The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 20, 1911, Page 4

Member of United Press. Daily by The Star Rutered at Seattle, Wash., po stottt Published Publishing Co. 2 a8 Recond-olase matter, THE WIDOW’S INVENTORY The other day, when a Tennessee county clerk asked for an fmventory of the estate of the late Rey. Lundy H. Harris, the widow @uthoress of “The Cireult Rider's Wife,” reported “It is not with the intention of showing an ogregtous sentimental fty that I say I find it impossible to give you a complete and satis factory inventory of the estate of Lundy H. Harris, The part that I Give is so small that | insignificant and misleading At th ime of his doath he had $2.35 in his purse, $116 in the Union Bank & Trust company, of Nashville, about 400 books, and the coffin in which he was buried, which cost about $85, The major portion of bis estate was invested in venly securities, the values of which have b a Yariously declared in this world and highly taxed by the various ghurches, but never realized. He invested every year not less—usually more—than $1,200 in charity, so secretly, so inoffensively and so honest ly that he was never suspected of being a philanthropist, and never praised for his generosity “He pensioned an old outcast woman in Rarron county and an @id soldier in Nashville. He sent two little negro boys to school, and Supported for three years a family of five who could not support them selves. Ho contributed anonymously to every charity In Nashville; ed in a ‘benevolent object’ received his ald; nd received penny tolla from his tender mess, He supported the b of every man who confided in him with encouragement. He literally did forgive his mies, and suf fered martyrdom on September 18, 1910, after enduring three years @f persecution without complaint. He was ever recognized as one @f the largest bondholders in heaven, (Signed) CORA HARRIS.” WHY DON’T THEY MARRY? every old maid interest every child he kn exacted It's the business of sociologists to worry about the rest of us, and QR ewinent Italian sociologist has been lying awake nights trying to find out why people don't get married as generally as they used to. And he makes out a pretty hard case, too. It seems that aversion to marriage, now seen in every country, Degan with the rich and fashionable, and gradually spread among those less woll off. And {t is due to these conditions: Growth of luxury and self-indulgence, which {s so costly that it's @ much as a man can do to provide for himself. Increased cost of living, even for those who are satisfied to live without much luxury. Growing economic independence of women, have to marry for a home and support. Amusements and satisfactions of life, particularly in the cities, Which eclipse the traditional happiness of the home. Finally, people of opposite sexes are not so mutually attractive to each other as when the world was younger. “Therefore,” concludes the sociologist, “in proportion as civiliza on and refinement increase {n a country, marriages decrease,” Mebbe 80, but our guess is different. Race suicide and decreased Marriage are only passing phases of the one great economic prob Tem—how to divide the resources of the earth and the earnings of In @ustry in such a way that everybody shall have the means of decent existence, plus a reasonable amount of those “amusements and sa Pactions of life” of which the Italian observer speaks And that problem will be solved. A GREAT LIGHT SHINES When a nice, staid old iawyer perpetrates wisdom that makes the United States supreme court biink, we like to make a special note of it Delancey Nicoll, defending the Tobacco Trust before that court om Tuesday last, said “It is the government's largest taxpayer. The enormous patron age it receives from the public attests its popularity.” We are about ready to fee! sorry that any question has arisen aa to the right of that trust to continue skinning us, Any trust that Bas skinned us for the biggest tax assessment on earth and made Se like it, might well be preseryed as a monumental work of art When to this superiative tax assessment ts added big dividends on mock and interest on a blessed bond issue, for which we've loy ghewed, puffed and snuffed, we consumers must righteously fe in the enormous and powerful institution that we have ean we conscientiously withhold expression of gratitude ferney Nicoli for calling the court's attention to the @id it, through being thoroughly and skillfully skinned. CHARLES SUMNER January 6 was the one hundredth anniversary of his birth. At ‘Senrise the people gathered at his grave, and at noonday and through the afternoon and on until almost midnight the meetings continued te do homage to his name. How many men now in public office will be thus r long years after they are gone? honored eave but themselves. Sumner said: VICE,’ Never did the country is the gate and narrow is that they don't 80 mbered and No one can answer that The only basis for fame ts need Summers more than now. But “strait the way, and few there be that find it.” WILL IT BEND OR BREAK? The question is up to the supreme court of the United States—the @Bestiqn of the constitutionality of the Oregon law of Initiative. It imvolves also the merits of the referendum and the recall But the real question i» this: Will the constitution of the United Biates bend to the wishes of the people and the needs of the time? If it will not bend, then it will break—the people will make A NEW CONSTITUTION. Perhaps it is time. TODAY’S GOOD SHORT ONE . “John!” she exclaimed, jabbing her elbow into his ribs at 2:17 & m., “did you lock the kitchen door And John, who ts inner guard, and was just dreaming over last evening's lodge meeting, sprang up in bed, made the proper sign and feaponded: “Worthy ruler, our portals are guarded.”—Woman's Daily. OBSERVATIONS | O. M. REGER, Reger, Mo., Is that, going or coming. Catch on? eye” aaa GOVERNOR DIX’S message contained only 3,000 words. Enough, @s he didn’t say anything. sg ¢. 66 PEARY put up his overcoat to settle for a restaurant bill. Cook Would have put up a bluff. ies DULUTH barber has invented “buttonless suspenders.” No ap Plause here, unless he furnishes buttonless pants to go with ‘em. Se MILWAUKEE ballrooms are to be furnished with spittoons. Well, they accomplish just as much, and aren't half as deadly as razors. See | DR. J. F. BLACK testifies at Cleveland that he has $50,000 willed him by elderly ladies whom he kissed regularly. Came high, but the old girls must have ‘em. ae eee ROBINSON CRUSOE’S old flintlock musket is on exhibition in Philadelphia. It i# 190 years old, but they think they can still see on it the finger marks of Crusoe’s man Fishday. eee es YOU can show you are at the top of the ladder by putting “Dic tated but not read by” on your typewritten letters. things you can show by it, too—most of ‘em unfit for publication, °o 0 06 MORGAN to furnish the millions and Uncle Sam to assume pro tectorate over Honduras? Any other lousy little fighting, grafting, dying nation that wants to do business in Uncle Sam's pawn shop? CE ae IN CHICAGO a stranger was robbed three times in an hour. bungling work! In Los Angeles they take three hours to rob ‘em once Rough amateurism in Chicago, Thoroughness, polish, finish in L. A.! ee ay WHEN President Taft recommends 000,000 for forts, 12 com- panies of coast artillery, one battalion of field artillery and four regiments of infantry in time of peace at Panama, {t sort of signifies that Uncle Sam will fortify that can o oOo Very ° wife of the late Laucky- “| AM the seventh unr ed she began. “Excuse me, madam,” interrupted the Los Angeles lawyer, who was strong on ethics, “but I am already attorney for the fifth, and really have to impose the rule, ‘First come, first served.” BEE EDITOR of the Enterprise, at Harlan, Ky., has coined a new word-~“honeyfuggled It means “holding the bag,” “lost my goat,” “hornswaggied for fair,” and things ike that, and 1s a fine contribution to Nterature—in K ucky, where one doesn’t have all day to express oneself before the shooting begins There are other | ‘Duncan’s Wardrobe Costs Him Only $3.50 and He Washes It Himself--No Tailor for Him--No! The Hellenic Dance Disciple| Has a Fine Scheme That May Possibly Convert a Lot of Seattle Folks, | “1am « king among men,” thundered Raymond Duncan, the }man whose madeinGr goods have set the people at the Lincoln | wondering prize exhibit at the Lincoln, “I am & slave to no fashion, to no tatlor, hor to a bootmaker, hatter or bar ber, I follow no fashion decrees; I make my own clothes, my own sandals; wear no hats and never cut my hair, I am living in a sort }of socialistte fashion. What It Cost. You, the Star interviewer saw, but that didn’t let Raymond out. The interviewer wanted to know just what the outfit cost him. No, he wasn't thinking of decorating hia features with that sort of rig Tt might have been all right for Aristotle and Socrates, but the tailors have worked a few improve: ments since then that you either have to draft or blush all over up on meeting your next door neigh “Why?” interpolated the Star re porter, gazing at his unsocked feet, his unsleeved arma, and bis un | barbe hair, just as much be wildered as the Salvador Indian when he cast bis glimmers toward Chris, Columbus and his bunch | many years ago. “Well, you see,” continued the THE STAR—FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1911. THE STAR EDITORIAL AND MAGAZINE PAGE _— »: By mail ix months, STAR DUST | Discovering the pole . hole, A sort of & hole in which to roll, | Beyond the reach of grappling hook th that looks Hke @ long bath towel wrapped 4 The reputations of Peary and Cook on @ hobble skirt and @ doll dress, correspond mipepiecia the solen only The king ts dead! Long live attire of Greek res im modern times | Standard Oll! The Swiss people own their tele phones, telegraphs and railroads, and manufacture the equipment for them “Women are to fly,” says a head line. Not TOO fly Alice’s bu tariff commis sion bill ix a ino. mising betwe d and bad has killed nations ere this. Compro leaf, and we hods gold on their m began to m haven't Imp Whitewash, Breathes there so thick that he a man hasn't been mad very sick by ¢ whitewash smell! from Waahin and all the dirty work it's don Frank A. Munsey, magazine and newspaper publisher, is a horseman; also an ex-telegraph op erator Pity the Judge. What a job is that of the supreme court judge! He knows the law and he knows right. Must he decide for the law as against right? bor Raymond started his bratnorium working. “Now, let's seo; say the! wool costs $1.50; labor, twenty cents a hour, Ob, I should tmagin the clothes would cost about $3.50." | How do you make your own} clothes?" } With a loom,” he explained. “Where do you get your wool? “From my sheep which I had tn Greece.” ‘And you wear no underwear?” | “None whatever.” | | } | | PAID ADVERTISEMENT “RAINIER VALLEY CITIZENS IN FAVOR OF BOND VALUE) Eugene W. Way Favors Purchase of Renton Car Line for the People. BY ENTHUSIASM SHOWN AT MEETING AT LAKE SIDE HALL, MR. WAY 18 A PRIME FAVORITE. &. W. WAY At a meeting held fn the Lake Side Hall, Dunlap, Thursday night it was shown that the people were overwhelmingly im favor of the bond iseue to take over the Craw ford lines. Several hundred interested citi atened enthusiastically to speeches delivered by E. W. Way} |and others | Mr, Eugene W. Way spoke at/| length regarding his stand along | these lines, which met with appro-| val, shown by the hearty encore} he received. It will be remembered that Mr.| Way, who has been a Seattieite for 23 years, as long back as 1895 fought hard for the Cedar rive: bonds, when the local papers were dead against the plan. This fight | made it possible for Seattle to have | pure water, and we all ktow we have the finest water. possible for any elty to have. It might be mentioned that a question of Interest along these! lines at this time was: “Shall the people have the right to decide whether they are to buy school | books or will they be furnished free.” And we all know, under the then prevalent method, we bought books as often as the excuse would allow. A member of the legislature that term, Mr. Way vote of our state sclde for themselves,” and spent considerable time and mon ey in this district, No. 1, to secure free books for the schools. And again, as late as 1898, when the city lighting plant subject was up, Mr. Way fought tooth and nail| to force the elty counell to submit to citizen rule in a municipal light- | {ng plant for Seattle. to give the! ‘the privilege | AT THE Angeles Cafe 1422-24-26 First Av, Merchants’ Lunch From 11 a. m. to 2 p. m, | } French Dinner from 4 to 8 p. m. 75¢ Moving Pictures iestrumenta: Music Afternoon and Evening FRED. WHY COOK AT HOME? | She: “They say that an apple a day will k the doctor away.” He; “And an onfon a day RAYMOND DUNCAN. keep everybody away!” It's been mighty cold around this coyptry and of course the Inter! layer I would show him where he 4 iny twice as many bricks as viewer found an opening for ts doing now, He doesn't move another quix just right now and he gets tired “Say, how do you manage to| quick from freezing when you're) “Your teachings, then, approach ring into this cold weather?” | a Doesn't Get Cold. “Oh, I am used to it,” he chuck led The tnterviewer stil! thought he “could come back.” De you do money or to p K economic Certatnly The Interviewer wasn't quite so sure about that bricklayer yarn, but | it happened to occur to him what a mighty good thing it would be- stunt wave| “Stop.” yella the editor. pagate the ancient |More space eustom Tt" i= — No, I am doing it to follow the! line of phas to Pc cemetery! ™ wy powT You least resiseance. I am com-| _the te wher fortable; you yuldn’t be (no dis you nav “ senting opinion, he was assured) vstehsd when my clothes get soiled, | wash ens the tailor, This suit will last me three tt as long as yours.” 119 Yesier Mr. Duncan has his ¢ about dreas and won't try to them. He aoesn't look like a fellow | who'll renig, anyway Home of the Famous He talked about rythm to move-| 7 SKINNEY A. NOUGH, THE ViIL- posoremererises! W.L. Douglas Shoes LAGE CUTAWAY. You see, rythm in movement ai : t A Madrid newspaper ha conserven Gucrgy and. Gives more | MEMAMEMIMEENELIIIERIEIEEINN | 913-000 for the becenee of th Could I get of a brick-! to set them up in business foree. was simply a We don't know when the ancients with head | good | Au} wil | tainly envied by in your fi conditions, In the Editor’s Mail GBhort letters from Star readers will be printed In this co! enn when they are of sufficient general interest. You may write about anything or anybody so long as personal malice is not your motive. favorable com ot etc., and the Editor Star—Reading about your | ot the press being committed to jail by Judge |" PrOM | 1 niet read about your Gilliam, I will hasten to send In|+ounie with the court, I came to my congratulations for the honor|think of. a statement, probably ert e ith refere to German bestowed upon you, It certainly|made w should be an he to’ be jailed |conditions, by Ernest Haeckel tn for tolting the truth, It shows|“The Riddle of the Universe se there is something rotten. Keep|6. Let me quote it: on; and be sure the thinking peo-| We begin our re 1m. |ple are back of you, and you will)tice. No one can m at ite be more honored, and you are cer-|condition today is In harmony with 4 advanced knowledge of man and the world Oo. W. THOMPSON, “Not pase Weatherby, Ore. |do not read of judic one, a lover which every thoughtful man Haitor The Star: 1 am with you| shakes his head in despair. Many "t with the court and/|of the decisions of our higher and much or little as that|lower courts are simply unintellh It just makes me feel gible, etc. » sympathetic reso jour Yours respectfully, J. P. JACOBSEN, jons from farmers, labor unions Manette, Kitsap Co., = — ——— ; = GOVERNMENT BY INJUNCTION. Are trusts, monopolies and courts Now acting in conjunction And do our judges dare pr To govern by injunction? If so, there may be shoals ahead, And rough and stormy weather; It then behooves all patriots To stand or fall together ume If greedy corporations dare To use “golden unction”™ To soothe the consciences of courts Who govern by injunction, The living love of liberty Inspires us to resent it And they who thus pervert the laws Sincerely will repent it We may be near the danger line When courts, without compunction Ignore the laws the people make And govern by injunction. This talk of “peace at any In cowardly and craven There may be some rough weather yet Before we reach the baven price” And have we truly reached the hour When courts assume the function To rule us with a regal power, And govern by injunction? O! snowy -plur We worship But Liberty and Equal Rights Must always stand before thee. Cal Oakland, | sick in a restaurant, and they called a doctor and an ambulance, and the doctor sald, “Well, he’s dying. You better take him to the morgue. There's no use bothering the people at the hospital’ And they took bim to the undertaker’s.’” Freddie was greatly excited, but a painstaking search of undertaking rs and hospitals failed to dis- any trace of the dead sailor. reddie is still wondering. Freddie, the office boy, thought to scoop the town yee ning. A man, who sound. 4 and certainly was drunk, alled up. Say, there's a sailor who took! Stupendous Clearance Sale Our First Sale in Three Years Shoes Sold Regardless of Cost AS WE ARE HEAVILY OVERSTOCKED AND MUST HAVE ROOM FOR SPRING SHIPMENTS NOW ON THE WAY Sale Commences Tomorrow Morning at 9 o’Clock And we hope every man, woman and child in the city will take ADVANTAGE of it, as it offers EXTRAORDINARY OPPORTUNI- TIES FOR SAVING that will pay you to ANTICIPATE FUTURE WANTS, as well to PROVIDE for your PRESENT NEEDS. W. L. Douglas patent, box co! and kid Shoes; former price $4.0 . sale at.. Florsheim’s patent, vici kid and calf Shoes, odd sizes; former price $6.00 and $5.00. Stetson’s patent lace and button Shoes; former price $6.50. On sale at ...$4.25 Chas. Case’s vici kid Foot Form Shoes; for- mer price $5.00, On sale at ......$3.85 Howard & Foster’s patent colt Blucher; former price $5.00. Onsale at ....$3.65 Tan grain waterproof double sole Shoe; former price $6.00. On sale at... .$3.85 Holland calf, double sole Blucher; former price $5.00. 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On sale at. 99¢ Child’s Patent Tipped L: Shoes; former price $1.00. On sale at............55¢ Boys’ High Cut Tan Boots; former price Boys’ Box Calf Blucher, heavy sole; former price $3.00. On sale at..........$1.85 Little Boys’Tan High Cut Boots; former price $2.00. Onsaleat......... - $1.45 Little Boys’ Calf Unlined Shoes; former price $2.25. On sale at.......... $1.65 Little Boys’ Calf Lace Shoes; former price $1.75. On sale at........0.5.....98¢ .98¢ BE WISE AND BUY NOW Plymouth Shoe Com 707 Second Avenue pany cee Seidel) Beceeess