing. —Brookiyn Engle. Art and the Auto. “I once saw a man gare for an hour lost in raptare, at # Corot.” “Um, that’s a new make to me Steam or gasoline t’—-Loutaville Herald TOO MUCH FOR JOUNNY. acher—Johnnie, where h Pole? Jotnnl t know after all my teaching Jobnanie—Nope. If Peary can't find tt, there's no use of my trying All passonger steamers leave Col- man docks for Puget Sound Navy Yards. ~~ Zz 3 : : SHOES. aaa Ladion’ $2.50 Shoes, Boys’ f 21c | Bic, Ladies’ $3.00 Oxfords Ladies’ 650 and Tho Rubbers, your choice, . Men's Lumberman Rolled edge Rubbers ...... ee $2.65 501 Pike St. Men's $4.50 Dress Shoes in patent and viet SS a ae and it would not bring a dime.” | Mine Van Herkimer ettrred a pile of leaves. “In the first plaga lam not sure that there. was really janything at all,” she degiared. j “My beck 7 | Mr. Lanyon arose. hurts,” he said. “If you fad told me that at first— 4 The richest woman regarded him 7 steadily. “Il am quite gure,” she deciared, “that I have lost the—the 7 article, but atti I fear it is not my. own,” 4 | The young man's dark Jocks tram- bled gentiy in the fresh wring. ‘There was the ruddy glow of health in his | cheeks end a gteat tenderness in brown eyes. Altogether, Mr. Lan yon was a pleasing sight. “It is possible you have the—the © 7 article about you,” said Miss Van Herkimer. Then she blushed. He patted at his pockets, took off his hat and searched it. é |. “Well, I never,” be eaid, pussied. = He looked at Kathryn Yan Hi jmer, and she was blushing, vi delictounly q “I wish,” he said, “I wish that you | were poor as a church motne.” : S01 STUDED TI BOPWN LS AO RD | “Bo do 1,” sald Mise Van Horkd= a thing. Once there had been, at| iter, surprising him. colinge, @ chap with dark, ourling| “Also,” he continued, "I would fi hair, who had aimost— And Miss|for you heart,” Van Herkimer fell to dreaming| She gaye a little, glad ory. “I have bravely. She stirred the dead|found what I sought.” leaves about as she dreamed. It} The young man looked through the dead leaves. declared. Miss Van Herkimer's cheeks were flaming. “You wil pot find it there,” she said. : ie no great fun, ing no heart. Some one was this state of hav- “I do not neo,” he climbing the tum- bine rail fenoe, and the richest woman looked up. It was a young chap, with dark, curling hair. Tho young chap made tong, quick/™ strides across the orchard, and|then he saw that Kathryn Van Her- Mise Van Herkimer felt her blood|ktmer held her hands out toward bound him Kathryn!” the “Ab,” he sighed, holding bar close catied as he drew to him, “it ts your heart that you vi have found.” »." corrected Miss Vah Horkt- 0, it is your heart—all yours, vexed. young man near, and Miss Herkimer extended her hands. “Iam very glad to see you,” she said simply. There were queés- tions she might have asked, of his mer. dear.” A Wise Man — doesn’t go without New Clothes q even if funds are low 4 —he opens an account with us and © pays a little down and a little ata _ time for the Apparel he needs @ —doesn’t sacrifice anything of | Economy, either, for our prices are? Right, and there is no extra charge - for Credit. ' EASTERN OUTFITTING CO., Inc. = 1332-34 209 ' ‘Seattle's Reliable © * Second Ave. eattle's Reliable Credit House Unioa. St.

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