The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 15, 1909, Page 4

Member of the United Press. Mahed daily by The Star Pw tag Co. There Is d Santa Claus Once a little girl wrote this letter to the editor of the New York Sun Dear Editor: I am-eight years old. Some of friends say that there is no Santa Claus. Papa says: you see it in the Sun, i Please tell me the truth. there a Santa Claus? VIRGINIA O. HANLON, And the the Sun, mighty man of invective sarcasm, ing charming reply: VIRGINIA: Your little friends are wrong. been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age not believe except they see Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus, ly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy Alas, how dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus! It would be as dreary as if there were no Virginias There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable We should have ment except in sense and sight. The eternal light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished. You might get your papa to hire men to watch all the chimneys on Christmas eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if they did not see Santa Claus coming down, what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus. world are those that can conceive or imagitie all the wonders that are unseen and unseeable in this world. You may tear apart the baby’s rattle and see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering my “if Is 's 80.” editor of and became “even as a little child,” and wrote the follow They They have will He exists as certain this existence. no enjoy neither children nor men see. Nobody the unseen world which not the strongest that ever lived could ever tear apart. Only faith, fancy can push aside that curtain and view and picture the supernal beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah, Virginia, in all this world there is nothing so real and abiding. No Santa Claus! Thank God, he lives and lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia—nay, ten times ten thou- poetry, love and romance sand years from now—he will continue to make glad the heart) of childhood. Women Will Decide What They Want Every woman reader of this newspaper, and most men, will be interested in what Mrs. Josephine Dodge Daskam Bacon @ays in an interview with our New York corespondent, printed in another column. A mother of three children, the youngest two months in the world, the famous authoress declares that woman's work is to produce good men and women—good men to do the world’s work and good women to bring forth more good men She abandoned her work as’a writer, with an income of $15,000 per year and an international fame, to do this thing, which she says is woman's only real work. And she says that it is the only way for her sex to find happiness. Women are thinking big problems these days. Many are of the belief that the sex will not realize its full development until woman is made economically and politically equal with man. The great majority obviously believe with Mrs. Bacon that woman was not intended to race with men for world hon ors, that her province is of the home, and her best achievement must be the development of fine children Tt is well for women to think of these things, to discuss them and act upon their beliefs. We believe we have a de racy free enough to include our women when they shall decide} that they wish to share equally with men in all things. Men cannot and will not decide—women will decide, and what they want they will have. Men will not give it—women will take it Some of the questions raised by Mrs. Bacon in the inter view are subjects upon which men are not fully qualified to speak or write. This newspaper will be glad to receive from women readers, who are qualified to speak, letters discussing these great questions. Perhaps if horses wore a high priced carriage finish that would mar when they fell down, drivers | would equip them with skid chains reasons. on the slippery hills. — There are several other persons of the same opinion as Grand Juror Peterson, but for very different Lots of sensible people do not} If you can't be an early Christ think being 4 good toastmaster is mas shopper, you can at least be as the first qualification for a mayor. early as you can. “INTIMATE ORRESPONDENCE > ~BY- RATA Washington, D. C., Dec. 8 1909. where “prosecution” would be the Dear Dad: I have it on the best|Word. When Hercules took that authority that President Roosevelt |Ausean stable assignment it wasn't jexactly an “investigation.” investigated the ery record of Judce Horace H. Lar. ton at the time the Brown va cancy existed on | the supreme} court, and re jected Lurton on the ground that the judge pos sessed “the rail road mind.” The health of Chief Juatic Melville W. Ful ler is extremely good. The chief Justice has re sumed his old habit of working evenings. All of which ie not good pews to Pander Chase Knox, who! has the of Melville's gown in case The president has written a let says: “I still have ‘entire dence in Mr. Ballinger.” What the president n into wireless com with the outside world,” he is an officeholder jof the administration. “Taft is hemmed in completely. He does not know what is happening, is not a diligent reader of the newapa pers, and what he hears from his ‘official fam ily does not en lighte him on the real state of public sentiment. Taft's ere blunder made when }cut communica tlon with the Washington cor respondents, decided to get conft eda is to unication said —w and friend promise eee papers much talk Investigation” of I thought that be n when Atty. Gen. Moody was in Office. 1 have an impression that | and give all there is a large bundle of documen-! news through tary evidence which is now in the| Aldrich & Co, Which, to my mind, hands of tienry L, Stimson in New |is only half of the truth. Perhaps York, and it would occur to me that | not that wuch We had about reached the stage | Sinc rely, ~ MISU NDERSTOOD. Friend—tiow did you fare on your tour terough the Actor Friend I see in the @bout proposed the sugar trust RATH provinces? My boy, we had the audiences standing up everywhere Were they as restless as that’ The most real things in the} |Proxy Marriages Are Con- firmed by Interesting Ceremony in Seattle. ARERR RARE RULES OF CONDUCT LAID DOWN IN BUDDHIST WEDDING CEREMONY. For the husband: 1—In going out and coming in, reapect your wife, 2—Have your meals together, and, according to the season, supply her with food and cloth. ing. 3—Also give her money, 4—(Thie rule has to do with domestic affairs.) 6—You are prohibited commit adultery. For the wife: 1—On coming back from the outside, come to the door and welcome him. 2—When the husband goes out, give him a mm also « elean house, and wait for his return, 3—It is not allowed that she give her heart to other people. 4—According to the hue band’s orders, perform the household duties and make no secrecy from your husband, 5—The husband going to bed, see that the house is locked and in good order, then you will retire also. to i I i i ee Be ee ee tal SD Be Be BB Be Be Beet a a a i ie a i ee tn te eed Six little heathen Japanese girs became brides in Seattle today and yesterday aceording te the rites of the Buddhist marriage service. Sux more will be wed the next day or two. Having been made proxy wives In Japan, they salied on the Kagan Maru for America to meet the hum bands they had never seen. But marriage by proxy doesn’t qui satiafy Uncle Sam, so marriage I Joenses must be obtained in the reg- Observations In THE STAR—WEDNE ss: THE STAR EDITORIAL AND MAGAZINE PAGE:, JAPANESE BRIDES WED BY | | THE LOCAL BUDDHIST PRIEST TSU TAIMAL 4 ese Bri ular way and @ United States mar triage ceremony performed, either by « minister or civil magistrate, ‘These are the bridge and bride ms Yoosuke Prairie, Wach 24, Japan; Oteusire Te Waab., and Taka Tamadani, 26, Jo pan; tkutaro Nakane, 27, Leaven worth, Wash, and Teaya Tabuch! 29, Japan; Kauehiro Tahars, 30, Lox Angeles, Cal, and Iwano Tohara. ft! Japan; Tamekteht Masuhoto, Kings burg, Cal, and Kani Tohmaka, Jo pan; Malwutarto Imai, Oleander Cal, and Hide Masumoto, Japan Come to Claim Brides. When inspection by the govern ment officers on board Maru had been completed and the investigation by the immigration board at the detention home had been finished, each Mttle bride, the bridegroom called for her, wae accompanied to the Buddhiat tem ple at 1020 E. Main st. From Wash ington and California and Ober ar South Tama whi, 40, Ortilia | He Visits the Earth as a Special Correspondent and Makes Wireless His Notebook. ENTERED ENCLOSURE MORE CLOSELY INSPECT BEARDED EARTH-BRUTE Al E LESSLY ROVING ABOUT ~—~—— FARTH- &. ADVANCED UNAFRAID TOWARD ME WIT: SWIFTNESS AND PREC/S/ON COMPELLED, THROUGH BUMP BUMP PROCLVITAB OF EARTN-DRUTE, TO VACATE ENCLOSURE, Rag CURTIS OF HARVARD | IS NAMED BY TAFT | ed POINTED PARAGRAPHS. No woman is ever younger than she saya she is. Some family skeletons are padded beyond recognition A well-beaten path may not lead in the right direction You don't have to run a boarding house in order to board a train. Bor men are born la and lsome are compelled to acquire the | ter to Gifford Pinchot in which he| seomnann apsron mirore Miwe ea, JAMES FREEMAN CURTIS. | President Taft has named Curtis as the successor to James B. | Reynolds as assistant secretary of the treasury, Mr. Curtis was once intercoMegiate goff champion, and later United States district attorney in Boston. He practiced law after getting his degree from Harvard in 1899, He was once assistant attor genera) of Massachusetts Malone | n REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR. A man is so busy using his friends has no time to study them. There's hing about red hair that affects a woman's temper even when it isn’t natural The more sweet you put into love at the start the more it bas a chance to sour before the finish What a man likes about celebrat ing something is he could be just (as ¢ husiastic if it was something else. A woman will never tire of love even if it is counterfeit; a man can hardly keep from being bored with it, even If it is genuine.—New York | | Press The voice of the corn and the accident insurane or are—heard in the ta shredder | eas Mr.} art. People who borrow trouble always anxious to turn it over others. Woman started the ball of trouble rolling and has kept it rolling @ver since. Instead of hiding their light ugder 4 bushel, lots of le sand: in their own light are to MINSTREL MIDGETS. “Kph, why am a stiddy beer drink er Ink a good lawyer? “Becaze he often starts off a new Den why am oberturnin’ cab lik a dark cloud Washington ?” “Becaze it's shuah to be @ squall,” ‘a baby ober Lake follered by MR. 4 WHE PROSECUTE TO THe Lunt OF THE LAWS JEL! SDAY, DECEMBER 15, BY mall, ont of ottya—t 7 a at nttios, an second-class mat | Western states the huxbands came | to claim thelr brides, Rev, Hoshin| Fuji, priest of the temple of Buddha conducted tho solemn rites, And this Is how they were married With the bride standing on one |nide of the shrine and the bride~ | wroom standing on the other, in the | prewenee of two witnesses, the priest made the proclamation of marriage before the god and read from a |Huddhiet manuscript. Then fol | jlowed the outhe. The Oaths Taken, To the husband: “You will lve with your wife with rempect, accom | panied with Jove, performing your |husbandly duties, Swear that you | live together forever, sharing ploas ure and hardship. To the wite: “You will live with jyour husband, with Jove, aceom panied with respect, performing your witely duties, Swear that you | will live together forever, sharing pleasure and hardahtp. The only difference in the oaths ie the order of the words love and respect. The hashand swears first to respect, then love; the wife swears fret to lowe, and then reapect Following the oathn they were told how to Sehave, and the five rules of conduct are laid down for each Then the priest mays: “You will [please follow these words, do not make any contradiction.” Prayer lby the priest follows, and he gives | his blessing to the husband and wife all happiness and prosperity Are Married for Keaps. They are married, | married “for keeps.” Divorces are | unknown among the Budd hist Japanese. Asked for the reason jfor few divorces, an attendant of | the priest gave this ‘The marriage contract and they're almoat tn very | the Kage | solemn, and is a contract not merely | 1 between the two young people. merriage t# arranged by | parents Parents are older, have more Jud: t, and with great wisdom. “In America you young people make your choles for yourselves | You just Jove and go abead.” The If their | they choose MR. SKYGACK, FROM MARS STAR DUST 408 WISE SAYS: | New field betng invaded by the | drama-—that of portraying distaste- ful troths, One of our gifted contemps. sug- gents aliding hend first to bases to prevent the spiking and crippling of baseball players, Wanted to know If thetr heads are considered invul nerable? Looks to the average read- or like @ slam at the boneheada ‘The gladsome Christmastide In with ws, folks; And with us now abide The Christmas jokes. Raitimore Amertean. King Alfonso hee to undergo a serious surgical operation. arit on him to ponder upon the fact that Professor Ferrer, for instance, | was so dingracefully healthy that he had to be shot to meke @ martyr of im. “After afl, there's only one thing absolutely certain in this world.” “Indeed! What?” “That fashion will never Incronse the size their bate and Transcript sleeves.” —Roston Actor rehearsing a suicide act killed himaelf with a revolver. In the first place, there in no good ox cue for depicting suicide on the wtage An inspection of the Washington dispatches reveais that Senator Batley is still a member. Anybody | remember much aby Bacon—What's his business? Egbert—Hopa Bacon—-Well, te he a @ daneing master? man brewer of Yonkers States Congressman Sulzer has demand ef « declaration of war against Nic- aragua. And this after all what Sec- retary Knox has writ and did! Jeff Davie says there rotten potatoes in the eyes” have it are senate, some The Parson Primrose cL Hot a good little mas’ Grimeey |day school stories How t# it you boy at Christ Cause den Td get Sun- ks. I want Indian | Judge. It comes but once his holiday But all the remaining time * It's on the way. -YFISH YouR HONOR, / WITHDRAW THE CHARGE planation i) It must |f of women's shoes as It does |i i at Batley? HT) Baillargeon’s | $25.00 Values to $37.50 The most sensible gifte to give, useful things, tunity, | Two Great Holiday Specials in | Ladies’ Suits Values that Are of Extraordinary Worth $37.50 Values to $55.00 Sac specials provide the oppag and two great Two eplendid groups of late models in long, semi-fNting Coats, fitted Just enough to show the g to adventage; brown, green, gray, hello, taupe, raisin, Values formerly te 5.00, Special at ..... skirta with pleats In attractive style appropriately trimmed in braids, velvets or buttons; catawba, ete.; , or full gores with ample every garment well lined values sa ea to $37.50 fullness at the Colors, Spectal at , foot; Separate Coats i in - Mixtures We direct attention again to the great variety of these garments shown by us, ombractng all the: new colors and mixtures; cut plain or plaited sides and back or circular The Jar notched collars. Coat Dress and all the desirable models; Bust sizes, 34 to 44; Misses’, military collars, shield fronts, Presto collar ~~. 14, 16 and 18. Prices at $10.50, dad 7. $13.50, $14.50, $17.50 and to $85.00 Christmas Suggestions from the Drapery Section Third Floor Couch Covere—Domestic and imported An imported Couch Cover, 60 inches by 3 yards, in neat Khelim patterns and colors . $6.00 Domestic Conch Covers, 60 inches by 3 yards, in 15 designs; Oriental patterns and colors . Table Covers, large range of designs .. While They Last 86 only, 26x50 Oriental Table Runners, copy of an Inpahan Prayer Rug, and in four colore—tan, green, blue and red grounds, with neat Persian border. Special at 82.00 $3.50 Oriental Rugs, 3 54; cholee colors, at 83.50 | ! j Kermanshabs, we" Entire Stock of | Ori ugs at Reduced Prices 4 vat y large are the reductions on ¢ sizes, Every Rug in the store personally . | and tested, and our collection second to none fy the city. We note expecially the “Oriental Runners” Crest vallea ae Iran Kunnere 13-6433, at $15.00 14-8x8-4, at 870.00 Feraban Runners 16-4x84," at $65.00 Antique tran 165x384, at 8 90.00 Reduced from $1 $175.00 Reduced from 259 23-2n3-2, at in small sizes; choles styles, at || | i Reduced Reduced from Reduced from § el Tee $45.00 When in Doubt Buy Handkerchiefs Our assortments represent the best money can buy for the marvels in real hand embroidery. Ladies’ Handkerchiefs Sheer Linen and Hand-Embroidered French and Madetra Handkerchicfs, at, each 25e, Bhe, We, Ghe, The, $1.00, $1.50, 82.06 Pure Irinh Linen Handkerchiefs, ered with shamrock designs Hox of 6 Pore linen, solid color hem brotdered tnitial, match, each Pure linen, very sheer, with abore hem, hand embroidered, script initial with insert of Delft blue in bow knot design . 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Sheer linen, with hand embroidered designs. .15¢ Cross bar linen, very fine ihe Untaundored pure Inen, with hand initials. 12% Pisin Mnen, sheer and wedium weights, 4 and inch hem: 10¢ Ladies’ Plain Linen Handkerc hie ts. sheer, medium and heavy weights, in %, % and Winch hems, at, each 15¢, 25. and CHILDREN’S BOX Misaalanerh ers poe Rox of 3, assorted borders . - he Box of 3, colored hems with ‘initials to mateh, “Dutch cover” box .. 1 White or colored initial, dainty box of 3. 25¢ Pure linen, Se with hand-embroidered initials; box of 8 .... initials embroid Oe $2.75 with dainty bandem- 10¢ fine corded border $1.25, | encircled with colored design to | 25¢ 25¢ | *¢ | brices—-dainty, sheer all linens, Men's Handkerchiefs AT S0c EACH— ‘ An extensive showing of strictly ictly pure Irish Hoes Handkerchiefs, hand hematitehed and band em broidered {nitials, neat colored hems, with block tnitiais, dainty and exclusive. Either wreath white or white with dainty colored itials, These are direct importations ‘trom Ireland. are unsurpassed in values. AT 3c, 3 FOR $1.00-— 4 broidered initials. AT 250— A dainty white all pure {ta Ve, Samet, Handkerchief with initials, AT $1.00 FOR BOX OF 6— An extra value: Pure Linen with hand-embrotdered initials. Men's Silk Handkerchiefs, with initial or large size, good quality . Extra heavy large size Silk hand-embroidered inittals ... Men's Silk and Lines Pancy Novelty chiefs at, each ...... Men's Pure Linen Handkerchiefs, tn ba ed widths and hems; per dozen . AT 26c, OR $3.00 PER DOZEN— | We offer the finest and best value Linen Handkerchiefs obtainable, in hems. ho Salesrooa The brightest, lghtest, most comfortable Basement Salesroom ‘in the city. A of Beautiful China, Briiltant Cut Glass, Russian Hammered Brass, Sterling Silver, ons, Go-Carts and Bteam Engines. Shopping early is most desirable, as stocks are at the jostling of the crowds is avoided. To lovers of fine old “Royal Dreeden China” the following Items will be welcome: Genuine “Royal Dresden” Tea Cups and Saucers, Large Coffee Cups and Saucers; regularly $2.00 to $3.75 each. Choice at Genuine Royal Dresden and Limoges Cups and Saucers, that were $4.50 to $6.50. Chotce at. $3.75 3-Piece Fine Acid Gold Limoges China Tea Sets, that were $19.50 to $22.50, Choice at ....915.00 3-Piece Royal Dresden and Limoges Tea Pot, Sugar and Creamer; were $12.00 to $15.00. Choice at. China Cups and Saucers, regularly $1.00 to $2.00. Choice at . 50¢ 7 and 8-inch Decorated Dinner Plates, bone china and Limoges china; regularly 60c and $1.00. Choice at. Qe All Pictures and Picture Frames to be closed out at one-third and one-half of regular prices; former prices 85e to $3.25. Close-out prices 18¢ to S41. 50 ibe Backgammon Boards Se Backgammon Boards . 1° About 200 Games of all kinds | and slightly soll from handling, reduced one-third, Sale prices -10¢ to 906 50-Piece Dinner Sets, in semi-porcelain; 3 beautiful patterns to select from, at 100-Plece Set, at 91.75 | . $10.00, Imported Samples of Fine German and Austrian | Silver-Plated Comb and Brush Sets Brushes, large variety of styles, boxes, at 5.00, 86.75 8 Siiver-Plated Shaving Sets, at $1.50, $2.50. $3.50 DOLL GO-CARTS AND TOYS English Doll Go-Carts, in wide variety, | from .. Automobiles .. | Swinging Horses Horse and Wagons .. Oak Writing Desks .... | Kid-Body Dolis . Jointed Dolls . | Dressed Dolis Toy Tea Sets .. Mechanical Toys . Drums ALL POST CARDS AND POST CARD AT REDUCED PRICES 16e Post Card Albums 25c Post Card Albums 40c Post Card Albums 50c Post Card Albums Tbe Post Card Albums | $1.00 Post Card Album | MeCalt. Rook A dainty Xmas greeting A ‘ele Copepatr| box of Davenports sounges and Sant- tary Couches In reat erray. Children’ s Om at the Eastern Outfitting Co. POYNOR, WNITURE, oo ¥ Waldort Bid | The Raven siiiaelatias service means that the doctor’s skill in pre | scribing is most efficiently supple. | |mented by the druggist’s skill in | compounding. RAVEN DRUG CO. 1416 Second Av, ‘Bankrupt Sale 00 stock of Cloth, Hate od Furnishings at your C0. 424— 0K ST aR8 “XK MAS GIFTS AT cosT. Hand-colored photos in a great variety of subjects, including Mt Rainier and Snoqualinie Falls. Beautiful gifts for the holidays. Federal Paint & Wali Paper Co, 1314 First Av This is the day we are making their little hearts 4 Fine gifts are presented to them by a good-hearted olf Santa Claus, who is wishing them a Merry Christmas: Every day we are offering the one gift that is always appreciated The Liberal Use of Credit It will be doubly acceptable during Holiday sem son, when you must economize to meet the requirement® of a cheerful giver, Both the Men's and Women’s Departments are Te plenished with appreciative suge for Xmas shop pers. stions Eastern Outfitting Co. In Inc. 1332-34 Second Av. “‘Seattle’s Reliable Credit Pat. A wat > on ee