The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 29, 1912, Page 4

THE SEATT ee Prive STAR Cm LL. GUE OF NWP ATS : . America Getting Well Man has been called the sick animal, An ordinary Ben- gal tiger or self-respecting armadillo does not overeat, or smoke or drink to excess, or stay up all night and awaken next morning with a bad taste in the mouth Civilized man is especially likely to be sick, for the things that improve life also make us ill through their abuse America has a tremendous sick list. A report on na- tional vitality shows 3,000,000 people actually sick, at all times. Our sickness costs us $1,500,000,000 a year—about twice the revenue of the government. This estimate does not include the incalculable loss of efficiency of people who are just tired, fagged, below par As a sick nation we have done fairly treble, quadruple our work if we wiped out sickness idle dream. It can be done. In fact, it is being done. e of the greatest reforms now on in this country is to “get well We have obliterated yellow fever and scurvy and almost ended smalipox. In another generation any city that has a typhoid epidemic will be held up to public scorn, Today there are 500,000 people in the nation at large continually ick from tuberculosis; right here in Seattle there! are between 2,000 and 3,000, with 300 deaths a year, And) yet tuberculosis is an easily preventable disease, and in an | other generation should become rare Seattle is doing her} part, and the anti-tuberculosis fight of the past two years) here has been a good one. We have entered upon a new health era. National, state and municipal boards of hygiene, better sanitary laws, bu- reaus of medical inspection, institutes for medical research, improved hospitals and sanataria and better trained doctors and nurses are rapidly improving general health ’ The people, learning right living, are doing still more We no longer believe religiously in bad-tasting drugs, but are finding that pure air, pure water, pure food and war on flies, mosquitoes and rats are half the battle, and freedom from worry and anger the other half. By lengthening and strengthening our lives we can create a new and higher and eminently more efficient civilization in this sick old world. Same Old ‘“‘Can’t Do It” McChord of the Interstate Commerce commission an- mounces that the average railroad casualties per year are 7.835 killed and 58,150 injured, and immediately the corpor- ation organs declare that making railroad travel safer,| through double tracks and steel cars, is impossible because) under present rates large earnings are impossible. In other words, make the traveling public pay for their safety. A company that passed its dividends to find money for safety, says one organ, could not sell its bonds. Suppose the roads, says another, went in for this desired safety and divi- defids and stocks fell. Would the stockholders accept that result? To secure this safety. another remarks, it would be necessary to raise the capitalization to perhaps $100,000 per mile on main lines. Of covrse, this flurry means a movement capitalization and an attack on government rates. But the answer is easy. The stockholders of railroad corporations are no better than any other sort of stockholders. They are no more en- titled to public or governmental favors than would be the stockholders of a peanut trust. Ii they have made a poor investment of their money, in an effort to get rich quick, as the majority of them have, they should stand their los: ust as the stockholders in the Lone Dog Consolidated Empty ole Gold and Silver Mining Co. have to. And if making public travel safer means fatal depreciation of stocks, the government should take the murderous railroads and make them safe. We could double, It is no One for heavier regulation of Observations YOUTHFUL New York burglar isn’t ashamed of his “profession”; he boasts that he robbed the home of J. P. Morgan, Jr., and ransacked the very room in which the multi- millionaire was sweetly snoring. NOTHING smal! about those Bulgarians. They asked ‘Turkey yesterday to hand over the big city of Adrianople to ‘em. It's probably a case of where they have the “bulge” on the Turk. ABOUT every other state has had a battleship or at least a big cruiser named after it, but the state of New York has been unrepresented in the navy except by an un- protected cruiser, which has been out of commission for rs. So New Yorkers will eel good tomorrow over the ‘launching of the world’s big- ‘et dreadnaught, the “New York.” to work. Great famine in stogies prevented! COLONEL TEDDY talke: to reporters for 20 minutes yesterday, and enjoyed doing it. We bet he'll exceed the speed limit” of 30 minutes for a speech set by his doc- tors for the New York meet- ‘ing this week. “I don’t feel a bit as though I had been shot,” says T. R. GOOD EVENING! Have NOTE for cigar smokers:| you decided that “this year, Big Manila cigzr strike ends;| b’gosh, I'll sure do that Christ- 14,000 cigar makers to return! mas shopping early”? BILL TAFT simply can’t stay quiet. He arrived in Washington yesterday to settle down for work, after trot- ting around the country all summer. And now he calmly announces he’s going to take a two days’ run to New York tomorrow, The Editor’s Mail Editor The Star: Sam Blythe is right when, in the last issue of the Saturday Evening Post, he says that if there is a landslide at the coming election ft will be for Roose- velt. The probability is, that Biythe might have left out bis “if” and said that there will be the most surprising landsiide that has ever occurred in the country, and that it will all be to the colonel. There isn’t a clear-headed thinker fn the nation, who is honest, but will admit that Theodore Roose: velt is not only, everything consid. ered, the greatest citizen of this nation, but of the whole world to- day. If this country was at this moment threatened with some great and imminent danger (nonpolitical) where it needed its greatest fit cit- be the most surprised people In this nation after the election. Wait and see, STAR READER. Editor The Star: I notice in a recent article by Woodrow Wilson that he and his party promise to “absolutely prevent monopoly.” It looks to me this way: He and his party have been In control of New Jersey. That state is notoriously a trust state. Not one thing has been done to protect the American people from the bands of robbers who have taken shelter behind the laws of New Jersey. Shall we trust them with more? Hardly, W. E. RIGBY. Seattle, Wash., Oct, 28. fzen to represent it there isn't a thinking man in the whole country but will admit that the colonel would be the overwhelming choice of the people to represent the coun- try, Taft and Wilson would not even be considered as in his class, Now as it is the fact that there isn't an attribute qualification that Goes to make up the great states- man but what Roosevelt outshines fmmeasurably both Taft and Wilson fn, then why can it be contended that the people will not vote over- whelmingly for bim on November th? They will vie for him, and 19 democrats and standpatters will Editor The Star: 1 respectfully submit a straw vote taken by the employes of the Seattle Lighting Co.: President—Roosevelt 34, Wil- son 19, Debs 9, Taft 2. Governor Hodge 31, Hay 14, Lister 16, Maley 3. A. B. DUKENSON. “Is your Dachshund really as clever as they say, Mr. Forester?” “Well, I should say so! The other day my wife's aunt called on us. As she developed a terrible loquaciousness, and never ceased | her silly talk, my dog went and found his muzzle and lald it in front of iSsr!"—Fiegende Blaetter, Munich, y 2 Cruel Insinuation. “Innuendo ia very effective in oratory,” said Willlam Jennings Iryan, “A gentleman once visited Tuck ahoe. As he sat on the ho! rch and fought the Tuckahoe mosqui te he said to an old residenter: lave you & newspaper here?’ he residenter, skilled in innw jo, answered “Oh, nol V sewing circle,” have a Exchange, ladies’ More of the Same. A young wife recently went into & grocer's shop and addressed the grocer thus: “L bought three or four hams here a month or so ago, and they were fine. Have you any more of them?” Dispensary Doctor this medicine after meals, Tramp-—But I don't Take always get meals, “You, ma'am,” replied the grocer, Dispensary Doctor—Then take it} “There are 10 of those hama hang. before. ing up there now.” “Well, if you're sure they're off the same pig, I'll take three of them,” replied the young wife, moekly ANYTHING BUT WATER 3 Getting Back. Author—1 wrote these skits on the other side. Edttor--Ab, I fancted the humor was rather far fetehed!——Town Topica, "esa haa cha ribose, Sol lites Profitable Companion, * Mrs. Winke—Is your hus © band a good poker player? * M Binke—I don't think # 80 The men are always © urging him to play-Somer # ville Journal, * * RRR HAH ateeeeeees No Concealment There. “He tried to shelter himself be- hind the skirts of his wife.” “And didn't succeed, eh?” “No; her skirts are all hobbies.” ~-Houston Post. Felix Haweted—Don't you wish owned some stock in dis road? Everett Wrest-—N. water an’ I can't IS THE MOTHER-IN-LAW JOKE A REAL JOKE? Is that aycient wheeze about the mother-in-law a thing based upon sheer fact, or is it the mere invention of they, jokesmith? Do you, dear male reader, think that there is anythin comic about YOUR mother-in-law? Of course, you've heard and read lots of funny gags about the mother-in-law. This particular form of joke was, invented by Cheops who built the Pyramids of Egypt. The Joke Editor of The Star will pay one dollar’ for the funniest (or the saddest) mother-in-law joke sent in, be- fore Saturday of this week. It need not be original, and mother-in-law, your name will not address must be attached so we the dollar. Just address JOKE Star. if you are afraid of your be printed. will know where to sendy EDITOR of The Seattle THE STAR—TUESDA¥, OCTOBER 29, 1912. But name and! Frayed Ferdinand-—Did youse try your old s#tall about bein’ under a handicap al} your life an’ wantin’ a fresh start? | Tattered Thomas—Yep, an’ de | dame said she'd start me at de front | an’ put de bulldog on de | orate ALONE Wontlte Stane-—T've often been on the road and found myself without | home. De Roade-—Did the freight train pall out when gou weren't looking? ‘i “Economy, tion next summer.” “Fine! Suppose she's doing with ast year's bat and “No; wi ws already purchased hat; bal has decided that I | won't need a new sult this winter,” ~Kachange. | ~~ WiLLina — jtion to love your neighbor?” “I try to, but she wori't let me."— Columbia Jester. How She Cured Him. Edith—Why did she marry him? Ethe!—To cure him of drinking. Edith—And did she succeed? Ethe!|—VYes; she's so extravagant he can't afford it.—Philadeiphia Bulletin, “My wife ts economizing so we) ‘will be able to take a long vaca “Do you obey the Bible injunc-| BY IONA BRIGHT Leading Woman of “Officer 666" at the Metropolitan Theatre This Week, I had my pleture taken today. The photographer and | quarreled Ile insisted on posing me and tilt ing my head back at an angle that gave me a crick In my neck, I said the picture would surely prove the pose unnatural and becomin The photographer said: “You will 800. Then I made him take another picture of me, and I posed myself. I felt an I wat there, waiting for the camera to click, that I had struck the perfect pose, but the photog. rapher looked pained. My head was not tilted back as before. The photographer was right and | wae wrong. The results prove this, The tilt to my head, which gave me a crick in my neck, gave the neck also those curving lines seen in necks which the old-fashioned poeta called “swanlike.” In the |pleture for which I posed myself jthe neck—the very same neck— looks short and is lacking in the curving lines of beauty If you will study o expert posed picture you can imagine you see & beautiful letter “8,” beginning at the top of my head, following the line of my face, curving in at the neck and out again along the line of my breast In the self-posed picture there are no such lines, The picture ts straight up and down Also, in the self-posed picture the high lights are too sharp, shadows too deep, giving a coarse expression to my features. My lips look thicker than they really are, and my ¢ seom bold and staring. Thene detects do not appear in the expert posed picture My experience i# only another Jenson in being photographed. The average woman needs many lessons before she can work in perfect har- mony with the pnotographer Most every girl has a quantity of unsatisfactory photographs of her- self—pictures she is ashamed of Some “do not look like her”; ber appear or immature, od, or hard. The camera is but it is honest We stage women are forever hav- | ing our pictures taken, and so it is not strange that we learn in a sea- son what it takes other women a lifetime to learn, | have learned, for instance, never to go to the pho- tographer’s when | am in ill health Lor low spir if you are tired, stay | away, for at such times the muscles | and blood vessels of the face, which | give you expression, are all out of | their normal relation, and the pic | ture is certain not to do you justice. Ret kh thet hhthheee \® * ie * | AT THE ORPHEUM * * Rete hkhhehneheee The wild and woolly West ts de- pleted at the Orpheum this week in an exciting act entitled “A Call for the Wild.” The principal char acter is taken by Sydney Ayers, the author, A hair-raising gun fight is a feature, More Western \Mavor is introduced tn the oper- etta “California,” which tells of ‘the attempt of a railroad in the the | STAR OF “OFFICER 666” QUARRELS WITH — PHOTOGRAPHER, BUT SHE FINDS HE’S | HER OWN POSE of @ mission, A graceful and ac complished actress is Nonette, the singing violinist. She would make a hit either as a singer or a violin ist, Limberdimbed and apparently jotntiess, the Aitken-Whitman trio of contortionists are fine. |e errata nth heh \* * * AT THE EMPRESS * * * tht hanhhehhhen The press offers a good bill | this k. It is realiy a “variety” show, for the bill ranges turough acrobatics, music, drama, comedy jand dancing. Paul Spadoni, head- jliner, gives a performance of strong-man juggling. The ense with which he played with cannon balls is remarkable. Hymen Adier |gave a very good delineation of | Yiddish character in “The Miner's | Dream,” with the assistance of | Daisy Stemple and Merlin Valen |tine. Leonard Martinek peared A Pare Cream of Tartar Powder Indispensable to best results—saves worry—saves work—saves y— saves health—saves complaints The Popular Netherland Model Copreiant 1912 ky Alfred Benjamine@NewYork YI Makers of \ Benjamin Clothes The Big Popular Price House for Men and Young Men Old Fashioned Ideas Are Passi Best Dressed Men Have Forsaken Time- Honored Fetish That Made-to-Order ~ Clothes Are the Only Hind Why? In a big store like Cheasty’s Haberdashery you have the widest possible selec- tion of styles and materials. You know before you buy a suit, overcoat or raincoat exactly how it will look on YOU. You waste no valuable time in repeated fittings in the making. For less money you are getting vastly better values. You are assured (at Cheasty’s) that you are getting the best tailoring in all Amer at the lowest of prices. Everything for Men Largest hat department in the West. All the leading American and English lines of underwear. Sweaters in coat styles—New Angoras and Mackinaws. Shirts, hosiery, neckwear, dress accessories of all kinds. Splendid line of automobile garments, robes, gloves, Thermos bottles, etc., ete. Cheasty’s Haberdashery.. Second Avenue at Spring Street Cheasty’s is the st Burberry Benjamin Clothes, $18.00 to $45.00 Famous in every city in America and Europe; made for all hours in the day; businesh afternoon, evening wear. ; Cheasty Special, $15.00 and $18.00 These clothes from leading tailoring houses of New York—including Alfred Benjaria. & Co.—are making a wonderful reputation for our new second floor department. The blue and black serge and cheviot suits are a feature, along with the heavy weight and overcoats, and the raincoats. early days to acquire the property ; with a rag doll, which | tk hk ee eh ees, dues, jas they make ‘em, and 29 fear PHOTOGRAPHER'S did not know ‘was @ ~ after he had finished, ard as the American and amusing, a on ‘ and plano act was a Davey, De Musey and Getgey, ¥ alt . a at ai * T . * HE PANTAGES ¢ PSP eeeee TT TS The headliner at week, “The Stage Door is eclipsed by the of th Garden of which Robert Hichens and play which iw now in New York. The wonderful, and three of are especially good, Door Johnnies” ts a ; act, In which five young one young lady sing and mirthfully. Al Carleton fs as i is thin. ore where the employes are partners. (London) Coats and Overcoats