The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 10, 1912, Page 4

4 THE STAR—-SATURBAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1912. THE SEATTLE ST wae H Sra ater meiotic ns bak TH Sue years th = cents per month up va ubscribers to The Seattle St At once of any failure to secure pro i", oF any attempt to substitute an is the ire of the management to pec ven gourteous prom o'etock kind! tb} yp Yad fa ‘Kew for the Clroulation xb omus. Y nN The Star \J Circ “THE NINE LIVES OF KITTY KAT!” Delightful Verses and Pictures for Children he ttention. one this Depart- SE Justice in a Dense Fog Everybody recollects the story of how Solomon decided which of two women was the mother of a child both claimed, His wisdom was displayed by proposing to cut the child in twain and give each woman a half. He knew that the real mother would sooner give up her child than have it killed, Suppose that he had told those two women to employ law- yers; and then those lawyers had put the claims o each of their clients in writing after the manner of lawyers nowadays, and then lawyers and Judge Solomon and near-Solomons and KITTY KAT LOSES ONE LIFE A DAY FOR EIGHT DAYS, AND THEN. BUT YOU'LL HAVE TO LOOK AND READ TO FIND OUT WHAT Lots of mishaps befall this Kitty Kat—but like all cats he has nine lives and can afford to squander a few. “The Nine Lives of Kitty Kat” begins next think—well, just the Circle Corner and will appear cach preceding Saturday in the same place, tried-to-be-Solomons had written on the subject of how the case should be stated, and what court should have jurisdiction and what evidence witnesses should be permitted to give— would all that have aided or defeated justice? Yet that sort of rigmarole is part of the trouble with courts today, It is a prolific cause of the intolerable delays and back-breaking expense. Judges and lawyers are more concerned about what “has been said or written, years ago, maybe several hundreds ago, than to decide what justice requires. In fairness, let us say that many judges and lawyers are striving for justice and think that following prior cases is the best way to attain it. But why should they reverence utter- ances which grew out of social and industrial conditions which are utterly unlike those of today? Is it not absurd to determine questions raised by an age of steam and electricity, of telegraphs, cables and telephones, of railroads and ocean greyhounds and flying machines, by the rules and practices of the stage-coach and sailing vessel, when London and Liver- were further apart, for purposes of intercourse, than and Seattle are now? What would you say if you went to a surgeon with a case gf appendicitis and he would take down his books and begin Yo hunt out what English doctors did with such cases three hundreds years ago? Yet that is what American judges and lawyers are doing today. : It is estimated that there are now approximately 10,000) volumes of American reports and 6,000 volumes of English seports of other countries, containing all told some million end a half reported cases—which are used as PRECEDENTS, according to which most of our present-day cases are decided, And the evil is growing at a tremendous pace. Chancellor cas Uy, “t wish I were a man of stronger t you need Is outdoor exer character.” “What do you meal “But @ man can't take outdoor “I hate to have the barber sell me |oxerciae at this season, Doo, It's everything on hte bill of fare every|too cold to alt on the bleachers time I go in for a shave.” now.” ~ THE WIDOW’'S MIGHT * “I hear you are engaged to marry the lovely widow, Mrs, Squx?” “Tt's true.” “Let me congratulate you, ing of matrimony.” “Neither had L."-—Cleveland Plain Dealer, DIDN'T APPRECIATE IT Mrs, Peck—Really, we never know who our best friends are. Peck—-That's true, There's the fellow | won you away from, hasn't spoken to me since.—Boston Evening Transcript. A SCHEME Knicker—How did that dentist bulld up such a good practice? Bocker-—Has moving pictures for his victims to look at.——Judge. BRUTAL Mrs. Greentng-——And what does this statue represent? Mrs. Browning—That is Psyche, executed in terra cotta. Mrs. Greening-—Poor thing! are so barbarous ty those South American countries.—Boston . NATURAL SUPPOSITION “He is going the pace that kills.” “What make ts his autoT’--Houston Post. Mrs, Wyse-—It's best for « girl to marry an economical man. Her Daughter—t1 dare say, mother, but it's awfully trying to be en- waged to one.—Hoston Evening Transcript. cine. Why, [ hadn't any idea you were think- if | pay for the things The grocery boy brings 1"! be broke—that’s as sure as can be.” Hobson has again predicted war between the United States and Japan, In some respects he's like a koose-bone weather prophet ‘THE DEMON TURK WROTE A NOTE ANO“TWEN LIGHTED, “THE FUSE FoR THE LAST TIME. THE NoTe READ AS Foltows,* it CASE TAPT'S CAMPAIGN SHOULD NoT PROVE FRUITFUL, Wik TEDDY BEAR E * “THE DOCTOR CAME TOO LATE, boys ERE ERE HHS * * rd NEW MEMBERS * * hk et th tie ‘The following are boys and girls who are successful applicants for admittance to the Circle Club. They have written the Circle dur ing the past week: Francis Brestich, La Conner. Justice Monnich. Victor Wickason, Snohomish. Albert Lewis, K Henrietta Cameron, 3936 Ange! Place. Elizabeth Anderson, 2303 Alki av. Hannah Holt, Sliverdaie. Opal Williams, Covington, Wash. SHRRAETRAROA EAE SS ee *% YOUNG CIRCLE MEMBER M4 bel SERRE REE EEE d girls, for these exciting stories told in verse and picture ’ There's only one Kitty Kat and no other paper can get him to tell about hig REEMA * *% LETTERS FROM CIRCLE’S * NEW ONES * * ee ee From West Seattle Dear Uncle Jack—1 would like you to put down my name on your list of nieces and nephews, | am 12 years old and am tn the high sixth. The school I go to has the gram- mar and high school in it, 1 hope to hear from you soon. ELIZABETH ANDERSON, 2393 Alki Ay, She Joins Dear Uncle Jack-—I would like to join the Star Circle Club. 1 .am very much interested in it. I think there could be nothing more enjoyable for young folks than the Star Circle Club, Hoping to see my name added among your list of nieces and | | nephews next Saturday, I will close. HENRIETTA CAMERON, 2926 Angel Place, * * * A Kent Boy Dear Uncle Jack—I want to be- come a member of the Star Circle THEN HE KNEW Take hold of yours Kent, in 1834, complained of the multitude of law books. There were then about 200 hundred American and about 650 English law books, In 75 years, American law books have grown 5,000 per cent—that is, from 200 to 10,000. The first reported American case was published in 1658, and up to 1896 there were reported approximately 500,000 cases. During the next ten years there were added some 250,000 reported cases an addition of nearly 25,000 per year. Through this mass of stuff, judges, lawyers and law students are trying to plough their way. Thus does the dead} hand of the past rule our courts. Don't you see how all this helps the righ litigant? He can hire lawyers and law clerks to plough through this mass and get together material to befuddle courts and juries. VERY LITTLE MONEY Free gre rane Cid snk ta the right band aa Fifth grade. 1 have been watching right ear with your column in the Star every go. Saturday. 1 think The Star ts the) Ten try. a8 qulekly al) best paper in Seattle. a! ALBERT M. LEWIS. | rasp your nose with Kent, Wash, jand your left ear with gem Athletic clubs in New York City are richer by $500,000 since the Frawley law went into effect. Box- ing was the chief source of income. Prize fighters have evidently de- veloped the art of bitting them in the pocketbook. have been a = reader of the Star Circle for a long while and like it very well. Please put my name among the lst of your soap and nephews. I am 14 years |< athaiadiali | old and in the Seventh grade. e _ a school here. Thereare | * nowgn about 96 pupils. I have just missed ee a day at school this year, and hope balinfahentiedie of - i I will not miss any more. rgb Anderson, HANNAH HOLT. Silverdale, Wash, Louisa Walker, Victor Wickason. U MILDRED CURRY. We havo here little Mildred Curry, a member of the Star Circle, Mildred is one of the Cir e's youngest and she is the champ of the six-yearolds when it comes) to contributions, The Circle has a large number of six-yearolds, too. In her letter to Uncle Jack she sald: “I guess the moon Is for big folks like papa and mamma, any- |possible pla very clever! A222 20222 22 2 2 2 os * * *® “Good night” must have * been coined by the fellow who © ® never had indigestion. * * * TKR In This Kind of Weather Meet me ‘neath the old pine tree Would send one to obscurity. for smelling of cloves, throwing your boots ‘e standing her and the children on their heads. court finds that she is not wholly without blame. She has nagged, eren't any, wasted your Income on dress ‘ks and bridge. It’s likely just a matter of temperaments, so it virtually enters a decree of separation th of living apart and make up. Often society and the children, if any. parties have let the interlocutory some one else without more ado. And reme court and decides that the entry of irt clerk ts not enough but that the court jecree, and this vitiates a whole lot of It is mighty embarrassing to attend a social function with Smith's on your arm, mother of « baby or two of yours at home, and meet h with your ex-wife on his arm, mother of triplets by Smith, the) whole quartette ready to yell over a supreme court decision, to the effect domestic eggs must be unscrambled, to paraphrase an expres- Deacon Morgan. Then, too, ft is awful to feel are buying food, clothes, Teddy bears and all-day suckers for a “It is a wise father | who knows his own child" may sound philosophic, all right, but when! half of society is pointing such an adage at the other half, the mercury) fu the thermometer of social up-lift does not rise very high This interlocutory matter, of good intent like other miserable| failures in the law's endeavor to regulate the relations between man and Mr. Brown “My boy, your last novel was a/ix awful dull book worth reading.” Mra. Brown—Strange. It wasn't “Well, judging by my royalty |dull yesterday when I was sharpen- statement, (t-wasn't worth writing.” |ing a penell with it. CARELESS “Husband sick?” asked one women “Not seriously,” replied the other; “after the rest of the family had gone to bed he stayed down in the cellar working over the furnace Ul he got bis hands frost-bitten.-—-Washingion Evening Star, EITHER WAY The Optimist--After all, marriage is the thing. right woman, there is nothing like it The Pessimist—-And if you marry the wrong woman, there ts noth- ing like it!—London Opinion. Gracious! my razor If you marry the SLAP he would Just being good isn’t godly, Doing good ts, A good tout of Everyman's dispo- sition fs a broken shoe lace, Assumed goodness makes an awfully painful picture. bID YOU KNOW— The phrase “Waving the Bloody Shirt" used to describe those who kopt alive the filfecling between the north and south, originated from the custom in Scotland where after a massacre, the widows of the murdered men carried the bloody shirts of their husbands on spears and thus aroused the people to avenge the massacre. The Subject. “Are those women suffragettes?” “You.” “What do you suppose they're talking about so earnestly? “It's one of two things-—millinery lor politics.”—-Detroit Free Press. Between Doctors. “What did you talk about at the last medical meeting?” way your Star comes out every night and the moon don't Mine Curry resides at 5259 14th av. N. EB. (A002 222 22 22 2 2 ee al * * * MY FAVORITES. * * * RETR REKEEKEKEEEH I love to see my cats and dogs Enjoy a friendly fight; 1 love to chase my grandpa‘’s ducks When he is out of sight. I love to sit upon my sled, And down the hill a-flying, Until I reach a cedar anag, And then go home a-crying. I love to play “big lady,” In my mamma's Sunday gown. Oh, what a jolly time I have, When she has gone to town, I love to go a-boating On a pleasant sunny day, And watch the fish a-sparkling Like diamonds in the bay. I love te go to pleture shows; They have such fupny creatures; 1 love to go to skating rinks And see the lovely skaters. Some ike to watch the gentry In a quiet game of golf, $200,000 FOR OLD STAMPS VIENNA, Feb. 10.—A valuable collection of postage stamps has been purchased by « Hungarian firm. The collection, which be- longed to a Budapest architect named Holitecher, is said to be worth $200,000, and has gained for its owner several gold medals. The specimens of old German and oid — stamps aré particularly White it is 8, feet that, we SLAP—Ah, I pair of gloves, ee you have a new) What kind are) do it? THUD. Do you think tar eine, “2: a A Ay 7 tal lite, do not mistake the quatity of our work—you can wet no better dentistr: where, at any =. iti staff of seven high-«rade de tal experts, ail graduates from the ieading colleges of den- tistry. together with buyii matertais in the largest quanti- to's Sitar te saving minimum, and t saving is divided with our patients. ‘Woman, proves, generally, to be merely a good intention used to pave the domestic bell, and it is surely laying a pavement that would put Caesar, Napoleon and other eminent old road builders to me, Yet ‘we hear that the American hor is the foundation stone of our civiliza- tion. But my favorite of favorites Are Osgar und Adolf. ZEPHYRINE CLICKENER, Port Discovery, Wash, “Nitrates.” “Well, they ought to be higher. | It's worth something to leave a warm bed.”-—-Washington Herald. Hie did tt last time, SLAP-—How was that? THUD—1 lost a glove and went in and had him show me ‘some become| more gloves. When I found the older right along. one I wanted [ askéd him to re SLAP—-Why are you carrying one| place it. So he opened the box and wearing the other? again and replaced it. didn't you get Couldn't. Understand. 22220082 25 22 oe ee “But you will have to be identi- ed, madam, before we can cash your cheek.” THUD—Oh, they will * HEREISMY STORY. * * * * * 2228222 Soo eee eG Dr. W. J. MoeGee, soll expert, figures that the country can support “one person to every five-eere foot of He estimates the greatest possible population of the United States to be 1,000,000,000, If the population continues to increase at the present ratio of prog- ress, we will arrive at Dr. McGee's figures in about thi spread over five acres. ‘Then what are we going to do? ter”’-—or one foot of water centuries. = [ GARVIN’S CORNER BY REV. JOSEPH L. GARVIN, B. D., M. A. Pastor of the First Christian Church, Seattle. Criticising My Readers EVERY TIME I HEAR an ex- see I happen to know that he doesn’t pression prompted by Garvin's Cor-| agree with my viewpoint in general, ner, whether it tastes as sweet as @ sugar plum or as tart as an un- ripe persimmons, 1 metaphorically hug myseit for joy, because thought has provoked thought. IF I CAN WRITE my convictions strong enough to make you mad, or g.ad, 1 am content. But if you pass them by as not worth your time, I _ know then that something is wrong. ‘The body is dead. It needs spirit. 1AM IN A HUMOR today to offer a few criticisms concerning the way people read this Corner and what they call it. Some people with minds of mush or wood, of course are excepted. Softies and blockies are excused. IN THE FIRST PLACE I write ‘what I please and how I please, and there are no strings to my state- ments here nor is the blue pencil permitted to craw! across its face, That is why my name is attached to the top. I HAVE A PHILOSOPHY of life that 1s carefully thought out and one which I want to pass on to others, This naturally colors my words and gives me a motive for writing. ONE WOMAN sald she never found anything in these articles She found enough to comment upor them. Besides, much water from the well unless he something to draw with. Vacant minds stay vacant. “IT MAKES ME HOT to read nobody will get) and reads every issue to see how far off I can go and not break my neck. | PEEPING AT OUR buay life through this Corner, I simply take you into my confidence as though we were talking face to face. Some times we fume and sometimes we laugh, But we part thinking, and that is what I am after. WE ALL NEED to do a little thinking on our own account, and we certainly ought not to be afraid to think out loud, 1 have found this to be true—if you don't siop to figure on what might happen to you, when a principle 18 TO BE FOUGHT or defended: You will never lose the final battle for the big stakes although you may 80 down to defeat in many a skir- mish. So long as these Corners continue you may rely upon one thing—I shall SPEAK MY MIND, One other THUD—That's to make the pair) SLAP-—Wouldn’t let you have one last longer. glove, oh? SLAP—Are you afraid you will} THUD--No. He said he would wear them out? give nothing leas than a pair. THUD—No; it was the dealer| SLAP—What did you do then? who was afraid I would wear them] THUD-—Threw the other one out—he wouldn't let me try themlaway and said, “Now give the on until Td paid for them, bd .AP—Suppose you would And that’s how you came by this pair of gloves? go back and ask the} THUD—No; that’s how 1 came! pe it |by this black eye. STRANDED oni THUD—I'a man to repli |phatic way, | | passing a lot of our domestic sup-| Leading Lady—I feel so nervous plies through a hole in the back about tonights house that I belleve fence.” I could fly. “You discharged her, of course?”| Comedian—No; about “Discharged her? No, indeed.|that’s coming to you We nailed up the fence.” walk. the best is a long thing I will not let you do—pass them by with indifference. Get mad, disagree with or endorse my words. If they are true acknowl- edge them. If in error, correct them. Just so you act. WE ARE BATTLING for human happiness, comfort, salvation. It takes firm, bare knuckles and a free and fearless tongue, backed by a God-fearing soul in @ disciplined and réverenced body to win out, too. DEAR READER, do you catch the vision? Be something! Do some- Cocvin's Commer,” said a man. You! thing! A TROUBLE FORECAST “My wife says women ought to vote,” said Mr, Meekton “Well, have you any objection?” “No. But there's going to be a terrible row if the women of our community, get the vote and then try to vote for anybody except for her."—-Washington Evening Star. THE ITEM OF EXPENSE “They told me that painting is an absolutely authentic art treasure,” said Mr. Cumrox, doubtfully, “And they charged you a big price for it?” “Well, to tell you the truth, I don’t think they charged me as much for the picture itself as they did for collecting evidence that it {s an old master.”—-Washington Evening Star. “I don't see why; I didn't have to be identified when I deposited the money here. Chicago Tribune. Didn't Take the Hint. Mamma—When you spoke to the Duke of Bricbrac did you say “Your Grace” to him, as I told you to? Jimmy—Yes, mamma, I said to jhim, “Oh, Lord, for what I am about to receive make me truly thankful,” and the mean thing didn't give me a cent.-Watch Dog Nat Human Bell. Nat Goodwin tells the following about a Turkish bath he had under- gone in Mexico; ye “My rubber,” he said, “was a very strong man. He kneaded and punch- ed and hammered me In a most em- Finally when I got up he came along behind me and gave me four resounding whacks on the bare back with the palm of his enormous hand. “*What on earth did you do that for I panted, staggering. “Only to let the office know I|® was ready for the next bather,' he sald, ‘You see, the bell’s out of order in this room.’ "National Food Magazine, Completing Her Work. Knicker—How long does the cook promise to stay? Mrs. Knicker—She says she will finish breaking this set of china. New York Sun, Plenty of Time Yet. A negro mammy down in Colum- bus was forever prating of the vir- tues and general wonderfulness of her little white charge. She had taken care of him ever since he was born in Alabama, and she believed he was the cream of the general skimmed milk of the earth, One evening, she was going over tho Oi story of her foster child‘s bril- uancy when one of her auditors broke in— “Huh! Dat Gawd, is he?” “Well, no,” answered Mammy, after pondering for a minute—“but he's young yet.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer, white chile ain't My favorite amusement is read- ing. My eyes are quite strong and T can read for hours at a time with- out getting tired. I lke to read better than play, My mother laugh: ingly says I would rather read than eat, My friends, when they come over to play, say they always find me in a corner with a book in my hand, Mamma says so much reading isn't good for me, bit I simply can’t stop. Once I tried to go a whole day without reading. I didn’t read a bit until 6 o'clock, then I just couldn't resist the temptation, so 1 sat down and read, I read many interesting things in books which I would never know about other- wise. I think reading helps to culti- vate the mind a great deal, so I don't care if they do call me a “bookworm.” MISKEL AULT. O'Brien, Wash, REE * * * * * RR KEK EK Which do you like the better, the clty or the country? Which ap- peals to you more, the big noisy elty and the place of hundreds of amusements, or the quiet, amuse- ment lacking country? There's a great appeal in both, and either place has just as many lovers, Could you leave the quiet, peaceable old country for the big, dusty city, or reverse, could you forsake the theatres, parks, big schools and seores of other city fascinations for the dreadfully dull country? You'd better meditate before you dash off an answer, because there are good arguments on either side. Don't forget the topic, “Which do you like better, the city or the country, and why?” Submit your contributions early. The prizes, first, $1.00; the second, 50 cent: CITY OR COUNTRY? attio Au'omonne Scloot, 210 dway, ey Dance at Dreamland tonight. ° The Only Cut - Rate Dentists in SAY YOU SAW IT IN THE STORAGE Auto Delivery Co. _AND TRANSFER COMPAID We Deliver Bverythiag: MorToR¢ ft City Fp mire, a a ransfer Delivery Wagons, SAY YOU SAW IT IN THE