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f the United Press 4 datly by tng Oo DIVORCE IN THREE DAYS Tn Oklahoma City there is a judge by the nar Munden who recently said he was willing to hear any d vse with {fi three days after it was filed, provided the®e was 1 est A day, or tw ne Wednesday, Yetta MeMurtree wife of Robt, MeMurtre le 1 that she did not wish to be MeMurtree’s wife any longer he filed a petition for divorce MeMurtree filed no answer, and on Saturday Judge Munden granted the divorce What does this suggest What is to happen in this coun try if other judges follow Munden and other states adopt Okla homa’s law? Why, any man who gets tired of his wife, who sees another woman whose ks or other attractions h may make the excha ‘ horses Any clothes she woman whose husbat wants, or her one silly ain can get rid of the husband p ore mile Of cour few wives w seck to retain a husband who of children, but the fickle husband's desire for freedom will not be conteste will usually at once grant her t bad mess » a view as this of the nm more nor less than lawful immorality fimony to legalized a state of choose to regard it as such up its career in one purple debanch, this was the Women had as many husbands a year, Any husband whose ot pret wife wants to be free of | best way out of a t, as tt riage contract means nothing the degradation of mat rcubinage for all those who When Imperial Rome was winding tate of affairs ora month, as they chose Marriage was only an empty ceremony In this country today some very wealthy people and some of the people of the st State of altairs. be pitied more than blamed because the word nothing to them, and despite such judges as Munden, But despite these persons, w ge seem to believe that this is a desirable ho perhaps are to ome” means ! this coun try is not going to substitute free love for real marriage. Wise divorce regulations will give relief to the wronged, but not liberty to the frivolous and the licentious. three-day divorce would bring half the unavoidable “domestic | i(« stoors past the # To grant a jars” to the magnitude of a wrecked home. But this will not happen. surface of the river. The Mundens are but the bubbles that break on the Leesa promenade in the —_—_— Tt the members of the city cour The faunal resident of the jungles @ii could be induced to believe that drew a few breathe of peace while the city hall site belonged to them, the naturalist was laying a corner! Public apprehension would be less. stone yesterday. At the present rate of progress While doubtless true, it is hard Bpain will be the expert among ly specific to say that Mr. Cannon Bations in putting down revoin tons. aa popular with the masses ax ever, FROM DIANA’S DIARY Dillpickles Becomes Entangled in a Sea Serpent Romance—But That's to be Expected at the Seashore. BY FREO SCHAEFER, “SEE THAT FLOAT OUT YONDER?” HE WHISPERS. “MEET ME THERE, Iv. | somewhat tender, “would you really | | like to see it?” Mr. Finn, the mystery of room 891 Bt the Blenborough- Marbicheim, con-| gir} wants to admire nues friendly. Today | met him the beach, the scheme being to go surf bathing, and | had on my fatty bathing suit. But when I arrived on the sand Mr. Finn said he'd been in all @fternoon and wasn't feeling like, ene in again, so I excused him jeaides I wanted to keep my bath ing suit looking nice a while longer. |in earnest Bo we reciined in the sand and talk-| down as early as you cam,” he sald. “because the sea serpent tries to} promenade | keep union hours, ed about the sea serpent which had ted the ocean for a gain during the day. “I'm mad at that old pent,” I saya, kittenish nen It always | comes around when I'm making up| Finn can't make good on that sea! jar proposition beds at the hotel.” “Say, kid,” remarks Mr. Finn, NEW YORK, Aug. 5. old Fifth nue is going to cele brate. When the Hudson-Fulton blowout comes along in September there is going to be a grand open ing of the avenue as an evening promenade, At present Fifth av. after dinner, {a remindful of Goldsmith's “Desert @4 Village.” It is dark and quiet, nd the poople on the sidewalks ere occasional, The big buses rumble up and down, and automo Dignified we nothing else to do but rubber tle ter tomorrow for your benefit, | sirite,” announced Mr. Finn with a Smart Aleck manner Oh, you kidder,” I remarked artlens., aer-lyou'll # IN LITTLE OLD NEW YORK BY NORMAN. biles whirr, but if you want to find | ‘ crowds. sor Br ay. ar cul The Cert,” | said. “A poor working the sights as rich, who have il as the idle ‘oll, I'l have it perform a tit-| fut he carried it off like he waa| Tomorrow aft. come See that float! Meet me there, and! it good and plenty However, | am mighty afratd Mr t there? (Continued) | [because she can convince him he's THE STAR—THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1909 ALMOST A | MAN, IS CONSUL, MAN, MORE THAN HALF-WITTED THIS MONKEY WONDER Hintered at Sentite, jor, as second-class wm "STAR DUST wirle draw hawdlin’ | powder rea © NEW Conwul, 7 the monkey YORK, that Paris and Berliv, is now in New York | He ta #0 nearly human that there} Aug 5 astounded Lon wre more shuddera than laughs tn the great audiences; his bebolders are uaually ailent. They laugh only when Consul laughs, or when he claps his queertooking hands Anthropologists have declared} that the monkey la smarter than a half-witted man, Indeed, Consul does many things that a half-wit lalong a smooth road, a distance of lover a mile, and has kept tention on the wheel and road, do spite the conversation of the oceu-| pants of the car wenne He understands the t ahe any mon | “Hae . v hakeapeare We ne sighing Btoute—Jt's very have a wife wh Petty man—ler then, to ha healthy. —Lite hin at Wisdom scorns o working of #)[S) times-Unior | BAILLARGEON'S | Special Sale on Sample Trunly ‘ply bass wood, b Ee weiple Smeamer. 36s | Trunk at $12.00 |] $14.50 sample Steamer heal Trunk at $8.75 $12.50 sample Steamer 34-ir a Trunk at $10.00 $16.50 sample Steamer POUR Bliss xecnes $12.50 {riends lepreseing Tourist ‘fe ; $17 kir » Suit kirt, Sui¢ and O-ineh . kirt, Suit ang uit Case, with $6.00 sample 24-inch well ma kirt fold and leather lined, at $6.50 and $6.00 leather Oxford pockets ; If 17 and | s Packing 35c, 45¢, 65 and up to $1.0 Hasement Children’s, Juniors’ and Misses’ | Boys’ Sects I Wash Dresses | auGusT Section escope Car lted human being could not do. | typewriter and can shift the ear \fy This department Is very strong | : | He can roller skate. On the} riage when the bell rings as well) Hhe-—What would you Oe f] with us and we carry large | tedaie Straw Hats stage he plays tag with a girl, When as any stenographer pads “ s Hy assortments at all times, A | '" : etre tibte Milanes tity jhe tags her he turns and skates! The thing that shows, In most) fie—1d start in to make @ jot neat Mttle sailor suit of In rood straws and Jaway, as quickly us n, know striking form, hia mental nearness | mor supply my wanta——Boston dianhead has a bias band of be re 91.50, $tgq ae |ing that ahe te “It to man, is his defense against a| Tnecrtet ame on collar, cuffs and t Loz cust Clomranes pig | He dreasea and undresses him dog that is brought onto the stage Who hae eaten U ney? He whol with killed skirt, « | . ee te | elf, down to his union sult, which The dog rushes at him, barking | har» f . rella.—-Modern | = siceves, and shield j Boys’ I Sailors, 1 i he always wears, except at night and apping, A monkey, in a) Greek iy Bice | yea loded tm shone. | when he dons a night gown, He ta/ cifeles, and ts never known to steer! wiid state, would rush at the dog Marke is ing @ hard time co i} Another Sailor Suit similar to } Boys’ Walete; the m always uncomfortable when naked, | !8to &n obstruction. with his hands. But Consul has) testing bis wife's will, T didp oil above, but having drop #titeh- | the S0c and Gi A Ho lncos and uniaces his #hoes and| At the table when given & bottle | made the first step that our fore |know sie war dead ihe lent! ed yoke, and trimmed in sow | winen 6 toh " Jadjuste hin suspenders. Hoe shows | Contalning sweet noda, he opens the | fathers made in working away from | °°" ’ i tache braid; pri $3.75 | Knee Pants | distinct pride tn a huge glass ring/ bottle himself, pours the Com) barbarism—he has discovered the! Men price a ‘eee or A Peter Pan Indianhead has double knee ag |which he woars and often stops his | {ents Into @ glass and — o use of weapons jthan it ts * . i §6blue collar, tie, cuffs and play trousers < verformanee to look at it, One day|!¥, sometimes setting down the) gy Consul, instead of dependin . ss ad ‘ rousere |i ba ored a hed ; be: he would not go on the stage until) #/ase half emptied and taking It Op! upon his hands for Beth wg ouen ade 00 Ue ; wet? iii tig Nt 4 Givede piaite va paring | ont the ring had been placed on his|Sealn when he desires another) chair and, raising it above his ‘tL know, George: JOSl caver shoulder; price...$4.75 tae OS Sete finger drink head, swings it at the dog as a man S egggag DS white linen Mi we id arate | He raises a bleyele, runs along!) He enjoys smoking, preferring! would swing a chair in a rough ‘ ortega a Dresses with ¥ beside it and mounts It, unalded.|cigareta. He has stecred an auto-|andtumble fight fow---When I weigh 300 ee ee ee | — nery in short! mobile, containing five persona,! Consul is insured for $100,000 t ted-"Eten what—eatiant lle lined with blue linen, deep Boys’ Felt Hata; ! an tad—"Mtoy stitched yoke and black, olfve; meaty often ca pocket, kilted skirt; the styles; plain aul » elty price .. ‘ 86.75 just the thing for now af I te yo “ fa 6 et oe ee oy a Children’s medium weight early fall... es ee ee ae CAUGHT ON THE FLY ele its Conta; just the thing tor Third ° | chool and fall wear; at re | rade ground for carvan « tas . ot H duced pric 35¢ Neckwear Ne p and do HH] r I frost way athee dark “But ‘they do The 7 1 wan «0 confused |} Children’s Shoes tn fine kid pioding re Dutch want more ght, more shop window A RO UND SEATTLE that I member how many Bootees, blue, pink, white and | — med with Imitation displays, Instead of blank curtains, ; be ort my api What! With thejfm 8; also good leather rhoes Cluny and Valenclennes more high-class restaurants, more thing mn right under your In patent, blue, white and some with jabote att theatres. The new deal will be} nowe Cute pink, and patent, white or each vonecnpbinall started during the big celebration The wore noble the tree the more|gy Sue oneand = threestrap; New Sailor and pointed in September, with the hope that it| This is the story of a welldngwn) postpone the meeting till next! pliant the twig-—Duteh im (fines 0, 1, 2, 3; special. .BO¢ ie we i ainty ry will become a permanent thing Anybody who hasn't seen Fifth )bill She had tossed around in her Ay. for six months or so would hard: |bed half the night unable to aloep ly know the street sow-—at least, | About 2 a m. she got up and walk: | sidewalk level. With the widening | dress of the roadway by seven feet on each side, there bas come a widen- ing of the sidewalks by the removal of all of the bay windows, portl cos, flights of steps and other | windows things which formerly stuck out on |and the door was locked. the sidewalk al) along the avenue.| The young woman pounded fran- and was enjoying horse property owners, but the bowls did | fort to wake her motuer no good. They were back to the workmen with axes would do the | Attracted by her cries the big joo for them, and the projections |Heeman on the beat made hit way are all gone, You could pretty gear|to the house. The little woman! run a straight edge along ether cowered behind a chair as he ap side of the avenue now, but, oh, my, proached. Then she told him by | how the old place baa changed! Ho-| predicament and between the two tel terraces, church steps, orna-jof them they finally managed to mental fences have vanished away, | wake the mother and left no trace behind. “This ie a fine time for 4 police ee man to bring you home in your Every now and then the subway | tight dreas,” was her mother's only claims a human Ife in the person | comment of some poor track walker, gather. — ing up waste paper and other rub) A man stood on Madison st. t» bish on the roadbed and run down day watching one of those new fan by a train |gled barber signs that revolve at A New York man bas Invented a} lightning speed whenever there jaa cleaner which will obviate this anc-| bit of a breeze blowing. rrlee of Hite, if it works as wellas| The man was evidently quite he thinks it wil. His device is « | taken ap with the device and seem vacuum cleaner, bullt something |ed to be turning some questions Ifke a sand car, and with its sucker/over fn his mind. Another man spreading out over the tracks. It came along and stopped close to will move at a rate of six miles an ithe first man. hour, and suck up into Its insides) Pretty soon the man watching the paper, cigaret boxes, cigar stumps | revolving cylinder sald to the new and all the other truck which peo | comer Do you suppose that sign ple tous from the platforms. jis run by electricity or a hydraulic - | arrangement?” REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR. | | “There is one bad habit prac It's because nan knows better | ticed in Seattle atreet cars that has than to play poker all night that he | not been touched up by Seattle pa thinks he has a good time doing it.j pers. It seems peculiar to me in Women take a specially long | view of the fact that a bitter fight time to say good-bye when (hey ex- ie made here againat tuberculosis,” peet to see each ot sgein In &jsaid Dr. Crichton today. tow hours. | “Bvery morning that I come A girl ia twice as smart af & man | down town I see men lift wp that leover that fits over the car window slots and apit into the hole. They |might a hundred times better spit on the floor of the car for there fa some chance of cleaning It out if It in on the car floor, But down) in the side of the car between the par titions there is absolutely no chayee to clean it “Tt la on a par with the trick of a man who spits in the egrpert of the down town store room bt be |hind the radiator,” eonelu@dd or. | Crichton. | j making love to her when she's do ing it The extraordinary thing about a reformer Is how he can act as if he believed in himself just the way he wants other people to believe in him. Even if a man’s wife gets an un expected inheritance, he has a ong econvietion it's advice ta her about money matters has always been so good. because his IF LONESOME, JUST CALL THE POLICE é comedy was of Attarney Monday} | Ful Thia little one-act Jenacted in the office Waher Fulton last The telephone bell in Mr | (0x4 one | ane, seleaie | aN we son 308 |ton’s office rings a | "Hello, ‘This ts Fulton “A meeting at 3 o'clock and you |want me to come? Well, Lyphguld say not. Don’t you know the Turks | are home again today, 1 wealin't| | mins that to attend my own funeral, | | Good-bye,” | And up went the recelver CHICAGO—"Murder! Send po They wanted me to attend a liceman!” [board of directors meeting,” sald An excited voice shouted Mr. Fulton to a friend in the office. | words into the ears of a tolephone| "But T can't get away. I want to ff = Raman these and = brieht mething doing Nights, you must go to ‘ondway, or Sixth ay., or Fourth! or some other north and south tery of the metropolla, whose cir lation jan’t shut off at 6 o'clock Fifth Avenue aasociation and} does not approve of thin state of affairs, ot ine Fi This association, composed leading property holders and bus ‘ii men along the avenue, wants fth ay. to be at night the moat operator at Englewood. She con-|#¢ the team in action. Let ‘om nected the line with the police #ta- tion Where?” demanded Lieutenant POINTED PARAGTAPHS cughiin. = Absence maken the heart grow At 6320 Normal av,” came the re fonder and absinthe makes tt ponse weaker A squad of policemen rushed to] The lasy man would rather take the apartments of Mra. Julia Layton | halt s loaf than work for a whole | and found they had been called by| jevar judge an argument by ite! Kdgar Layton, 7 years old, because! sound; It may be all sound and not} ho waa lonesome. round a all | A ft 1 woman is one who can} sy own living, but marries a make Semi And Smatier, j man who can't make it for her Mra. Myloa—What do you wuppose| Ocenstonally a man mateangry and will succeed the tube draws? trien to and Is only Mrs. Stylee—-A_ macaroni gown, I the ortmame that guess. Yonkers Statesman holds It down. | Seattle girl, living on Que@at Apne | month.” Pred Burgdorf, an Auburn man, nu he did not look higher than the/ed to the front porch in hor night | thinks there's po place Ike home She sat down in a porch rocker|three months ago. f when al like the pros gust of wind blew the front door) among strangers and he shut with a bang that rattled the |like to take chances on strange The night lock turned | cooking So, instead of seeking a! ‘a4 announced, he walked home There were awful howls from some | tically on the windows in an of-/as though nothing bad happened | wite.”—ci Becom | and stayed there, He ts now head | told to get|ing hysterical she called loudly to/ hired man on Mrs. burgdorf's truck | building Mine or efty|her, but she alept peacefully on, | farm. * said Mra. Lapating. cland Leader “Joh cight-howr man with « fifteen-hour | Second Floor. Cut Prices on A.-Y.-P. Souvenirs Jabota, bows . % i with re se Rasatert é aoe 0c China Cups and Saucers, jort was divore: y his wife _ Plates, Muga, Creamers and oh (‘alban hs. Hot he didn't) if there te anything that maker a | Oatmeal Dishes, with Jocal | Dutch Collars tn fine Swiss ect of striking out) baby mad than anything else, 11h views; cut to 2he gandics and sheer Itneg, ‘didn't for ite mother to walt for tts » lingerie walets; also her to Coed it—fha! News. 60c Japanese Metal Mugs, stl and heary Ventse ‘He's & prominent agitator, ten't vered; 4 views; cut to..35¢ Ince effects for tatlored gat new feudence when the decree b«™ $1.00 White Metal Tumbler Hold- inents: well selected You the uewal kind A rabid ers; 4 views on each glans; prices range from 66¢ gold band tumblers; cut to, F each . 60¢ Veilings The One-Third Off That You Save $13.35 $11.65 $10.00 $ 8.35 $ 6.65 $ 5.00 Regular Spe Prices $40.00 less $35.00 less $30.00 less $25.00 less $20.00 less $15.00 less $12.50 less Medium wear, Prices net $26.65 net $23.35 net $20.00 net $16.65 net $13.35 net $10.00 $ 4.15 net $ 8.35 weight fabrics suitable for fall Styles and patterns that are becoming, J. Redelsheimer | & Co, [ az. STRONGEST OVERCOAT HOUSE IN THE STATE First Avenue teh he tt | “Beet On cheated then not to trust fam: |[f 26¢ Metalieed Post Cards in | Now tine of Vetlings tn bier wood frames, one in a box for hairline Russian — mailing; cut to... Ihe two-tone effects; bisel, 50c Souventr Spoons; enameled magpie, navy, views in two colors; cut rose, champagne; yard . AR AT DARNVAS or uur 44 9); ¥ GY seconotve.& Srmanost ‘ * agente in Beattie Postotfies “Swansea China.” 31 located on first |_ToAY’s STYLES ToDAY Fall merchandise is starting to come idly now, and floors must be cleared stock without delay. This fact is d for the offering of ae REMARKABLE BAR In White Serge and Wash Suits, Coats, Summer Skirts, Silk and Dresses—cost being practically disreg You are welcome to avail yourself of Liberal Credit Privilege and very low sale at the same time. Eastern Outfitting Co., Ine 1332-34 Second Av. 209 Union St “Seattle's Reliable Credit House” “ {rs a | produce the happy combination nk ! of Economy, Ease Seattle Lighting Co. Both Phones Ex. 75. P.-I. Bldg., Fourth and Union Hl Do You Cook With Gas? A Gas Range and Gas Water Heater and Comfort Keep Your Eye on The Star Want Ad G There’s Money in It for You. :