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

What Are They Waiting For? Freight Conductor Hallet dead, one brakeman a raving maniac, the balance of the crew delirious, and 17 laborers overcome by coal gas in the Northern Pacific railway’s Stampede tunnel through the Cas- cade mountains, is the latest tragedy in connection with that deadly bore. : The railway company is probably waiting for a trainload of passengers to be asphyxiated before eliminating the dangers through inefficient air cir- culation in the tunnel. Women’s Work When you consider the horrors of wage slavery, white Blavery, juvenile delinquency, child labor and some more of our current customs, it is tolerably hard doctrine to accept that they represent the will of a majority of us in this our land; yet it is so. Ladylike loveliness has been, in part, a drag on human ess. But women did not know it. They believed what were told: That their mission in life was to decorate ft. It has taken a terribly long time, and a terribly heavy toll fo arouse them to the fact that always, somehow, somebody 3. The balance has to be adjusted The things woman is finding out, the good she’s doing, the glorious blunders she making these days, God bless her! he’s setting a pace hard to make, and it's safe to pro- phesy she will not abate a jot of it until good health and childhood are assured to every child, youth is safeguarded, @nd old age and helplessness protected; and any other little chores, by the way, that need it, she will attend to, such as waking clean and beautiful our dwelling places. is awakening process is mighty interesting to watch The slogan of one By them is “not to love our own babies but other people’s babies more,” and to this end she tes nurses and doctors as necessary in schools, as well as teachers, to prevent illness. Sounds sensible, does it not? One earnest group of devoted souls has at heart the ding of the idea for a court of domestic relations in all cities, for dealing with inharmonious households. The lings of this court in Chicago are that want, more often than any other cause. brings cases before it. And they make municipal duty to help such folks regain a grip on decent ae group is keen on vocational training, and still enother is determined on pure food, and many of the best workers in the juvenile courts and playgrounds movement are women. Not any of these are reforms, you notice. It’s all new- Bashioned, even if the material is the same old fabric of hu- manity. Observations OREGON folks are still in favor of killing off criminals. Whey decided to retain cap: vote, WOMEN in politics will be a much more influential fac- for than ever before from now on, with four more equal-suf- rage states in the Union. EUGENE DEBS, with many precincts still missing, has received 27,358 votes in this state. He is running about 7,000 wotes ahead of Miss Maley, candidate for governor. WASHINGTON is the banner progressive state. And, fe fact, the plurality for Roosevelt was greater here, taking the total population into account, than in any other state car- fied by the colonel. ONE woman in Arizona, which has just passed the equal amendment, didn’t wait long to take advantage of it. Resteris she filed her petition as candidate for mayor of| tt, for the January election. TWO states—count ‘em—were carried by Bill Taft for i. They were big controlled by the Mormons, and t, ancient standpat stronghold. ey should be en- @hrined in the hearts of every Tait voter. IT’S going to be moving day for Clinton W. Howard, ‘Taft's appointee for federal judge, pretty soon. And Bev- erly w. Coiner, Aberdeen appointee for U. S. district attor- , will also be given farewell before long. HE KNEW, Little T pa, is meant by beastly weather, Papa-—-When it's raining cats and a. UL “AAI Ys THE STAR—FRIDAY, Your friend, Mr. Ragshaw, | “No; he’s Just naturally careless {and slovenly in his dress.” Editor Seattle Star: Eight mo ed mayor of Seattle. The Editor’s Mail mths ago George Cotterill was elect He has kept his campaign pledges and given the exact kind of ad- winistration expected of him A petition for his recall has been widely ctreulated for a long time; it has now been filed. Many peop! ond carelessly. le signed this petition choughtlessly It seems to me that all clitixens who care for the advancement of their city should withdraw their names at once from the petition. Gegrae Cottertit bas done nothing to subject him to the recall No man who would take a recal! nomination could be successful. We are simply pluoging our community into a useless and expen sive clvil war, The friends of good governmen’ t do not fear the reanit. If It comes to a vote, Cotierill will be reelected by Mve times his former plurality. OLE HANSON. Editor The Star: A paper that Seattle, Wash., Nov. 8, 1912. has so much sympathy for the Mrs. 1 ALT NOVEMBER 8, 1912. MAY VOTE ON it the board would not have are of the jail or of convicted persons onolutions call for an amend a4 PU C Both reso ment to the city charter, to be Se BLI WELFARE voted on at the election in March BOARD FOR CITY, Judiciary committee of the city} | NO INSURANCE ON BRICK SCHOOLS council yesterday recommended for adoption two resolutions, both of which are for the purpose of e# Question of discontinuing fire tn. tablishing a public welfare board. |surance on all new brick school Tho first resolution, introduced | ,.:i4ings was considered at a meet- by Councilman Griffiths, provides for @ board of five members, ap-|!pe of the school board last night pointed by the mayor, two of whom |The board refused to renew an ex shall be women, all to serve with-|piring policy On the Greenwood out pay. This board, according to school, and voted to take owt no Griffiths’ resolution, Jurisdiction over and control of all) school. city detention {nstitutions, includ-| It is entimated by the board that ing the jail, The other resolution, |the cost of insurance for the last introduced by Max Wardall, is prac-' 10 years has been $60,000, with fire tleally the same, except that under losses of only about $14,000, port le expected ir be dull this season on account bumper crop bein’ stored In th’ Opery House.” Osculatory Nerve. The Maid-—Billy Brown have tho prettiest mouth world The Man up against Magazine, says in the Did he? I'd put mine it any day-—Hnglish The Tramp’s Compliment. “Will your dog bite ust” “1 shouldn't be surprised, miss. “B's got & oncommon eweet tooth!” tooth!"—Londoa Opinion. Avoid the Rush— Buy Early SCHERRER E RHEE * * Playground Courtsy. pinion, to be courteous, was relating to his mother an incident in hin play during the day. He admitted he had been « “good boy” and continued “Mamma, 1 hit Chester with a stick--but I didun go to, mamma-—an’ I said, “Pardon me, Chester-—'ust ike that.” “That wen nice,” returned Billy's mother. “And what did . ter say?” He didun say nuthin’. He | Seseeeseseeaeee +e would have | insurance on the new Franklin high) Redelsheimer’s Twenty-Third Anniversary} MEMORIAL FOR | SENATOR WILSON President Lowman of the © ® yeuterday to arrange for the |services which will be Moore theatre Sunday bed 2 o'clock, sim | funeral of Je | fordeville, Ind, jeonsist of short jmusic, and will he cai jday. E. ©. Hughes wilt ; The benefit which Whe te Cross has been pA. . | . The committee tn charset jthe benefit promptly snnomgeg ¢ | postponement when they : Ithat the theatre was wanted for memorial services. too at the Moore Sunday for Red Sale For Three Days Only— Joneses in their troubles, for the little kiddies left homeless and love-| less in the world, for the little crippled people, and the like, as The| Star has, will also have a tende= spot in its heart for the laddies of 14/ kicktud me in the stumick."—~ & Indianapolis News. ss years and thereabouts who find the burden of providing for meeting| #4 ¥ ¥* ¥ # 4.4 the grocery bills and other exponses of the home weighing down heav fly upon them. Under the impulse foregoing, | am moved to say that I have in my school such a boy. tive he is, truthful, energetic, Intelligent. the Eighth grade, and doing well presence was a disgrace to the fa than 4 at where the and a ba financial means of subsistence. mily does not know, T is at home with bis m mo in speaking of bis trying for » get decent wages for a boy of my back into school, eo I cai in bis establishment and would be wages for doing faithfully that wo | done and that a good boy Can do PRINCI home. Sincerely, Editor Seattle Star: Dear Sir. The Seattle Municipal Light and Power Plant has bees the subject of controversy in the past and the news columns of all jour papers have, at various times, contained articles more or less mix {leading concerning the finances of management I have at all times been an advo [cate of the policy of giving the wid jest publicity to the affairs of the plant to the end that the public may be kept fully informed on all par ticulars pertaining to this great | public utility. Since taking the of | fee of superintendent of lighting I jhave inaugurated the policy of | mailing bulletins to the the plant with this end in view. Recently the news columns of the dally papers have contained ar. itheles stating that the plant is om sound financially, that deficits in its revenues exist, and that the plant is is operated at a loss. I have my accountants make DR. . PRICE'S CREAM _ Baking Powder Purity in food, lower cost of living— these are the demands of the day. Pure food is health, and health is economy itself. We can- not have health without healthful food. The most healthful foods are the quickly raised flour foods— biscuit, cake, muffins, crusts and other pastry when perfectly made from wholesome ingredients. Dr. PRICE’S baking powder makes these foods in specially attractive, appetizing and wholesome form, and for both economic and hygienic reasons, such foods should be more largely substituted for meat in the daily diet. But bear in mind that alum, or unwholesome baking powder, can never make pure, wholesome food. and help, is away in son year, anyway, but I don't know whether | can or not.” Doesn't this sound just a little bit brave, and doean't ity ital punishment. by a two-to-one| ring Just about the right way for a worthy boy fellow” business man of the elty who you know needs just eu the plant and the policies of the of my feelings, as indicated in the Ac studies, The father, whose in by mily and more of an added burden) ne distant part of the stat#™ though wo other younger boys are in school ther, who is thus left destitute of Thin eldest boy now tells m@-that he | is forced to ask for a permit to quit school in order to find some Hiigana | for paying the living expenses of the home, “I don't care how hard the work may be, if I can do it,” he eald to ome job somewhere; “if I ‘cuivonly ace. If 1 a do so, | waah t get finish the Eighth grade by the eudief the} T Isn't there sa giad to pay @ good boy a good rk in his business that needs to be| If you know of any such, kindly In form me, and thus assist In helping the business man and hetping this PAL OF A SEATTLE SCHOOL, have had them draw off a state ment of the revenues and expenses of the plant for the eight months ending August ist, 1912, to supple ment our 1911 report, and have made the same the subject of our Hulletin No, § to mail to our pa trons. Knowing that you have the Inter- ests of our great city at heart, and also knowing that many articles ap pear in the columns of a dally paper, whic! reach the editorial rooms as pews «matter, and on which the editor cannot be fully informed himeaelf, | take the lber- ty of enclosing proof sheets of Pal- jetin No. 8, containing a complete statement of the financial condi- ot Hons of this plant up to August 3ist, 1912. Yours truly, | J. D, ROBS, Supt. of Lighting. Editor the Star: The motherin- law contest, which you mo in last week's paper, was prettty good, but |too one-sided. I don’t like same- ness in anything, not even a con- test, so I'm sending tn mine. Of course, I know I'm too late for the prize, but I don’t care; one dollar couldn't begin to pay for the piece I'm sending, so I'm just going to give It free, gratis, and for noth- ing. Here it is: MY MOTHER-IN-LAW. She t# old, and wrinkled, and gray, And just as plain as every day; But, oh, so eet, and gentle, and kind; the Sere it motherinlaw you'll nd. She hasn't a fault, no, not one, For she gave to me her only son. Her virtues are, ob, so grand! I obtained thro’ her, my dear hue band I'd call thie a joke, but, can't you see I'm just too happy; so “excuse me.” MRS. NOBODY. MISDIRECTED. whe Mr. Knagg--T can failed to find that place. it was just a stone's throw from the corner, Mrs, Knagg—I know you did, but I couldn't find a stone to throw, and if I had found one it wouldn't have done any good because I can't throw to save my life. * garden at daybreak.” * “Yes,” replied Farmer Corn. * *® tossel. “I have to be up bright * * and early so as to get the to * * tato cans hid from the sum- * * mer boarders,”-—-Washington * * Star, RTI KEKE * He i# now tn the A class of) Peeee eee } Foresight. | “I thought you bad such a good maid coming?” i I did, But when she called up jon the telephone my husband) answered ber.” Well?” “Well, he was so much charmed her volee thi I dida't engage Ch land Pt Dealer. lain by her SOMEWHAT SURPRISED. ae “Then you were disappointed in your first glimpse of Spain?” } “I admit 1 was somewhat sur prised. I thought everybody car ried 4 guitar.” The One Thing American. They may dig down as far as they please in those Egyptian mummy vaults. They may find Jove letters and laundry lists and) kitchen recipes and plumber bills, but they'll never find the score of a world’s championship series. That's one thing original with us.—Cleve- land Plain Dealer. Had Learned Hie Lesson. “Does old man Phocks under stand anything about speculative stocks?” “I guess he does. You never see him going near a broker's office.”-— Cleveland Platn Dealer. Popular Short Stories. “Pleased to meet you, Mr. Bor em. “Ll can take a drink or let alone.” “LT was detained at the office.” “T will never say @ cross word to you, sweetheart.” “I enjoy your #ermons so much, Doetor Windy.” “You, sir, lots of mornings T have! to break the fce in the tub before) I take my cold bath.” “We have never had a quarrel since we were married.” “We have spent a perfectly de lghtfal evening, Mra, Gabby.” “My, ien't that a pretty baby! He is the perfect image of bis father.” Cincinnati Enquirer. Entirely Different. An Irishman went to the postof- | flee and asked for his mail at the genral delivery window. In the line in front of him was another Irish-| man on @ similar errand. “What name?” asked the clerk of the first man, “Dennis Malone,” he answered. Nothing here for you. Next— name?” Dennis Malone,” said the second Irishman, “Didn't you just hear me say was no mail for Dennis it “But sure T ain't the same Dennis lone-—-I'm another wan entire Cleveland Plaip Dealgr, pipe “ TRIALS OF A PARENT © “pid you ever try to be a kind husband and an tndulgent parent?” asked the man whose hair is thin in front. “Why, sir,” replied the hearty in- —- “that should require no ef- ort.” “No effort! Well, I want to tell you that In my case it’s a superhu- man undertaking, My wife wants b ne ee ee ¥ to smoke cigarets, my daughter wants to marry a nobleman whose \* , FRESH VEGETABLES */ title has lapsed, and my son wants \* T saw you digging in the *|me to buy him an aeroplane,”— Washington Post. Griggs—Who'd ever suppose that Brown would lend himself to such a contemptible scheme? Briggs——He didn’t lend himself; * lho sold himself for cash down.— Boston Transcript. On Eve Contract Goods Excepted l-4 OFF To celebrate our 23rd Anniversary in business we shall offer during threes —Saturday, Monday and Tuesday—Everything in the House at One-Fourth off ular Prices—contract goods excepted. Men’s Boys’ and | Ladies’ r and Young | Children’s Misses’ ’ Men’s Suits, Overcoats Suits, Coats an Suits, Overcoats and Raincoats Dresses and Raincoats “4 Off Reg. $15, % off Reg. $18, % off... Reg. $4.00, % off. Reg. $5.00, % off. Reg. $6.00, % off. Reg. $7.50, % off, Reg. $9.00, % off, Reg. $10. 00, 1 oft. os And so on upwan, i All Evening Gowns and 7 All Hats, Caps and Furnishings All Full D . UKE eutg'gna BHR alt. fe site for Boys at One-Fourth Off—Con- | Skirts and Waists at Poti ath - tract goods excepted. off. Our 23rd Anniversary Sale will last three days only—Satur- day, Monday and Tuesday, Ladies Department open Saturday evening o'clock. All Hats, Caps and Furnishings for Men at One-Fourth Off—Con- tract goods excepted, Be i ae AS J. Re ‘wo Entrances— aS delsheimer & Co. Sat First Avenue and Columbia St. a &