The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 9, 1912, Page 4

LE STAR | Wal | are WAPAT RNS | Some scientific sharks have been investigating the vo cabulary employed by very small children The ser peor | to take paper and pencil and follow the child for several wee *,| putting down every new word that is uttered. It was rata that children between 16 and 19 months used as few as 00) words and as high as 232. From two years on the vocabu | Jary increases very rapidly, until for three years the average) is 1,000 words Shucks! ine Ask any parent who is really interested in his chile fhe will tell you that all the vocabulary he is concerned is composed of five little words: “Mamma.” “Daddy a “I love you.” Doesn't that vocabulary express all that is sweetest and Dest in the world? Who cares about the other 995 words NOBLE Andy Carnegie, He escapes taxes in New York rity by swearing that his debts are $8,000,000, while his city roperty isn’t worth more than $3,000,000. To ease his con jence, he might now build another public library The Lure of the Novel Long and laboriously have the moral influences of this country wrestled with the boys who, with minds fired by *yellow-back” literature, have run away from happy but com monplace existence to fight Indians or encounter other heart thrilling adventures. 4 Such boys have been for generations a fruitful source of anxiety and romance. They have given a distinctive tone to merican civilization. They have contributed bravery and — to the mighty west. | Only love of adventure and determination to dare and to do could enable any race to conquer a continent in a century The pioneer, who took his family and his all far beyond | the pale of peaceful civilization, and with his rifle ever in} hand threaded trails where resounded the warwhoop of the gavage, and turned the howling wilderness into garden plots, may never have read “yellow-backs,” but he nevertheless had within the same spirit of adventure that they inculcate. By just such spirit as this the dank swamp and the Wark forest have been turned into fields of grain and the te- 3 of the Indians have given place to the towering build- i of mighty cities. : And now, at this late date, the Indians have turned the Bables upon us. Two Indian boys at the Carlisle school, their finds fired by society novels, have run away to New York seck adventures in drawing rooms. Unfortunately they have been apprehended and sent back school. This is all the more pity because New York draw- room manners and morals, if reports be true, might have eatly improved by the young Indians. whites have taken from the Indians the woods and iries, the plains and the hills. Surely in the wise plan of there is some place left into which Poor Lo might fit. anyone who carefully canvasses the whole situation is to ¢onclude, as did the two Indian boys, that the place to 4, and} about h the Indian is best fitted today is in the New York THE powers are already figuring on how to whittle down » spoils that Bulgaria has won. é o ‘ ‘HE Balkan states want Turkey for Thanksgiving, and BB looks as though they were going to get it. ‘ IF IT's , we move to lynch the fellow who figured ut that mix-up in which Philan Knox might become president. ! IT SHOULD be an easy matter to get a line on the of republican office holders, by glancing at Mr. Taft’s vote. SHAKING off that load of confidence in a “sweeping " must have ben a great relief to the campaign mana- anyway. QUEEN MARY says use of typewriters on invitations disrespect. Writes them herself? Naw! Makes her Ty write them. IF THEY win, those Balkans are going to form a United Then J. Pierp Morgan will not have to sigh because are no more United States to run. ONLY 37 more shopping ys before Christmas. Wake ! '+ $1,850,776,000. SOME fig- @re, that. And it’s the value the corn crop to the farm- ers of the United States, the fichest country in the world. WASHINGTON will have two of the 18 progressive con- alconer and Bryan have a chance to take prominent po- sitions in the great new party which has jumped to second place at birth. “NELL ROSE,” named aft- er Eleanor Wilson, daughter of the president-elect, takes the place in the fashions of “Alice blue,” derived from Alice Roosevelt. WE RISE to suggest that a committee of alienists be Bppointed to diagnose the real feelings of certain plunderbund erests over the final outcome of the recent gubernatorial o. MRS. PANSY LESH, from Missouri, confesses at Los ‘Angeles to murdering two women back home, and even the police don't believe her. Wonderful effects that Los Angeles flimate has! COUSIN Bill Taft’s last word before the voting started that his administration had done more for the country Sian any other since the war. But it didn’t go, with the price of ham at 30 cents. .. “WHAT is a rotten egg?” is a question the agricultural @epartment experts have got to determine. Let 'em look inder the hen that’s pretending to lay when eggs are nts the dozen. Editor The Star: I hope you priull print these few lines in your il in answer to the young man's condemning Frye & Co. for felling meat to the public at cost. Now, Mr. Business Man, do you ik it right because you have wed up a few dollars that we who laborers should give it all back ® few like you? No, sir, we grandest act of his life. Look at the poor man's children, the back- bone of our nation, and compare them with our rich man's children, One is balf starved and the other's cheeks looks rosy and healthy. a few cents on the not make any differ- ence to the rich man, but it is whole jot to the poor man, who wor Who cares? Ik more men like Mr. Frye. He loys about 600 men in Seattle , and if he should stretch out hands and open up meat shops! every little suburb in Seattle give his meat to the public at’ Feasonable price, it would be the She—What a singular chin Ps gw Mrs. c should call it for $2.50 per day, and has ep a wife and three children. Young man, we will all soon see the day when the poor man, the actual producer of all wealth, will get his just rights. Sincerely yours, A SUBSCRIBER, Georgetown, Wash. |. Fatleigh has, plural.—Boston Advertiser. THE STAR—SATURDAY, yy = SS: NOW WILLIE | WANT you To KEEP OUT OF SIGHT HEREAFTER © S K QA™ wae KA sA\s Wiss ee \ ) | “Ss \. e. o> _ NOVEMBER 9, 1912. A Ye SL ADEE | |HE SREMS To HAVE A LOT OF | fl | (RESPECT Porenit) fl Slee wel racy | THE DARKY HAD A PREMONITION ¥t happened during the construction of one of Seattle's skyscrapers The noon whistle blew, and a plasterer, working on the floor above that on which he had left his street clothes, wanted some change from bis pocket-book, and ordered his tender to go and get it. The tender paused. “Look hyah, Mistah Jim,” he objected, “If some body has already stole yo" money, an’ I comes back hyah an’ tella you’ dat it's gone yo’ is gwine to say I tuk it.” though struck by the seeming justice of the dbjection, the plae torer was impatient, “What's the matter with you?” he ejaculated. “No body bas sto « my money. You go ahead, and if the money is gone! won't blame , ov.” The tender departed, to return in a few minutes and stand just tm side the door, “Well!” ejaculated the plasterer, pointedly , The tender shuffled his foot, wide eyed and innocent. “It's je’ like I tole yo, boss, jes’ iike I tole yo’ Somebody done robbed yo'~ dey wuan’ @ cent in dem clothes. Brightness personified is little Johnny Pule. Certain friends i the family consider bim rather precocious—but that's quite At any rate, he ts the pride of his father's heart, and Pule, st,|/ bly refers to the youngster as a “regular chip from the old The ‘other night little Johnmy looked up from his stool by the firesh and ejaculated the query ‘m a chip from the old block, ain't I, father? “Yea, my son, indeed you are,” came the prod reply. “And you, pa, you're the head of the fambiy, ain't yout” aaked the simple little lad. “I am,” replied Pule, “Then,” chuckled Johany triumphantly, “you must be a blockhead!” . But we will draw a kindly veil over what followed.—Anawers, The milkman rises when it's dark,| If milk te thin or old or Before the roosters crow, And ere the sunrise you can mark) The milkman, every Ho's driving to and fro; Is sure to get the blame. jr in the new congress. |4%4 many Royal Powder exceeds others in leavening power, in purity and wholesomeness, and is used generally in families, exclusively in the most celebrated hotels and res- taurants, by the United States Army and Navy, and wherever the best and finest food is required. Teachers of cooking schools and lecturers upon culinary matters use and recome mend the Royal, Royal is the only baking powder made from Royal Grape Cream of Tartar. It is admittedly the best and most healthful baking powder made, When you know what is best, please ask for it. JOSH WISE SAYS: “Th Beeleys port Lyceum course will open with a one-armed banjo soloist. Five other uplifting orogrameare prom: fer the rest of the’ win ter.” A PROTEST “Do you think you could learn te love met” “How much money have you?” In- quired the entirely practical girl "I beg your pardon. This is « pro posal of marriage; not a bet,” — Washington Star. (ARR RSLS SRR SSE ee * * * sTops iT * * “I wish you would stop that * ® howling baby of yours!” * ® “Why, the baby is very pop- # ® ular in the neighborhood.” * ® “it ts a nuisance! When it * * cries, I can't hpar myself ® wing. * *® "That's why it's popular.” # * * ee ee ee OF COURSE “Oh, papa!” exclaimed the young girl, “that pretty plant | had sitting on the piano is dead.” “Well, | don’t wonder,” wae all the father said—Yonkers States man. NOT THAT KIND “What's your hurry?” “I've got to dress a chicken to- day, sald the young matron. “Oh, let me go over and help you,” entreated the prospective “I used to love to dress oucHI “I ran across an old friend of — today,” remarked the chaut- four, “WIill he recover,” asked the bar- tender.—Cinctnnati Enquirer, > alta laa Teavisctayaen iin? | | # OVERHEARD AT LUNCHEON & * “That's the tenth can of sar- & * dines you have ordered,” said & the rallway magnate. “Aren't & you afraid you will make your & self sick?” * “I'm not eating them,” re * plied employee with inven- * tive genius. “I think I'm on & the track of a way to get more & * people into a street m Exchange, * RRR ERHERHER QUALIFIED Uncle Ed—Why, Johnnie, don’t swear, do you? Johnnie—No, | don’t | know all the words.—Ju you > but | ‘The biggest con- tent of the year,@ turkey Sas been announc 1 by the Circle some lucky Circle J oy or girl is Ko / ing to furnish the Y turkey for the table at home on Thanksgiving and it's not to cost the boy or girl a 7 penny | Here we have it Uncle Jack is loffering « ten-pound turkey, that favorite Thankegiving fowl, to the boy or girl writing the best Thanks giving essay. Ien't that simple? The Thanksgiving Turkey con test will ran two weeks, The con test begins today and ends Satur day, November 24rd. Satur day several of the lette pelved during the week, will be published. A list of those who have already then sent in letters will also be published In all probability so many letters will be received that competition for the prize turkey will be keen. Neatness in writing will also prove a good step toward getting the bird The rules, which are printed else where in the Corner, should be ob served very Closely, As will be noticed, the rules aay to be very careful about writing on but one side of a sheet of paper, You spoil your chances if you violate that rule. Boys and girls who do not hold a membership certificate can com- pete in the content, but should write a certificate at the same time letter is sent. In doing #0, be to to your name and ad- Should the turkey fall to t n out-of-town circleite, a check will be mailed. The Circle bad a similar content last Thanksgiving, and that contest almost 200 answers # more than that ear. Don't be in a in your story. Two makes haste aunneces brought fo Unele Jack exp number t hurry to weeks’ time sary InG THAN KOON ONTEST RULES Contest—Aa essay on “Thanksgiving.” Prize—Ten-pound turkey. Contest closes Friday, Nov. 22 Word limit—150 words. Rules—State ee oes , school, at et yor wey “Write on one side of sheet of paper only, Use ink, Ad dreas letters to Uncle Jack, in care of The Star office. Be Gube and Read This anewers to th test which started last Saturday and ended yesterday at 3 o'clock No other corner of any kind in the United States can boast such a good average as the Circle, Out of the 62 contributions 21 of them were deserving of mention. Out of those 31 it wag @ serious question as to which was the best. Uncle Jack feels proud of such 4 fine lot of girls and boys and is satisfied that there is no grumbling when the winner is announced. The judges who award the prizes al- ways have a very diffteult time ia making the awards, and if the prize does pot fall to you and your name ia on the Hist, it is not because your letter poor. If you find your name on the honor roll you can be sure the winner was picked from yours and others’ contributions, The following is the honor roll: Arthur Seawall. Harold Munson. CI Nels Larsen. Bernice Phillips. Margarete Monson. Elsie Vuvell. Albert Lewis. Harry Thomson. Milton Hamilton. Geo Hamilton. Robert Mills. Morrison, Smith. Gladys Stone. Sadie Kulman, URTEEN JOIN quests for membership certificates to Uncle Jack, Several of the ap plicants have heard about the Cir cle from a friend who already be- longs, and Uncle Jack is grateful to those boys and girls encouraging others to join our cosy family, Tell your friends about the big turkey contest and got them to write. A GRIP&COLDS The epidemic of Influenza—Cor. yaa—Grip—ts rapidly | spreading throughout the entire country, the importance of escaping contagion, with a long winter ahead, appeals to everyone. Dr. Humphreys’ “Seventy-seven* meets the exigency of the epidemic, Taken early, cuts it short. Taken during its prevalence pre- occupies the system and prevents its Invasion, A small vial of pleasant pellets, fits the vest pocket. At your’ Druggist 25c, or mated, ey’ Homes. Medicine Co., York. Advert! and Ann Streets, New isement. membership is not required to con- tribute to a contest, but after the first contribution, a card should be secured. Write to Uncle Jack, in care of The Star office for a card, Fourteen Joined this week, Pattie Schwartz, 115 18th av. Ethe! Drake, Rochester, Wash, Nina Ultm 3501 26th av. 8. Euphemia Uliman, 3501 26th a Sarah Wallenberg, Tukwila, Wa: Kellogg, Wenatchee. Matiida Dyment, R. F. D. 1, Box 328, Seattle. 4 Veronica Conroy, 305 22nd av. &., ity. Gladys Stone, 5507 20th a Beatrice Smith, 4467 Whitman av. Dear Uncle . As I see other girls and boys join- ing your elub I would 1% to join too, Please send me a membership ce aoe SCHWARTZ, The above, the work of Ruth H auck, 14,828 21st av. wins prize offered by the Circle in the free-for-all contest. A SOPHOMORE Dear Uncle Jack; 1 would 0 and would be much (ff you will please send Dear Uncle Jack: Many times have Star up and read your corner, and} each time I have said: “Now I must write for a membership card.” But this is the time I carried out my threat. Iam 14, but was only 12 when I first noticed your small | analy. I then took the pictures of all who belonged and put them jaway. I am a “sophmore” in bigh school. Do you allow “High School Kiddies” im your family? I hope ‘}you do—I would certainly bo giad to win that turkey prize. Thie jeaves me anxiously waiting. Ethel Drake, Roches Wash. Yea, Ethel, we do allow high school girls in our Circle corner, | providing they are not over the age limit, which is 16. It pleases me to know that high school “kiddies” are interested in the Cirole. UNCLE JACK. Tam in Tukwila. cent comm 1159 Alki Ay. Park Natatorium, guardian of morals, money method. 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