The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 27, 1912, Page 4

E SEATTLE STAR STAR _ TH BF Pall, out of city, Me par mon. u jiehed Dally by The te \ Mxehange Ta p4vo, A wise mam has well reminded: us that in any contre- versy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for truth and have begun striving for ourselves —Carlyle. What Is Reasonable? The interstate commerce commission declared that express tates should be made primarily to mect the need -of the great body‘of our people—which leads the crafty New York Times to ounce that “primarily, express rates must be adjusted to pro yee a reasonable profit for the company, otherwise there would e NO Express company A “reasonable profit”-—how often do we hear. what is fedsonahle profit? If we could all agree on that, most of our + * @canomic questions could be easily solved Financiers will tell that the pag cent of profit should increase with the am punt - sean If you jnvest $10, 6 or 7 per cent is a reasona reasonable But even if we ¢ : ; 5 ent srofit is}t If you invest $10,000,000, 15 per cent or more profit } + nen Id all consent to this, there then comes . the almighty question’as to what profit should be figured on . Shalt it be, Say, the reasonable 15 per cent profit on ten millfons + * of physical ue, or on such valuation plus stocks, bonds and ‘ other “wat that represent nothing save opportunity fo force ** geodite? * ‘The express company is pri te interstate Commission is al le. But the express com a public servant, and right in declaring tha; nstitution of private { rate should be nlade primarily f hivials, and its pr y necessity tedividusal owners .of its property, inc! securi + tes; and unless you spread the term nable” over that if nobody else water, you-bring panic on the express compa D Turn from the public service concerns to those of an ind 4vial character. A good many people believe in handling the tariff as a business matter, not as a political issue. They would have sonrewhat of protection for indystry—and there are genu ing infant industries—and fix the other sched the ifference between cost of production a abroatl, lua @ reasonable. profit. ‘Under this prop 8 streéng demand to cohsider at. intang a0 “gomt will” as 4 legitimate asset What is a reasonable profit, and who is such, are tremendous questions still to Meanwhile, it is.almighty nice to have a commission « deciding that the need of the people is of primary consid -“CRYING seal taken away from mother” was headline attle paper a few days ago. It told of how a baby seal wee captured and presented to the city folks. Folks i hewe beech just about as happy if that baby seal had stayed . by. te mother’s’ side a little longer tles to cover ve and nm there would n ble thing knewn are to decide what e met and settled vo tion woul F Amid the frenzy and strenuosity of the present campaign, oe “Seany Jim” Sherman bobs up with a humorous contrib 1 . that comes like a sweet benediction They notified Jim at Utica, the other day, that he had been tagged with the vice presidential nomination in the late lamented republican. wake at Chicago. And Jim, recovering from his surprise, proceeded to enliven the occasion with this delightful bit of irony: “The records of American politics do not record the pro seedings Of a political gathering conducted with more openness, feieness, deliberation, sobriety and worthy purpose than ‘that * fee which you speak.” Then, swelling his chest at the reflection that no other maa.evet had a second nomination for vice president, and voicing his appreciation of the “unsolicited” honor (which had been re by every other “available” man in the party), James pro -ceaded with this merry jest: “Our opponents are divided into two camps, rivaling’ each ether in their efforts to excel in disturbing the and order of the country.” Y é : Waxing philosophical, James then inforined the worl Whe crime of this new age is frenzied » h and @ though!, a spurning of deliberati igh eaquences.”. . ‘The party was further ¢ dent Tait, who rejoiced wit erred nomination,” though « * feee gone so far as to wish anything Ou esteemed president also contri ivic 1 that lack con acti on and af we age from Presi well rs would har it_on him this gem ed by ar James on his “second ve of pleas “The rep ‘bli¢an party, continues to be the party of the con , stitstion, the defender of guarantees of civiklibetty, private Cr: and persuit of happiness and other civil rights.” And ended with a burst of happy pride in being “again a joint *andard bearer-with you for the party of conservatism, sanity |’ . eed progress ; - . Ah, what a couple of try wags we have at the head af rel , to b ‘the reperblican ticket Obeervations GET out’ your old . Aeptember 10. VOURTEEN innings‘to a 12 to 12, T. R. comes: to town bandana, for score; that’s why a vening WITH Hay and Humphrey as the main attractions, the @aedpat primary promises to be about a Wm party... lof of dinners had to e wait in Seattle last exciting as a- pint HODGE, Case, Par @ewive candidates @ these is Hodge. SEATTLE kiddies showed last night they “could rival] ang ups in giving a real, bang-up Potlatch. Collins pky- 4 is the scene, and‘the good time is on all this week amus and Lawrence are the pro for governor, and the most progressive THE Spokesman Review, taking a straw vote in the east- . Sn part of the state, shows Roosevelt getting eight votes to ‘ene for Taft. And in two country precincts Debs leads the} “good natured one.” member: In a decision yesterday by the state supreme court, a man who bought an automobile represented to, be in good cohdition and wasn’t, was declared entitled to recover all money paid, CONGRESS has at last adjourned. Although the whole summer was constimed in sessions, the nation hasn't been par- ticularly electrified by any great constructive measures. Our lawmakers have met, squabbled, drawn their pay, and are now returning home on the mileage allowed ’em. > © DISPATCH says Taft arrived at Beverly today for a vacation which will extend practically until December, ‘Then he'll work a few hours now and then until March, when Bill permanently will get a rest from high government duties. _ TH® EFFORT to kill off Governor Wilson is still con- fined to calling him “Dr.” or “Prof.” They don’t dare to call him by the other title he has had ~“President,”——Springfield i HERE'S a valuable little sentiment for the autoist to re-|~ | Republican. { THE STAR-—TUESDA “There's only one way to make before you speak.” c pate Can't take a chance. What ‘ts that? . rapid period and If you stop to) bustie of the city confuse, you? Get some good attorney to prove |think sou find someone else baa Man From Small Village—No, io sew eer 1 sacca tales te hat the law-of graviation ts un ‘orked the idea up and put it over peighbe hate - ha law ‘of graviation 1s un- worked the idea up and put it over! deed. All of my neighbors bw ae saa’ coe pra.” WHY HE COULDN'T, ahead of you.” A NATIONAL SENSATION, First Actor—How did you feel when you first stood on the stage and looked out on a #ea of faces? Second Actor—It made my head lewtm VOTES FOR WIMMING! “On, on!” she cried “With a noble ‘atrid And her voice rang out through the halt, * But her limbs were girt With hobbie skirt, And she couldn't advance IT'S THERE, ALL RIGHT You needn't around me 1 don't think so Mra Phi thing you oan » Mr. Plomp! I luck ¢ eh roach Cityite—-You advertised that there was a fine stream of water on your farm. Farmer—Well, #0 there is “ Cityite—I don’t see it Farmer—You will if you work the pur p handle a few seconds— Boston Transcript ; BUT NOT IN WINTER “That actor claims to have Inherited the mantle of Edwin Forrest.” 4 know several actors) “Those stories are safe in the summer time. who claim to own fur overcoats. St. Louls Globe Democrat. - THE ORIGINAL DEMOCRAT Noah smifed, Two ships a year are too many,” be eried bulld one. . Thus he estat Sun. “I find it sufficient to plished himeelf as the original democrat. Now York MERELY MUDDY “People are allus imprest.” sald they can’t see through. Many a stream it’s only muddy.”"—Washington Star. THE OTHER WAY ubblegraas, “by, what fur bein’ deep when randpa sits cred! *Bacon—Did you say he awoke one day to find himself famous? by printing 24-page industrial) “In what way?” demanded Mr. Kxbert—to; I sald be dreamed ho was famous and then he woke! edition containin’ pictures an’ write i up.—Yonkers Statesman lupe of all th’ candidates fer offis.”| You never herrd of a mai : Be os marrying a woman’ to seform h ‘ THE TENDER SPOT art Personal.” replied Mrs. Nagg.—Cincianact What have you done toward punishing lawbreakers?” | ‘How much would -you be| W#rer Well,” replied the shady police officer, “I have done a great deal | Worth if you loat alf your money ?—| Our Needs. toward hurting their feelings by taking their r away from them,” | Life oa | soiitis tame axe me Sin oe Washingtos Star : is |. “Steadfast m d tin pub-| .. OUTBURSTS OF EVERETT TRUE Wace EASY Lucy—How can I bring the count to his knees at my fi Neliy—Drop a dime on the floor—New Orleans Picayune, * GOOD WORK “That novelist says he takes his characters from real life.” “He should be encouraghd to keep on taking them," replied Mr. Crowcher. “The fewer like them in real life, the better.”—~Washington Star. USEFUL Sheriff—That fellow who just left jail 1s going to be arrested again soon, “How do you know?” Sheriff—He chopped my wood, carried the water, and mended my socks. I can't get along without him.—Meggendorter Blaettery GOOD IDEA McAndrpws the chemist (at 2 a, m.)—Two penn’orh of bicarbonate of soda for the wife's indigestion at this time o' night, when a glass ‘of hot water does just as well! Sandy (hastily) —Weel! weel! Thanks for the advice, ye ufter all, Good-night Bystander, I'll no bother This is ®) CHy Chap ‘toward you ‘|the window Y, AUGUST 27, 1912. Den't the nolee an lawn mowers, chickens and babies. “BUT THIS 1S DIFFERENT | Do you reciprocate Mand ¢with a ahy glance does this mean annexation? | by s 5% Face @.- ermne eB “Th’ Becleysport Weekly Whahy celebrated its twelfth anniversar | | e Fred—Maud, you know how I feel [EVA POLLARD THINKS SEATTLE HAS MOST BEAUTIFUL SNOW IN THE WORLD; AND HERE’S THE WHY OF n AT THE THEATRES a THIS WEEK Moore—Dark fetropolitan—Dgrk Seattic—The Pollard Opera Co, in “The Toymaker Orpheum—Vaudeville. Empress Vaudeville, Pantages— Vaudeville. Grand-Vaudeville and motion pletures. Clemmer—Photoplays @nd yan. deville Meibourne-—Photoplays and vau deville Ever hear that Seattle had the moat beautiful snow in the world? Of course, Seattie can’t brag much’ about the amount of its snowfall. But take it from Eva Pollard, it certainly had the quality, That was about six yeare ago. And Eva ought to know. She's been around the world twice. Eva is only @ star actress. for severa! yoars, in fact. been scintillating with today, And she’s! She's been a star She has in appre pd footlights when With Teddy McNamara, Eva Pollard hae been one of the big features of the worldéfamed Pollard Lilliputian | company, which is now beginning, | at the Geattle theatre thie week, |anather tour of the United States. was only 9 | Six years Eva She was then experiencing her in itial thrills of stardom. But these! jeould not wapare with the thrill ot Nght that fi her when she | peered out of the hotel on her first vielt to Beattlo and saw the world) covered with a beantiful white | mantle, It was the first snow Eva had ever a She r out Into the ‘street | and filled a cigar box full of the} snow it was wonlerful, Bhe wrapped the box up neatly, and la- boriously wrote vat the address to | °duddy and-mamma.” She was go ng to send them some of this won der all the way to Australia. My! | headline honors. | Rut wouldn't they be surprised! |®bout everything possible on efu-/eons ago, end who 16 rescued, ip ‘Por in Australia they have their | °#ted roller skates, Mildred Grover) gether. with a number of eommer when it's winter in Seattle, | “24. Dick Richards put across some) jokes: which have bubbled teen te new and catchy songs and patter,| bottle for epns pabt. Pollard in| 824 Moude O'Delle, through the ave-| Lee do a hop-dream turn im tn | Rue of « play! “The Hypocrite,”| ter in a “Night im Chinatowa” agit EVA POLLARD the actors equally entitled to] com is provided tn “The The Rexos do Girl,” who was enclwted a a you know And that is why teure that there never was * “ the world m beautiful show than | "Plays real dramadic art. Williams) Rertish furnishes the stremg mag 1 es eed he «that year. . |and Warner get muste out of every-| feature, dallytng with pile dre It was the grandest sight I had ever seen,” Eva laughed at the reo | © | ollection It's « wonderful aggregation of youthful qntertainers, is the Pol lard company. And Eva is the principal del in th happy fai y. 8 the baby deli ‘ lof the company this week—that 1s, | Miss Dilipicktes Hoists the Biack Flag. and Will Board City |sbe’s playing the doll in the “Toy- in the Country—But Some Guests Are Pirates Themselves. — maker.” A he's some doll baby : BY FRED SCHAEFER : ‘ Plaxen-haired, with sparkling eyes, | 8 jand vivacious naturally, she makes = & most charming doll é She's one of those wonderful | who can sing, too, and sing well, She's a coming prima donna, critics unanimously agree. | thing they handle. A bit cf musical) weights. <== ied St te tt tt tt te tk! * * . AT THE ORPHEUM *) a « rreteeeeeeeeeasy So well, balanced ts this week's bill at the Orpheum that no turn | rises bead and shoulders above ite| fellows, aa is wevally the ca and! Ithere in the corner.”—Meggendorfer Bluetter. Braver. g| “Women are braver than men,” y | said Mrs, Nage reme Court .Jus-} Got Some. : men able to resist the And #0, after inviting your! tumult of the crowd.” And we also/ is to & game dinner, you were) noed a’ ston st crowd—a crowd eorved with any part of the, higents of} “ 4 | “Oh, yes, I got the bill,”"—Smart | Set, | : Forthwith. °° : - | Auwhor—The very first thing I RK RKO OC OHED Kent toan ine was accep * | Young Friend—Was it poetry or \* Accidental.” ®) prose? . | ae an . a ® Walter—Well, sir did * Au Prose. It was a check |! found M, Lalol leaning on the wetl cure and WM. de Potends with i abc find the 4 for a rs subserlption.—Boston : + face ‘buried in th 6 oid caken bucket: * Diner--Ob, I Mappened to @| Transcript ~ 3 . |g shite a potato, and—well, there #| y . v. prowling around after the butter! JF @— & it was, Rati The Scared One. Something very peculiar happen-|had hanging in the well,” I sald ‘ota , al A Last night before retiring|ed tonight. I realty codldn’t go tetwhon 1 recognised oar two sar RENO RRR Oe! Presence of Mind Automobilist (as he drives Int of a milliner’s stop) My wife wishes to buy that | thee e htt ee ebeweoeneeenere ed ender tha 8 usual and | Sleep again wotil I’d.made a note of | boarders re found a man there jt in my diary uate | My friend Sere hee qn awfal : | Niece—I suppose you streamed {' It was a very merry day of it at! thir remarked M. de Lael o| for help? 3 |Idylwitl because the guests pearly ae cali as could be, inieatas is |. Aunt—No; he did.—Meggendor-| all got money,from home and were his friend had o weakee® 4 t,|ter Blactter : able to pay me and ma the board | wathr that came over him @ @ oe +,| that was‘dué, So thé stage robbery | hours. ° jhasn’t hit us very hard after, Rll; Ah, sudt water! ah, the THE BUBBLE BURST “What's the matters wid her shore? “she did, “Yeu ““And now it turns out that they both work in thd same big Nortt Side department store.” Didn't she catch a Beau at the sea- They both pretended to be pessively rich,” NOT ENTIRELY SATISFIED 4 Apropos of the crop of 1912, V. H. Olmstead, statistician of the de partment of agriculture, said the other day ‘Some men are never satisfied, Once, in Belair, I was talking to an old farmer about a bumper crop of hay Well,’ I said, ‘you've broken all records, haveu't you?’ “*Yes, sir,’ he answered, ‘I've broken all records for hay, and no thistake.’ i) ‘Good!’ said I, ‘Good! And let ‘me tell you, Mr. Smith, it's a pleasure to meet for once a perfectly satisfied farmer, re The old man chewed a straw meditatively “‘Well, I don’t go so far as to say I'm perfectly satisfied, he re plied, see, I aln't.got a bale of bad hay this year to feed the dry cows on.’ "Minneapolis Journal ° - jossaensichamisbiabie » NEITHER OF THEM A German farmer left his horses nnbitched in front of a hardware store in Gary, When he came out, after an interval of half an hour they were gone. There had een no sound of a runaway, so the farmer surmised that they might have gone home, He phoned his wife, saylug: “Chulia, iss der horses dere?" A negative came over the phone, for he added: “Nor der vagon eider?—Chicago Journal, * Siaed our summer. hotel venture l# ‘derful water of nee - 4 ‘going fo pull oat all right. Of said M. de Potewce trom * JUST TEACHING GIRL® TO SHOP % {course the two fomian gentlemnem of the bucket, ia = relce Mie ® * LONDON, Aug. 27.—"I-am not buying today; I am only” @/ didn't get any money. from home,|¢rowniig man coming w &t * teaching my daughters how to shop,” was the remark made by a because th came later ,andg/ third time, s * * fashionably dressed woman to 4 weary store clerk who had been %| weren't jn the bug that was robbed, You're welcome to.®, tm * dixplaying the establishment's best wares for more than an hour. @|Bverybody went to bed happy I said, tuck relieved, “bat yea x The clerk lost her temper and was reported to the managor, *| About midnight I Waa awakened give me such a fright what * but be intimated to the “shopping teacher” that the store wasn't */ wy I don't know what. I lay there, | lighting matches whens I * run as a girls’ school : */and presently | saw matches bed! very body leep.” ; i Cae a pres ches bejng everybody was asleep. * Inguiries made in the fashionable West End shopping cen; * lighted amid the gloom of tbe) “Ah mmademoiselle,” sexiied * tors, however, show that teaching the young idea how to shop is *|shrifdbery out in thé yard. Reing|Lalol, “we were just gong @ * quite the most popular pastime now in societ¥ circles. %|the head of the liouso, next to-ma, joy a smoke.” Then to B® %| who is rathet nefvons, it was up to panion, “Drink all the water Ke RRR ERK Re eK Ke ERE MRR HK) me fo find out what was the mat-| want, I'll walt” oe Fea % ter. So I threw on a robe, grabbed| I*took the hint and weat an ax handle and went out to the well with a lantern . 1 found M. de Lalot leaning: on the woll curb and M. de Potence left them to empty -the wanted to. I suppose it's tion, but It seems that I later them tittering iS = These foroigners are tusny 2 with-dis face.buried in the old oaken bucket ple, ain they? Oh, I thought it was somebody (Continued,) moaning, ver Moadning, soft y, )) and low that It's because Saxe foi old bole =a Stepped upantl@ = “pnder ow) + ae