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In the days of Richard Croker \ intendent of buildings, had published over his own sig swam in the fat of graft, John John’s Square Meal and Lack of Work when Tammany politicians Dooner, the New York super following menu for what he considered a square me al Three dozen large oysters; eight brook trout, boiled; two portions of picked crab meat; one sirloin steak; three portions of cold asparagus; five baked potatoes; one whole mince pie; one quart and a pint of champagne. ‘Times have changed in New York sits a man of small body and large head, concerning the responsibility public officials owe ployers, the people rolls the other day and his eye fell upon the name of John In the mayor's office who holds high ideals to their em Mayor Gaynor was looking over the pay A Dooner, salary $2,000 per year as foreman of laborers Perhaps the mayor had read Dooner's square meal menu and had his doubts about the man’s ability to do a sqt work. Anyhow diate result that Croker’s old friend was fired from office lack of work.” he had Deoner are day's inyestigated, with the imme “tor John will now probably have to look arownd for a commer cial pursuit and he will have plenty of time to make his menu jide with the pay enterprising businessmen offer to loafers. nn) Kansas is expecting a bumper erop this year. Even bank robbers are conducting their business with | of the aid of automobiles Plans to send Col Roosevelt to Uniess the weather changes ea phatically, there will be a medting the Snow Shovelers’ Union about tomorrow evening Unele Joe Cannon's speeches for the South Pole have been perfect: | the rivers and harbors bill have the ed. All that ts lacking is the as-|sad earnestness of political swan sent of the colonel. Peary may never be good, of perhaps a Uitte better. EE @ rearad-| miral, but he is something Just as | again,” songs If you don’t annex at first, vote seems to be the George town motto. HIS SACRIFICE FOR PRINCIPLE Handout Harold (to himself) Steady, bo, steady. doon't touch it! You'd be breakin’ de meat strike—an’ besides, de barkeep is lookin’. TRANSLATING A BILL OF FARE A farmer went into a hightoned restaurant to treat himself to something extra in the way of 4 lunch ’, he was dumbfounded to find that it was printed entirely tn French. he called the walter to his asstvtance. “I'l have to get you to tell me what these things are, After puzzling over it a bit, * nounced. “Very well, sir.” line reading. Picking up the bili of fi he an said the walter. “Now to begin with, what is this dish?" to ‘Sorbet au Kirsch “That dish,” said the polite waiter, ee said the farmer, point te 35 cents.” Se TOO OSTENTATIOUS EGG CLUB HAS AN Blinks I know youre a multi millionaire, but don’t you think it's rubbing it in on the proletariat to wear such expensive jewelry? Blanks: What do you mean? Blinks: 1 mean you've been com ing downtown for a week with a splotch of soft boiled egg on your shirt, instead of Your diamond stud FOOD FLASHES “Patch is nothing but a social cannibal.” “What do you mean? “He lives on bis friends and re lations.”—Boston ‘Transcript Doesn't Blinks eat pie with tr ward misgiving? ; he eats it with a knif Baltimore American Lady of the House: I have the very nicest butcher that ever was He can bamboozle me {nto anything ~Life. “He is suffering terribly His teeth are locked up tightly “Heavens, is it lockjaw? No, they're In a safe and he can't eat anything until he gets them out.”—8t. Louis St Wise AND OTHERWISE. Ie Jones an optimist? In he? He found a ticket titling him to a tobile drawing t e is building m garage.”-—Boston nyeript ida EGGLESS BANQUET (By United Press.) UPPER ALTON, Hl, Feb. 12.- This town's famous Hard Bolled Ege club endured an exgless div ner the other night The mem bers debated a long time over the question of scratching their favor ite dish. But, after the treasurer turned in a report showing there was only & in the treasury eggs were reluctantly vetoed. For nine years the club had held week-| ly hard boiled egg suppers So the current banquet held without eggs was strawberries and terrapin tn lew of eggs. The exe banquets! will be passed up for four years, to allow of the dues swelling a fund intended to provide an old ‘fashioned exg gorge in 1916 POINTED PARAGRAPHS. can't get much music out of the horn of a dilemma Fast friends should be slow to believe ill of each other Women waste a lot of powder while hunting for husbands When a man fails in business it fen't from lack of advice Don't expect to have good neigh bors unless you are one Only the obese coal ¢ be lamele when trying his weight The matrimonial prize | usuall drawn by the man who marries a} Chicago fb i iieago New EGGSACTLY! the eggs. It Is true, too, that the eggs cructating eggstremity oggserts an exetraordinary eggsample of forti tu n people who exgspress an eggaception to hen-fruit on their table mnature the | but with Flor-| Ven Id Comes to Brovis-| ions, Id Iss Hart to Buy! Anydings Ven Efery- dings Iss ae BY FRED SCHAEFER SCENE: In Adolf's delicatessen. Enter Oxgar mit a noise like # purchaser Blease, Adolf, vot isa in dies barrel? Do ian edible vashing fsota eracker Ongar, Dey can also be used aa soap.” Haf you got any odder food sub atitudes vot I can use for eading mitould nourishing anyding» but a deluaton ? Yess; for a Mght lunch you might try our pulverized eork—td floate. Alzo, we haf self-rising sawbuck flour, cream of woodpulp, flint headed arrowroot und puffed alfalfa, der food vich iss shot ould of a chute Vot haf paatry We haf meationss dog bisoults. Dey are mate of birt seed “Mate of birt seedt” “Yeas. For birt dogs.” Tank you 1 coult not chew) dem, I haf lost my canine teet Vell, we haf a niece line of con crete cottage cheese, mock orantch marmalade, deviled trunk straps, pasteboard pickles, egg noodles mate of chamois und wax beans; vich tee real wax Also canned shoe tongues in neats foot! ofl, “Ah, now t know vot I vant. 1) | vant some pearl onions, blease.’ | 1 am sorry, but we don'd cast pearls before swine any more; ha, | ha, bi “Id looks like you in der vay of ven | buy stale |xoots here I get only fresh re marks, A few more Hke dot und you vill lose my trate becoss of a Yorkshire pudding you solt me. 1 fount « hair in id” | “Your insult tes impossible. We do nod make Yorkshire puddings ould of Yorkshire terriers. Vell, I forgife you ef you can produce somedings in der shape of | a delicatessen | “Sure Here ts a fine death mask | ot a pig's foot.” ; “Vat tas dot & French delt “Yous; id tse planter of Parts.” | | A HARD TIME MENU. } | Melpful Hints for Getting Up @ Tasty imitation That Will Can Forget it.” sends In a menu which will prove # satisfying and [inexpensive gubstitute for en der and yet fill the oye with a vie ton of abundance. Recipes for the various dishes may be found in her book. Here is the menu, which when prettily presented will make any board groan, no matter how well seasoned Hore de Oouvres. Blue Point Shells Potage . Chinese Neat Exe Soup Poisson Gutta Percha Perch Planked Shoe Sole Entrees. Hickory Club Sandwich Chipped Leg of Piano Salade Cigar Scraps With Mayonnaise Entremete Celluloid Comb Honey Staffed Eng Coke } Wagon Nuts Fire Crackers Dotted Swiss ' “Th' more food prices go down, | th’ more food will.” |THE SPECIALIZED JAW) Ob, thi | It is a human being It 2 human being of A. D. What ails his lower auxiliary? ( nothing. * That is part } hi onal pulchitrude. | | It is the result of the scientific mastication of food by the Fletch er method And this gentleman represent he Flotcherizing third generation | with | Seventy years of experience Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral have given us great confidence in it, We strongly | recommend it for coughs, colds, bron- chitis, weak throats, and weak lungs. It prevents. Itprotects. It soothes Itheals., Just the help nature needs, Keep a bottle of it in the house. | Ask your doctor to name the beat font medicine for coughs, colds, bronchitis, | lunes Follow his advice. And from ts THE STAR—TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1910. ~-AGOLD STORAGE FEAST BY BON VIVANT. id storage I bad got th some | 1 sat me down to dine upon a feast of fowl and fich, ntents of each dich. I nibbled steak whoee age had passed the sere and yellow leaf, Hut fifteen yoars in dungeon’s chill yet made it look like beef; Some venison from bygone back | toyed with on my plate— jt knew that « onee lived and throbbed in 187%. A spotted beauty of a trout I ventured next to try Bome forty yeara aad failed to dim tts clear, inquiring eye; A pair of soft-botied eage | sipped, a decade in the tomb in look If not in flavor they retained their pristine bloom; I finished up with Bruyere cheese And, wonder of all wonders. Oh, yos, I sing the praises of cold storage, foe of germ tt iad perpetual youth to food, and likewise to the worm. on his large hands. Smoked Breast of Tailors Goose | one architect to ft could be done Halt Hunger yh darky in one of the south Our special contributor, Mre lor states walked down the sith Livon Atmos-Phere, author od | street one morning tn his best black jthat interesting book entitled |). goer t, with & white rose Forty Days Without Peasting, of |. °™: : _ The Polly of Feeding When You Why, Mose,” said the proprietor fa large wtore that he was pase ing. “Are you taking « holiday? Dish yere.” sald the old man, in a stately voice, am mah golden weddin’, wah Ah'm sallybratip hit.” But your wife,” keeper, “le working a» usual. her at the tub ae I paseed thie mibrn- | ing Why fan"t she Her?” sald Mose, angrily. hain't got nuffin’ to with bit. She am mah fou'th,” said the store- “I move,” sald one delegate Im preasively, “that we build a new! schoothouse on the «ite of the id that we use the the old one for the new one, and} that we don't tear down the old one until the new one ts built “Welt, what @id they de about it? emilingly queried a man, later on “They wore a little bit slow com ing around,” was the reply, “bet just as soon as they got their heads to working again they sent for ae ure out how the thing “Did he find the answer? “No,” was the chucking rejoinder. He worked on {t until the demijobn was empty, and then told the school board that what they wanted was « arch nine dren, the gentle of -hand professor Ten Danish cbiidren, in bis buttenhole and cotton glover Ing in the sea, began to cry. A gen | tleman pas patter we 0 Sentna and put land then « Jeo T saw | completa. The mistake arose from the elebrating, | that each ch that air,” "twas made when France was Gaul it had never died at all! Easter comes very Easter early thie year, The ’ time pretees pres sooner you order your order your “pow a new Coatume the better, | tume? new Cop Our Millinery Parfors in All Their New The models of the season admit of generous latitude, La hats are dium size shapes are good andsmail hats ares trifle smaller than last semaaaan ever your individual requirements and desires may be, we can thoroughly satisly yg We can fit you with a hat that will be becoming and stylish FOR’ YOU — toe YOUR FORM AND FEATURES, The charming Louis XVI. styles and Modified ‘Tricornes are very peg also the stunning shapes turning directly up in the back. © ped Te rough straw vat come in for their share of attention, while t! hic Gerhardt ean nations of black and Fifth avenue green are welcome innovation Flowers and in garlands, rosettes, clusters and wreaths, are pares ularly good, many ‘Tye being designed of flowers and foliage exclusively. Gainsborough blue ig Maline and chiffon are used abundant hats that adorn in the springtime favorite coming, practical, stylish your selection from these. Por hats that are { the word—ywe true en Just From Their Cases Charming Novelties ia New Motor or General} | Spring Wash Fa Utility Coats Our showing of Dainty W; so Comprehensive that fash! mod ‘vom | A very sensible model in shown made of pene sil be 2 real ae ° The “select” importations, side by glide heavy French Serge, Tatlored, with a hood that ts for use; and lined with scarlet taf. ~ Bic ggmtctaher npr ytewee unite in @ wom feta, This garment ix loose fitting, with a dertul gathering of beauty, quality angie thentic spring styles Jost a few from many; MERCERIZED FRENCH VOILES—Dninty, soft and sheer for princess gowns ang es, Rich, new season effects in igh um and subdued shadings in — and plaid effects. At .. MERCERIZED PONGEE—One of pr most popular fabrics of the season. A rough terial with « lustrous finish, highly ized. Solid colors in all the new dresses, waists and sults, bins: a wide. At RUMCHUNDA SILK—In delet tan and ns ural shades, with handsome and two-tone dot effects, also Persian) Hilgbly mercerized and launders niealy; 27 inches wide .. self-made belt. The trimming also shows a novel black and steel button NEW AND JUST THE THING, AT $30.00 Another unusually smart coat is fashioned of heavy wool, in black and white check pattern. Presenting the nent, loose-fitting model, finished with military collar, cuffs and pocket; these are in turn prettily dec orated with a dash of red and black and gilt buttons. NEW AND JUST THE THING, AT $27.50 Still another design of Navy Hine Serge, introducing the semi-fitting cut. Body ts ned with plain taffeta. A distinctly new feature is the new, elbow length Military Cape. A rich, practical suggestion NEW AND JUST THE THING, AT 630.00 ae oa after bath asked what w they replied, | ight to be 14, but we are one murt have been drowned there were 1 roan sald the only 0 ohil- down your noses into the sand ount the holes. | i found that their number wae iif T id was 20 polite he or she id not count himeeclf “Bho | herself hey fact THIS HAPPENED TO OSCAR UND ADOLF He sat Adolf was sick propped up in an easy materials in| chair, fretting at his loneliness A familiar footstep sounded at his door and Oxgar entered. were full of bundles. “Vell, olt feller, hi brought you somedings,” Ongar ore ann His are I haf) ounced Somedings to eat, und some} flowers.” Adolf seized one of the packages “Ach, he erled “Fool! But the thin girl usustly has shapely Aakle to be proud of. and aniffed at it vot a delicious Vot a dey frage tube exclaimed Oxgar, der limberger | ‘United States Depositary an rones dot ise if The strength of a financial institution lies in its capital, its assets and the abil ity, character and standing of the men who conduct its affairs. these qualities to an Possessing all eminent degree, this bank invite# additions to its list of ustomers and Otters the best ilike to those offlarge and small means THE NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE E AT MADISON ST. E, WASH. SECOND AVE SEA CAPITAL URPLUS AND PROFT' rOTAL RESOURCES M. F. BACKUS, President R. R. SPENCER, First Vic« RALPH § teh econd ed tse 5 ashier A. SPENCER, Assistant ¢ e. OLMSTEAD, A S. WALKER, A i tant ¢ ant ¢ $ Vice service 1,000,000,00 1 3,937 lent Pre 43 "1 lent Savings Department } OPEN SATURDAY EVENINGS aid | that | if | | Fashionable Spring Siks— Baillargeon Quality “MIKADO” SILKS—A diagonal Shantung. Splendid for fathioning the new three-piece ‘Distinctive Silk Shirt in Foulard Patterns These we are featuring most dresses, Shown in artichoke, silver, gray, and they well deserve it For evening as amethyst, new reseda, old gold, navy and for occasion walets these are black. A 27-inch silk at . $1.65 Waists are shown in black and white OTTOMAN SHANTUNG—Popular rough | dot designs, strictly tallored. At silk effect in the ottoman weave. These we are showing In the same shades as the Other favorites are in tan and gray Mikado with the addition of natural and with contrasting narrow stripe and Gainsborough. A 26-inch silk that you will aks tens tire 6 resenne air $1.25 jots; tucks down entire front and with bow to match. At $10.00, spring effects are presented in pavy, § tan and black, with wide frill side $11.50. Handsome indeed are the White Stripe Waists trimmed with @ buttons and frill, edged with ince tire fromt. At ........ “SALOME”—Satin-Finish Shantung in mus tard, peach, gold, orchid, nickel, turquoise, amethyst, artichoke, Copenhagen blue, navy, gunmetal and oltve. A 27-inch stik at.$1.35 OUR EXTRA WIDE SHANTUNGS ARE IN THE HEIGHT OF FASHION Spring White Goods Fresh From the Le Good Time to Start Your Spring Sewing Countess Nainsook Crossbar Batistes, Lawns, D A very fine plain fabric, Splendid for mak- Excellent quality in sheer and ing ladies’ underwear and children's dreas- weights, A great number of things es. In ldyard pieces. At ......... $2.50 these now, At, the yard We White Madras A bountiful array of dainty figures and neat stripes and dots. An ideal fabric for ladies’ waists, At ze Domestic Section—Main Floor, Rear New Ginghams “We have just received our full sortment of Dress Ginghame im very newest patterns. Included are stripes and all the new plain shades New Rugs oe _ and Going— Have You Seen These — Interesting The sale of Rug Values When Rugs Are Wanted Wool Clothing at Twenty splendid patterns in High-Class Axminster Rugs. | ; ; ends Perfect, fresh stock. The product of one of the finest mills |" Prices in the country } The 8 ft. 3 in. by 10 ft. 6 in. Rugs are The 9 by 12 ft. Rugs are ° week. | Saving Prices in Ladies’ Wearing Apparel More than ever our stock is It is to your advantage? of ours, No shabby goods are 0m assured that ev iss in every detail Savings & Trust Co. of Seattle to damage. patronize this sale Capital - $300,000 50,000 out-of-date, Surplue .. $0 you can be you get is first cl Another Advantage He who has money saved has a first mortgage on the future. The rainy day has no terrors for the man with ; venience | Is our Liberal Credit conven a savings account. ; You which we allow y it sale prices. : preciate this advantage) apparel and you have cash INTEREST A PER CENT will certainly ay if you need new Compounded all the Semi-Annually not re JAMES D, HOGR, President, N. B. SOLNER, DINHCTORS: Ferdinand Schmits, J. D. Low man, A. B. Stewart, C. H. Hebb, F.C MeCormick, Jemes D. Howe Eastern Outfitting Co., Inc. 1332-34 Second Avenue Near Union “‘Seattle’s Reliable Credit House” Cashier. 8. B. Solner. CORNER SECOND ——-——" and CHERRY STREET ale Ballard, Georgetown ' an a Reston, Op = fra =i ‘a