The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 30, 1911, Page 4

it ig good to see the thoughts of people everywhere turning to L____The Land _ ii, It is inspiring to realize that there ts one thing big enough to ES us all; one job that will really “gd round.” The good, old, kindly mother earth! It is the raw material of hu man happiness. It is the source of all the comforts, the only means of gatistying the physical needs of man, And there's plenty of it, Let ws ful for that! wf cure in the West there are vast states that, comparatively npeak- dug, have almost nobody in them. Bolton Hall has calculated that the lation of the entire globe might live in Texas, if necessary. The bilities of really intensive cultivation are beyond human compre But it is not only tn new countries that the land is capable of ab sorbing millions and millions of families, In the oldest countries pro- duction might be multiplied a hundred to a thousand fold, And this Wi be done. The scientist Is prodding the farmer with the sharp stick of newly discovered knowled, The steady march of civilization over the waste places will go on, ‘not only in North America, but in every tsland and continent. And how about land wantonly held out of use altogether In order that its value may be enhanced by the growing necessities of mankind? |q iy oe that will fall like a ripe apple—when it is ripe! And it is ripem it in the sunshine of Ss ae Did you know that Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote an elaborate his tory of the United States? Se pubile Hibear ‘ead ee oe ee believe he was the most honest] Colored Comedian (All smiles)— “Yea, sah, I'se the father of a nice Th alities that made Hawthorne the most delightful of romanc- tsts made him the poorest of historians, [t is not that his historical) American ‘Ob, I don't know) little boy, since Sunday, and he about that. They lock up all the/only weighs three pounds. writing lacks charm——he could not touch pen to paper without leaving the stamp of his genius upon it—but that he was ever the mai facts. Moreover, he had the d could not possibly take a judicial view of and Goatharn character, nor, for that matter, could anybody at the period when he wrote. The fute of Hawthorne's history is an Interesting reminder of the Diogenes. gaged in such @ search thinks all Young Man alae) —"T'a only going to kins you, don't be afraid. “Why do you carry a lantern in Your quest of that rare specim honest man? “Merely to be orlginal “Ordiharily & man en ‘howe [banks on his birthday.” THE FOLIES BEGERE, (To ” reptied “And who was this| sure, George Wasbington ?” Amoriean--"He was the father of} cent tricks. He did, but it is rarely read and hard to/¥r country.” Englishinan—"But do you really shy young “You refused me 10 years’ ago.” “I remember, wreck your life.” “it did living ever sine t Pleane, give me know now. FRANK FOGERTY. White Comedian-—"Why, pounds.” Colored Young Miss (Shyly)—But my) ty light eullud baby.” ried again.” truth that men who can do one thing supremely well had better stick BB. or, Booman eaeare of ten” Binvar De’ VORA TRIO. a sama, to it, and that when they don’t, they seldom add anything to their +4 Feputation. Young Man (Very quickly)— “ Yes, poor thing, The judge oe “Ob, that's all right. I'm not going} Kind Old Lady- that Your! didn't grant ber alimony enough to # your mother.” dog, sonny?” |live in the style to which she has |} THE FOLISS BERGERE Little Boy—“Yes, ma'am, and) peony accustomed.”—Detroit Free) he's some dog.” Proas. Mistress (To new servant)—| Kind Lady-—“What do you call "Mary run down to the corner) him? AAR HReReeee dons. 6 <e ta, ntee, Srelaed, besrees, Mae a so | and fet & filteen-cent bottle of ew] Little, Roy—"Why, 1 call him] %* * Ps rn ng fine hens, getting of tresh © an ore.” “Ginger.” Rebellion. * in the best markets at minimum expense with maximum profit [Mary (Who had stopped on her| Kind Old Lady—"Doos Ginger S 6 coe amine The idea has taken belated hold in this country. Ls gece \s| way to gossip with the policeman | bite? a © ruefully the Manchu style of # just now at the front with plans to organize the poultry growers, | on the beat, forgets what she Lite Boy — “Nope, Ginger)» hairdressing. Then his face # Standardize their products and combine in getting direct to the COM /jagked to get.)—"A) w anaps : ; brightened. “By great Coo- # sumer. ea: |Wae_it the mistrens wanted Ob,| HARVY DE VORA TRIO. [4 pictus!” be exclaimed. "My ® ‘The co-operative hen is a real statesman when ‘she gets start — — ALWAYS A WOMAN. | ® queue for war.” —— # =©Hastily seizing a weapon, he & # rushed to the front, * Observations * * Rete “Be ashamed to die before you Pretty good motto. MORACE MANN, educator, said have won some victory for humanity.” o © ° SEVERAL great women writers were expert needlewomen. Tell that to your daughter when she objects to “work” and prefers to play ‘the piano. LATEST is that battleship. sadies wee View up by mine, the press-| ure evidently having come from without. That's what we thought, and that's why we fought—at — bray ae SIX years ago Louisiana “wan't, “THE youthful ‘mind is offended! \) raise enough corn for her own use. by morats forced on ft,” says @ Now she has enough to export. If| writer. Bet he was a kid once. | all the states grow like that, th oo °o starvation question looks pretty far | GREAT-GRANDSON of Jeffer) off. {ft son Davis has had his name hanged to that of his famous an estor. He intends to pase the family — eo ooo SWITZERLAND has tried the) petition for 40 years ‘and has in several instances low- ered the necessary number of pet! “tion names. That's trusting the | laboratory and tt hasn't }pame on it! Boston is stunn d First CARNEGIE gs gv Boston a/that prima donna demand your dis got bis) charge? Second Press Al Press Agent—What made| First Suffragette—If you were nt—I wrote an|rumning for office would you buy You said tt would I have had to work for ® nor, bottle of your fitteen- that’s) nothing. White babies are often | :hat a little cloud seemed to per born that only weigh about three) Comedian—"Yeoa, sah, but you has to admit that's a prot oh Mise “Nobody but « writer ever re fers to th’ sun 3 as ‘Old Gol.’ And \ that kind of a writer is usually q] @ shine.” at the Investigation?” “They did,” responded the Lort mer witness “But,” he added, more cheerfully, “it was the firet time in my career.” mi mean that you never lied before!” “No. Never got caught.” Not Conventional. é " ‘Oh, let me pay the car fare, abe sald, fumbling in ber purse. “Certainly, I paid it the Inet time,” replied the other fair one. Was it true or only imaginary the atmosphere of the ca: Up Against It. “She's thinking, of getting meal A Quick Recovery. “Mamma,” said Johany, “if you will let me go visiting with you anything to eat.” “All right,” sald ‘his mother, your hat Johnny, perehed on the edge of big chalr, became restless as sav- ory odors came from the region of the kitchen. At last he blurted out ‘There's lota of cake and ple in this house.” The admonishing face of his mother recalled the promise, and jhe added: ut what's that to me?” cons Magazine The Way of Women. The girl with the hole in her stock- ing will try “Get ~—Suc- pocnle’s indgment, isn’t 1? jw at's the matter, Andy? Got alarticie, saying that she sings Ike | votes? To hide it in vain from your gaze, aA al thed | surfeit of brea — paid-forfame?jan angel. She said saw no roa-| Second Suffragette—Not unless) But perchance if the stocking is PROF. VIGNOLI, who was clear-) son for complimentary reference to|they could be exchanged or credit- nothing but holes ed of a swindling charge in connec-| DUMMY Figures are doomed tion with his machine to let peo-|in New York show windo®s. Pub- ple see around the world, says he'll |lic demands live ones. It is ex let Americans_use it. Now, pected men will now be interested ‘t that a slap on the wrist? lin woman's fashions. Emma Eames, star, although of American parent- bern In China. most fam yacht designer, is to Thomas A. Edison, the inventor,/ tally blind. He lost his eyesight has never worn an overcoat, a silk when he was only 14 years old. a or a pair of kid gloves in his| Edward W. Bok, editor of the | Ladies’ Home Journal, never at- a Marconi, wireless wizard,| tended college, nor even @ Digh ‘was born in Italy. His mother was) school. He was an office boy at 13 Trish born. | Lew Dockstader, the minstrel, Wa Ting Fang. the famous Chi-| owns that his right name is Georg nese diplomat, studied law in Eng-| Alfred Clapp. land. | ‘Thomas Dixon, the novelist, was ‘The czar of Russia never travels'a lawyer, a policeman and a Bap the grand opera; true cross. John B. Hereshoff, America’s y without wearing a ring in which he|tist minister before he began to believes is imbedded a piece ot the! write fiction. eS SAE ET TEA A RTOS ERAL FAL CUT-RATE SPECIALS = Tuesday and Wednesday = $1.00 Alk 76c ng Lavo- a Sevbsece T WRR icgecssces | his will, mind. anybody's tinging except her own, ed. . Light Bo Boted od Age Heirs of the by ‘Serton Ward, bo , to break on the ground that he ears of age. jews Item.) war not of sound One of the allegations in that he danced and sang the day he made the will He was then $0 Ob, lat to the scandal the newspapers handle This octogenarian clogged 1 ike a kid, And lawyers are taking this reason for breaking The will of a man who could dance as he did. In grim legal phrase he was sald to be crazy, Unfit to dispose of his bonds and his gold, Because in his vigor he cut a And shook his light feet tha gay “fleger,” t were eighty years old These folks are contending old men should be spending Their days in an idleness, wu And if the life active seems m wolena, inane: auch more attractive, It proves that the “years have affected the brain. So sit in your corner, like little Jack Horner, You sprightly old chaps—though you're buoyant and bold Accept of your fodder and mumble and dodder For that is your fate when Yes, that's the tradition of old you're eighty years old. people's mission; Though Youth's in their hearts they must never be gay They must live on a diet and k wep very quiet Lest somebody find they are crazy some day; And yet when I'm weighty with years (such as eighty) I trust that MY blood will be glowing-—-not cold— And though people claim | am Hope I, too, can dance when cracked, just the same, I I'm eighty years old! lithia 50c Allen's Lung 39 | 25¢ Miles’ Ant!- Balsam . 7 c Pain Pills . 25e Alcock’s P 50 Analygestique Plaster, 10c; 2 for .. Balm Bengue ........ 50c Pyramid 25e Antikamnia Te Pile 34e | Tutt $1.00 Mother's 25e Blaud MES cise oho ov 0k Uh eee $1.00 Oz0- 26e Pape's mulsion .. 4 Compound Carter's K. & B, POLITICAL GOSSIP. j ~ NOVEL The Owl Drug Coe ee | po ae Seventeen Stores on the Pacific Coast Third and Pike and 1112 Second Ave. » Brooklyn Eagle. Well, Tommy,” said the teacher, os 25e Oz0- 50c Doan’s Kidney Sosa alieaeige al Ec Ey & 35e Kondon's Catarrh qq | 25¢ Hill's Cascara UT Wicdns cdbecsrce Quinine . 2666s ceeeee tw 25e Ransom Cough 27 | 100 Quinine Syrup ©} pis, 2 er. ......... $1.00 Waterbury Com- TI | 25¢ Johnson's Shav- pound Plain . | ing Cream .......... BH 11.00 Warner's Safe B7q | i5¢ Juvenite Rheumatic Rem. RM aici celina: soaeps WH 250 Weeks’ Break 15¢ Churchill Antisep- Bs. s Up a Cold ... ‘ 11e tic Skin Soap ........ 1c if “ant when dns of good pep 60c Hay’s Hair 26e Tyree’s Antisep- rth oS ero tle Powder .......... jt tuaer #00 seseen eveses 37¢ | Sarcoon's 18¢ BF [ire immediately spoke in favor BH $1.00 Herpt. 57c | Qe. oad 17c ta jot better roads. That fellow is a| ws a am ‘i “ | Horllek’s’ Salted “Milk, hos jshrewd, dangerous man.” pital we 4c Gees es - a= A Little Snow Every Summer, Eagle Brand, 2 Fruit | When Little Tommy Snow went ww Condensed Milk ..... ~ pk 4 to school the. other morning bis w te | 50 Perry Davi face beamed and he rushed up to Pain Killer ........ ee her to tell her that another ws new baby had arrived at home, says 1 hat's ‘splendid. And how many . =) ve you now?” w “Oh, he's the fourth,” replied mmy. now ¢ We generally have a lit- Y sume » father Equivecal. Wayne—De Wise is making a novel campaign, isn't he? Payne—Yes; he's passing out good cigars ing to bring her a box of caramels, and I couldn't ‘tell for the life of Se she wanted them or “What did she say?" “She said, ‘Oh, fudge!’ "—Baltl more American, ° Too Much Money. “Did you try counting sheep for your Insomnia?" “Yes, doctor, but I made a mess of it. I counted ten thousand she@p, put ‘em on the cars and shipped ‘em to market. The wad of money I got for ‘em made me afraid to go “I told Miss Charlotte I was go- {* sleep.” "Tis the thing that she proudly displays ew York Times. RRKRHHR ERR IF Grace NOTES ,INA MEASURE, THE TIME FoR OcTAVE To SCALE THE BAR, WOULD Piano? do You GET IT? Reap it OVER A COUPLE OF TIMES, It Startled Him. Alexander had just returned from his Persian campaign. The fifty picked trompeters who d the triumphal line suddenly j broke forth with a wild and tremul snort » world beater held up his “What in the name of Mars and Minerva is that?” he demanded. It's the trumpet phalanx play the new conqueror march,” re- plied Chloridus. |. “That's all right,” said the great Macedonian. 1 was afraid for a | moment It was ‘Alexander's Rag- time Band.’ ” And he continued to bow right and left to the cheering populace. His Line. The Lady-—Are you good along any particular line? The Tramp—You bet, mum! Any time you want to ride the bumpers along the Erie just eome to me and I'll put you in right.-Puck A DISCOURAGED AUTHOR “Why did you quit writing books on how to make a fortune raising chickens?” It didn’t pay. So far as money is concerned, man might almost raise chickens,”-—-Washington WHY HE WENT TO COLLEGE “Why did you come to college, any way? You are not studying,” said the professor. Well,” said Willie, “I hardly know exaetly myself, Mother soys it is to fit me for the presidency Uncle BUll says to sow my wild oats Sis says to get a chum for her to marry, and pa says to bankrupt the family.-National Monthly »| knows to whom to apply for his 9 from Royal Grape Cream of Tartar . |\® MYSTIFYING COLLOQUY * *® “Juat then the train entered * #® 8 long tu and—" * * “Yes, and Jack—" * * No, he didn’t! The #| ® stupid**—-Chieago Tribune. * * * eee oe ee ee ee is dispatched in hours and days, where it formerly required weeks and months. ‘treet and other improvements are made for from 20 to 40 per cen leas than in recent years, without reducing the clty wage scale or de creasing our standards of quality. ‘The contractors’ ring in broken. ‘Our tax levy will be the eric SPOKANE, Wash, Oct. 20 Seven months’ experience with the commission form of government in Spokane, which is under the con trol of the people through the prof- erential election system, the initia. tive and referendum and the re call, has proved highly successful. Direct efficiency has replaced irrespousibility and incompetency,|last year, notwithstanding party bossism hag been eliminated, |icit of about $60,000 left by the for- the laws are enforced, the tax- | mor government and the settlement payers are obtaining 100 centa’|of many claims and complications, worth of work for a dollar, munici-| neglected for years. pal improvement bonds command ue premiums and the city’s credit | 8 wilt edge * harles M. Fasnott, commissioner | le of public utilities, speaking for thé commission, « the people are satisfied with the change and it is doubtful if those who were most active against the charter would | vote to return to the old "system. Mr. Fassett says: “For the first time in its history the community is not disturbed by political wrang- ling at the city hall. Each con minstoner has charge, under the authority of the whole body, of his departments, and the taxpayer neouraged to give good service nd back franchise taxes are col- ted. ‘The preferential system of vot ing, the short ballot and the elec | Hon of commissioners at large, who {select one of their number af mayor, are other features which have strong arguments in their favor. Hereafter not more than | three commissioners will be chosen at any election, giving the voter no excuse for ignorance of the men or their duties. We restrict the use of money for election purposes to $260 for any candidate. “By our system of voting the re- sults of the election express the needs, The result is that business ABSOLUTELY PURE The only Baking Powder made NEW YORK HAR. NESS. CO. Repair Your Appetite pa The Largest Line of 1428 FOURTH AVE. Prompt Delivery ¢' Main 8308 Ind. 214) ** *! OPEN 11:30A.M. TOTA. M. « Done While ‘You Walt Kinds Harness Made to Order. Cotembia 64. Both ARTIFICIAL LIMB REPAIR AAA THA 4th Awe. f sounnon NOHTON CO, Ine. urers. af Deliver Ht 0 Good as Sow. unt Cail Up Main 4233, Shoulder ARKWRIGHT & BOWDEN Piaetic Ktockin (Saat Rte Yniy the dighest skilled workmen employed and satis- faction guaranteed. JEWELRY REPAIRING We rive special attention AUTO AND WAGON REPA pairing. ot “the wate Sune pons | Tat head careful atiention. “®e try to bave our work give mat ton, euch ae will win the ‘confidence who leave thel ea i watch repair- DAVID LEVINE, Watchmaker and Jeweler 1906 Wirst Ay., Near Pike. STEEL TAPES BRIC-A-BRAC REPAIRED. ee ee pa exrantest 2 to Care We sel! and rent Architects’ Levele ARCHITECTS LEVELS ADJUSTED tg KELLY’S | HOLS Art: sleatite | Boa "Coe Bade ae & “ASTER AND CEMENT WORK | Suilaing Ina. a B49, G Taylor , cAsH REGISTERS Pissoring and Cement Pe nbc sh ae Cepair Work and Jo! ree td, Tebbne 218 Arcade yale Office Phone, Main 2712, Res, Bast 2513; Ind Oak mae Cash Registers Nerves’) All makes bought. sold, exchanged and ired. ~ STOVE REPAIRING 3. A. SUNDWALL, it. Agen! Main $15. Ind, L laa , A oor ST. PAUL STOVE REPAIR @ MBING CO. DYE WORKS 1 fire box tn. anne paire for all aning Press pairing, Dy Alterations any of our * 1201 Firat Av. 108 Second Av. 8 1315 Biehth Av Phone Ind. 2209, @010 12th Av. 8 poy MECHANICAL WORK METAL CO. | 401 tps, of Cape HUNTER MFG. CO. | 225 Seneca St. Toot and Die Makers— RE = =FRENCH RANGRS Ingtrument "Makers |®¥Mt Avenue South and Jackson Street, Experimenta! and Modet | ps pee yuna ay Work—Camera Work. Foot REPAIRING Phone— -| Come when your feet BAMBOO FURNITURE hurt the worst. I remove Made to Order the pain at once. Wholesale and Retail DR. WURSTER an i" of Tapanene Pg! soonk™ 306, 1414 Second Avenue. 119 Madison St. , Independent 1312, NERNEY RR PIPE REPAIRING SMHAES a BREWSTER’S your harness goods ° ° “i.chs|Pipe Hospital A214 list Ave, Bek, Bell padi Sweat Pads Cheap. Branch Third and Union Commission Government in Spokane Is Success--Has Done Wonders will of the majority much more closely than could be obtained by caucus, convention and ward repre. sentation. On the whole, we believe Spokane has the most advanced and characteristic charter ye adopted by any city in this or other countries.” Pathos. “ten't there something pathetic in the passing of the horse?” “There is, if your money is on him and he |e passed by another ” replied the man whose soul Public service corporations are) —~ HOTEL OREGON WASHINGTON OPENING Newly furnished. Steam heat Be 5200 3 PRECIOUS STONES, FINE JEWELRY, STERLING SILVER Corner First and Cherry ATTLE “LITTLE SHOY OF LITTLE rRice” Rest Pex lenses in manent rantesd gold, filled tame, ee: mented. Whee the best costs jess, why pay more? XE GOODE SIGHT SHOF 218 Madison, ‘tween ted and 2rd. Dr. Edwin J. Brown, D. D. S. _~| SEATTUPS LEADING DENTIS! 713 FIRST AVENUE Union Block. At zirst Sy. and Marton st. yee “Dr. Brown’ Tata? end on . iste,” an rst av. near © the Washin, in” front of anna Will nee the al om Eye " hy / ve Rothitnar to do we nor have ty etiees have, been located at joca 133 First av. for 19 yeaty. and t the only tist in the state has it like to see arden ° & man ir, but en man, who seeke to sponge off = io who ‘work. ) BROWG, D. DD. 5 AMUSEMENTS Se Tonight o Sheehan ompany, With J Sheehan, America’s Greatest Tenor, and the "Most Rell- Cast, in’ the English Opera. Chorus of 40. tal Orcestra. In the Musical Sensation of Burope and America TALES OF HOTT- “TRE LOVE fT: MA Prices Evening» Bargain Matinees ead Saturday. Best Seats $1.00. Seattie Theatre Riggest Franklin, Annie Jeffries, Gale as Raymond Whitaker as Richard Brew- ster, and Perfect Supporting Com- Matinee Thursd 25e, 50e, Lois THEATRE Tonteht—All Week Mats. Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday. Sand ey -Btoc! kdale Co. “BARRIERS BURNED AWAY" Next Week—"Thorns and Orange Blossom) Prices—250, 35: Matinees—10e Li “Quo v. 5—other Big 8. “Matinee Daily, 10 PAUL PERIERA And String Sextette. ‘7 Big Acts! i