The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 20, 1912, Page 4

THE “SEATTLE STAR _| “Private Bachange Main 0100 HIVPS NOWTHWEST LHAGUS OF NUAWSPAT VHS | \ ing full leased wire mews service clase —_Bntered ay postoltlce w Of elty, Se per n to ale mow, wt The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, 7) and we only know them when they are gone —George Eliot. | Terra Infirma | The earthquake in Turkey shook down cities and killed thousands, Mexico was shaken up a month or so ago. Al aska| had her experienc a geographic dice box last winter The} report runs that Mount Ingalls has been split by'a quake, San Francisco was destroyed six years ago, and has risen from het ashes. Many remember the indescribable terrors of the Krak atoa | explosion which sent waves of destruction washing over all the shores of the South Seas and filled the air of the whole w« rid} with dust. And the Mount Pelee explosion blew the head off a mountain within recent years. In fact, the seismographs of the world record tremblings and quakings of the earth almost every day ‘The ground, in stead of TERRA FIRMA is really TERRA INFIRMA The land of the earth rides higher than the bottom of the sea, because the continents are lighter than the rest of the globe They are like huge patches of foam on an ense liquid drop with a crust forming over it. Did the reader ever blow soap bubbles? Then he has seen foam continents lying high on the floating world of distended water. North America is such a patch of lighter matter riding a few hundred feet higher than the rest of the earth. : These high spots tend to settle. They press down with tremendous power on the mass below. The lighter portions wash down into the sea, and heavier parts stick up as moun tains, and the balance is disturbed. Under this constantly changing pressure the land wrinkles up into mountains slowly The traveler observes old sea beds among the clouds, and thinks of some violent upheaval which has hoisted things in the remote past—but no such upheaval ever took place Phe sea bed rose a fraction of an inch a year—and is rising yet. Nothing has taken place except what is taking place now But when the pressure slowly grinds strata past each other} so that they slip by and give way suddenly—when fissures form} which let in huge engulfments of water upon the molten core of | the planet—then there are little shudderings—wrigglings of a few feet only; and the puny buildings of the insect man go down, and the world is transfixed with horror. So with the uplift of the human race. It goes on slowly—a of the centuries. When the adjustments give suddenly, we have little rumblings that throw down our card-houses, and fill us with horror. But they are very small affairs. And they are an inevitable part of the secular uplift of the human race. Let us be patient with them. LOOKS as if Taft plays the game about like the baseball scout. He keeps his pirates scattered around the country to notify him immediately of any likely corporation puppets. Then when a place is made vacant on the bench, the likely re- cruit is at once signed up. . Buy Land Land is the only permanent property. investment, buy land. Stocks and bonds may melt away like water—which they ibly are. Money in your pocket dribbles out through a Pondred holes. Jewels are lost, or shrunk in value by clever imi- tations. And as for savings in the sock or the bank—it is of little avail to hoard up money when, year by year, more and more value is squeezed out of the dollar. Money goes down as prices go up. The gold mines of the world are pouring their bullion into the mints by scores of millions a year. More money means cheaper money, just as more potatoes mean cheaper potatoes. Your hoarded dollar shrinks in purchasing power even while you look at it—it buys less and less of the things of real value for which men and women toil. Save your money, if you can spare anything from grievous expenses of a decent livelihood ; and then, if you want savings to work for you—buy land. For no more land is en created, and the value of available land in civilized coun- tries rises constantly with the increasing demand and the diminishing value of bank notes. The day is coming, perhaps, when land will no longer be a commodity for investment or speculation. It will belong to society as a whole. Before that time comes, society will have cut off the profits of speculators by taking the unearned incre- ment of real estate for the communities that created it But meanwhile, the big fellows are grabbing the land and the profits, knowing that they have a sure thing. And so this suggestion to the little fellows. li you want a safe POOR old Bill Taft. .He’s now engaged in the lugubrious = tacking on, nail by nail, the lid on his own political coffin. LATEST: The lunch counter car, It’s run between San Francisco and Los Angeles, and has all the interior finish of a quick lunch stand. THE EVIL men do lives after them. Long years after Taft has been forgotten, his action in stocking up the courts with corporation lawyers will remain a curse to this nation. WILSON and Taft plan to stay near the home base throughout the campaign, but Colonel Teddy proposes to let the people of 40 states see and hear all they want of him. A TEST of would-be chauffeurs for Seattle and the state is suggested. It’s a good idea. What a lot of crazy speed maniacs who know nothing about the real running of a ma- chine it would expose! CARSON D. BOREN, Seattle pioneer, ended a long and| peaceful life when he died yesterday afternoon, at the age of 88. Boren was one of the 12 first adult settlers here, and as such his name will be remembered in the annals of Seattle. SOME sense to that court decision to effect that Seattle man who deserted and refused to support his wife must work for her support instead of going to jail. There are too many loafers who are jumping at chances to have the state pay their board. POOR SEATTLE! She successfully blocked the at- tempted outrage of having Humphrey put on the federal bench; she fought long and desperately to rid herself of Hanford, only to have Taft load her down with Bellingham’s most prominent corporation attorney. pit hi in s 5 ig BOA [}stood on the bridge at midnight - [it was dark as dark as could be, (When a man from the country came along (Ard hitchea his horse. to me. en the|* THE STAR—TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1912. wg should So you are living at a hotel? your husband to stop smoking. | “You. The cook got so haughty} She-—-What was the cause of Mrs. W.But, | depend on the to |and domtueer{ng that we decided to | John losing his job tn the cold stor baceo coupons he gives me through | simply walk out of the house and|age plant? year to get him a birthday show ber that we could be as indo-| He--Hin temper; he got hot so present lpendent as often that he melted the toe. “When a man asks me for ad- vice, I always find myself getting | insist on making the hero of every into a discusston “Well, most of us ask for advice hair and plercing plue eyes, | because we would rather argue than 1 am short. fat, bald and compélled|my wi! work?” Most~ 1Qg Kind Mother. “You seom very severe with your children.” “Oh, sir, I am the kindest mother on earth. I always chloroform my children before spanking them.”"— St. Louls Post-Dispatch. The Brute. Pouting Wife—You you married me that cook. Hub—Yes; but I didn't know that it was impossible for you to learn.— Boston Transcript new before 1 coulda’t *® skunk hasn't paid me yet."— ® Boston Transcript. KARRATHA * * * One on Him. * *% “Do you remember that $5 # *% you borrowed of me a year # * ar * * should say I did. I lent # * $1 of it to Brown, and the * * * * * REE EEEARHHEH Why Not a Grand? “What would you consider the best for songs of the “| should say an upright plano.”"— Baltimore Americ ry He—Why do you women haunt bargain counters trying to get somet for almost nothing? She—Why do you men keep going to the poker clubs for the same thing? Boston Transcript. OSH /ISE. Sayss “An enterprising firm te exhib- itin’ a combined horsepower well pump and cowpower mecanickle milker at th’ Beeleysport fair, It can be worked separate or simul- taneous.” Brash Youth. Suitor—Why do you object to me marrying your daughter? Father—Because you cannot sup port her in the style to which she's been accustomed? uitor—How do you know I can't? I can start her on bread and milk, the same as you did, mands, Knicker—What's the matter with Smith? Bocker—His baby wants the moon and his wife wants the earth New York Sun. One Way. Patience—Is she doing anything to try and reduce her weight? Patrice—Oh, yes; she's lying about it—Yonkers Statesman, HE CHANGED BRANDS “Mr. Spooner, I think I like you better than any o' the other fellers that come to our hbuse,” “Why #0, goby? “ Men you give sister a Jause candy she always turns it box o' over to me,”—Chicago Tribune. trying to get people to listen to him rend 1 1 SPEAKING OF CROCKERY {f. appose you are proud of your wife's Hterary success.” “Yea. Only I wish she wouldn't Baseball Enthusiast—Did you novel a tall, athletic man with wavy |¢ver see a pitchers’ battle? te Henpecked Husband—No; but fe has thrown a cup and to wear emoked glasses, saucer at me. WOULD BE A SHAME “T think, dear,” said her mother, “we will start for bome this morn ing.” o, mother. 1 don’t want to go yet. Let us wait until tomor row, “Why till tomorrow?” “There's one young man here who hasn't proposed to me yet. I think if 1 can have one more evening | shall be able to go home with a batting average of 1.000."-—-Chicago Record-Herald. ee | Ps A DRAWBACK Pd * Neighbor—They tell nte your son ts tn the college eleven. o * Proud Mother--Yos, indeed. * * Neighbor—Do you know what position he plays? * * Proud Mother—1 ain't sure, but I think he's one of the draw. # & backs.—-Satire, * * * RRR RARER ee HRA eA RECOGNITION OF GENIUS “The great discoverer of our continent was not honored as he should have been during his lifetime.” “No. America is the country that discovered Columbus."-——Wash- ington Star. EXCLAMATORY WAS RIGHT Mrs. Mason's colored washerwoman, Martha, was complaining of her husband's health. “Why, ts he sick, Martha?” asked Mra. Mason, “He's ve'y po'ly, ma'am, ve'y po'ly,” apswered the woman. got the exclamatory rheumatiam.” “You mean inflammatory, Martha,” said the patron. means to cry out.” ‘Yes, ma'am,” replied Martha, with conviction; “dat’s what it is. He hollers all the time.” “Exclamatory RIGHT IN HIS “Waa your son one of the popular boys at college?” “Yea, indeed. He waa elected cheer leader three times.” ad what is he going to do now?” “He is considering a fine offer to call carriages for a leading cater- firm.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer TALLER BEER “I see that beer is higher.” * all right, if you mean that schooners are taller.” York Pre LINE ing Zz a = ed THE DOCTOR'S DILEMMA A doctor in an Iowa town had been very busy for several days and was worn out and sleepy when he got to bedone morn- ing about 2 o'clock. Just he dropped off, a summons came from a house half a mile away, The lady of the house, the call said, was dying of a heart difficulty. The sleepy doctor got into his clothes somehow and went to the house, where the patient—a very stout woman—was in bed, breathing stertorously. The doctor could find nothing Sspegially wrong, but the wom- an was panicky. “Cough!” he ordered. She could not. over her heart and sat: “Count slowly.” Next thing he knew he woke to hear the woman counting faintly Ten thousand and fortyseven—ten thousand and forty- Then he put his ear eight HASSE EE SEES SSE SESE EE SEECESEEE ESSE EERE EEE EE KREMER TR EHH RAK A SUCKER “John, what does it mean to ‘play’ a fish before landing it?” “You know how you refused me four times before you accepted and married me? It’s the same thing."—Houston Post. CANARIES MADE FROM SPARROWS Theodore Benny, 60 years old, without a doubt has the strangest way of making a living. In polig@e court he told his story, “You say you can make a gqod living?” said the judge. “Yes, sir,” said Benny, wlid had been arraigned on a charge of vagrancy. He was smiling. “How do you make your IfVipg?” asked the judge. “L bleach sparrows and sell them as canaries,” answered Benny.— Philadelphia North American, | NO CHANCE TO ADMIRE NATURE In the Breathitt county hills. The stranger—What delicious mountain air! than any tonic. Why, it's far finer 1 suppose your family spends most of its time out of doors? The Native—Waal, no. Pap an’ th’ boys spends most o’ their time in th’ cellar, We got a feud on with th’ Hightowers.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. DETECTED “Captain, you told me this boat would reach the dock by 9 o'clock.” Did I, madav.? Well, | must have lied to you. We'll be there in bout twenty minutes,” “But the land isn't in sight yet!" “So I see. Madam, you have caught me in another lie.”—Chicago Tribune. AN ACTIVE AUTHOR “Dliggins has worked six months on that story of his.” “Why, it isn't a very long story. How did he put in all that time?” “He spent two weeks writing jt and the mainder of the six months AT THE THEATRES |) THIS WEEK. Moore—Dark. Aetropolitan—Dark. Orpheum— Vaudeville. Empr Vaudeville. Pantages Vaudeville. Grand—Vaudeville and motion picture: Clemmy deville. Melbourne—Photoplays and vau deville. ~Photopleys and vau What Tennyson had to say about ithe brook, “Men may come and men may go, but | go on forever,” would apparently apply with equal force to | William H. Thompson, who is ap |pearing at the Orpheum this week | i with his company in “An Object Lesson.” “Bill” Thompson, as he is ly called by almost every nd actress on the American stage, and they all know him, has seen the rice andfali of many a his trionic star, he has witnessed the firat twinkle, has watched them rise to the zenith of popularity, shine for a won with first magnitude brill decline and disappear from the heavens of stagedom, But “Old Bill” Thompson ts not a day older than he was 20 years ago, aod his Individual star shines with jall the luster of a Sirlus, When he xives you an autograph pieture, if you are ever so lucky, he will wi on it, “Ll never felt younger in my life,” W. H. Thompson has been tread ing the boards since the sixties. He d ae a call boy for M Gt | bert, and later was playing with her jie an ulletar cast.. He “discove | Pauline Hall in a German boarding |house in Cincinnati, gave her jaturt, raw her rise from comed: \ | bits, through the life of a cireva to onw of the most brilliant actresses jon the American stage. He saw her retire and saw new stars come up to thke her place, but Thoapson is still on the stage. 1 Theatre-goers who have laughed and wept with Thompson on ma ow # did not know the real Thon. pson, He always appeared in some cuiracter makeup, with bis! fovtures disguised. When he made his apwarance at the Orphenm without’ hair, a wig or a bit of udded color to mar his features, the people vere glad. They said, “Now we have @ chance to know the real Wiliam Thompson.” When he responded to a curtain call and made @ neat, little speech of advice c It they were looking right into the real heart of the real Thompson, but to honestly know bim, you must talk wlth him about bis career. Thompson gave advice to aged husbands with young wives with authority. Miss Alice Wilson, the beautiful young woman who plays Mary Manistry, is bis wife. Thompson is the walking “Who's Who” of the theatrical world. He knows ‘erm all, good, bad and indif. ferent. During his career he has ap- peared in approximatety 1,200 char. A teacher in Boston was telling had described the woods and the w! “Suddenty,” she said, “Red Rid “Ola Bin” t A NATURAL ERROR BILL THOMPSON IS THE WALKING “WHO’S WHO” OF THEATRICAL WORLD; AND HE’S PLAYED 1,2 00 ROLES . himself, bub they were always rol |requiring makeup. “Many a time |have | spent an hour and a half in, |front of the mirror preparing for my appearance in a different char. acter,” said Thompson, “At last | [have decided to appear in my own for a change and | think from) tention the people give me and warm and generous applause ithe |the 7 \ with which they favor me, they wel- come the opportunity to see me as 1 am, 1 wéicome the chance to let see me that way.” Bomeone once sked Charl Frohman what he ever did when | got into a tight place for someone jto take a difficult part. Frohman | answered, ‘Oh, | always send for it Thompson. He is the most |name is worth practically nothing commerciatly for the | people have never seen face.” hie real EVES VEAUET ENT TE * * AT THE ORPHEUM * * Ketek hhh hhh hhh The offerings at the Orpheum are all bright this week, but they would shine better without the production of “An Object Lesson,” by William H. Thompson, the distinguished ebaracter actor, and his company. the story of Red Riding Hood, She fid animals that lived there. ing Hood heard a loud noise, She turned around and what do you suppose ‘she saw standing there, look- ing at her, and showing all his sharp, strong teeth?” Teddy Roosevelt,” cried all the boys in chorus.—Boston Post. DIFFERENC “Skillings, how came you to qui OF OP'NION t working for Spoteash & Co.?” “We had a difference of opinion as to the value of my services for another year.” “Was that all?” “Yeu; I thought I was worth $4,000 to them, and they thought I wasn't worth 40 cents. man do?”- So I quit, Chicago Tribun Editor The Star: Three amend- ments to the state constitution of the most vital importance will be pr mied to the people to vote upon at the election of November 6, 1912. No person with a particle of pride in his or her citizenship will go to the polls without knowing bow to cast an intelligent vote upon those propositions As you know, our state laws are now made by a body of men known as the state legislature. Often they fail to enact laws de- sired by the people or enact laws, which the people do not want Then if an elected official proves {incompetent or corrupt it is diffi cult or impossible to get rid of him before the end of his term To correct these defects, the fol lowing amendments are proposed First the Initiative, which literally means to begin or start legislation. If 10 per cent of the voters sign| petitions requesting the enactment of a certain law, say to stop the present evils of the administration of the estates of persons dying without making a will, the legisla ture must pass that law, It then goes to the 7 vote. If the majority of the people| vote for it it becomes law. If not] it Is dead and cannot be voted on again for two years. Second, the Referendum, If the legislature juas enacted a bad law, say cutting down the Hability for the death of a person from $5,000 to $100 the people, by securing 8 | »ple for a per cent of the signatures of the voters to petitions requesting that the law be submitted to the people for a vote, can compel its submis. sion, If the majority of the people then vote for the law it stands; If not, the law is dead y these measures, the people can get anything they want and de- feat anything they don’t want; and corporation lobbyists will have to seek other jobs, Woman’s Best Help to the good health which comes from regular action of the organs of digestion and elimination—to freedom from pain and suffering— to physical grace and beauty— is the harmless, vegetable remedy BEECHAM'S IN THE EDITOR'S MAIL What else could a self-respecting A number of these measures. Third, the Recall, If, after an of- ficial has been In office a certain length of time, he proves to be state# now have of the signatures of voters to the petitions for that purpose, a recall election can be secured, a candidate or candidates will be put up against him and he can be voted out of of fice. J. C. IVE Editor Tie Star: The editorial in Thursday's Star on the “Gateway Amendment” contained the La Fol lette proposal. The La Follette proposal is not practical because tt asks the state legislatures to re- nounce one of their prerogatives. They are now the ratifying bodies You point out the fact that corrupt influences can usually prevent three-fourths of the legislatures acting together in support of a progressive amendment, What chanee would there be of persuad ing three-fourths of the legislatures to vote away one of their powers? Tis power of ratification is one to which they would be inclined to cling for reasons both practical and sentimental, To ask them to do so is to ask the impossible. The fol lowing wording of Article V avoids this difficulty while it opens a way for popular ratification, the method so much to be desired, moreover, it retains the old form and wording Another objection to the La Fol lette proposal is, it makes the con not mean necessarily a majority of the people, thus giving power to minor states. PROPOSED ARTICLE V Amendments “The congress, whenever a ma Jority of both houses shal! deem it desirable, shall propose amend ments to this gonstitution, or, on the application of the legislatures of a majority of the several states, shall call a convention for propos ing amendments, which, in either case, shall be valid to all inten and purposes as: part of this consti-| tution when ratified by the legisla. | tures of a majority of the several} states, or by popular vote In a ma-| jority thereof, as the one, or the] other mode of ratification may be proposed by the congress, but no amendment shall lake effect unless the states ratifying it have a major ity in the house of representatives Provided, That no state without its consent shall be deprived of its PILLS Sold everywhere In boxes 10c., 28¢ equal suffrage in the senate” Respectfully, J..N, M'CULLOUGH, acter roles, 200 of which he created > valuable man on my staff, but his) reason that) crooked, by securing 20 per cent| RSON. | stitution amendable by a minority | since a majority of the states does |, too much | Ucular act fs so brilliant s diminish in glory ia on to it. Thompson, has appeared in hundreds p on acter roles, makes his first ance in “The Object out a disguise or makeup, and the audience appreciates the see and hear the real “Bil” son La Vier puts across some: liant thrillers on the bigh and M. George Simondet at a French tenor, and part. Plourette has a | artistic novelty in wi did figure is assisted by a ticon. “Minnie Allen hag new and clever in the line af cume ahead songs. Billy Gould an@ land are there with jthe minute jokes and make one of the hits of thet The Howard musical dogs show training as @ fine art, RK * * AT THE EMPRESS * eeereeretry. | e press has ap * bat ae eeeee TF program of good vaudeville for ie patrons this week. In the opening |act the audience is entertained by Prof. Wallace's educated cockatoos, One of the cockatoos is s dian and pulls off lots of stunts. Real blood was fn the act of Dena Cooper, Australia’s premier tress. T of relief finally slipped op The Arions, a good voices. The della Comiques, are four two of them 0 Their act made a hit. 5 daha. * AT THE PANTAGES * t b dadadadednandhte beeinind kanal “The Star Bout,” the Pantages this week, is a drama in three scenes, or — for quick moving, tion and pleasing climax, is on: ner. The play tells the s |young prize fighter's first fight The last scene stages the fight, is an object lesson in realism, The Lillian sisters are two dainty maids who sing, dance and play ia a charming manner, Provol whistles in a manner a little different from any of the other whistlers on the stage. Florence Lorraine gar Dudley present an amusing! | tle skit, and the Appollo trio are gymnasts of merit. Their Little Stomachs Get Out of Order Easily in Hot Weather. Mothers should watch closely the condition of the children’s babies especially. Keep the regular and much of which children are most in summer can be prevented. The most prevailing are constipation and When waste from the gests in the bowels and little one feverish and a feeling of heaviness oF try giving it a spoonfal of Dr. well’s Syrup Pepsin at bedtime morning this pleasant, mild tive will act gently, yet pene and restore normal conditions simple, natural remedy ts ale valuable in checking summer da rhoea, Ry thoroughly bowels, the foreign matter poisons that irritate and inflame the tissues are eliminated, torture the child with hard catia purgative or astringent rem that upset the whole best only relieve tel | Dr. Caidwell’s Syrup Pe positive in its effect, acts and without griping or restoring normal conditions. ile Fe 3 ae t li In using Syrup Pepsin fot, om dren the mother can feel « Jsafe, as it contains no ol |narcotic drug, being & eo! of simple laxative herbs sin, By carrying Gftjthe tissues of mucous menib it inflame the nasal passages the “summer quickly break that ts so annoying. Dr. Caldwell’ Syrup Pepsin is sold by druggist for fifty cents a bottle—the 4 family size, one dollar, A ined BY hottle, postpaid, cam be OBERT gg. | writing to Dr, W, B, Caldw | Washington St, Monticello. *) & at Al