The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 2, 1912, Page 4

THE SEATTLE STAR Phones: Private Exchange Moin 9400 and Independent 442. Meinber of Waited Press. Published Daily by The Star Publishing Co. tered at Seattle, Wash. postoffice as second-class matter ate per month up to six montha Six moi va nd prompt attention. Lid - h kindly phone this and complaints are givon ¢ by 6 o'elock Kan for the Circulation Depart- 3 ur Your paper failed to arrive any atght at once, Main 9400 or Ind. 441 ment. -? Mayor Shaunk’s potato idea has sprouted Two thousand citizens Of Indianapolis have organised a courpany, with shares at $5 each, to do th to the rapacious middleman and cold storage extortioniat. The consumers have arisen against extortion and will deal directly ‘with the producers. Good idea? Of course it fs, and well worth watching, Thirty-five yoars ago the other victims of the middleman, the pro- ducers, rebelled. We had cooperative grange stores In many cities. it waa dependent apon the consumers standing together, ‘They ‘t. save in spots. Now the consumers are trying it on. That's the whole question, There is no extortion or abuse on the entire st that cannot be Corrected if the masses will pull together. How can there be private cinch or clasa cinch, if the people-—government—are loyal to organised competition with the cinch-holders? Abnormally high prices are now spurring consumers to do just what the producers wanted them to do years ago. Maybe, now that both parties on the tne from soil to stomach are betng badly pinched, the idea will be made to work, and we will be able to live without the fellows to whom we've been paying heavy rakeoffe for simply hand- Will they stand together? Sweep of the Single Tax _~ The com election for provincial parliament in Ontario will be pag Os single tax issue, which is becoming immensely. pop- ular in Canada. Already they have the land value tax in several cities of British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatehewan, But those are new countries. Ontario Is the first of the old communities to consider this si aon in its purtty—and almost ate an Pn — ve tot who are willing to use in diluted form——would gt hag - diy Fgh leaving improvements and personal ‘The clatter of hoofs on the pave im jumping out of the Way/ine professor of Bagiish. Hterature “to the amazed professor: “Cheese | on Ten of all live stock; now, 42.4 166.2 per cent in the last dec ther for driving or draft work, noblest of animals, He isn’t THE STAR—TUESDAY, JANUARY 2, 192. w \ Bi VALUABLE INFORMATION !f AFTER MY TRAIN 18 HALF ’AN HOUR OVERDUE YOU TROT OUT HERE AND. MARK I(T UP TEN MUMUTES LATE fle Nothing Doing Two woman's college and the professor of history, at ded a matinee of a Shakespear- jan produetion during Christmas week to make “notes” for thelr leo: | tures for the following year and to compare impressions, When they arrived at the theatre they were dismayed to find that their sents were separated several ro’ They realized that their joint work would practically be nullified. The history professor, however, noticed that the man sitting next to her body in America who can raise | seemed to be alone, and after much Pariama canal as soon as it ts) on the Pacific and the Gulf of Mexico, sea- to accommodate the rush. departmeny and the lik: po pa it stores like, us and sets where such things are going on. nut be remarkable if Russia's reply to Uncle Sam takes form of massacres of Jews. e Seventy-seven jailed murder- dinner together in her jail. ", oO o °o aes ae eerie Meee: st SE enandh “to, warrait Mr. aft’s recognizing the republic of China right away. ° ° oO MRS. FRANK COREA got a just decision in a California court and There are shocks that even the strongest Californians can ‘only with great difficulty. o o ° “rng ge of that beef merger were to recetve only $25,000,000 5 the “intangible” property. “Intangible” is the right name Neither producer nor consumer got hold of any of it, anyhow - o o © DF. W. G. BATERMAN declares that China can only be saved : despotism.” As Baterman had to flee from his job 3 it il university at Tientsin, he can probably name the very Se Once upon a time— No. This isn’t a fairy tale. It’s true as gospel, though It IS about princess. ‘ ‘Once upon a time there was @ little princess, a very high born princess indeed—as prin- ceases go there is no higher born in the world today— and she was greatly belov- ed of her father, the king. She was the idoi of the king’s heart. For to the king and his queen had been born many sons, six of them,.to be precise, end ail of them very fine and stalwart princes in- deed, as princes go, but pot till this little princess was born was the king's longing for a daughter satisfied. So the king loved the princess a little more ten derly than he loved any of bis sons, though they were all very dear to him. And thus, pondering how) he might bestow upon his beloved daughter some boon above price, he hid in his heart a secret de- cree that should some day make the little princess perhaps the happiest prin- cess the world ever saw. THE PRINCESS. Now the little princess | 1s @ grown up princess, a tall and straight and regal maid. And now, last the king's secrot decree js known to her and to ali the world, id thia is the decree that the king kept hidden so long in his heart: “MY DAUGHTER SHALL WED FOR LOVE ALONE—AND NOT | FOR THE GLORY OF EMPIRE OR CROWN.” (For the king knew that empire and crown were safe in the hands | Of his stalwart ons, whom he had not suffered to wed for love alone, | wat who had wed that the state might be strengthened.) { And now the world waits, wondering who will wed the little princess, ‘and whether he will be worthy of her, and whether she will indeed be | happy-—seeing that really happy princesses are go rare in this old world. Here's a picture of the Mittle princess as she is today, And here’s her name, most of it anyhow: Victoria Louise Adelaide _ Mathilde Charlotte, Princess of Prussia, daughter of Emperor William of Germany. She's 19 years old, Here's hoping for her! May she indeed wed for love alone, as her father, the king and emperor, has decreed, and may she thus live to be the happiest princess in the world. eS SS The Limit on Toughness. |eommon at that ball?” inquired the They were seeking to impress the Man-to-be-impressed. “Am I to | stranger, says the Brooklyn Eagle. Understand that shootings-— ?" “If you really wish to get an idea of the toughness of New York toughs,” announced one, “you should by al! means attend the an- ,Mual ball given by the Gorilla Club. ‘It 1s absolutely the toughest stunt that is pulled off anywhere. If you @on’t get action there for your) Money you won't get it anywhere,” | “Do you mean that fights are} He got no further. One of the others leaned forward, solemnly took hold of his sleeve and re marked: “Fights? Shootings? Why, every single persou that starts to go into the Gorilla Club is stopped outside and searched for concealed weapons and if he hasn't any—they give him some!” hesitation she decided to explain matters and ask him if he would (nervously, and thon, putting his hand to his mouth, he whispered it, kid, my wife i# sitting next to Ladies’ Home Journal. The “Real Henry Clay” One winter morning Henry ‘Clay, ‘finding himself in need of money, went to the Riggy Bank and asked for the loan of $260 on his personal note. He was told that while his credit was perfectly good, {t war the inflexible rule of the bank to require an indorser. The great statesman hunted up Daniel Web- ster and asked him to indorse the! | take the seat of the Iterature pro- note. feasor three rows ahead She was 4 shy, Southern young woman, but finally, mustering~up her courag: she laid her band on the man’ arm and asked gently: “Excuse me, sir; but are you not alone?” The man grew confused, coughed IN ADVANCE oh “Bridget, why are you sweeping the parlor a second time? Yau did it an hour ago.” “Yes, mum, but you see tomorrow fa bakin’ day, and I chance to do it at all.” COMFORTING | — critic said my last painting }lacked warmth. What do you sug- gest?” “A fire.” HIS CHANCE Mrs. Henpecque—t by this paper that a man was arrested on his wedding day and sent to the penitentiary for life. Wasn't that awful? Mr. Henpecque—Yes; awful lucky for him. “With pleasure,” said Webster. “But I need some money niyself. Why not make your note for, five hundred, and you and I wilt split er" | This they did. And today. the inote is tm the Riggs Bank—unpald, Popular Magazine. “They say bridge is responsible | for a lot of nervous breakdowns. “1 know it, It won't be jong be- a really good game.” Mabel—What shall we give mam ma for Christmas? Earlie—A patr of padded slippers. NO LAUGHING MATTER pa’s a millionaire thropist.” “Well, well! ery about, is it?” “Tt ain't ain‘t it? He's just prom ised to give me $5 to spend for Christmas provided I ratse a similar amount.” phitan. That's nothing to “Success ain't without its bitter neags. Felix Fride- mush hadn't no more than got a well It's tough on lazy people that soda water cannot be sent up by de livery wagon. Anyway, tho socialists cannot qiaim that they were the first to make Milwaukee famous. If we should havé a war with Russia, our soldiers will have to take snuff in order to make them- selves understood by the enemy J. 8, Sherman bas retired from politics without ever having. been in. 4 It's harder to keep our lights trimmed and burning since they stuck inside little glass ‘There are supposed to be no deer at @ stag party, | { THE Enemeen SAW A MAN STANDING OM “THE TRACK WAVING A RED HE BROUGHT "THE MIGHTY ENGINE To A SUDDEN STOP AND PUSHED WIS SKN PECE FROM TWE CAB WINDOW, THE FlAGMAN CALLED THE Fontowitc TO Him. “1 ReoseVerT LIKE PAYING! FOR WHAT LAFOLL ETTE, WOULD THat MAKE SENATOR ALORICH? prism Fat sams A poctToR Quick! Oxford has refused to do away with Greek. But some day Greece will cut more ice than Greek. A statesman is a politician who has forgotten his constitgents. One thing in favor of thie present season. Nobody is tying knots im your shirt sleeves. Grandmothers are atmost back to normal also. Jags don't differ mech from year to year. And, by the way, some hold over. Racon {a all right when we use It ‘ont have @ fore we'll have to go an asylum for] to lubricate the bucksaw. Made a Difference. It was kit inapection and the dif- ferent companies of the battalion, Wore standing with their kits on the [Ground in front of them. The ser | Seant- major was making the ex- | amination, when his eagle eye de | tected the absence of soap in the | kit of Private Flinn, and he de | manded what excuse the man had to give. “Plage, sorr, it's all used,” said Filnn, “Used!” shouted the sergeant- major, “why, the first cake of soap 1 bad served me for my kit lasted me three years, while you are not a year in the ranks yet. How do you account for that?” Fiinn's eye bad the faintest sus- picion of a twinkle, as he replied “Plaze, sorr, 1 wash every di And the sergeant-major walked on while the whole company grin ned.——Tit-Bits. Stung. A wasp stung S-year-old Mildred on the hand, then flew away, Mil dred's mother in swift pursuit. | Through her tears she cried: “Ob, mamma, let him fly through the air and cool his feet; they are #0 hot."—Delineator. Step-Mother G ~~ ‘BY HOWARD MANN “Where are you going to, pretty maid?” my ap Year Stunt and She Tells the Girls You can cinch ‘em, all right, girls. This leap year business THE ides these days. It’s got every: thing backed off the map from lard Beach to Or. Cook; from the harem skirt to the Holy Rollers, and from Ruth St. Denis to An thony Comstock, It's the burning, sizzilng, chafing, caloric and pulsating topic of the day—or ye “To propose or not to propose, that loony Dane mie have spake ‘ou ean do “both, girls, at one and the same time, That's what makes ft such a cinch. You pro- pone and stil) leave matters in such | shape that he can’t throw ft up to reacher has done ‘# what your throb. bing little heart is hankering for, eh, Zenobia? Well, here ix the tip. Mins Fos ale Hope, the petite soubrette p' ing with Montgomery and Stone at the Metropolitan theatre in “In Old Town” this week, and who dances hervelf into a suug place with local theatregoers, says It'll work surer than stepping on Tab- by’s tail or an Ella Spieler Spill box prescriptiqn, She ought to know, too, She's tried it oodles of timer—on the stags, of course. You pick the feller first. Oh, yea, he's necessary, You know you've got (o make up your mind whom you want to cinch for your board and dressmaking bills, You then get bim into a cozy corner where he can't acrenm for heip—- or at any rate, where there'd be no help forthooming if he did scream, and you proceed to sentence him for life. Of course you don't bring up the matrimontal topic except in the most casual manner. You're swapping stories, maybe, and you're teminded thusly: “A fortune telier told me in Georgetown once that I'd be married before | was 22." in- sert whatever figure you can shape, stretch or pinch your. self into. Miss Hope says 22, and she looks much younger, And’ then you smile so coyly— you know how—all giris do. The gas jet is turned half down by thie time, no doubt, and your roguish eyes twinkle merrily into his, ae you fur- ther iituminate and elucidate the experience with the fortune teller by adding the informa you after the his 4 Is Best Ever, | | Says Flossie, Just How to Work If FLOSSIE HOPE tion—quite caswally— “And I'm past 21 now.” Do you get {tT Do you catch the finesse with which the delicate sub- ject te Introduced? And can you beat ft for a proposal? It ts, and it inn’t, eh? Well, that's what you | Want, girls, If the poor boob ts too bonehended to grasp the hunch, lelinch matters by shoving your bank book Into his mitts—bolding bank books {s sometimes more in- | teresting than holding hands, some | married people have been heard to | remark. | You then whisper, ob so musical ly, of the jingle of coin as you say INTIMATE CORRESPONDENCE FROM WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, D. C., Dee, 23.-- The most widely read author in the United States is undoubtedly Sen ator Jonathan Bourne of Oregon. Up to date there have been circw lated 2,600,900 coptes of his speech on popular government, 500,000 ‘copies of his speech on the misuse | by the president of federal patron age and 950,000 copies of his speech jon the reeall of public officials. |Senator Bourne fs rather a useful clusen. He devotes practically all lof a very large income to pushing the cause of popular government oe From Colorado comes the news that Sarah Piatt Decker is a candi date for the United States senate to succeéd our esteemed Simon Guggenheim, who (xlory be!) in tends not to run again. Hurrah for Sarah Platt Decker! May she be the first woman senator, She sup- ported Ben Lindsey, so she must be better than Guegenheim. We hasten to add that any candidate would be better than Goggeohoim. By the way, will she be addressed by the chair as Senatrix Decker or the Honorable Sarah? ° eee ‘That it costs 1 cent a pound to deliver packages In the city is the information elicited by Senator Bourne in his committee investiga tlons of parcels post. The senator adopted the simple expedient of calling in the Merchants’ Transfer company of Washington, D. C., and asking what they would undertake [make a profit delivering packages at 1 cent a pound. ee Secretary of the Interior Fisher wants all water power sites trans ferred to the jurisdiction of the In terior department. This proposition will be opposed by the National Conservation association. Perhaps the mere recollection of Mr. Ballin Ser as the head of the Interior de- partment is suffictent reason for op- posing any move in this direction. ore A “middleof-the-road” progres. jstve has been defined by. Gifford Pinchot. He says such a progres- sive ts one who sits down in the }middie of the road and waits for | the people's steam roller to run him down eee Somebody has written to us to ask what has become of Mr. Norton, who was lately secretary to Presi dent Taft. We hasten to answer. He has gone the way of previous | secretaries, and fs now in one of Mr. J. P. Morgan's banks. He cashed in. ee Senator Warks went to the White House and told President Taft that he had made a mistake in issuing an executive order forbidding the |practice of Christian Science in Panama The president replied that he had signed the order without number of ¥, ho said, had been his desk requiring his signature, and he did not have time to read to deliver packages for within the city mits, They said they could them. He promised to correct the lerror. Sincerely, RATH DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL OUTLOOK SIX MONTHS BEFORE NATIONAL CONVENTION WASHIN It is six months to the democratic national convention, but a present forecast, based on information gath- ered from many parts of the country, look like this No candidate will have the necessary two-thirds majority at the start It is dowbtful if any will have even a bare majority Woodrow Wilson will lead with a jarge following. Judson Harmon or Champ Ciark will be second or third, respectively, each with a large follow ing. Oscar W. Underwood and W. R. He have delegates, and other favorite sons may have their own delegations. ‘The final outcome will be largely governed by the republican nomination, which will have been previously made. If it is a progres: sive nomination, like La Follette, the democratic problem will be this; “Shall we name a man who can hope to carry New York, New Jersey, Indiana and the South—the Cleveland game of 1884, 1888 and 1892-—or 1} we play for a union of the South and the West on a radical bi If the former view Is accepted, the result will favor Harmon, or, possibly, Underwood. Then the effort will be to unite the conserva. tive influences of the country and Wall street financial backing behind the party. If the latter view is taken, Wilson will be the man, and the demo- crais will go to battle on the progressive side of the Issues of the day. In the event of a reactionary republican nomination, Wilson's sue cess would be practically assured, both in the convention and at the polls, There is another possible situation; many regard it as not only possible, but probable. The struggle between conservative and pro: gressive forces may deadlock the convention so that neither Harmon nor Wilson can win. In that case, there will be a call for the man who can command support from both sides. Speaker Clark is in the most advantageous position to profit from such a situation, He ts the favorite with the lower house of congress, whose members will be largely in the convention, and w? 5, in a crisis, would have commanding influence with their local delegations, First Ave. & Madison! 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