The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 8, 1909, Page 4

v } THE STAR—WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1909 Baillargeon’s OUR SUIT SECTION Features Most Opportune Attractions in Member of the United Press Mahed dally by ing Oo, Y The Star Pubtian~ THE SEATTLE STAR EDITORIAL AND MAGAZINE PAGE NEW LARGEST SKYSCRAPER I$ GOING UP IN | NEW YORK—IT WILL COST EIGHT MILLION (Ry United Pree) NEW YORK 8 background for the Singer building | Dancing and Dinner Dress : Beautiful, A Fine Melon The last example of this favorite Wall st. operation is the Wells This corporation had a cap ital of $8,000,000, upon which it has been paying dividend annually STAR DUST 0 BAYS: a 10 per cent epe de Chine will be added wons, 17,000 cuble yards of earth ox ceavation, 2,1 20,000 cuble \ aline ouble toot of aie i} many list feot of Indiar stone, 3,000 tons of ornamental ter |ra cotta, 65,000 square of wire lath, 86,000 square yards of plaster 400,000 lineal feet of spruce sleep: | lers, 800,000 feet of comb grain yel-| jlow pine flooring, 2,300 windows, | 6¥,000 square feet of glass, 3,000 doors, 280,000 pounds of window weights, 30,000 foet of copper chain, 460,000 feet of ground, $0,000 (eet of pleture mould, 80,000 feet of base Cinders required tor fe arches and between sleepers of the floors | will fill 600,000 cublo feet-—approx- imately 26,000,000 pounds, It rep |resents the consumption of 126,000 |tons of coal, sufficient to develop | 65,000,000 horse power hours of wey There will be 2,100 horse power boilers, 2,000 horse power in en gines, 1,200 kilowats fn generato: capacity, 66,000 square feet of radia | 000 common bricks, 900,000 face | tor surta 190,000 candle power In} 44, 14, bricks, 45,000 barrels of cement, | electric Hehts laste’ “Beane 000 square feet of floor arches, | Old buildings on the site are be- | 1 ing torn down. The structure will | # |be an addition to the twenty-five | story Whitehall bullding. The com jon ploted skyscraper will front 207% | feet on Washington st, and 160.4 on | | Battery 51,6 | aq © fe or twenty ity lots | It will cost $4,000,000 j Last week it announced a cash dividend of in the Christ Dancing Dresses, , emb Dee It's the 300 per cent, and also an increase in its capital stock of from $8,000,000 to $24,000,000. The additional $16,000,000 is to be issued to the stockholders at par. Messaline neck, in pink, blue and 4 Crepe de Chine Dancing sleeves, belt line and plaited buttons; dainty, pretty dre Chiffon Dancing Dresses, ove: collar handsomely quetaire sleeves & shades, with waist and plaited gis Life aky-| elbow sleeve | scraper | and the Metropolitan How large a dividend this saome toe site. Pt privilege is will be indicated by the fact that prior to the pres | A new largest skyseraper is build: | ent year the stock had sold up to 5 Dresses, Dutch neck , and after this melon |ing in New York, It will be 31 x cutting it sold up to $560. $. kirt med in tuck tr ries high, not so tall as the other two, but in other dimensions it will | |dwart these giants of Manhattan | istand. | It will contain 11,000,000 cube | foot, with a rentable area of 550,000 square feet, In it will be 10 miles This melon-cutting furnishes some first-class arguments embroidered WOE Noweedi ves Dainty Dinner Dresses, of clot! a made in either Princess or line, with lag 3 colored embroidery panels, and plaited skirt Baa $27.50 t. $47.50 Net Gowns, trimmed in tucks, insertion of lace, , simple and elaborate styles. Price¢ # $17.50, $22.50, $25.00 and $27.50 : for several reforms, First vent the government from inaugurating the parcels post assist The parcels post: Every day that the lobbyists pre-| How long will it be before they in the event playing Dr. Cook's records on ening. phonograph? the express companies to continue their robbery of the public so that other huge accumulations may be piled up for subse quent melon cuttings. Christmas, however, 4 day of pence and « wilt, * brated with the playing of foot ball ‘of plumbing, 20 miles of steam pipe, | being 65 miles of conduits and wiring and | 4,000 electric fixtures. From curb to roof it will measure 416 feet. In building tt will be used 14,000 tons of structural atee!, 7,500, if there were adequate regulation the present extortionate expres tens to get her S > < eo Th pe Second—Government regulation of express companies Wvelyn Thaw hres! mare WK way charges could not be continued pe ck Hereafter | dividend upon a capital} Third—Government control of st issues the public will be called upon to earn a | of $24,000,000 instead of $8,000,000, ‘The public has already paid loekebh cutie Sect a. @unar on. the whole of the increase of $16,000,000, and hereafter it will be | 195.900 square feet of girder cover “Poet will lashing. with the Cow wive Le Gal and let it MATINEE AND EVENING CAPES Made of Broadcloth, in a variety of colors and styles BEAM at 7 neue y must holiday uu know books be #0. Evening shades of Broadcloth out hoods, and fancy capes at called upon to earn a profit on its own money Fourth—Protection for stockholders: This Wells Farg | stock went, in a short time, from 325 to 560. What a magnifi-| cent opportunity for those on the inside! Not only is the pub lic robbed, but stockholder. The that piled up by Wall st. manipulation are often the result of meth ods that make the highwayman respec but the Wall st. manipulator adds to the crime of grand larceny that of breach of trust ing, 450,000 square feet of partition tile, 120,000 square feet of column | covering, 210,000 aquare feet of wall 00 cuble yards of eats | furrin, = | “Were Jasked the magtetr pal business in imposing 4 H Marabout and Ostrich Scarfs, Neck Pieces and These beautiful, soft and clinging accessories to tok * prices; shades of pile white, black and natural riced at— 6: arrested before?” |i lets at most interestingly | $9.00, $13.50, $15.00, $16.50 and to $30.00 also the millions are toink I've been do anked the whome princt blue, The highwayman Ladies’ Bath Robes 7 An extra good assortment of All- Wool Bath Rob Ladies’ Bath hobes, in pink and ed colors; fa tan, pink and white, blue and S; round neck full sleeves, finished white, navy and red, gray and white, finished with bands of | bands of wide satis / A Persian Sat i eatin to match, at $3. 1 An extra quality Wool Bath Robe, in assorted colors, sailor | %0b6, with long turm-beck cuffs, fg lavender and pink, at , at least, is not a hypocrite; ten war with Peary ix going the but won't #ay 1 probably select @ are no Eakimos | Finally, the “interests” are furnishing more arguments for govérnment ownership than all the advocates of government | ownership put together. The Wells Fargo has the people and | all the business of California as completely at its mercy as has the Southern Pacific railroad. This melon cutting gives the country another striking illustration of the price it has to pay for private ownership and manipulation of public utilities, The history of most reforms is that they are brought about by the abuses finally becoming intolerable. place where to queer hin Standard O11 oly in Greece ere we part, how giuch is kerosene ® quart? Necessary rte th F "decal with collar and cuffs finished with i} wide satin bands ».00 ¥ tog a pig tile diatriot jeai of ple How many more illustrations will the country need before it becomes sufficiently aroused iquities? to put an end to existing in How long will the people who pay for the melons be con- tent to have the rind only as their share? Someone has evidently touched) off all the Central American fire- works. Honduras is in revolution| or about to revolute. Ambassador Thompson has come! to the defense of President Dias.| Mr. Thompson, by the way, is liv-| ing in Mexico. Getting on the Riplinger jury may or may not be a profitable avoca- With airship fares $5 an hour, walking or even the Madison cab cars will do most of us for a little while yet. After you've done shopping early, you can ship ‘em early, and it will help out a whole lot in the post ffice. Whatever success he may achieve as a president, Mr. Taft will cor tainly never be among the “Six Beat Seliers.” tion, but it is a suspicious ambition.| —— Light is the predominating feat- ure of the festival of Chanukah, | which, beginning today, will con-| tinue for a period of eight days.| The festival is known by a variety | of names, such as the Feast of the | Dedication, the Feast of the Macca- bees and the Festival of Lights. Physical labor is not suspended | @uring any of the eight days of Chanukah, which, according to the CHANUKAH OF LIGHTS, WHICH B FESTIVAL ECINS TODAY tude in the way of induging in all kinds of games. The prayer is «im ple, and is as follows: “Blessed be the Lord our God, King of the Unt verse, who has sanctified us by Thy commandments and has com lamp.” The Festival of Lights was insti tuted by Judas Maccabeus, his val fant brothers and the elders, in the year 165 B. C., to commemorate the manded us to kindle the Chanukah |* POINTED PARAGRAPHS. best work in the limelight And a woman seldom stops talk ing for the purpose of thinking rive because he got cold feet short jly after starting. And woman might have had her rights long ago had she understood the manly art of grafting. When a man is sick he expects the rest of the family to drop ev erything and listen to his groans. Somehow a girl doesn’t imagine she is happy unless. her love for some man is strong enough to make her miserable.—Chicago Ne Hookworm Horace—What de given ter fight disease? Philanthropy usually gets in ite! Many & coming man fails to ar-| Pellagra Pete-—A rank waste. parasites, why don’t dey give it to us? MR. JELLYFISH | REFLECTIONS OFA Bacetor. | A woman has the faith to believe lahe has it, | The reason a man can be so sure) about bis politics ts he docan't um! derstand it. | A woman can keep on believing jin ber husband just to be able to hope some day it will come true. | A Woman has such an imagin tion she can think it is romantic for the custard pie to get sat in| at a plenie. i The way for a girl never to sue pect what big ties you can tell ix when she has fairly good teeth to toll ber they are the most beaut! ful you ever saw.--New York Prees. Sy | » youse tink of all dis money bein’ Et dey want ter spend it on Hebrew calendar, begins on th arification of the sanctuary fol 26th day of Kisiev. its character-|lowing the Maccabean victory {atic mode of observance {s the| Three years earlier, on the same kindling of lights in Jewish homes, |day of the purification, Antiochus emall waxen tapers, one of which | Epiphanus set up a heathen altar fn fs lit the first evening of the holl-| the temple at Jerusal day, two the second, and so on, un-| victory of Judas Ma til the eighth, when eight of the| was quickly followed by the recov tapers are ignited. Centuries ago,|ery of Jerusalem and the temple wher the Jews lived in ghettos,|/the temple was purified, a new ai apart from the other people of the|tar was built, and the celebration community, the Chanukah lights|which followed continued eight ‘were placed near the door leading|days. That is why the Jews the to the street, so that ail the world | world over celebrate Chanukah might see them, but when any dan-| festival for eight days. ger of persecution threatened the| Tradition has it that Jews, the lights were ignited in-|temple was captured from the doors. For a long time the custom | heathen host, one small cruse of of placing the lights near the street| consecrated off was discovered by door has not been observed, and|the priests when they entered the at present the igniting of the Chan-| sanctuary, and this they found to be ukah lights 1s made the occasion of| unpolluted by heathen touch. A family devotions and family festi-| miracle, according to tradition, fol vais. Prayers are pronounced over| lowed the discovery of these few the lights and the little ones of the | drops of ofl, which lasted eight full household are allowed much Jati-| days —_ = when the “JUST KIDS “Drat de luck!” “What's de matter?” “Dat confounded barber's gone an’ shaved me too close agin.” | | Today’s Styles Today Princess Dresses for Christmas Presents Our line of Dresses offers very appropriate suggestions for Christ mas gifts, Broadcloths, Hard-Fin- ished, Diagonal and Wide Wale Serges, or Panamas, with fancy trimmings; popular colors and strik- ing styles, At reduced prices. $15.00 up Style illustrated made of serge, nov elty braid and jet button trimmed; and in leading colors. Price. $18.50 Buy Them on Credit ¢ You may just as well, and Jet tne bulk of your buying come after the heavy buying season without any additional expense, Eastern Outfitting Co., Inc. 1332-34 Second Av. 209 Union St. “‘Seattle’s Reliable Credit House” RPT ERAN ble (From an inscription found on af ancient brick.) NOAH'S DESCENDANTS THREW DOWN HODS AND TROWELS WHEN THE FOREMAN ON THE TOWER OF BABEL GOT A VISION OF A NEW YORK SKYSCRAPER, OLD HATS All kinds, dyed. cleaned, rebiock- 4 and retrimmed secording to the latest models MODEL MILLINERY ©O, Peopie’s Bank New Patters 1 Or perhaps duplicate a present already received— A Box of Are always welcome— They are known to all as in Chocolats — Experience has demonstrat- ed to all candy lovers in Seattle that these Chocolats are Pare Wholesome Tasty— Order your candy now— they may not last— Such was our experience last year— 1—2—5-lb. Boxes IMPERIAL CANDY CO. Seattle. Poulsbo Route Effective Tuesday, Nov, 23, Two Round Trips Daily L ey D 300 P, M. Ma Diamonds For this week only we are selling $50 diamond rings $5.00 DOWN AND §2.00 PER WEEK, Sterling Jewelry Co. 706 First Av. Room 118, Main 7294, the warning be wwe GOALS " againet sonnet thing please hasn't warned us he. will that some- | od wp and oe that | made unant ? Butt broke awa ation and looked hington's ow win tng they are of the plat ft and Capt DANCE AT OREAMLAND. Dance tonight. Admission free eee ; i Minn Don’t Throw Away Valunble articles because they are broken. We do all kinds of repair ing, gun and lockamithing, aleo ex perimental work and models. Our prices are reasonable. 225 Seneca, cor. Third, down stairs. Give Us a Trial We are all thinking of what we shall uy for this friend or that— Fearful lest we shall get something that will not be acceptable, clete the best that can be had Boys’ Department This section offers a wide range of useful presents for the Splendid values in up-to-date Clothing, Hats, Neck Shirte, and Sweaters. boys. wear, Blouses Boys’ Suits, in sizes 6 to years, in extra values, at 83.50, $5.00, 37.50 ant $10.00 17 Child's Buster Brown Suaits— $3.50 (© $10.00 Overcoats, sizes 2% to 17 years $1.50 0 $10.00 Coat Sweaters, popular colors— $1.25, % >, $2.00, $2.50 3.00 & Boys’ Hats, new shapes— $1.25 to 81.75 Shirts and negligee Blouses, We dress or to $1.50 Ail $2.00 and $2. on sale at All $2.00 and § on sale at extra Pants - SLIS Extra Pants soso BLZG Oriental Antique Rags at Basement Greatly Section This section offers for your selection the choles of Fine China on the Coast Styles that it has send East for can be selected here at as equally low some instances for less. and ¢ ware, Service Plates, Hand-Painted Chi Eng Electroliers, Hammered Brasses an i] visit here will satisfy you that he to select your Christmas merchand examination and comparison of ou An Extra Special on German | Cut Glass Nappies | T5¢, S5e, Oe, 81.15 and $1.25 Cut Glass Water Claret Tankards, at— $3.65, $3.95, 0, $6.50, $9.00 and $10.00 The above prices are from one-fourth to one-half less than regular, Large Jugs and | | Our Glove or Bond Certiti- | cates make Christmas giving easy for you. | | IRONDALE ROUTE. THE PAST STRAMER HYAK ave Colman Pier, foot vion st., 10:30 a. m. 30 p.m. . Cit Homesceker, s Trip ¢ On Monday only th m, trip is omitted. stocks of Belleeck China 4 Electric re is the ise r wares, Amphora We court and erin’s Limoges open stock Dinnerware, Bone Gil Baskets, English Rock Grystal, American Out 6 ed Steinware, Chafing Dishes, Percolating Amphora Ware, in Teplits, Austria, and lica Greek which, to appreciate, see here We offer them at cessions during the weeks a $3.50 to $5.00 pieces, ” Bea $7.00 to $ 9.00 pieces, At any minute is what you can have with one of oUF Mi improved Gas Heate Call and See and Be C 1314 Fourth Ave. Henry Bldg. Fourth and University. Phones; Ex. 75; Ind. 67. Leave Se- ahreg spune trips datly. ie an &. m., 12 m. ee) ve Seattle Pm. Laaye, m, ani verett at » Rou ‘Mai MEALS SIR ingle fa' ng trip $1.40, ‘olman ai $093; Ing, Bake Oven Treat | Messuge and Cool! —TO Ovetdental, | Seattle Lighting Company y a, ——, rs\ ~ Kod : ” URIST BATHS= ae