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: BY STAR PUBLISHING CO, pre | 1 1907-1300 Seventh Ave. ARAL RTRSY | EVIRY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. | - | ered at the Mostett Hesttio, Washington, as second-class matter | ‘od a ~ =~ 2G | RECEIVING THOSE JAF | a | , cniitnattighetanenntniginialy Da 1 be t hand and mute the tongue, be it Japane val | or American, that is ever responsible for sending our t na tions to war j This beautiful little curse iv Ivance was the A the greeting I yt V Ja r by Dr John Baer, wh ts to have been the Whole cheese in the welcoming act at Pasadena, Southern California The Jap visitors sat up and blinked vigorously h her| because the curse was so hot or illy, they don’t state ; No individual tongue or hand is going to start war be tween the Japanese and American nations, If war ever co it will come because of a demand by a very large majority of; the people, so that Dr, Baer has really fired his curse at the} people, which is a silly thing to do | R | xer's silliness as a sort af object We herein present Dr lesson of warning to later wators who may be called upon] to formally welcome our visitors from Japan, These visitors should be treated royally and generously and sensibly crawling or toadying spirit. It It will be all wrong to hurl advance curses not in a} will be all right to say nice] things about Japan at our nation, which may justly be involved in difficulty with) the honorable Japs, and it will be both wrong and foolish to imitate Dr. Baer, assume the character of the heavy stage vil lain and roar dramatically, “Curses! .The beautiful maiden can outrun me And we are doing reception committees a kindness by warn- | Palsy to her running gear ing them against selecting doctors as their orators, Doctors} are necessities and mighty good people in their places, but in-} stances are rare wherein a doctor took a turn at public oratory and didn't succeed in putting his foot in his mouth, and the feet of most of his friends in addition The theory that flies love to walk | The results attained in Seattle by idiotic and crazy hold-up men mako it a matter of serious congratula- tion that there are no sane men iu «that business. by several bald-headed men of sonre | experience, Aside from the selfconstituted queens of the May, getting up early this morning was in uo particular easier than any other less famous day. the only politician in the atate not) | ABOUT THE TARIFF | wildly exelted over bis — | | REVIBION | predicament, Now, Mr Speaker Cannon, Senn in that the Young Turks won't put mea Humphries, Coshman and Poin dexter, oft up straight and Heten to J Booner or later expressmen FS) Him somewhere and forget all about thi bound to learn that their license 4 ithe tmpending tariff reforma, and ‘think that the demise of that DOCH | declares that while she hae hereto- monla victim was also @ put up Job’ | fore been too busy to think much [sane & 0s Sag com 0/305 Se i % that women should be allowed Mombasa is in the same ba#\15 voto, or at last on thie partion: been clase ae Oyster Bay, Nalrobl) tar subject “Jost imagine letting all those musty old patntings come tn free . duty, and putting « big tax on these,” Residents of those states where cyclones run amuck ought to have 8 fairly accurate conception of ‘Turkish polities. ’ Ali the same, we feel the slot |!# the real date line thing now, “meter will occasionally bite the “hand that feeds it. - SHOWING OFF TO EMPTY BENCHES Firat call for the straw hat! A Perfect Outrage By “thease” she meant the sleek Pink stockings that darted for an all to bvreif moment from bebind one of the latest walatatthe-knee gowns. THE OWL, “Oh, Hobbie, I'm going back, per- haps its «@. wildeat!” orieg May, clutching Bobbiewa rem, “Ho-ho- ho-ho-ho!” repented a queer thick voice in the twllight, “Pooh!” they aren't any wild- cate!" declared Robbie bravely “Maybe it's the taby colt whinny- tng. Tm fot afraid” The children had been sent to abut up the chickens, and it was just when May wae giving « good gh to old Bpeckle that abe and bbe heard = “Ho-hortie-ho hol” My, but 1 pounded ts and very jond. “Ho-ho-he! A palr of green eyes peered down from a pole overhead, “T's one of those things In ple~ tures “cherub, you know,” whixpered May to Robbie. “Let it alone and don't mld Robbie quickly He took tight hold of May's hand and they ran home as fast ae they knew how, and told mother about tt point and « bead, and It was sing- deciated May “it just all - Robbie cautiously, Maybe it wan a dear litile owl,” ventured mother with a shake in her votor. " aereed Poily. May—jus “It's tine, James, but yer might as well quit—she’s done gone low!” declared Robbie, strutting | eround «va corner.” around. He was trying to forget how soared he was, years at college that he spends the bor boy, knocked at the rest of his life in forgetting a very sleepy bat tucked under-hix arm. did you find it?" erted May. "Caught jit right down in the orchard,” said Some men are a0 mean that rather | than break a dollar bill they will pretend to be broke themselves ‘There area lot of meaning? reasion: The fellow who he folle the hounds may ry H e catcher, Blobhe—My lett ear ia burning. 1 suppose some one i* talking about me, Slobba-—You ought to be glad you |. are not the weather man “We whould or jet the left hand know what th bt hand is doing, queted the Wise Guy “No, it would, no dowbt be often added mortifying to the left hand,” Ximple the Mug lorade. your dry land deal?” it ped it, et irrigated tho land and made The, man who dose hie level best). fortune On it.” fen't going down hil Man jardiy Uprieht a mon trains at a gnat who s1dn't swallow a camel ‘The fe never ee ‘ J od me to [ntgtt. 1 thin an who wndervalues himeels | UPright shout everytht wereatad by others Upright? ‘Thats queer, 1 just > {turned him down night before last,” ke TH aeeept him last he's 66 ‘The peop who tun up bills are } i. generally run down by the cotlector. | A Key to the Mystery. me bread The visitor toc > 0 yme bre | About one woman ino fonsand In r\tpek MD a snail oan. Lovee a Pawnee: Hen sues Sete ble. nkied here and there with ‘ wald “a be that the owl would like a plece of | ial Gh tar damier boreal | int hava wo hore?” he weld to | raw meat better. than the bread them. wa es ill yy Then mother wad supposing the little owl had a family, how ervel| at tining ot bye uty Is a joy tor | pacnter. “Lynn night Hghts from the tt would be to take It awny home, | fashion oe apratiit trad hey be The children looked sober, “I'll put murmured the tucpave Twat it it baek in the hole in the tree,” sald Tf @ rian able ( da ¢ aud th A thing he Dieased, — he pr Y tegarded ee oe iieede Ana watt wouldn't be sed to do it ™ a te Ai ak 7 where the uw! lived And what ineteit ts the ovale do you think, there in the old tree Huar—Here comes Boraleleh, Do It's al reht,” he anid. You'l! | Was @ nest with four round eggs in} you know tim 10 apont to? Joax-—Mot if I seo him ftirwt oA mistake If you keep right-hand corner, It is} purpose,’ owl right back on them, wh | Wanted to be, for Companion, that A young man learns a lot in four AO earn pees mpg hr ty ores HHL _maoee otie LOWER THE ides nek tachude the vight to cou-| The beautiful Countess Hoss, | mit highway robbery. who graées the bill at the Orpheum | Ae Do the county commissioners} ‘his week, is much exercised over} | it, and Johuny set the ruffled Netteff! sha! Secretary Nichols appears to be) COUNTESS ROSH 16 WORRYING | Abdul Hamid's chief concern sow tors Piles and Jones and Congress | to comnider it wand the idea that | “Why, it's a perfect outrage just | it makes no di “No, Ongar; he deceifed me abould 14.” “How #0, blease? J “He twit me der vindows hat diamaat paneg und ven I oxam- ined if, dor panes wase glass.“ ‘eo maw a real cherub, mother,”{ ~~ aromatic tHE STAR—SATURDAY, MAY 1, lvov. a TAR STOCKINGS § C1 QU fH, ffee? for one’ dollar sold by gro- cers cans. in sealed AYS THE ARTIST ae “What are yoy doing with that sclestors and the bait can, Ruby?" “Tm makin The Modern Home Gas Range and Gas Water Heater NEW KNIGHTS OF OLD . POOOdOdCSC000 BY FRANK H. WILLIAMS. me," he cried, waving bis hand in the direction of the sults of armor, | swords and battle axes on the walls | can feel that 1, at one time, used to fight with these weapons. 1 can fowl that | fought thas, a « time ago, for my Indy love, and I'm 4 ing to fight for her again in the saine manner He threw off his coat and veat and grabbed « heavy plated sult of Finding the weight of the articles too much for him to ad just, he called in his man With the ald of a servant he made speed in adjusting the various ploces, Lancelot and Betty surveyed the operation for a short time in silence, Then Lancelot also called for his man, and began placing the heavy armor on bis rather ecrawny Hen ba In the days of old when knights were bold.” he cried, “I never missed a chance to fight. Hiood was my drink and vietory my food. Give me that battens, James.” Hach of the men holding a battle ax, they clanked slowly and ponder toward each other Hetty torn between laughter and fear, in terposed herself between them “Stop, boys,” she cried, "A joke's & joke, and this one has gone far enough, You might hurt each otheg with those bloodthirsty weapons / Lancelot laughed harshiy Bey? shivered as she heard him, Throw! the mockery of their words she Jd oust IFF ON OUR men have to pay for it all anyway, fs only « footish argument on the part of those who are Campering with the tariff. bot very unjust to the thousands of thousands of girta who are self-supporting No Justice In it “1 can very well see where there je (ght be some justioe In the much ridiculed tem tax, and can see nO real reason why works of art should bot be levied upon, but to tax things that women ha to have, higher than they are at present fe nothing more nor less than wring ling ber hardearned money away | from her for the benifit of a free school, or free art for J. Pierpont 4 | Morgan, Andrew Carnegte and the aa | ron” That ought to hold the tariff |Unkers for a time, Hands off the | anered hosiery of women, Mr. Con greseman, Youre off enough to know better anyway | OF THE MEN HOLDING A TLEAX, THEY CLANKED 8 LY TOWARD EACH OTH. ‘They Dow't Speak New. Hin beat irt once mung for Jon Murd, Bald ho, “You ang Just the a bird T mean,” went on Joe “Lake @ duck oF & nee then they don't « word, ne, because the | git all along the undertone of deep Jatred. They might jest about be k « knights in a former day, but it was evident that they were spall ing for a real fight and giad of any chance. Betty, terroretricken, felt that she was the cause of this dan- gerous situation. She had played fast and loose with beth of them, and had played the one against the other. Both had protested their love for ber. Mortimer's answer to her words was to brash her roughly aside with a wide sweep of bts mailed arm. Half hypnotized, Hetty watched the men raise thelr axee on high, She saw them waddle, somewhat uncertainly, toward each other, and then she saw them bring the axes down upon each other with considbrable force. Mortimer's blo glancéd off Lanceiot's headplece struck him on the shoulder. Lance Jot’s ax fell short and struck Mortt mer a glancing blow on bie matled chest. Hoth of the men staggered | wander the foree of the impact, “Jimmy, Jimmy,” cried Betty, frantically, as she saw the two new _| knights of old advancing to renew the attack At her call a sandy-haired, laugh ing-faced young American in. He saw the situation at a glan “What, ho, my warriors bold!” he lerted, and runfiing up to each one | he neatly tripped them. From there | | prone positions on the floor Morti mer and Lancelot glared at the jcouple through thetr helmets. Owing | to the weight of the armor they |could not rise. | “There's no use continuing your fighting.” informed Jimmy, as he | placed his arm around the watst of | }the blushing girl. “You can’t win} i Betty by scrapping any longer she’s promised to marry me.” Hetty dropped her head on Jim | | my’s shoulder, and withoat a back | ward glance they waived from the . Adolf?” = - IST AID TO NATURE. His Money Was Gobbled | at § per to reliable 628 James at 19-26 worms, papa.” jos, on real eatate. A. L. Golden, 628 James st., told us he had thia ad in two other Se \attle papers for one week He says there wasn't | doin’ Absolutely nothing He ordered the ad in The Star) for one week on the classified | page. ] In | help, And told us to take the ad ont His money disappeared as fast as a anoWball in a furnac } Golden ts happy So are the fellows who got his dough We are, too. Call them WHEN PRINT BLURS Irritable temper and general die comfort result. We positively cure this condition with our specially ground glasses, Schuchard Optical Co, Bye Specialists, 1207 Second av, Seattle, Should Be Equipped With a anything | three days he hollered for) * No Home Is Complete Without Gas Seattle Lighting Company I Ee. etn a ih an Union Main Ind, 441 ooooceocosooroooooooores | Mortimer Farson and Lancelot a Wyndham stood scowling at each ; Other from opposite ends of the ar t | mortal room in old Castio Ivy, re Jeently purchased by rich John Q | ¥ox of America. In the middle of t the room * pretty Betty Fox lomiling first at one and then the | other tas Now, don't do anything alll counseled Betty Don't spoll my house party Mortimer growled in a deep! ~ i Because This brings everything back to i» rattle | @ARVIN’S CORNE BY THE RVEREND JOSEPH L. 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