The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 7, 1911, Page 4

4 - THE SEATTLE STA Exchange in 9400 and Independent 441. Press. Published daily by The Mar atte, Wi postoriiee as second-class Bae year. They'll Be Taken In “4 you like to belong to a country that has no national life, no i aie no Fourth of July, no excuse for itting work two or three times a year and “whooping ‘er up to beat the band? Forty-five years ago, a squad of Welsh families left Wal because the skeletons in thelr a woes H joked Patagonia, You know Patagonia? It’s that awfully Sree place of the world at the southern end of the South Amore can continent, where It is so cold In summer that you freeze and #0 ho! fm winter that you bake, and where“verything else ts twisted like, It's where the Creator dumped the fag-ends of material after butlding the i] — Well landing at Port Madryn, these Welshmen went far Inland to hat ts now called Chubut Valley. The valley looketl like an ash bin, Dut these ploneers located water. They ate jackrabbits raw, botled, en fricasse and a la ragout, while they dug canals over 40 miles long, with branches 200 pine me in some cases, and ned the waste into a fertile, money-making region. ge Having got something, these Patagon Welshmen are attracting the attention of “the powers,” meaning old nations that are looking for soft spots for thelr surplus population, Argentina has assumed govern ment over Chubut Colony, but Great Britain is evineing affection for those Welshmen, and so a “British Society” got up & celebration a King George’s coronation ‘way down there in that corner of Patagonta. There was some cheering for George, some for Argentina, some for just plain Chudut, and some for Be Pat Welsh, Just cheered tanto the wide, world on general princtples. bare caper ‘on no! Many of tho important nations have too They've eaten up thelr land Patagonia bas 392,550 Welsh, whe are out in the cold nationally, ——— Union of Divine-Right Rulers Another at royal jubilee is on the tapis and American society abroad is steaaay crawling on hands and knees for invitations. ‘Archduke Charley P. Joseph, who has about four chances in ten be becoming king of Austria-Hungary, is going to marty Princess Zita o! Rourbon-Parma, more or less a blood relation of his, Society is pre ing for a great splurge and the common folks are trembling in their 3, for it will be a union of pedigrees pretty straight from lunatics. ‘The bridegroom's father got so bad that the Vienna courts had the surprising nerve to endorse the popular opinion that he was crasy. The bride is the twelfth of Duke Robert of Parma’s twenty children. Righteen of Robert's children were bora Tunatics or showed up thus Jeter in life. Duke Henry calls himself “grand prince of storks.” His @ideat sister, Louise, calls herself “Empress Theodora.” Another sister, Maria Immaculata, imagines she is Marie Antoinette, and carrt about ‘with her a cabbage which she says is her head, cut off by the French. But Zita herself and ber brother, Helie, seem to be sound mentally and fare fine people, physically, giving the family a percentage of at least T cent non-lunatic, anyhow. sy or course t! Jontixts and common people oppose the marriage, the first on solid eugenic grounds, the latter because they fear to risk Dreeding a line of sovereigns of the people from such stock A Fine Way Out San- Francisco's committee to arrange the banquet for Cousin Bill ‘Taft is sadly divided. We say sadly, because, everywhere Bill goes, he: finds things divided and it is sure getting fo be a shd, sad condition. This banquet division ts over the card of jee and drinkables. One part of the committee wants the card headed “Bill of Pare. The} ‘opposition objects, on the ground that “Bill of Fare” is only used in rail oad stations and second class hotels, and some one might crack a silly foke about “Bill” and the Panama fair. They want “Menu” used, cause it is “customary in the best circles.” ‘ We think that this issue is important—to Bill. He's going to be en- tertained by “the best circles” pretty exclusively, we guess, althoagh we're a bit muddled on Friaco “best circles,” so many of Frisco's bie ones still having indictments hanging over them. If it is “best circles fn the genegal acceptance of the term, it surely would be proper to label the gastronomic layout “Menu,” or something with eclat on ft, like that. But, to do this might cost BIll votes among thove who are used to “Bill of Fare,” and Bill can’t afford to take such risks. We have out doudts, too, as to whether Maj. Archie de Clammoring de Butt's acsthetic temperament would long wave if placed before so plebelan a message as “Bil of Fare.” Why not compromise, gentlemen? Why not call it “Bpeisekarte” and hook the Dutch? . An Ancient Stratagem lhaly goes to war with Turkey over Tripoli. Nobody understands why, apparently. But perhaps It is a case of where one should “inquire in.” Italy is suffering from a great depression, commercially and agri culturally. She seethes with social discontent and political unrest. There fs a dall murmur of revolution {n the air, like that which overwhelmed Portuga! and threatens Spain For such conditions nothing is so good as a foreign war. It diverts attention from domestic problems, draws off the turbulent elements, puts money ‘in’ circulation, and fuses hostile forces in a common fire of patriotism. Some people are killed—so many the leas to feed! It is an old device of stutecraft, but. it still works. SHANGHAI is no longer heathen. Now has rubber-tired rickshaws, @rap gambiing and folding beds. o 0 °o ROCKEFELLER likes to talk about his “business start,” perhaps to divert attention from his business finish, which is much more serious for the public. ee ee : THREE recent “was-ers,” now “has-beens,” Theodore Roosevelt, Por- firio Diaz, Wilfrid Laurier. And yet the sur rises and sets, the breezes blow, and the stars wheel in their courses! o 0 °o LOS ANGELES proposes to buy out the electric light companies for 96,000,000 and add light, heat and power to its peerless water system. Public service for public benefit by public enterprise is a growing idea, all right. Let ‘er grow! o o o ATTORNEY GENERAL WICKERSHAM says: “If I continue in office to the end of President Taft's term, I will send some of the trust magnatés to prison.” Wonder if there will be any of the big contributors to the Taft campaign fund among them? ee GARVIN’S CORNER BY REV. JOSEPH L. GARVIN, B.D. M. A, stor of the First Christian Church, Seattle. HEALTHFUL SEATTLE ILL. SEATTLE 18 ACCLAIMED the;city and county officials in behalf healthiest city in the United States. |of the victims No city its size the world can | surpass it im life sustaining qnall- ties. Yet tuberculosis, a contagious and incurable disease, rages, a white pest, in our midst. THE 1910 REPORT ot the Health Department, in a chart, gives list of 20 “principal death.” Tuberculosis Mist with a long, RED line, Study the chart for yourself. Last year 11.86 per cent of all deaths here were from this plague. | BE ASHAMED, SEATTLE! You} boast of health and harbor this foul ill The average death rate per 1,000 in 1910 was 10.87 per cent And you rejoice, when 11.86 per cent of these deaths were due to this terrible but preventable cause, WE NEED AN anti-tuberculosis conscience, All honor to the Antl- Tuberculosis league and those who are fighting by its side. For the past three years these men and women, through unselfish efforts, have | TRIED TO MEET the responsi-| bilities which face the entire city. It fs unfortunate that their sympa thetic work has been misunder. stood by some. If your loved ones have been helped and your home Dlessed, you do not misunderstand. | THE CITY AND COUNTY have| recognized this need, Let us trust) the men in charge will not fail to See their duty now. Three years &g0 a’group of us visited both the’ OF TUBERCULOSIS. We placed the matter and facts before them as they were, Help was forthcom- ing. As a result nurses wore hired to look after the sick and later a headquarters was opened at Fourth and University. AS A SAMPLE of what these nurses have accomplished, last year they looked after 600 cases. This is estimated by a student of this disease to be one-eighth of the cases in the city. OF THIS NUMBER, 24 recovered their health and returned to work, Fifty-four died, The others are now without oversight from these faith- ful nurses. ‘This is a slow, serious, sorrow-making disease, It will take years to conquer it. 1 DO NOT CARE how this prob- lem {s solved. "But we want it taken In hand at once. The league may be given charge, or the city and county enn do ft. Dickering over technicalities when pedple are dy- ing looks and is unworthy of hu- man beings, SEATTLE 18 RIGHTFULLY proud of its record of health. Nevertheless, until tuberculosis is handled in as serious a manner as it is serious Itself, its fair name for health 1g solled and should be. DOMESTIC FELICITY. The “Home, Sweet Home” mottoes Cry out, “O, goodness-sakes!” When the boy puts In fat ‘8 buckwhi THE STAR—SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1911 « War-—and the tramp of the troops once more, The blare of bugles, the cannons’ roar; The waving banners, the swing and sway Of mon that march to the bitter fray, Where glory beckons and honor calla, And brave men batter the fortress walls, War—that summone the soul of Rome, While the women weep with their babes at home, War—and tho smiling flelds are black Where fire and battle have left their track. War—and the brave blood running red, And the sunken ships and the host of dead War-—with ite wake of wrong and wrath, With famine and misery tn ite path. War that has wakened, long asioop, While the children walt and the women woep. War—red war in the world again, War with ite trail of broken men, War that gorges ttself in truth On the land's best strength and finest youth. Apd all for the sake of « barren land And 4 cluster of huts on the dosert sand. The sultan batties the might of Rome, And women weep with their babes at home. TRE CARD CLUB. jit Rip Van Winkle Gould Awake Now. “Wouldn't Rip Van astonished if he “1 lew “Lknow; but what would surprise | him mest would be the way women are able to dress without causing riots or even starting scandals.“ Chicago Record-Herald. How Fido Lost Out. “My girl used ber pug dog, but I've managed to ot the edge on him since we mar low did you work itt” “Fido wouldn’t eat ber cooking and I 4id."—Loulsville Courter Journal. — UNROMANTIC. “Are you going to the card club this afternoon?” “No; its my turn to stay away and be talked about.” Hie Policy. “8 ing of that bear you “What about itt” “I potice you modify its size to your Various listeners.” “Well, I never tell a man more than I think he'll believe.” A Celtic Revival. Mistress—Bridget, I told you not to put these silver knives in with the steel ones again. 1 didn't; be-| kil Bridget—-Sure, the atlrer ones wore Miss Romance—Don't you Mite “Have you anything to declare?” wi asked the customs inspector. “Only that I stil love George,” re plied the bride with a biuah.—De-lme of the heads Headache and Sour Stomach Caused by Slugsish Bowel ‘No odds how bad your liver, stomach or bowels; how much your head aches, how miserable and uncomfortable you are from constipa- tion, indigestion, biliousness and sluggish intestines—you always get the desired results with Cascareta. Don’t let your stomach, liver and bowels make you miserable an- other moment; put an end to the headache, biliousness, dizziness, ner Yousness, sick, sour, gassy stomach, backache and all other distress; cleanse your inside organs of all the poison and offote matter which is producing the misery. Take a Cascaret now; don’t wait until bedtime. In all the world there is no remedy like this’ A 10-cent box means health, need a good, gentle cleanaing, too. Wanted at once to carry good paying paper routes in Inter- bay, Capitol Hill, Renton Hill and Rainier Valley districts. Apply in person at Circulation Dept., The Star, 1307 Seventh Avenue. 17 SAD, IF THEY TAXICAB, wie 4 coupe?” Some people are always com- plaining. ‘We once knew & man who was constantly sad because there was « knot-hole in his wood- on leg. Better ts thin beefsteak in a corner of quietness than house @f plenty wherein twins abide. me people in this world are jous because they cannot take & patent on virtue. Bargain Week Large bundle of wall paper, 60 rolls for bc. —— MUHL—219 Pike St. CHINESE. DOcTOd TREATMENTS FREE Wonderful Chinese Remedies From the Far East Given Away Free to the Bick. To one man or woman in each lo: | Washington’s “Boy Farmer” M akes $50,000 : in Three Years; It Beats Teaching § Washington's “boy farmer,” E. L, Brewer Sateop, has proved that the “back-to-thefarm” ory is no idle jest. After teaching in the state's public schools for ten ye total reward of $9,060, to hi on his credit, and without @ cent of capital, but $60 borrowed money, he began life anew, And he has made hu Lal good. He is now the owner of 182 acres of fertile land, 60 head of thorough bred Jersey cattle, 100 Lhoroughbred hogs and 500 chickens, a few horses and farm implements, And all with in a penta of three years. The to- tal value of his ontire holdings in real and personal property is put at $50,000. This is $40,000 more than ho made tn the 10 y previous, Which all proves that you haven't got to be a grafter in order to prow per in this free country of ours, Brewer saw that bis struggle for existence as a teacher, which net- ted him various sums, from $60 a month to $125—monstly the former— was not the way he should live, And he went back to nature, And nature received him and rewarded him, $50,000 in Three Years. The sum of $50,000 in three years is better wages than the average ex-| ecutive gets, It's more than th average workman gets to all his lif time. Yet Brewer studied and worked and read until to know about bis farm and his flocks. positions in t Youngest Member of Humane Society The above photograph of the pretty little lassie with the big bunch of carnations ts that of I:ttle Cathorine Bower, Youngest mem. ber of the King County Hi e PRESCRIPTION SERVICE That Assures Reliability drop of blood flowing is true bine. $400 for » pm [nary vent Yom ‘ae | would bring $5, demand from the born, He sold | valley fatr by ‘oman |and received the Brewer's parti cow named “Oly ed nays will & ord inside of five | will have reached @ jity, She ts now % brings him a profit | from her cream, calf sells at the With 20 head 9 breaking Jersey eo to see where the | Aristocratie Brewer's hogs are | tocratic. One mongter showed to wondi | Puyatiop fale, | pounds. And he just big. His four Inches from big jhe gets euch king jhe would eat : }hand. It wouldn't be | any one else | though. bad o. to All of Brewer's result of kind Neves in humane says be ts ropald » tha in dollars alone, to personal ts ‘ | treats his flocks ike y terne presides over G. L. BREWER Brewer ts stil) an interesting man to talk to. He looks to be about 25 rs old, but he really is more than He is as proud of his prize Jer. shoal a | his Hbraries, They we by him, and he knows that ¢ he Big Prize Contest Are Pouragh \Star Circle Mes Aw Gilad United First prize, $5; second prize, $3; third prize, $2; and ten oth or special prizes of $1 The compositions must be written in ipk and on one side of the paper only. Name, age, school and street address m be written plainly at the top of the first sheet of the manuscript. Penmanship, spelling, original- ity of the composition and the neatness of your manuscript will be considered in judging the compositions. The contest cioses on Satur- day, October 28. — The above drat With 50 letters already received |ted by 10-yearold by Uncle Jack, there is little doubt The drawing is of a but that the keefhest of competi-|the little girl's . tion wil! surround the awarding of | Vivian ts very fond the prizes in the Siar Circle's big-| flock, and while s & gest cash prize contest, y I home in the ! Am Giad That I Live in the United father build the bird how | States.” The 50 compositions al- cherry season the ¥ rendy received include some splen- little platform did ones, and Uncle Jack sees «| cherries which grow om) hard time ahead of him when th | by. Vivian attends Judging of the componsitions takes | Anne school and ts place the last of the month. of thy — — == . | Bociety. Catherine is one of the| where she is now | club’s most enthusiastic members| she can n@ has already done an act of kind-| Perhaps | ness towards the helpless dumb ant-| members | mals. Catherine saw a homeless | terrier a |Mttle fox terrier on th jother day and immedi: to her hi at 3432 and Economies for Seattle Drug Buye 2 Owl 1 J BH s0c sit of Magnesia Be Pnitips) 33c 35e Whisk tien 25c 10¢ (soft 25¢ Arnica Tooth Soap ceed Cream 26e Tis (for tender feet) ...... 50c Stillman’s Freckle Cream READ THESE GREAT SPECIALS FOR SATURDAY — 25c Kobler's Headach Powders an aie $i sd 1 6c 10¢ Bird 7c SOc Cuticura .. 66 10¢ 25 le Le Pages 25c Bromo Seltzer Jergen's Benzoin and Almond Soap .. 4 packages Toilet Paper (4,000 sheets) ted | Bas 1] that are ~pure many ca Saturday buyers here tomo } 30¢ Candy Cocoa Beans, Ib. ¢ Marshmallows, Ib. ... = “Qui” Specials in Pure Food Candies To know that you are buying Candies Peppermint Water Wafers, 1b.20¢ The Mark of Drve | Announcement i Extraordi the people of Seattle 86 clustve | service of current means that {hree times each Week esting plot It's another feature of the “Ow? - 20¢ eality will be given, free, a proof | Tag} treatment of Dr. wonderful Chinese Roots, and Herbs. This proof treatment, which 1s offered without one cent | of cost, has been used in China for) over four thousand years and has | cured more men and women than any known treatment now in exist-| ence. To prove what this wonder. ful treatment will do, Dr. Chin is offering a free treatment so that the skeptical may see and the) doubters be convinced. A cured patient is best advertisement. No matter how many other treat- ments you have tried; no matter how many other doctors have fail- ed, Dr, Chin stands ready to prove to you at his own expense that his remedies will do the work. Sit down NOW anf write Dr, Lee K. Chin, 770 Hall Safe Building, San Francisco, telling him in your own words just how you feel and from what you suffer most. He will then send you a treatment prepar- ed to meet the requirements of your case and which will convince you that you are not in the incurable state, but can and will be cured, This treatment will be sent to you ua plain wrapper with the postage Don't put this matter off until to- jorrow just because there isn’t per or pencil handy. Look one up now and write immediately, This is YOUR opportunity to get eu Don't waste it. Lee K. ® doctor's BS gener, wg ww $e Tom Thumb r, IDE Two Specials Hair Brushes : . ® a yourself With the superior quality of ‘Owl bristle goods. rush Spoctal—At offer tomorrow & hand-drawn, with ebony Adams’ Brushes, Scott's Electric Ideal Brushes. FREE 22° 22" of “Roxat 260 nize, with tholyptine Mouth Wash. T! day only. the price of the latter. 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