The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 8, 1912, Page 4

THE Phone SNOW TW Ber tle paper baving full leased wh seootations, ed at Seaitig, Wash @po Slane Toatior Tall, cut of city, She per mon, up t = mo Wo, your ¥3.50, | ved Dally by Th: © Publishing Co, Phone: Bachange Ma! If the women themselves endorse the proposed anti hat pin ordinance, it's a “cinch” that it will become law And, if adopted, Seattle will be the first Américan city to have such fn ordinange. Hat pins still will be worn, but abnormal lengths will disappear Judicial Timber Judge O. B. Harris, defeated candidate for nomination to the supreme bench of Indiana, has filed his statement of his cam ign expenses. He spent 10 cents for newspapers and 15 cents) for postage on them, and is being laughed at by the Indiana politicians, which means pretty much all native born or natural-| ized Indianians. But we are not going to laugh. We don’t kr but we judge by his campaign expenses of 2 should have been nominated. Evidently it was one of tho instances of the judgeship seeking the man, and not the usual exhibition of a politician-lawyer bribing, carousing, stumping, promising all heaven and earth in order to robe himself in the! sacred judicial ermine. Evidently, had Mr. Harris got upon the} bench, he would have ascended there owing nobody anything and hence been in shape to render genuine jus: rather than as some campaign boss or contrib wanted him to see it | We think right well of Mr. Harris’ It is pos sible that’ if we had laws prohibiting any candidate for judge to spend m than 25 cents to get on the bench, we common) folks would have a better show in the courts and we'd fewer judges whose branding-marks are shamefu icuous. | w Mr cents Harris, that he re | He—Do you know you remind me of a freshly-picked rose. Sho—Welt, I'm freshly ploked all |right, George picked me for bis/ fiancee only last night HANDING HIM ONE > S-cent policy have | Reducing the Retailer the land are with the Many municipalities throug city markets, in an effort to and middleman by br face. It means very delivers to sibility of a reduction in t But to meet this move far west particularly, are onto a cash basis, doin ing their prices. They claim that with such heavy accounts and delivery cut out, they lower prices and still reap the old pre It is very likely that this expegiment of the retailers will tend to reduce the high cost of living in many instances. The] credit system and the telephone have had a whole lot to do with| boosting household bills. Many a housewife gets things she wouldn't get if she didn’t have credit at the store, and it is so} easy to run to the telephone and order things that one would get along without if one had to go after them. ut do away He the country fan't it? She sell at chiin a better from ever a day in ver it's lovely to spen away from ybody Ww show you're away ' you ght when body else. au up expen can Most | JOSH WISE SAYS: “Agr’cuiture ie finally gettin’ |down ter a payin’ system, Th’) keerful farmer kin now manage ter! have th’ young pige quit needin’ th’ skim milk in time fer th’ summer! boarder season.” | MOUNTAINEERS in Corsica make bread from chestnuts that will keep fresh for 15 days. QUALIFIED Are those peopte as good at the nt of the mountains as they nd to be?” 1 suppose so. From the way they are tagging on to the society folks here, one can see they are born climbers.”—Baltimore Amert can STRATEGY DOES THE TRICK “A man at the door has one of those fly-by-night schemes.” “Don't listen to him.” “But this seems all right.” “What is it?” “It's a preparation to put on |convenient place in the house which |makes it attractive to flies, They jather there to sleep, and then ev lery night you sneak up on them and swat them.”—Detroit Free Press, a a nel ainsi iat id * AS IT SEEMS TO WILLY *& Teacher—The right to have | more than one wife is called |® polygamy. What is it when rT pr COSTS New York state over $3,400,000 annually to care for] her foreign-born insane patients. ONE Seattle wonmn has completed a fast of over 40 days. Who wants to be next? They say it makes you feel] fine, and it’s very economital TALLY one for New York City! Her authorities refuse to permit moving pictures of the Titanic disaster to be shown, and| there would be barrels of money in it, too. es GILSON GARDNER COMMENTS ON THE POLITICAL GAME BY GILSON GARONER (Washi Correspondent of The Star.) WASHINGTON, May 8.—The democratic presidential campaign is Bow proceeding on the theory that the democrats will have Col. Roose- Veit as their antagonist. On this theory, it is believed by many demo- erats that the democratic candidate should be “conservative.” Harmon! he ie the ideal. Quietly big business ts transferring its political baggage |% 2", Se ey from Tait to Harmon. Clark and Underwood are being manipulated to|* 42" secure positions on the political board. The plan to kill off Wilson is|* ,,illy—-Monotony, ma‘am. being followed out with some success. The Hearst-Harmon-Underwood.|* /tppincott's Magazine Clark alliance has an excellent prospect of preventing any single candi-|* date securing enough votes for success on the first ballot, after which|* ¥¥ *¥ *¥¥* ¥# 44 ee the Baltimore convention will be thimblerigged and manipulated by the big people behind the se That is the prospect, and it would not} HER OPINION be surprising if the delegates being accumulated under the names of “What makes you so sure that Clark, Underwood and favorite sons would be swung to Harmon at the young man is a good business man?” opportune moment. sked Mr. Cumrox. * e Well,” replied his daughter, “he In the number of selected and instructed delegates, Clark leads the doesn't ride, shoot, play golf or ten. democratic candidates. He has 148 to Wilson's 12 Harmon has but|nis or write for the magazines. four, these being from Nebraska. Several states have been playing the| There must be something he can “favorite-son” game, which means that they are held by bosses for trad. do."—Washington Star. ing purposes. Connecticut, for example, instructed its 14 4 ates for Gov. Baldwin, but will throw its influence for some reactionary candi 1 date of the Underwood or Harmon type. Indiaha is nominally for Gov. | Marshall, but really is a manipulated delegation of 30 votes, which will be delivered by Tom Taggart. The 36 Massachusetts delegates are nominally for Foss, but they are claimed by both Wilson and Clark for second choice. The 90 delegates from New York ninstructed, but in estimating probabilities, they should be counted against Wilson and for some reactionary candidate. They are Tamany Hall and Charlie Murphy chatte! ———— +eeeeeeee eax PARADOXICAL ical thing in signal on t What He empt was succes: A PAINFUL OPERATION “I have got to perform a very dis sful operation this morning,” re. ked the eminent surgeon What {s that?” ‘One of my rich patients wants to cut a little something off his (The opinions expressed in this column are not necessarily the opin. | bill.’ —Pittsburg Post | jons of The Star. Correspondents should append their names and ad-| dresses to communications, not for publication—uniess permission is ex-| NO CHANCE TO TELL pressiy given—but as an evidence of good faith. Letters should contain Aren't you afraid that not more than 200 words.) |rapher will divulge some of } business secrets? No,” said Growcher. “I'm safe| on that point. I've got one who} Jean't read her own notes.”—San Francisco Chronicle. PREP OTIGG 2 To the Editor of The Star: | plants. Please give me space to remind the | made public that we can all help along To the the “city beautiful” idea. When so|The Star many waste places are being con-|its effort verted isto garden spots, the ugly|—to spots seem uglier than ever by com-| people parison. My suggestion is that even those who are unfortunate enough to live in houses and flats without yards, cah Improve the ap. pearance of thelr street and br en their own lives by havi dow boxes fijled with These boxes can be home- A FLAT DWELLER Editor of The Star 8 to be congratulated on| which surely cannot fail| “Dilling park” for the isn’t much of a park, t is, it serves a far bet arpose than would a municipal| Our downtown streets are enough, without disfigur- still more with a sheet It ter p gara, unio’ ing fron ly them abor BLACK FINKBINDER MAILEY SEARCHED Alt OvER THE TOWN FER. THE SAERIFF AND FINALLY FOUND HIM COMING OUT OF MACK'S HARNESS SHOP, HE EXCLAIMED, THE OLo MARE RAN AWAY BECAUSE WE DRWER DIDN'T TIRE. BAKING POWDER Absolutely Pure The only Baking Powder made fromRoyal Grape Cream of Tartar mo ar 1 sHALL Kock You up in THE HEN HOUSE FER THAT. 90 MA LIM—E PUNReUATe eeeeeeueeeasee THE STAR—WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1912. VERY WELL, INDEED George--Do you know you have | your sister's features? Willie—Aw! You orter se@ her when sho ain't made up. She ain't got nottin’ on me, A GRAFTER He! hope I see you well this morning. Cholly—-Would you do me a faver| and put in a good word for me with) He-—-Overlooking here would be your sister? |a fine place for us to build our Johnny—-Why should If I don't|home when we are married know anything good about you, but} Shel guess you're also over if you could see your way clear to|lobking the feet that you haven't buy me a $1.25 ball, maybe | would.'the price to build anything. THE ONE PERFECT BOY 1 never heard of but one perfect boy,” said Johnny, penpively, ax he wat {n the corner dotng pouance. And who was that?” asked r “Papa-—when be was little for the apace of five minutes mma. was the answer Rabywine. Then allence reigned ee * * * * RIGHT BACK AT HIM There was @ young woman who thought a good deal about ancestry and descent, apd there was a young man who thought all such stuff was snobbish. The two sat out a dance together and the girl mou “i her hobby simost at once. What was your father?” interrupted the young man “Father was a gentleman. 4 But what did he do for a living?” The young man thought that smart, but the girl came right back “What was your father? "My father raised bogs.” “I soe be did. But what did he do for a living?”"—Cleveland Piain Dealer. * * * * * * 7 * she asked. * * | THE RIGHT DIRECTION Floorwalker—Something | can 40 for you, sir? Nervous Gentloman—I have jest my wife, Floorwaiker—Mourning «gods gp the third floor —Life. OUTBURSTS OF-EVERETT TRUE WELL EVERETT, | HAVE JT ALL COPED OUT wHo's GOING TO WIN THE PENNANT THiS YEAR, IT LOOKS—— GET AWAY I? YOU SAPHEADS BEGIN THAT PENNANT CHAT~- TER AS SOON AS THE BASE BALL SEASON OPENS It TWO MAGNATES CONVERSE peaking of baseball, a baseball magnate was talking with a theat rical magnate. You are always worrying,” remarked the baseball man. “Why is it?” I have to be careful not to produce anything too heavy,” explained the theatrical man, “You know, I have to cater to the tired business man.” “I don’t let the tiréd business man worry me the others when he gets to the ball: park ny. He roots with -Pitteburg Post, a 2 a TOO ATTRACTIVE What's your opitton $f the new maid? Hub—1 think she's sphendid. Wife—I thought you di@, That's why I fired her this morn- Boston Transeript Wife ing * * * * « * * * HESS EEE ih i 2 a es HOUSECLEANING TIME Woman @ the House (answering third ring) pull the house down? t Book Agent--Beg pardon, madam, but have you the “Life of Grant"? Woman—No, but if I waga gan Td have yours in one minute Are you trying to (Slams the door.)—Boston Transegipt SMR be *| AT THE THEATRES THIS WEEK. Metropolitan—The Juvenile Bow tonlans in “The Rose of Blandeen.” Moore Durb: Seattio J he Gay F Orpheum Emprese— Vaudeville, Pantages Vaudeville Grand—Vaudevilie and pletnres Clemmer doville Melbourne deville. motion pictures. Shirley Co. tn ristans,” deville. motion Photoplays and vauw Photoplays and vau “Once upon a time,” said Maggie Valder young and handsome prince mounted horse, journeyed into a far country in search of a bride. Gome classy start, yes?” “Rotten, Go on,” lies in chorus. You're sore because you couldn't do it, As he rode along the birds sang sweetly in the tree tops, and the tittle fishes flashed and darted in the timpld pools and purling brooke, and the butterflies flitted from flower to flower, and—" ‘Cut out the mushy stuff, and get down to cases,” said the Cye ling Helles ald the Cyclist Se coutinued Maggie the prince turned a in the forest lane he found himself in a bosky dell. And there, studying her reflection in @ limpid | pool You used ‘limpld pool’ once be- fore,” objected the Cycling Belles was a beautiful lady with red hair and @ nwell shape” Why, Maggie Valdere,” shouted |the Cycling Helles, “blessed if you n't trying to slip one over on us! You vain thing!” “Lt have said.” pursued Maggie Valdere, “that she was a beautifal lady, By which I do not mean that she was proud and haughty and of noble birth, Not so! She was an humble child of the people, but as good as she was beautiful—in the it sense, a lady on the eyes of the prince and id met, they instantly fell in so the maiden climbed up behind the prince without making any fuss about It, just as any » jethle girl would do when she had found a reliable meal ticket. Then the prinee headed about for his an- cestral castle. “But on the way they met one of those speed maniace from Queen Anne Hill" “Grand!” applauded the Cycling Belles, “If you want to make a . introduce a little local color.” | “A speed maniac from Queen Anne Hill Jone thing that the snow-white steed |hated worse than another it wae » |buex wagon. And the way that old | blog snorted thrashed about | Wana sin and a shame. He bucked and kicked and stood up on hin hind legs, And when the prince had plucked « square foot of sod out of his eye, he looked about, but the lady and the horse were no- jar A HAPPY CHILD IN A FEW HOURS When Cross, Sick, Feverish, Tongue Coated or Bilious Give Delicious “Syrup of Figs.” Mother! look at the tongue! see if it is coated. If your child ts lst- leas, drooping, isn't sleeping well, in restless, doesn't eat heartily or ix croes, irritable, out of sorts with everybody, stomach sour, feverish, breath bad; has stomachache, diarr- hoea, sore throat, or is full of cold, it means the little one's stomach, liver and 30 feet of bowels are filled with poisons and clogged up waste and need a gentle, thorough cleans ing at once. Give a teaspoonful of Syrup of Figs, and in a few hours the foul, ldecaying, constipated matter, un |digested food and sour bile will jgently move on and out of its little |bowels without nausea, griping or weakness, and you will surely have @ well and smiling child short! With Syrup of Figs you are not drugging your chitdren, being com sed entirely of luscious figs, na and aromatics it cannot be harmful, besides they dearly love ite delicious taste Mothers should Syrup of Figs handy stomach, liver and and regulator ne today wil! row. always keep It ts the only bowel cleanser d—a little given ave a sick child tomor ages and for grown-ups printed on the package. Ask your druggist name Senna,” prepar Fig Syrup Co. This tasting, genuine old reliable fuse anything else offe plainly for the full AMUSEMENTS ° Seattie Theatre Main 43 TONIGHT « WEEK—MA Laughable F me GAY Nights, 10¢ to 500, 1 hureday Mat. 20¢ rimrose Path” Noth Phones 8106. int Headiiners an and Florence Holbrook, UST AS THEY AR PANTAGES HOR DIG ACT 10 and 200 Full directions for children of all/ Syrup of Figs and Elixir of | 1 by the Calffornia| # the delicious | Re-| on @ snow-white | And if there was any | Belles. MAGGIE Sad, Sweet Story of Red-Head Girl, Prince and White Horse Told by Maggie V VALDERE where to be seen.” “What had become of them?” asked the Cycling Bell “The horse had run away with her, boneheads. And for years and years after that the prince wan- dered from country to country, looking for his lost love, Hope would die, only to be born again every time he saw a white horse. 1 don't know whether he ever found the girl or not. It doesn't matter, “The point is that from that day to this it has been the custom in all civilized countries to look for a red-headed girl whenever you see & white horse, or to look for a white horse whenever you see a red headed girl. It gets rather tire- some.” “Is that all?” asked the Cycling 7 . * * in ce “No,” replied Maggie jth blushing slightly. “I remarked ear ly in the narrative thet th headed lady had a swell Most red-headed ladies have.” “Oh«-00000!" gasped the Cycling | Relies. “And I was just about to add that | ai the gink who, having spotted a| th white horse, looks about for a red-| of headed girl, tent wasting his time.” | ¢¥ Valdere, | week. ever held in shown on the screen at the The pictures show important event that hap od. ing the coronation of King and all the iitte in curred prior to the big day the king and queen The grand ero" Take a slant at the discriminating reader, a white horse, and looked red-headed girl, and saw would you be wasting your You would? ‘come, "s another look. comel Se ee | AT THE MOORE The kinemacolor fact lebration one entre. wred. ‘© fighting m: Royal troops the most er thrown “Well, of all stuck-ap things!” ex-| machine. ploded the Cycling Belles. j Maggie and the rest of the Betie; are cycling at the Empress this| 41 TERRE pictures Durbar in India are by fat est filme ever The color shceme, the everything that of India, are shown fn the Sacrifice Sale Modern 5 Pike. OVER THE O-W. R. & Nu O.S.L. and Union Paciti¢ COLORADO SPRINGS, DENVER, PUEBLO, CITY, DES MOINES AND DAVENPORT, IA, ISLAND, ILL, AND OTHER LEADING from a motion i 0 IDD WESTERN AND EASTERN POINTS, MAY 2, 3, 4, 9 ll, 17, 24, 29... DALLAS, TEXAS, MAY 14, GOING TRANSIT LIMIT WILL BE 15 DAYS DATE OF SALE AND FINAL RETURN LIMIT OCTOBER 31, 1912. When you use this system of railroads in mali journe East you know that you have Steel Coaches and Block Signals to protect you from the time you step abo train until you reach your destination. THEN TOO journey along a scenic route; polite employes take an intel you and see that all your little wants are looked after; if Dining Car you are served with the best of everything ata reasonable cost ) Consider These Thing When You Come to” Select Your Route — Summyr Excursion Rates will be in existence from until fall to all the leading Middle West and Eastern Call for information E. E. ELLIS, District Passenger Agent, 716 Second Av “Phone Main 932. ¢., Seattle. Elliott 1995. Oregon-Washington Station, Corner Jackson St. and Foutt®™ ‘o i atari’