The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 2, 1911, Page 4

THE SEATTLE STAR change Main 9400 and Independent Are there any “waste places” on earth? Or was it nature's xeheme to create nothing that did not minister in one way or another to the needa of man Tver since the first pathfinders crossed the plains to the Rockies yond, the sand hills of Nebraska and the Dakotas have beon pr Sa ‘and derided as utterly worthless, Apparently, they — nelther soi} nor water, Overland caravana dreaded them; railroads kept out of them; to this day, they are almost devoid even of wagon ep yet those desolate sand hills have now been tackled by the settler and are producing from 80 to 50 bushels of corm per acre were hidden springs and there was vitality in the soll, though no od it tact is, the Creator did a pretty good job in making the earth. but man has been incredulous and slow in grasping his opportunity ‘We are learning, however. We take down our map, put a tine through . “Barren Sand Hills,” and write in place, “Productive So the scheme of the universe unfolds before our wn believing eyes, u sh WILL German workmen fight French workmen (o make more p' for European capitalists in Morocco? Hardly; 200,000 workmen from in, making a proceasion eight miles long, recently marched broiling sun to show the government that they would not fight the battle of the dollar. ‘ jodern enterprise has fastened its eyes on Palestine, The men ihe bare sahjumsted the desert In Egypt and America are now oray jag the opportunity to grapple with Jordan river, They hunger for the chance to imprison its floods in mountain reservoirs, to release them in a thousand threads of silver over the arid soll, to colonize the Jand ard make it bloasom with homes and crops. If they get the chanee, the knights of irrigation will leave a deeper mark on the Holy Land than the mailed and belted knights of the Middle Ages. “ALPINE Guide Saved by a Button,” says a headline. Plonty of fellows on this side of the pond have been saved by one button staying en the one on the other suspender came off. o Sam's credit is the best in the world. Even when money Is « 1 ‘2 his 3s at bit scarce, his 2 per cent bonds stand at 100% in the market; 01%. ti he lets the public stagger under big interest, plus dividends on watered stocks and bonds, on all the necessaries of life, It isn't because be has to. He's just old-fashioned and still thinks It the proper thing It's only a state of mind. ANCIENT and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston, largely com- posed of portly persons, will affect a German cap soon, Het the kalser mustachios will go with it. ‘<. © POSTAL savings bank at Stanford university hasn't a solitary de- pasitor. College boys haven't money, or else they're educated beyond putting it out at 2 per cent. te NOT since the days of rare old Ben Franklin bas an American ox- cited more interest in Europe than Thomas A, Edison on his recent tour. They call him a “big ‘un.” 2.4.8 0 FAMOUS olf Manhattan Beach hotel, the New York landmark which Sousa honored in a march, is to be torn down to make room for cottages, which will bring in more revenue. o oO ° AMERICAN husbands, we are informed, vote for strawberry short- eake first and chicken pie second. Returns are unofficial, but no com test is expected. Well, we should say not. o o © DEMOCRATS and republicans of San Franciseo united against ‘epton labor and won with a man who is president of a ship owners’ a» sociation, the Merchants’ Exchange and two banks. oe o ° LELAND 0. HOWARD, head of the “bug” department at Washing- ton, is hailed as the best-informed man in the capital. Maybe be can tell by how many votes Taft is going to lose. i a 47 WILL be interesting for those in jail to learn that that fraud, De J. Grant Lyman, escaped by drugging bis guard with a Frankforter Professional scamps will now go armed with sausage. “MY COOK HAS LEFT 6 My cook has just left me and I must have another at HIS is Mrs. Everyone, Any Street, once. You know what I want. Have you anybody you can send right away? I had planned to have guests at dinner this evening.” When the cook leaves, the mistress goes to the Bell Telephone and calls up an employment agency. It's her best chance of getting competent help on short notice. ; () The Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co Every Bell Telephone Is a Long Distance Station Hotel Milwaukee A New Hotel, Centrally Loonted Over $20,000 Worth of High Class Furniture in Rooms Beam Heat Mot and Cold Water per week Single Rooms, 50, Month $10.00 Boom and Bath, per week * $5.00, Month $20.00 Inspect this hotel — Everything complete—A beautiful lobby and correspondence room CORNER SEVENTH AND KING STREETS 810,000 Diving Room in Connection. Phones; Ind. 3071; Main 4504, WHY NOT S “She's the limit at Mirting with soda water clerks.” “Perhaps it ix, but I'm not going) “How long ean sho keep up the to take any chances of being arrest. (lirtatton?” id for forgery “Oh, about five sodas” Berton Brviey ‘The cynics said it UN you're minus your money, These friends you have made will atl vanish away, They are nothing but files who are after the honey, And when it ts gone there will none of them stay”; But when the loss came and the riches were ended Instead of my being deserted and lone, My friends al! atood by me with loyalty splendid And I found I had friends whom [ never had known, The fellows fd played with and eaten and drank with, Said, “Sorry, old man-can | lend you a few?” Or, “Billy, old chap, | have no one to bunk with, You can stay at my place till you've something In view.” ‘They offered me jobs and they took me to dinner, ‘They'd buy me cigars and they'd chase me a check, They liked me as well when a loser as winner And I am the richer for all of the wreek When you come down to tacke—it's a matter of choosing, ‘The friends that you get are the kind you desire; If you want the right kind you will never be losing Their friendship by ruin, tornado or fire; Your wad and your status don't very much matter For—poverty-strickes or loaded with pelf If your “friends” at the whisper of ruin will scattor Tho fault is your choice—and you made it yourself! A SUGGESTION. { Charlemagne would not take an upper berth when traveling Julius Caesar in all hin public lite did mot wear a silk hat or frock | Coat Marcus Aurelius could not pen a lead pencil Alexander the Great could not be induced to allow any one to mi: & mnap shot of him. Nero would not have an automo: bile. Christopher Columbus never | trusted himself in a steamboat. | George III did not drink tee cream of ear Queen Eilzabeth would not g@to a moving picture show.—-Chicag Port Of Navarre could \ not Be No. 49, Vicker Kmameled, Wood y Mandie, Steel Frame Coping Saw, with “We've just completed « beautl-| ful $20,000 home for stray dogs and cats, and have $1,200 left from the! batiding funud.” | “Why not use it to construct a; nice little gas chamber where home- jess and friendiess old men cen be treated to a painless death.” | Prev ente from cramping easily Yoo and do it much sasier t is firm and ener om the band This saw outs bran, ‘Ther — Obi No inferior geade in tis Vie o kno inet a one wilt keep bi be each Coping Raw Bi 10e denen Coping Baw Bl Should be carefully examined and f tor with Byegiasees or Spectactes by a t who makes that his epectaity. you suffer from eye-strain, headaches, HUNTING SEASON MILE AWHILE? |’ ODDITIES OF THE GREAT | THE STAR—MONDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1911 THE JUNGLE CIRCUS, About’ 700 ‘rah-'rah boys and girla at the University of Washing: tou are Grecks, And the Grecian girls on the campus have formed a Pan-Hellentc organization bowides, fiat don't worry; there won't be to help liek the Turks, The girls | ke their fudge parties too weil, and the Greek bretbren- don't fight shy of these sam parth are pot mombers of the Greek clave } Hed “barbarians” of “jlebe- And, im the ordinary walke of life, the “hol poliol,” the “pleber the urbe,” constitute the matority, by far, of the varcity’s population. The latter, however, know little of the momentous bhap- penings of today. But among the Greeks things are Tho Toucan—Why in the world | htoming right merrily, for today t did you have those stars patnted on} " your hide? The Monkey-—Well, Billy Zebra aod | are going to do « turn called the “Stars and Stripes.” Good acts are immortal Kind words never die; Be good to your tane-worm And feed him on pile. and 10 national soror- ites. They are known as Greek- letter soctetios, Most of there own their own homes, gffording eating aod rooming privileges to their be: “frat’ and Treventative men and wome mombers, and there is intense com petition at the beginning of the year wre “Yes, madame? “That last postage stamp you and the letter went to the dead let | would not want to be @ snake,| you are going to do about it!” it would be sad, | fear, “Wh Te oa chance to scratch My-| stamps 1 well, I'll make It good. te! When itchy on the ear. Fun ts the interest on Faith, Tt in better te have a woodenleg than a blockhead. The turnovers that mother used to make were some better than the} turnovers father aved to pull off. |B When your heart is full of sun-|y shine you're tn partuership with | @ God. One of the advantages of wealth fe that it makes ft possible for a man to part his hair any way he | pleases without being criticised. In ancient times skin was used as money. Even tn our day money ia frequently connected with a skin- game. Don't ery over spilled milk—tick it up before It dries. Hospitality {a overdone when you open the doot and take trouble in. Job's boils were easier to bear |than the soothing remarks of his | friend. Every man preaches what he Practices, It is the only thing hi itealty does preach. We Use Nothing But the LIVELY GREEK UNIVERSITY! SOMETHIN | any exodus to the Mediterranean | THE PATIENT DRUGGIST Royal has no substitute for making delicious home-baked foods S AT OUR OWN G ABOUT: r jto “rush” the freshmen entering col-|there is po such | lege | ment, the chief aim liy the Pan-Hellente agreement | rorhce no chance to a the sororities, the girly Dave | cho! The freshman’ le sted much of the “rushing” | upc % 800m an he lexettement. The compact formed | allows each sorority to extend tts ‘ hospitality to # prospective candi understand that there date, or “rusbee,” as she is known.| “frat” to join; that all She is «ven entertainments, din- aro fugitives from the ners, tors, luncheons, fudge par) Talk about the ties and receptions by the various Tammany wards on societies during the first two reeks of the fall term. Then com " during the pledge day, when she makes up ber om make them mind whieh sorority to join. Bint among the “frats, | Hague peace tribunal where | son. TEETH THAT sold me dropped off the envelope ter office, and I want to know what The artificial teeth ls a beginning to end. The tt be taken with due raped or trimmed menis This modal sometimes scraped form to the " peculiar to Iteelf, a mouths in the world exe rion. the contour, the distribution of foree OHIO DENTISTS HAVE MOVED Second and University — Entrance 207 University, Stone Opposite Fisher side teeth are firm and really extension abused by dentists who its construction and Our article next week and bridge work. Best Material PAINLESS EXTRACTION FREE ALL WORK GUARANTEED FOR 50¢ GENUINE MALL'S SAFE n° $15 Sets Teeth . Prefontnine Bids. Beattie. 12 YEARS $10 Teeth ..... $8 Gold Crowns . $8 an uncommon way, which k it uncome mon Pie is We UCKS Opens October Ist Before purchasing your out- fit let us show you our line of, Gons, Ammunition and Water- proof Clothing. Take a look at the latest thing in Hunt ing Coats, made with a de tachable blood proof pocket. 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