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_ THE Memon oF _ = by The Bar Bw ishing Oo. matter second -claae . 80 conte per month up to ex montha Six montha, $1.76 All the People Wear Clothes A yoice Was upraised in the house of representatives a few days ago as follow “T.%too, come from a woolgrowing district, but I hope that fact will not deter me from my duty to serve the greatest good to the greatest number, nor impair my obligations to all the and the great consuming public, nor lead me to act upon peop! my f€ars instead of my convictions of rm and justice, I hope I can realize that while a part of the people of my district have wool to sell that all the pe¢ from my district have clothes to buy, and that the right to buy clothin as sacred af Fight as the right to sell wool, And | hope [ can appreciate} that the laboring man, when he looks into the faces of his wife and children, with winter impending, realizes as great a respon Sibility before him as the man who raises p, or the weol claims ght to draw dividends on water the mantifacturer, w ed st: The speaker was Representative Finly H. Gray of Indiana Without going into a discussion as to the wisdom or un en effected are the nas t wisdom of the half loaf compromise which | by the democrats in their evolution of a wool scl pleased to commend the general sentiments expre ssed in above speech The Pig’s Gil « the Curlless Hog, or-- Why is the curl in « bog’s tail? To show that it isn't a pig, said Harry Kouts, charged in an Indiana “squealers.” Not so, aid the honorable counsel representing the dignity and qinjesty of the Hoosier commonwealth, a pig's a pig tll it's a hog curled tall or no curled tail % So it was that this hefty question of law was put up to Judge Rob ot Booneville, Ind., for judicial interpretation *\ “Is a pig still a pig after its tall has curled hog? You see, the indictment against Koutz charged him with stealing two pigs. But the animals had nicely curled tails, and the defeuse Maintained that they—the animals, and not the and consequently the legal document should be qua done to it like that. Talk about the momentousness of the Standard Ot! decisios This pig tail case had that backed into the dim and distant bi ule we defending | two lawyer purloining learned with the court seers has it then become . All Hoosierdom listened with 4 breath for the fate Words of the Solomonic decision. “Pigs is pigs,” with or without curls, read the decree But, judge, WHY the curl in the tail then? “ce ” Make Seattle ‘‘Sane” Tomorrow Popping of firecrackers and booming of heavier Fourth of " artillery" will begin all over this country at midnight tonight ‘e How many youngsters, alive and happy today, will be dead or crippled on the “morning after"? pa Grewsome have been the records of past Fourths of July. A stead > fly growing “national conscience” has year by year cut down the ‘fearful death roll on this great “peace” day. But even last year, the Dest since the “sane Fourth” movement started, the dead and Injured Hist resembied a report on a decisive battle. On July 5 telegraphic reports of the “battle of the Fourth of July July 1911,” will be made. LETS MAKE SEATTLE HEAD THE LIST _ OF “SANE” CITIES! a Work for this result for the sake of the fair name of Seattle. But do it above all FOR THE SAKE OF THE CHILDREN OF SE ATTLE. Guilty, of Tisies Of course Gompers, Mitchell and Morrison are guilty of contempt three attorneys of the Buck Range and Sto ompany, appointed investigat« the matter by Judge Wright of the District of Columbia so decided. But Gompers, Mitchel! and Morrison are not alone in their crime. the voters of the United States could be polled, it is probable that & majority of at least 10,000,000 they would say that a court that appoint the attorneys of the prosecution to decide on the guilt accused is worthy of contempt, and nothing but contempt wonder Woodrow Wilson says he United States is in a very mood with regard to its courts.” It has mighty good reason Observations NAVAL militia are going to have Like fire drilis, you can never tell help you. war game every year hereafter rhen the experience ts going to 6.6. @ AN INTERESTING news item states that Kermit Roose: re ed to the Cambridge police the loss of his Panama hat. In Cam the lid is Hable to come off most any time. ae: oe THERE is a rumor to the effect that Mrs. Hetty Green ts about to shake the dust bf Chicago from her feet. Her dust there, which it Is aid she has instructed her real estate agents to dispose of, amounts to $5,000,000. yo I have five lusty young sons. I want to give aly, but there’s simply got to be a big noise It’s easy, George. Get your boys in a circle in the center of the circle, and “DEAR EDITOR: them a safe Fourth of What can I do?—-Geo. W Put one large juicy stick of candy trust to Providence. | ae Ware | OWING to the abuses of some of the Chicago Justices, and the illegal Marriage ceremonies performed, a sentiment so strong against court Marriages has arisen that a little church across the corner has been established for the accommodation of “get-spliced-quick” couples. Four. teen pastors of various denominations will stand in readiness to per. such ceremonies without fee. ee es COMMITTEE of cight women in an Eastern city’s campaign to “clean up” secured names, locations, dates and details concerning con Aitions of the streets, alleys, school houses, saloons, garbage collection end general sanitation in their ward, and reduced these to 2,000 words, Tm 48 hours from the time this report was printed in the papers and nent to the city officials, the ward was a little heaven compared with the rest of the city. Facts count oe = Dad Gives Jimmy Some Fourth of July Pointers Hey, Jimmy, take that mask off and come here.. No, it isn't a Tecture; I just want to tell you something about tomorrow, something I learned myself when I was a kid like you. And I want to ask a favor ot you besides. _.. Do you know that 2,922 boys and girls and men were hurt last Fourth of July, 2,923 that we know about, and no doubt a whole lot More that we don't know about? That's a pretty stiff price for noise, fen't it? And that’s where that favor comes in. You don’t know, and sight of a crippled boy puts into a man’s heart. It makes him feel mean all over to see some kid with only one leg, or only one arm, or one eye, or @ face scarred up forever by powder or wadding’ It’s tough own boy all blown up, maybe blind, right before your eyes all the rest of your life-—it’s almost too tough to think about. And the greatest favor you can do for me in this Fourth of July business is to celebrate it so you'll be all together on the 5th There has been a big change in fireworks since I was a kid, and 1 can’t advise you what to buy and what not to buy to avold danger, so I'm going with you to the fireworks store and look things over and buy stuff for you. That'll help some. Then, when we run short of fireworis on the Fourth, I'll send you back to the store to buy what we need. And all day long I want you to. remember these don'ts: Don't think because it didn’t go off right away that there's no fire there, Don’ Don't hold your eye over it to see why it didn’t go off, pick it up right away if it didn’t go off. }working only half the tt you won't know till you have a kid of your own, what a crimp the| to see that kind of a kid, even if you don’t know him, but to have your| CALIPH BY JOHN COPLEY and for the A most peculiar gent an « Willlam Westervelt, world’s unfortunates, great*sympathy he felt, He'd ved a bit tn history; the tale that hit him hard, was of Haroun El Rasehid who had “Caliph” on his card. To spread the Callph’s charity was Willlam’s sole ambish; and Willtam spent a bu coin afollowing that wish He loved to stip a dollar in the hand of some poor bum; and he did | it very often, avarying the sum In this way Willlam Westervelt became a noted man; tn time the city’s peor, to William promptly ran, Haroun Bl Raschid of stress might ax well have r itved at all, ‘cause William had bim beaten had him beaten to a stall, The city talked of putting up a monument for Bill, and when one heard his magic name, ‘twas always with @ thrill, Ah, what a man was Westervelt, the Caliph of the place; not his smiling face? ©, a regular dixgrace. To tell the led space, In n banks where all the Plutes had salted down their cash, there wasn’t one durned peyny evrything had gone to smash, They looked for William Westerveit, for he was president of all the banks; he copped the coln with crim inal intent To play the role of Caliph, one has got to have the dough: It really make no diff'rence who supplies, it, don't you know! OKE. ' where was there one lone human who knew One day there was a #eandal awful details T have not the nm SORRY HE SP COMPLIMENTS. — Arnnnnn nanaane auc ‘Sir, | should like to work only half time during summer “Keep right on, my boy The Dog © how are you The Bird—I'm sick as a dog. GOOD BUSINESS (the wholesaler)—Well, how many Blink orders did you get you terd Gink Blink Gtak (the I got two orders In one store. salesman) What were they One was to get out and the other was to stay out AR eRRAR RRR RRR * IN THE SWIM Congratulations, old chap. You were seen ¢ the aristocratic Lord Bunkhurst.” Yes, | rented him for the coronation season.” rywhere with seeeeeet * . o * « eee eee eee BOTH WAYS The friend you treated to supper the other pensive expression, hasn't he? Yes, but after you've ordered night has a very the brand of champagne he pre fers, you find the expression is expensive. IMPERFECT EQUIPMENT. | | De Poet—Ah! the delusions of had any | childhood! Those were the things Nimrod’s|to charm away— | De Quick (interrupting)—Non in-| sense! I used to have a charm for press agents| warts when I was a kid, but it \wouldn't work worth a cuss! AN UNREASONABLE REQUEST Stage Manager (to lessee of theatre)—Our scene shifter wants a holiday. He says he has not been away for three years Lessee—-Well, tell him he cannot have one. He gets change of scenery enough for anybody “Il wonder kind of day!" “Of course not. They hadn't vented cameras and in thone days.” if hunters equipment in JUST IN TIME I suppose it was hard to lose your daughter? Well, it did seem as if It would be at one time, but fellow just as we were beginning to give up hope, ALL JEALOUS “You fondle that pug puppy.” complained the lover, “until 1 am actually Jealous of him!” You're all alike,” answered the girl. you.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer. TO BE TRUSTED. The Friend The Father janded this “This puppy is jealous of AMBITIONS REALIZED, “Papa and mamma both say I can select my own husband and marry anyone I please.” “They have a good opinion of you, haven't they?" “That chorus girl appears to be In a happy frame of mind “No wonder. She has a million- aire dude on the string, and an ugly bulldog on the chain.” THE REAL THING e to see summer come,” said the farmer, Coz all summer long ma dishes up a lot of stuff we can't eat our- selves jes’ to let the city boarders think they're gettin’ plain home cook- ing.”—Detroit Free Press, Don’t Don't Don't Don’t Don’t Don't Don’t Don’t Don’t Don’t Don’t see how long you can hold it before it goes off. fail before lighting it to pick the place to throw it. throw it at your fittle sister. throw it at a horse. throw It toward your pile of fireworks. keep your fireworks where a spark might fall on them. go near them when you have any fire in your hand, have a toy pistol around, buy one. . go “monkeying” with any kind of Slreworks, try to scare anybody, Don’t shoot off the big pieces. Don’t forget, Jimmy, that | probably know more than you about a fow things, and when yéu're not sure about anything, ask me, i'm going to lay off on the Fourth and be on hand to show you Now run along! Vil do that for you. OBLIGING Mamma—Johnny, what ix the baby yelling about? Johnny—Nothin’; I jest took hia milk and showed hi « c it—Toledo Blade. Cr et GIVING IT TIME Judge Stevens had a slight hesitation in his speech, but that af- fliction did not prevent his using long words, One morning his dog Snip got into a fight with another dog. Tapping him with his cane, Judge Stevens exclaimed: “D-d-d-dis-con-t-t-t-tin-ue!"—Success, : THE UP-TO-DATE SCHEME Subbubs-gI simply can't sell my place. Broker—Why not offer it to the president for a summ “ New York Sun 7 nee tm happy as a lark; | Of Course L, Chastatn, Monte wt a diamond ring in her chicken yard. Next day she killed a chicken for dinner, Did she find the diamond? Mra, W zuma, Cal, The sale of champagne in this € ntry shows a falling off of 60 per cent, By Adam y Kerr HOME, July &. no sooner make jup my mind to to the eashore |than I get hold of @ folder from some resort up in Michigan, T be lieve I'd go to Denver if ft wann't that everything's so high out there. Friends have urged me to go to |MoSkee-Tou Springs. They were there last year and came back beautifully tant But darn the luck the hotel un down last | week. But I'm going to have a va Jeation if | have to work myself to death finding a place to go. May decide tomorrow Can you tell me, gentle reader, | Teit me pray, What wae happening a year a | Go today? | They were betting coin that Jeffri Would come back; They were wasting lots of pity On big Jack. — * France bas an alr fleet of 200) * aeroplanes for immediate service|* in case of war. * _- * If @ falling fork sticks in the|® floor you will bi good luck. + — * Can He Raise the Dough? * Robert B. Davis, millionaire) * baking powder manufacturer, has|* been sued for alimony * - = * Vacation idles. * * i! will not spend the time upon the farm that's owned by gran’- 1 think lt take far-off Michikamau.* *In Labrador Instea trip to WILLIE’S SANE DAY, a pss ‘Tis the And ali through his bunk Not a cracker is stored, Not even some punk. > wd of the Fourth boats are be: | ha Thirteen submarin | Staten | Of in at MARY HAD— Mary had a little bird She kept it in a cage One day the cat expied it there— Let's turn ther page Milwaukee Sentinel. Mary had a busy fea Alight on her one day— You will excuse us now for we Must look th or way | Houston Post. | Mary took a little dip; Her bathing garment shrank ne, Otto, let us take a trip Far from the river bank Milwaukee Sentinel, Mary had to climb a fence, Her skirt caught on a nail— Ob, don't you think the moon, Hor. tense, Tonight is very pale? —Springfield Union. Mary had a harem skirt, She crossed a muddy street, Aw, read this verse, ‘twill do no hurt, For ail you'll find is feet New York Globe. Mary has a chiffon waist Extremely peckaboo; But do not turn to look at her, Your wife is watching you, DOUBTFUL IMPROVEMENT. Mra. Boyle—How's yer husband arfter the accident? Mrs. Doyle—Faith, sumtoimer he’s better an' sumtotmes he's worse, but frum the way he swears and yilis an’ takes on whin he’s bet- ter, Of think’s he’s betther whin he's worse—Philadelphia Inquirer, Eiietieiielieiieleiieiieleiaiateieteled |. LITERAL PAYMENTS. “I know, dear, you are care less about paying your bills, but here {# an account you ought really to clean up,” “What is it?” “Your laundry more American. tok Oe tt tt kk DIL." —Balti Hehe ER EES eee eeeeee Wili Visit Geor, Mr. and Mra, Traxle Saturday evening for City, whence they will Wednesday morning for England,| where they will spend severai| weeks, taking in the coronation of| Folks. left ow sail this| os ze King George and visiting his! parents, who are in London rep resenting an Akron rubber com. pany.—Burton (O.) Leader. WHY MEN LEAVE HOME. My wife and I have birthdays Upon the selfsame day; We celebrate together, It {s the nicest way. We «ive each other presents— ‘This year the gifts were swell; | I gave my wife some diamonds, My wife gave me— Goodnesy! We almost said It out loud. A State “I hope your crets from you.” “Not many, However, he nover would tell me what he paid for the jecret. | band has no} h engagement ring.”—-Kansas City Journal. Lake Washington strawberry fields are now opened to the public, 15 cents per gallon, oe back home If You Have Never Heard of the Juvenile stonians, This Essay Will Wise You Up on ’Em A Scene from the Juvenile Bostonians performance. be edd ee THE THE MEMBERS OF JUVENILE BOSTONIANS Thom Hellen Bille O'Niel Florence Munro. Duiny Henry Binbby Myling Clara Warren. Lois Mason Doria Canfield. Dixie White Patsy Henry. ee ee ee | BY JOHN COPLEY. The Juvenile ganization of Seattle ¢ Shubert he fered “Moth *, dancing and acting ts tle brand, you understand On the Road. There —The Alaska Tullding, Home of the Scandinavian American Bank A. CHILBERG, President. Bostonians they are having their children ving toured the breadth of! rd about it and he Lang & season's is no chance for the 8. P. ©. C, to butt in on this litte band sell real estate, etc. Scandinavian American Bank In the corners, Patsy Henry, the leading lady, and Mrs. E. Lang, the impresario. of gypsies. The 8. P. C. C. is the; tonfans, but you'd never suspect it Society for the Prevention of if you were to visit them at the *% | Cruelty to Children. home of iweir mother, Mra. L. C. *| While on the rond the little girls! Henry, at 1722 Summit av. They # | are require give three hours’are modest chiid of fine tem tlof study every day to the three perament and quaint courtesy. They *| R's, to French and the finer quali- have not yet been stricken by the ® | tles of education. fever of exaggerated ego or en *| It t® the only organization of larged foreneads. That ix what the kind in the world—the legiti: makes them and their little com- ®\ mate successor to the original panions true artists, Mrs. Lang * mpany of the same name that says. ®\ turned out such illustrious gradu And in speaking of the Henry * ates as Henry E. Dixte, Julia Mar children, we might tack on the inr * | lowe, Richard Mansfield, ete. formation that Patsy and Daisy are ®)| The little players present a com- the sisters of The Star's blue-rib- #8 @ledy drama and operetta, etc, and bon staff member, Freddie, the | standing room onty t* the tule Office Boy | whenever they hit the big towns Don't you are} The leading lady is named Patsy. family, of 1722 § av., has @ Patsy and her siste- Daisy are the pretty neat little corner on Future vacation and getting ready for| big numbers with the Juvenile Bos- | Promise next season owe pence as Do you know about the Juvenile QUEER THAT HE WAS ILL Bostonians? Maybe not. 1 will] Gee, but I was sick last night!” he groa: enlarge. | “Effect of the heat?” we inquired, sympathetically The Juvenile Bostonians is an fust have been--and yet it wasn’t so hot as it had been.” “something you ate, maybe jall little girls—who sing and dance Couldn’t have been. I wasn't hungry yesterday, and 1 didn’t eat and act. The organization Is eight! much—just a little sweet corn and some cucumbers and a slice of melon — = ,- 4 Fm PP sag 9 — 1 don't overload my stomach this hot weather. No, and it wasn’t any- ‘or “Mother” Le San tet *\thing | drank, elther. I leave the booze alone when the mercury ts aun tale teen up Where it Is. All I drank was buttermilk and lemonade, and I had Cama back to Seattle, the|*2m lee cream the next time I got thirsty. No, sir, I've been careful, and I guess I'll have to see a doctor.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer. , & couple of weeks ago MARY SUBTRACTED “THE EGG : and much of the United) agg ie yhat make: ’ uch | In Minneapolis the Juve ‘omen are known to be sk in figures—that is to say, arith- es — ray 2 cool? So mu baile Bostonians stood ‘em up three|metical figures. The mother was teaching her small son his first lesson rene r |rows deep in the Shubert theatres, | ii subtraction, haying got him past addition with a fair degree of suocess. ‘You see, Willie.” she said, kinds from each other you can't subtract things of different apples from potatoes, for instance.” dg for: the . United jengagement in the big towns back “@ister Mary can,” Willie asserted, with masculine confidence ta | Raat | eures ‘ Carry an onion in your pocket! She talked ft over with the| Ob, no, she can’t!” and you won't have fits, Is » popa-|“Chicks”—the little girle—and this Yes, but she can, mamma,” Willie insisted. “She took one egg Ine superstition, Nor friends ether, |Next Season they are going to show|from my plate this morning at_breakfast, and I had the plate left”"— {dear old Broadway what real aing-| Judge. the Se. | People’s Interest— $92,455.37 ‘The last day in each six-months period is always the big in- terest day in our Savings Department. The interest credited Saturday to Savings Depositors in this bank for the half-year ending June 30 amounts to $92,455.37. On the same date a year ago it was $82,730.07, while on June 30 two years ago it was $73,705.24. The December distributions for the two years amounted to $172,891.15, making a total of $421,782.37 inter- est earned by the Savings Deposits and paid toour Savings De- positors during this comparatively short period, a In these columns we have frequently pointed out the advan- tage, not only of saving a portion of the income, but of bank- ing those savings. Figures like the above emphasize the wis- dom of such advice. Incidentally they prove that a constantly increasing number of people are following it. $42 are, amount of money. ger; fc The real savings ) one penny of this four hundred and twenty-one thousand dollars is money that has of course, or not been saved and deposited inter It is the est—only the interest It is what the have earned throt being deposited in the bank rather than being kept at home or locked up in a vault. So that in addition to the safety and convenience of a bank ac- count, there has been a direct money advantage of $421,782.37 to Savings Depositors through banking in this one bank during this short time. on those savings. savings If you are not saving money, or if you keep your mone idle, these simple figures should provide food for very serious thought. Not to share in these large distributions of interest is to miss the easiest, the surest, the safest method yet known of making your money carn more money. Accounts from $1.00 upwards for less than street car fare We welcome Savin Deposits may be sent by oud Extra Days for Savings Depositors. For many years it has been our custom to allow interest from the Ist on all Savings Deposits made during the first five days in January and July. With the bank closed on Sunday and on Tuesday, July 4, the first five business days brings us to Friday, July 7. For the benefit of those who get paid on Saturday, we have decided to include that day also, so that all Savings De- posits made up to and including Saturday and Saturday even- ing will share in the interest that begins Fuly 1. ‘This is an ex- cellent time to start a new Savings Account or to add to an old one, a RESOURCES $40,000,000 J. E. CHILBERG, _ T. B. MINAHAN, Vice-President. Vice-President. LASKA BUILDING, SEATTLE, U. S. J. F. LANE, Cashier,

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