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ov é n a . st Sas LE be F THE PUMPKIN PIE ON MONEY PROBLEM AND MARRIAGE “YES,” HE SAYS. Dear Miss Grey—in regard to the “ i and oft discussed nether a couple can got $600 a year, I will say 1 know whereof I speak But there are several things to be taken tnto consideration before deciding such an important ques tion, chief among which is, “Will doth parties be willing to make great fices and forego much order to live within pleasure ix uch an Inco’ If so, a cottage that will meet all requi nts can be obtained for not more than $12 a month, and ai rangements can be made with a Bome furnishing establishment to furnish three roonm by paying $10 @ month. couple to marry This system of extending credit | salary and without a bank account, ts © y a boon to the poor man, | {8 @ very serious matter ‘m4 one need have no fear of the| Granted that they truly love each result of such a system. other and are willing to deprive Ry allowing $18 a month for| themselves of every tittle luxury, groceries and judictousty patronis-| is tt possible to live in comfort on fag our fine public markets, you|so small a sum? Personally, I may be able to live comfortably | think not and we Living expenses are high; grocer: Your light bill ought not to exceed | les and meat for two people for one | $1.50 month, and $4.00 for fuel,| week can not be kept down to $5, leaves a balance of $4.50 for inci-, for more often it runs up to $7.60 ten! and $$ Rents are reduced but are Of course you must forget about ing theatre three times a eek and be satisfied with once a fhonth, and not in $2 esats elther, and also remember that you cannot purchase hobble skirts or polo coats @n this income. But, taking it all in all, a couple who really love ch other can feadily conform to the restrictions of a $600 per year income. W. BH the THE RIGHT TO DO So. Whether or not a young couple should marry upon nothing else inj give up the pretty things she the world than a $600 annual in-| craves? @ome depends wholly upon the par-} No, a man should not marry on} ties cone if the young man|so small a salary unless he has has been supporting himself alone | money laid away for the inevitable aud accumulated no bank account| rainy day. Love soom flies when or equivalent th f, it is hardly | poverty and discontent creeps in to be expected he could and divorce ts all too easy. house re ake payments onal! There are some men and some home and «1 two. If the young | women so good and loyal and true lady has been reared of well-to-do|that to meet poverty with a smile parents and has had practically | would be easy for them, and they @verything she wanted, she can/are the kind that would be able to hardly be expected to manage the | win in the end, but for the average home on this seeming “paltry|youitm man young woman the sum.” On the other hand, if both|risk is too great have been re = ee ASK THE STAR’S PHYSICIAN For the benefit of any of its readers who may need expert and The Star has arranged with a repu- table Seattie physician to answer questions pertaining to health and NO QUESTIONS WILL BE ANSWERED UNLESS THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE WRITER ARE GIVEN. HOWEVER, trustworthy medical advice, medicine. cumstances and husband has had jclination to lay count in case-of jsooms that the the right to establish a home, How | ever In the case who Is ree jwho has been more than | ing as @ | suits, and who has no bank aco | whatever, tt is the humble opinion of this writer that he has no right to enter into the sacred bonds of mat | rimony Dear Miss nagh t bi still b gas and lig nit which the installment no bank account sick the bi On } the debt and worry |finds it necessar | If so, she begin |for her husband; must work, why es comes t cannot be d in moderate cir-| iving but $15 a week, waiting a year for advancement in no better | @ box factory, who is a high school graduate, and receiving noth-| sult of his academic pur. BANK ACCOUNT NECESSARY. Grey Then the young couple need fur must have to be met FROM PHOTOGRAPHS If the prospective | the ability and in. aside a bank ac a “rainy day,” tt anxious pair have of this young man or ant R. D. For a young on a $15 « week re also r There is to consid be bought on plan. If there is and no matter of © take the money, sure of health all comes he wife y to go to work.| 4 to lose respect she thinks If she be married and MRS. P. L. T. POSED OnLy THE INITIALS OF THE WRITER'S NAME WILL BE Baggy at the top and extremely narrow at the bottom is a won . derful evening wrap. It is draped loosely about the figure, in jong. ’ —-—__—_ graceful lines. Dear Doctor: Can you tell bottle until she was over a year This garment is constructed of old blue velvet. It is heavily What is good for a swelling on my = nee then T have xiven her! wrought with silk braid of the same tone of blue, the braid being Beck? It has been getting larger| Mk O"0 vag ey Ms i epolion in Arabian Jace pattern, A big collar of white fox finishes a ® too A i the wrap. fl almost year, it nt o ad sweats a q jor almost a year, right In front on | h ad sweats at night This model would serve for reproduction in blue, brown or the lower part of my neck. I am| Please tell me what Is the trouble] black cloth 16 years old, and my girl friends | ith her and what I can do for her,| — pimnneine Ee - - I have tried every aa = 2 = said lots of girls have large necks |S | have tri _” ita S- my love with" a person, work, or at that age. Please tell me what! A.—1 believe, from what you say nd ow pind tor ml soy me he clouds, never noticing the mud ft ts and if {t comes from hard |Your little girl has rickets, which is study, and what I can do for it quite common tn bottie-fed babies. _ BY CYNTHIA GREY. stains on her shoes, . M. C, |The proper thing to do now ix to|, What every woman needs to keep| wh Lives With Thoughts. } % Oy i ’| her sane and wholesome and sw yhere her thoughts are her real ce emia jia}improve her eral health by| Det sane and wholesome and | T es vs common in girls of your age, and| 00d milk, ¢ ream and| Prevent her mind from descending |fret» of existence she will uncon Usually disappears after painting| fresh fruits, Also cod:liver oil, if} ‘ the level of the thousand petty |sclously shake off es outside of he ere Semoreais. thes er Ganiher stomach will retain ht. Ke p| triviaities that are forever swarm | interest and consideration until the swellin ra. i{her in the fresh air und sunshine a|!9 8nd, buzzing about woman's) (She Is a wise girl who, gn moog | pat ype ot sphere.” life, begins to cultivate an intere need medicine nally . A cause, a bobby, anything out-|that will endure through ite ei Dear Doctor: Can you tell me side of herself—1 care not how | tim i ia you please|something that will prevent me|qeer OF even mistaken it may be] To be sure, the more interest tell me if I must have an operation? |from catching cold? ft seems when-|—!f it kindles Within her mind and|“the merrior.” but at ate I have had a 1 in my side for al + 1 go out doors, 1 catch cold. 1} Beart au enthusiasm that absorbs | Should have one that will dwarf at most a year. Sometimes it is so|#tay in a few days, taking medici her and lifts her above the sordid | the mean, stinging fittlenesses of bad that I cannot sweep the floor, |to cure it, and es soon es T go out| OF ® little while, will make of her life Into insignificance, and I have to tle down, The doctor|again I get a fresh cold. 1 cough|% Disger and better and more lov), yy a nakneewe hee told me I have appendicitis and will| quite hard in the morning and do| “le woman |* SAYS WOMAN DOE have to be operated on before | can| not spit, but later In the day the|, Te woman who Is genuinely “in| 4 THE MOST BUYIN . get well. These pains do not bother cough leaves me. I've taken several |) 55 agg Statistics show that Ho * me all the time, but ge* bat when-| different kinds of medicine, but |(wwewn * woman does 87% per cent on ever 1 eat sometning that doesn Sue a - aac L ri |} Breaks a Cold in a Day * all the buying. Advertisements yuld judge that you ha’ must be written so that they * ase tell me » append : ase And Cures Any Cough That 1 s° tell me if I have appendict-| chronic bronchtat trouble and have ade ticked Seth's Serna |* will appeal to the woman,” # MRS. | never been entirely cured. In place PPPAALS AAAS A|* said B. FP. Trefz, a Chicago ad. » pA t iudge from w you #&y|of catching a fresh cold each tim From your druggist get two ounces|* Vertising man, * that there is no question but what| you have only aggravated the pres-|of Glycerine and half ar c of|® ‘Trefz declared that manu. * you should have an operation before | ent condition. Improvement often] (oncentrated Pine compound. | Take) # facturers~ are turning out * zou can set well, as I believe the| follows cold showers, sponges or a! them into a half pint of r whise|® enough goods in 90 days to % or is correct in telling you that) full bath in the morning, immediate- | key uke one to two teaspoonfuls|® supply the demand for a y * you have chronie appendicitis. ly after arising, followed by a good | after fh meal and at time. | w He said that the burd rubbing with a coarse towel. Plenty | Smaller, dgees, to, children wenording | y posing of the enormous meh Kind Doctor: My Uttle girl is|of fresh air, but no drafts in your|known to xclence. 1 many|% of the manutacturers and iro . now ly 3 years old, but has! sleeping room and a part of every | Cheaper preparations of au * ducers falls on the edvertis : Rever been strong. She is very|day spent in the open alr will ald Fees Ree renee ae mal. wena pale and weak. 1 nursed her on a no (Globe) |e kk et “99 : Dear Doctor: My little boy, 4 oy ties See ove years old, does not talk much, He| oil aed det hate | | Ask Your Doctor | Ayer’s Sarsaparilla is a tonic. It does not stimulate. It does | use his tongu day, then as bad as ever the next. There is not a drop of alcohol in it. You have the from a strong tonic. Ask your him fully. Lael seems to want to talk, bat cannot He dribbles all the Can you teil me what to do time. for him? He ts other way and see not make you feel better one “*!!, only be can't talk much A.—-If your chil 'y way except hi talk, 1 would imagine him tongue tied, which you can determine by steady, even gain that comes | having him protrude his tongue |e 1s unable to pass it beyond the teeth it is a simple case of tongue doctor all about this. Trust tic, which will require a slight oper (o,,| ation, which will cure his. healthy in every ns to be quite 4. ©. id is healthy in ev is belng unable to fro It permanent hox of this from any drug Medi¢al Formula Chicago.—-Advt arkable Int oF laboratories winter for six years families know its! tere ie st and know co. cal t-bites, aw wo tables nd rel 4 shor remulte. | | ie }| in ef, an tu t from of _$| word for me any more, never a kind Ya promin ITS TRAVELS FROM THE VINE TO THE OVEN ESPECIALLY FOR THE SEATTLE STAR WILL A MOTHER WHO LOVES Dear Miss Grey am very discontented. I love my home and my husband as I should both have learn are together Ait ever a woman stood on you. | saying, “Anxious,” when I tell you nothing but green scum under wh There is a chance for at least cont home 4nd children. If you take th stopped to think that you are giv court will give the children to a the gratification of her own feelin, it by giving them the love and gu give, responsible for bringing Into the w mother’s love. “Anxious,” the & mother, I call upon you, in the n to give up this man. Bven though turn from him once for all. uy children. Starve this love out. It ‘en look at the man, Then there thie man is so untrue to his wif true to you. 1 am printing below a letter from one of our readers, knowing that the little incident that influenced th woman's life will reach other wom. en with the same money problem to solve, the same ordinary circum. stances to combat, or overcome; women with the same longing for fine feathers and frilis, but without the means to satisfy the longing. It is written by a woman who profited by observation and so avoided the more strenuous lesson of experi ence. Here it is, girls: Dear Miss Grey—Do you know I have often wished to know you personally; to clasp your hand for the good advice you give? The question of money seems to bother wo many young girls. A little inci Jdent in my life proved a lesson to me and sunk deep, Miss Grey. | wan visiting in my native home, and a friend gave a dinner in my honor Among the quests was the wife of mt physician. Sho was dressed in a neat percale suit, but of, she was so witty brilliant and so edifying. She was @ thorough treat. In contrast to her was an other guest with bared neck and Mort sleeves, and she fussed and fumed about the heat. She told a little incident of herself and hus band that interested no one, and the impression she mado was so different from the doctor's wif that it grated on one, It made me stop and think: “Is not something stored in the mind better, after all?” Before I left the town this fuss-and-feathers woman's husband had taken advantage of the bank rupt law. And so, when I am tempt ¢d to buy something my soul longs for but is really too much for my pocketbook, the picture of in the percale dress, but the wit of the crowd, comes to me as a guid ing angel. May you live long, Miss to guide the young and old with your sound judgment MRS. |. F. Just @ word of thanks to Mrs, I F. for her good wishes, and an as surance that I will try my “level ext” to be worthy of such apprecia tion. Dear Miss Grey—I am in love with a woman 35 years old, while | am only 23. Do you think there is too much difference in ages tc make @ good match? Is it bad form to wear tan shoes in winter? And ix it cutso! to el when you propose to a girl?) RATTLED. AI never proposed to a ¢' Rattled—honest, I never did. A sensible girl would refuse a mar who would. Some youn men of might possibly be old enough for a woman of 35, but nay, nay, Rattled riot you, Tan shoes may be summer or winter. wort Dear Mise Grey—tI am an admire of a certain young lady in the city I have seen a great deal of her fo: four or years. For x reasons I believe she s the only one who Id make me a good wife and whom I would be hay with. Please tell me how to make her acquaintance. I know of no one who is acquainted with her PUZZL A.—You are certainly pretty Puzzled, if you hav that girl for four y found a way to meet her. 1 you to find someone who does k dD. ars and haven'( advise w her, become acquainted, and galt an introduction in that way. By the way, Puzzled, just a hint trom | the wise Cynthia, Don't tell he: you hav n trying for four y or to think of a w to meet her Dear Miss Grey—Please inform me if, in buying a plece of property n safely take a title insurance icy in Heu of an abstract of title? A READER. A.—Better get your abstract, for you cannot get the title insurance ry without it Dear Miss Grey—Will you pleas ive me & way to wash @ white ay ation cap? A COUNTRY SUBSCRIBER A.-With a pure white soap mak Hikewarm suds, wash the cap in thi nd rinse in clear water of the same Cynthia Grey’s Letters Iam a married i to love each other, and both « both very unhappy ae things are now. Shall | feas up to my husband? front of you, you think is happiness, but of honor for it, you will never, never be happy in doing it. Don't let these little, innocent childre mother's disgrace—grow up with a longing In their hearts form real other way, persuade your husband tc that | beautiful, plain, refreshing woman | been admiring | HER CHILDREN DESERT THEM? woman with two children, but I children, but 1 do not care for ~as | care for some other man. ¢ married, and we are We will never be happy till we ANXIOL the brink of a pit of i, tt ts 1 know what I am green fields you seem to see are h is black, foul, polluted water. | nt if you are true to your husband e step you are thinking of, my word Have you ing up y children forever? No mother who would desert them for ex, You say you love them—prove fdance that only @ true mother can the children you are «row up to look back on their th ‘orld hest privilege a woman has is to be ame of all the mothers in the world, it seem to tear your very heart out, ou can't keep from seeing him any ¢ away with you and the it thé only way to kill It. Refuse to is another aide to the question. If don't fatter yourself that he will be temperature, squeeze the water out, turn wrong side out, and tors about until partly dry. Do not hang | but make @ network of small ro; or string Pr «a from one chair! back to another, and place the cap on it, Sweaters and shawis can washed and dried the saine Another way to dry the last name in to baste them between two pieces of cheesecloth and hang on the lin The cap is too bulky to dry tn the! cheesecioth way Dear Miss Grey: Wi) 80 kind ax to answer the following} questions The skin on my face and chost Is very light, but my neck is so dark 1 tan never wear low necked dresses, aud | envy those who can, Can you tell me how to whiten it? Lam 2% re old, and my hands look as though I was 50, they are so wrinkled, and I don't do & bit of housework and r wa dishes Do you know of anything that will make them white and plump? And I always envy girls with lar busts. My chest is high, but my bust flat, What will make large, please? A HOMELY GIRL. | A.—The fact that you have a fl chest, yellow neck and wrinkled hands is not nearly so bad as the fact that you think yourself hom and are so envious of others who have what you desire. I do not mean this in a preachy way, but dep’ it because of the effect tt has on the very things that you wish to improve n physica }science admits that a happy dispo | sition fs half the battle to recovery What you need is plenty of fresh air and good times in the open. The jyellow neck bust and wrinkled hand apparent cause, no matter what the remote cause may be. And that {s poor nu trition and cireulation. It would be better for your skin if you would do housework, if you do it with the win » come from ¢ dows open and a happy song on your lips. Use cornmeal with a lit tle water for a pack for the neck and do not leave on longer than a half-hour, Here is a recipe to ap | ply after the pack, and also to your jhands and bust: White wax, 1 part; borax, 3 parts; juice of bitt almonds, 1 part; oatmeal wat (water oatmeal has been cooke in), 8 part Dear Miss Grey (1) In wha year was the statue of Liberty erected in New York harbor? (2) What is the name of Presi dent McKinley's favorite hymn sung at his funerab? MARGARET. A.—(1) The statue of Liberty was placed in position during the year 1885, and was dedicated October 1886 | Kindly is fer to, Lead hymn your Light Dear Miss ( months out of th quire ey How man year does the }; 1 the ehildr Washington? A you to s here in how many months before Christina Jand how many after? 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