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55 YEARS IN COTTON MILL--IS THE OLDEST WOMAN WEAVER BY GEORGE ALLEN ENGLAND, Seventy-aix years of life, 65 of them consecutively passed standing before & cotton loom—sueh is the short and simple annal of Melisea Hodadon My firet sight of the aged weaver was in one of the long, chattertag, dusty loom rooms of the York mills at Saco, Maine, Her prim yet kindly New England face oon- Drear j | these direc ™ trasted strangely with the thousaad ine 2) other faces—French, Polish, Slovak ; and Lithuanian, Save for one other ars «woman, she is the only Bnglish< sinkte speaking worker left in her depart ars. ment of the milla, Her neat brown akirt and dotted ak Diack waist seemed rather the garb her rocker, “and, so far as | know, the oldest In the world, I'll be 76 my next hday, and I've been ta the same mill for more than 66 to go Cat! without (3) la lt to take another girl's bean off for = Board py A por & walk during a dance? NELAAE. MOST SEVERE COLD ants dia as ae ed tt; want A—(1 and 2 >, for no matter Hot and Cold Over $20.0 ‘orth of High - a ka, A RATES quit ive rh : cas arain of quinine | "ertele. Tatts . kirl in always freer to have a good here is not one grain of quinine | ehastil Single Moms, per week missnd toe souan Mt wea veel atee tae Whar ate isa echaperan. [10 1 Compound, whieh tad Keven and Bal, por werk with juat space enough for a bed, @ (3) Yeu, i ho aske her to, and) When & ry two hours, me Inspect this hotel — Everything complete—A& $ table and two chairs, a gas stove }the walk is tnken tn the dancing |three consecutive de geod beautiful lobby and correspondence room and @ polished clothes prees that! ball, or in lighted @rounds where (WHI surely ond th ot d , certainly must have been Aunt Me} - — — the other mw wre oe on we «i 1 — eg wn ae posed oe! CORNER SEVENTH AND KING STREETS lissa’s pride and joy. On a shelf] “Children’” rho sald. in angwer) work,” she wont on, “Never take| “All Pin afraid of ts that they'll engadel to Lge oa — “all |stomach or mbes, { $19,000 Dining Ko Phones; Ind. 9071; Main 4994. dy the gas stove & well usad[to my question. “Of course! And any vacation, except if I'm sick aiturn me off here, If they'll only pte ee tin die attie nptly relleves the most | elay pipe. Surely, at 76 and sti gran@chtidren. too. Why, I've got day or two. I'm mixers fet me have my looms, I'm happy. pe “. fe ses eB » hondache, daliness, head | ———_______— Ai in the factory grind, tobacco must] @ grandson simost 21! from my work. The furthest mht to be good Tor 16 years | 3 stuffed up, feveriahness be a blessing. “I don't want anything but just ever been tx Boston. Don't Hike It! | yet” Searittion Grob: iain tie « snecalng, sure throat, running of the — wp weet ot ait wn G 5 ne “ . | for people's candidate for mayor of ES! EN CA a reeipe for sume kind of green to css aod rheumatic twinges = M WINGITIS CURE Harem Skirts Philadelphia. Here tx his platform CHINESE WOM N inate plekles 7a thkive Pass a law comp BE AGITATORS, TOO ne Women to NEW YORK, Oct. 28.—A cure for wear barem skirts up by sus Kea Cht at A--The ‘ fifty thousand epidemic spinal meningitis hae and Suspenders pe ts His it To 4 quarts of chopped green to- | dollars, and nine, been found, according to Dr. Simon all women to cut off their | deems, and t them tn San ® ‘i % cup walt er, lel) which we have conclusively demon Flexner, director of the Rockefeller: }long hate; forbid them te Frat Mrs. J. Jung, a graduste stand 24 hours, and drain. ‘To ted lanot effective fo the treat-| Tnstitute of Medical Research, Forbid a woman w of the Canton norwal sehool, and quarts of vinexar add 2 nt of colds or grippe. made the announcement before the corsets Mixx B. Loo, graduate of the Unt.) fule pepper, 3 teaspoontuls Puke this harmless Compound as} Lucky the women folky don't vote lo Phitladetptita! 1 versity of Calife and urge their br Hit, make apocoher 3 t bers to all worte ep aunual conference of sanitary off cers of the state here today. ee * The cure is effected by injest = of reforms for thelr pntive land. Gloves, % fng the serum into the flees vm HOUSWIVES.-TO-.BE They receutly spoke in faver of! 4@reen pe spinal membrane, instead of into) | making @ republic of China, and) ped onion HAVE MODEL HOUSE the blood. were cheered by the Chinamen who potat . | : anate’ tdi fee ahah ‘Beare stiae tae, and Ns “ye co CALL AND RECEIVE A COUPON a saeitiicuait i | The University of Wisconsin t® jintened to thea. malnn Btor hs A stone Jar, and | afiereffecta as nt package of We Use Nothing but the Best Material, PAINLESS EXTRAC- : equipping a model house so that keep in a cool place. Pape's Cold if d, which an Cousins Get Fortune . : | % TION FREE. ALL WORK GUARANTEED FOR 12 YEARS. bi he a Advises Women to Play | - druggist In the world can supply $30 Seah $5 STON, Mass. Oct. 28.—The| me eoonent r { Grey: win " | Fit 5O¢ ap reel mace , \ ything that 4 Mrs. York Miller, an English} Dear Miss Grey: Will you please ingp -m oftde* : $8 Gold Crowns fortune ot neha Satin, so Rema camp ating gpa manny can mot! tell me the difference In thaye Crom} + ate - $3 [315 Bets Teeth .1 4 pear A tam dulae a weenwich, Parts, adrid, Now «i Columbian World's fair, has finally: . on re = cottage ont ts fndul h * 4 = poe Nh a BE omen oa Aa ai AUER YO? ancOND AVENUE ; eet. mare eee ae how the Americas home shouk be they | Beking and St. Petersirurs to Se € holds TS ont. which furnished and managed would be mueh better ff (hey would atte? A JEW on. } (4) on Per crovhaken te par it agp law one th a while let society go hang) A-—When It Is noon mt Seattle missii perso NT: NCE ALLS 0 have » good, rotlickigg time. )tt is 8 p.m Gremnwich, £:09 p. “ : ged fortelt their right to property WA Ss DAD H Duliness, she says, ls snore killing m. at Per 45 p. m. at Madrid, | In t ition of The Star each day now a free ‘ » Band Se a ee ee se ae Wyintred Glirain of Moston than any other experience 4:20 pM. st Arasterdam, 5:19 a. “Help Ws department is being prin It is pri- ie bend ne tenes 1 O6tAb- | en ae Me! o i i Sd The $27,000 goes to five lish municipal dance halle in that \No for Consulta Betecsbacs: "when nage st’ Meer For balance of October wo will marily for the benefit of men and women who are looking 7 two in Chicago and three in Loulst- city. She wants tne city to anper Charge York it la 3 p.m. at Seattle, Sant| 4¥e, clean, refill or make your for work. But it helps the employer, who can insert an ona, wine the fats an well ae to grant | 1 Francisco and Seattle time ts the|] old material into nice, heavy ad, free of cost, and the department is of real interest to all 4 one naw en HUTESOM Vom OPTICAL CON Willows at the above discount readers. These iree help wanted ads run exclusively in the : aT AQLY wastrxe : wie : > ; he ne sane ee sey first edition ef The Star, ON THE STREETS AT cove ERP Ee, ES omy — i330 72411 Cae ‘se baae Mine Gros: Wt vou Kindly || MODEL MILLINERY | ff O'CLOCK. Puy a Noon Edition and watch the ads. edereenrchins aalh.si09 reas. anil at Spe limir grow on the face; what sp 527 People’s Bank. . 5 . a it sas stack noma poneunrnebial ee Here’s Our Offer Subscribe for The Star for a Period of Stx (6) Months at the Regular Rate of 25 Cents per Month, Delivered to Your Home Daily by Carrier. Pay the Carrier 25 Cents per Month at the End of Each Month. Easier to operate than any other machine. Think how the wear and tear of will be saved, The GOLDEN ROD Vacuum Cleaner is being used in hundreds of Seattle’s best homes today. Heretofore it has been sold at retail for $8.50. By special arrangement direct with the manufacturer The Star is able to offer it to its old subscribers and new subscribers at the actual factory cost, which is one-half t! price. Call at The Star’s Vacuum Cleaner Department, 2119 Second avenue, just above the Washington Hotel, and our representative will gladly demonstrate the machine and ac- quaint you with the details of our offer. Or phone Main 4808 or Ind. 5342 and one of our experts on housecleaning will call and demonstrate the machine in your own home. ° Country subscribers should also take advantage of this offer by writing The Star for further informati THIS PICTURES THE MACHINE corporation, It tells the truth aiding the masses; toward giving the people a real, honest, square The Star is independent thlish the feasle earle shiele dy less of whom they hit. pales Grey: Please veil me how W temiver # ANRIOL 6 Get the Well-Known , a y with & haro's foot a mixture of three ounces of wmuth,| Round Package HORLICK 8 ; sci aS SSMALTED MILK oor welt with warm cornmeal, Repeat watt) fur is clean. | 7M = equi and sanitary Maited selves—even if it Kills you. A G able country “granny” | rd driven mill worker. Dear Mine ¢ nove from mabogany furniture | , {{HORLICK’S MALTED MILK Her hands are gnarled and calloused | scratches which are h to segaire ‘sedroasng , } ; Made fro i with more than a half-century of | mits. 0. K lend et m pure, full-cream milk unbroken labor. } A.—~It f# said that pecan meats rubbed well into t | Lin ney jan the extract of select malted grain, Bi As the huge factory bell was | ca them to disappear as if by me Ki |] Séecasn ween reduced to powder form, soluble in 4 tolling, at 12, she’ came along the kerosene and linseed olf will alno cover the s¢ &, iver ti ‘ water. Best food-drink for all ages. 4 od the furniture | en, 00 0 . paved walk leading out ofthe mtlla, ae é “os vatito MU A SASK FOR HORLICK’S ; Then, her brief dinner eaten in o { if Sheer dingy boarding house, she led me Dewr Mise Grey: (1) 1 ar 18,j tax ts, and whether Wis gout for Used all over the Globe up still more dingy stairs in @ land very preity A gentleman! the complexion ALICE, | brick “company” block and usher. } friend of mine, whom I have known Alt lx aaid re pa : 4 J the | veuks, has naked me to| cause a growth of halr hin < a. ee ch with F witate It you nce tt only oo F " ally m not tn volt bor “I am the oldest weaver in this Ms ease aabvine mally. 1 aca not Is om °. his would be proper ne Yor o the " country,” said she, settling @nto rigs ripe, AR RIISEOS, caiydo Sac Add tomatoes and boll 15 wit Something About The Star The Star stands for the nine men out of ten It appeals to the ma It dares to print the news, The Star tells the news of the city, state and world every night in condens#d form, so*you get it quickly, But back of all this is the big {dea and aim—to be a powerful force toward and stands for the rights of the people. It has nothing to hide, no one to lik plant in the world iiWe .do not make “milk products Skim Milk, Condensed Milk, ete. But the Original-Genuine roughly through it, roll ft up and put away for sev] Then shake well | y doctor will tell you { JyAL a woman angry or a man drunk and you'll see their real | ing with chaperen? proper for a young girl a young man SURELY BREAKS THE Hotel Milwaukee A STAN READER ot Ee following recipe is good: | j s teaspoontuls | there * cinnamen, tea allapiee, 3 cup white mustard scod ppere, ullcud, and 2 chop: directed with the knowledge no other medicine} toade any where elxe in the | world whieh will eure your cold orl and bring to belling ood Grippe misery as promptly and wut any other anstiatanes or be bon ENTISTS—ONLY CUT RATE DENTISTS IN SEATTLE ARE GIVING AWAY FREE—$20,000 in Dental Work CUT RATE Why You Should Have a Machine the GOLDEN machine over The Seattle Star has Mace pe magnificent GOLDEN ROD Vacuum © secured ROD Cleaner, the same thousand two } ple in Seattle ve paid $8.50 for, and is now selling this eaner at a cost to cover the manufacture, expressing and carting of the ma- thine, withbut a doubt the most perfect hand power Vacuum Cleaner made and does compete satisfactor- ily as regards vacuum (suction), durability, and the easi- ness with which it works, with the high priced electric ma- chine, at the same time being more practical in its only weighing four and three-quarter pounds and can be used without a moment’s preparation, If you already have an-electric machine,.this machine, the GOLDEN ROD, « an still be used with great satisfaction on your carpets, inasmuch as you can take it out, clean your hallway and other carpets, and put it back in the same length of time it takes to carry your electric machine out of its hiding place and get the parts together ready for work. We prided ourselves on this find, knowing that there were thousands of people in the state who want a Vacuum Cleaner and will be only too glad to take advantage of our offer, How many people have you heard say, “I'll have a cleaner some day.” They know, and we all know, that to have one means to insure perfect cleanliness of our furnish- IN AGTUAL USE, ings, just as the bath tub is used to maintain personal cleanliness. To keop your home spotlessly clean you should use a GOLDEN ROD every week. Then the old fashioned semi- annual housec It is not controlled by any party ofr ning won't be necessary; also were it not dedi. for the action of the broom and sweeper and the friction of the sharp grit the life of carpets and rugs would be increased threefold