The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 7, 1912, Page 4

THE SEATTLE STAR En ee een ee Dally by whe Bin Pevianing OS — (tered at Seattle, Wash, postoffice as second-class matter st ‘out of ol or’ month up to six months, Six months Sne year, $8.20. tween the ages of one minute and five Bl te 4 Fall "River, Mass., has one-fifth the thanc. of living that a child living in Seattle enjoys. Likewise they kill little children more than twice @s rapidly .in Pittsburg than in Minneapolis, St. Paul or Omaha. In Lowell, Mass., three little white hearses go to San Francisco’s one. In the infant mortality statistics for the year 1910 published by the government, Fall River, Mass., ith the high rate of 922.7 deaths > the age of five to 100,000 of population. comes next with 782.1; Newark’s rate is 505.7; ’s, 652.2; Buffalo's, 545.4. ‘ : aul, 330.4; Omaha, 307.5, and ema polaend Sey tag apr eho a it more difficult for li i lie. TAKES THE FIRST PRIZE; HER 234.4, and San Francisco, 229.9, are coast towns at the top of the honor roll. figures of Ohio cities afford cause for com- veland leads with a rate of 495.3 deaths; did much better, 355.3. Columbus has a ere a higher death rate in one city than doesn’t do it. ae gpane isa an a Syracuse, but its infant mortality rate Ly to Syracuse’s 407.7. Greater New York has a little Scranton’s 568.9. mech) wih 2902, a Richmond, Ver (south) with ) patey ‘ 7. a THE SrAR—WEDNESDAY, FE confer a favor by notifying this prompt and reaular, deliver, The tw Ed pore to The fisattle Star will ° Star for all, and your paper office at once. ment mp kindly ight by € 0’! sai’, Bud °or tad. 441. "Aa for the Cirowlats Why Gather More in Some Fields Than in Others?- What about Cleveland, Detroit, Richmond: and other high rate cities ; “we poe Fw to men that impel improper housing and insanitary methods of living have anything to do with it? Can | nd tiresome hours of labor by women in the lars es and after baby’s coming have) ing to do with it? ee the wretched life enforced upon the bigger child f a Scranton miner, or a Pi rom: tg Soc 9 to do with those cities’ abnor- mal rates? ; ‘Undoubtedly a national children’s welfare b uld find the answers. yee sational children's welfare a would not ly tell hy the grim reaper ga’ 90 many more po pals perf flowers in Fall Rives than in and so many more there than in Columbus, and 10 many more there than in Denver, and so many more there than in Seattle, but it would tell us how to make the living Fe the live children worth while to themselves and to the nation. There is at work in Washington a tremendously powerful opponent of the proposed bureau. Every employer of children is against it; factory owner who hires women is against it; home sweatshop contractors are against it; owners of in- sanitary tenements are against it; and some state- righters (Senator Joseph Bailey, for instance) a: + every by the house of representatives of ts aed peed by the senate, creating a na- tional children’s welfare bureau. : For the children of the land, for those yet to be can BRUARY 7, 1912. Most ite human wp of individuals who won't let > anybody kiok their dog.” U Michigan students assumed the role of stokers when firemen struck, But don’t get elated, the Diisters will keep them out of school for at least three weeks, A Now Jersey girl saved 4 man from drowning by the use of her fur neck piece. That looks sum pieious in Leap Year. 1, Minn, minister bas adopted the graphophone method ‘of dolivering bia sermons, That's a mean trick to play on the man who wants to sleep through the ser- mon. fire PACE #* CEEP “TWOUGAT, WHEN AT LENGTH WE SAID ALouds LOS ANGELES VOTED DRY, flow WOULD Sm DIEGO F mene If YO WANT TO BE FUNNY THE REAL DICKENS REVEALED--BORN JUST Just 100 years ago today, on Veb- ruary 7, 1612, there was born at Landport, in Portsoa, Eng. « child who was destined to be the most popular writer the world has ever soon thus far, His chance for achieving anything out of the ordinary seemed slim enough then. Indeed, there didn't seem to be much chance of his even growing up, much joss of growing nius. For he was a frail ntok- ly child, born of improvident parents, who couldn't even afford know something of how improvident happy-go- lucky these parents wi for in the immortal Mr, Micawber-—who was aiting for “something to this boy whose centenary lebrating today has given the world a portrait of his lovable but Impecuntous father, John Dick- ons. Furthermore, thom who have read “David Copperfield” know 4 good deal about the life of this boy, Charles Dickens, for in “David” he has given a veiled autobiography Por just as David went to Lon don & mere child, to work In a warehoure, 60 Charles Dickens went to London and worked in a blacking warehouse, He used to wander bout the streets of London, taking i# meals in just such penny eating unos as David haunted, and peep- now and then into Covent Gar den market to see the gorgeous dis- plays of fruits and flowers. And just as Mr. Micawber passed much of his time in prison for debt, so Charles Dickens’ fath hope lesaly involved, spent prison pending the settlement of his case in the bankruptcy court. And little Charles used to go “home” on Saturday nights to spend Sunday with. a family that was actually keeping bouse in 1. And there was a “Dora” in real Ife, too, only Dickens never got as|, far as the altar with her, and there was an ambitious stripling who learned shorthand and became a parliamentary reporter, only the real reporter waa & better one than 100 YEARS A ee ee es GO THIS MOR from a portrait made in hie SkRaERES DICKENS’ PICTURE OF NIAGARA — David ever pretended to be, for Dickens was a passionate admirer of Niagare tl Twiet up your eysiash, Charles Dickens was counted the Fall River, the factories| born, bring every possible pressure you TO Make your laugh a frown, PASS THAT know, he’s the x months ago ae far as New Orleans. icy plum of a prize was wise in his gen- Aviator Fowler? that big, birds of the barnyard have come into their own again today. poultry show ison. Look it over and pian a chicken yard of} A legislative committee is now investigating the con the striking mill operatives at Lawrence, Mass. The con- disclosed are disgraceful. ‘Wages so low that fam- would band together and hire a tenement in order to ize, four or five living in one room. It was found that next door to Boston, the so-called Hub of our culture tefinement, conditions exist similar to those portrayed so idly by Zola in “Germinal.” y is it that industrial conditions which are a reproach fo Civilization should be permitted to continue until a grea: occurs, before we investigate? And, generally, govern- ’s answer is the militia and coercion. If violence is to be t those who toil must have a government which truly fepresents them and will see to it that investigations are fmade and remedies are applied before hopelessness and des- eration have dethroned patience and reason. Let’s push those registration figures over the best past record. we'll just send a littie message flickering over the wires that the City of the Northwest is bigger than ever. We can do it; the the figures are increasing shows it. Seattic, in the role of a fair maid, takes no advantage of leap year. man who desires to jead her by the hand for the next administra- term must propose in the most galiant style. The Good Lives On Parents, do you cherish the truth that the good which you do lives © Reckon the! Miss Dilipickies Manages a Campaign to Prevent a Senile Becoming Mail Order Bridegroom. * |rant diner you? A father, over forty years ago, refused to accept a feo to|“We wh, girls,” | shouted; “Uncie Amos is waving the white flag of surrender from the corn erib.” the issue of railroad aid bonds. That refusal to betray his bors has been an inspiration to his son in all the years ince to the people's battles. That father died when the son was only but the impress of the father’s patriotism and fidelity have been on. Is it not worth wh Good evening! With warm weather sauntering along so bland like, ir. Man, we suppose you're figuring on putting that fuel money into the gl are you reckoning without your wife’s spring bonnets? you In this flurry over mayoraity candidates, don’t forget that Seattic Wants.four very sizable men to occupy seats in the city council, The Wolf and the Sheep Bouick White, resident of Trinity House, New York, is to be tried heresy. No wonder; he wrote a book entitled “The Call of the penter,” in which he gave utterance to this vicious thought: ‘A wolf preys on 100 sheep, not because of the wolfishness of the Wolf, but because of the sheepishness of the sheep.” Such talk is undisguised invitation to the preyed-upon to resist the Predatory. Big Business won't stand for it. CLEVELAND women’s boycott of butter is estimated to have spread $0 65,000 consumers. We mean that the boycott spread, not the butter, °o 0 °o DOCTORS now say that bananas are good for you and not hard digest if you are sure they are fully ripe. Green or rotten is what bles you up. o 0 °o WM. LAMBERT, San Diegan arrested 225 times for drunkenness, ove the kind treatment of the police has finally reformed him. Gentle on falling off the water wagon will please be good to the police o 0 o ORE than 136,000 square feet of scenery was painted for one big now running in New York. Wonder what Bill Shakespeare and igns, “This is a garden,” “This 1s a court scene,” would say to that? o o 9 IN ONE year 887 fires New York are traced to careless nse of atches, What's that you say: “In the same time 9999-100 per cont all the divorces were traced to careless matches, too”? Tush, tush! x o o 06 SOMETIMES there's a laugh even in a tragedy, Ballinger denounces the proposed bureau to investigate conditions of Child jabor as “unwarranted intrusion into private affairs.” Lordy, yes! Murdering the souls and bodies of children ought to be a private affair o 90 oO EVANGELIST GIPSY SMITH ts making Los Angelans weep by thousand and sing hymns in the street cars. They've got the sins make ‘em weep, all right, but that singing will sure drive the tourist le to San Diego and other citi®s that don’t express thelr repentance song. — U. 8. Senator SS FROM THE MASCULINE VIEWPOINT “A woman,” quotes the would-be laconic youth, “is as old as she *Nonsenset” says the man with thi har} a Smacines that she is as young as she paint Bok, ee Chicago Evening Post, v. It looks like a triumph. Uncle Amos has declared he will give uphis attempt to marry a mail order bride. It eame this morning, but not until | had locked him in the corn crib for safe keeping and cut off his tobacco. Since his attempt to run away and marry by sneaking out of the win dow of his room, 1 would have need. ed to watch him, not only day, bi also night, and that {a more than human endurance is equal to. So last evening I hustled him out to lock and key there. No windows to get out of, you know. I gave him to understand that, although these were high handed proceedings, and a suspension of the habeas corpus, it was the only way to save him and the farm from fortune hunt- reases. Well, he sulked all night behind the slats of the corn crib, like a captive chimpanzee, and final |= idolatry, and as she read, show that they understood her. “See,” chorused the children. “Tt had ears, but It could not - “Hear,” the response “It had lips, but It could not — The answer came waveringly, “Wipe it,” was the shouted an Boston Herald, Evening Transcript. the corn erib and put him under) THEN THE LESSON STOPPED The teacher was conducting her little charges through the mazes of |, she made each scholar finish the sen “The idol had eyes,” read the teacher, “but it could not ly this morning he signaled the house with his handkerchief tled to a cornstalk. Gleefully I rushed to the telephone and called Cousin Mattie and Cousin Mitte at village ‘We win, girls!" 1 ted. “Uncle Amos is waving the white fi of surrender from) tho corn crib.’ Uncle Amos wanted to be “let out | of this gol ding prison, right away,” it 1 was not quite that easy. “You don't get out, Uncle Amos,” I sald, firmly, “until you deed over twothirds of the farm to your daughters as a guarantee. Then we'll see if Doris Willowplume or any other strange woman will de willing to take ® chance at marry. ing you.” leaving Uncle Amos atill cooped up to ponder over the way he had been outgeneraled by his loving niece, Diana Diliptekles. (Continued) ; fake re but it came, “speak.” “It had @ nose, but it could not ——" swer, and then the lesson st opped.— Old Soque—Doctor, what is the easiest way to stop drinking? Doctor—The easiest way for you? Why, keep on drinking.—-Boston BAKING POWDER Absolutely Pure The only Baking Powder made fromRoyal CrapeCreamofTartar NO ALUM, NO LIME PHOSPHATE Wiggle your ears, And you'll be a fine clown. Men accompanied by ladies may forgot he was good looking. A near-riot resulted. Scientists have discovered an animal which has three sets of legs. If they only heid elections in the animal kingdom he'd be a favorite, A Tip From the Waiter “Everything comes to him who waits, I suppone,” said the restav- tently. “You, sub,” answered the negro waiter, “but the gentleman what won't wait done gets his first."-— Life, The Changes of Time “My husband, fifteen years ago,” ‘used to kiss me passed through « tupael. But now" Sh a bitter laugh. 4, tak don Opinion. Beat Him to It “A man tried to pick my pockets treet yesterday, but my ented him.” “Did she grapple with him, or just scream?” “Neither; she wasn't there.” “Then how could she prevent him? “fhe had been through my pock- ots first ‘Tit-Bits, The Long Chase “I understand that your spinster friend has gone into one of the professions?" “Yes.” “Indeed. And what is her partic ular pursuit?” “Man."—Cleveland Plain Dealer. LOOK OUT! Trouble won't come after you, Unieas you beckon tt; But when he does get on your toes He clogs a merry skit, In real life there are not ‘the stage, but neither is hero- ine turned ont into the snow storm 80 often, So I hitehed up and went to the! | village to get Mittle and Mattle,| | “Ort Stileblock is sufftrin’ from hives, but :hev ain't ‘hives of in- dustry." eee only three or four gits light hearted an there's a pane in his 1d his party affiliation when ered, Job Artichoke an- + ‘Scattering.’ ” ae nt “It's bad enough ter be a game hog without havin’ “When he wuz in New = York, Hank Hosscawn licked up so much of th’ grape on th* Great White came home sufferin’ quickest and most accurate in some 80 reporters who were then taking stenographic reports for the London papers “This waa the Charles Dickens,” says George Sala, “who, tn high watin stock and double breast pin, in glonsy frock coat and velvet col lar, in cut velvet waistcoat and glistening chain, was, in the early days of Queen Victoria's reign, one of the best looking and best dressed young fellows about town; and who, & fow years later, in a blue frock, white vest and white trousers, looked even nattier and comelier.” It was in these reporting days that the “Sketches by Bor” were written, and the immortal “Pick- wick which established Dickens at a stride as the most pop- ular of English writers. Then came “Oliver Twist” and “Nicholas Nickleby,” and “The Old Curtosity Shop,” and so down to “The Mystery of Edwin Drodo,” which mystery was sealed when th master of Gad’s Hill laid down his pen forever, with the book but half finished, in the summer of 1870, That appreciated the warmth of his welcome in America is evi- Washing the head makes the hair brittle, splits it, and causes streaky. color. Dry shampooing with therox keeps the bair fluffy, clean and bright. Put a cupfal of cornmeal in ‘B fruft jar, add an original package of therox, and shake well. Sprinkle & spoonful on the head and brush through the hair once a week. This treatment makes hair grow long and abundant. Fine complexions are destroyed by powders that clog the pores and greasy creams that darken the skin. A genuine complexion beaw tifler can be made at home by dis- solving an original package of mayatone tn half a pint of witch hazel. Gently rub this solution over face, neck and arms in tho morning and it will “hold” all day. It will not rub off or show like powder and makes the skin soft, satmy and pliable. If you have chaps or cold sores or rough, red skin, apply Mother's antiseptic and healing, and splendid remedy for pim ples, ema, sores and skin io tlons. —Advt. SULPHURR 4 os. Soe. At All Druggists 10 os. $1.00. Or direct from Inboratory if drug- giat cannot supply your wants, 4 on, by mall, Ge. prepald, $1.35. jphur Co Heatile. > EXAMINATION TIST 22h © Bridgework Full Set of Teeth Porcetain Crowns Gold Fillings Silver Fillings TERMS TC THE BLST DENTISTRY CAN OBTAIN. IN THE CITY THE CHEAPEST POSSIBLE WE DO EXACTLY AS WE ADVERTISE ALL WORK GUARANTEED 15 YEARS Laboring People’s Dentists ORS ELECTRO DENTAL PARL “I went down alone into It would be hard he does ther: and from that fe Tl from its unfathomable gra ghost of spray and mist thi happiness, nothing of terror. shall think of its beauty.” Sestaeeteseeeseteeeeereee ter quoted by Mamie Dickens in her story of her fathe: if “How can I tell you what has hap- pened since the first day? How can | reception here; of the crowds that} |pour in apd out the whole day; of/ | the people that line the streets when I go out; of the cheering | when I went into the theatre; of the copies of verses, letters of con- fratulation, welcome . all kinds, j lew What Would he visited each time he came to America. from a letter the following description of her father while he was in the United States haunting this place with the perhaps from the creation of the wi fect of this tremendous spectacle on me mind, tranquillity, great thoughts Oe ee ee ee ee the very nevi oa of I can shudder lection of Glencoe, but whenever { think of * lI give you the faintest notion of my |“, perfield” that rank his di > ‘ DOCCOM Your Loved Ones Something Hap pened to You eS AN EDITORIAL Have YOU ever given THAT thought CONSIDERATION? Yes, of course, THOUGHT of it, but what have you DONE toward properly PROVIDING for little ones? Have YOU allowed that bugaboo, “time care of itself,” to govern YOUR actions? that YOU are so careless as to NEGLECT MOST IMPORTANT DUTIES OF YOUR: NO MAN has any excuse for subjecting! to the future of earning her OWN living: # ‘ with PRIDE could think of it. Whatever a part of it should be placed in the savings PROTECT HER and the KIDDIES. ington Trust and Savings balance to your credit. s. DOLLY LANC. KITTY COVELL. Q@RACE MAYNA: rr MISS MIBB MISS MR. mm. MR. . MR. RABBY GLYN—The od Ts Rassy d. Miiuun—rinn And the SIMPLICITY of it. A litte SE SACRIFICE can mean THEIR INDEPEND! After dinner tonight, take a pencil and plan—plan to open your Savings account in the’ be Bank tomorrow Then each week or month make regular deposits. ‘ it an obligation. In a few years you'll find Twenty dollars, for instance, deposited month in the Washington Trust and Saving# Four per cent compound interest means ovet” hundred in five years or nearly three pee - er Entertainers 6 to 1. 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