The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 9, 1912, Page 5

set RS RS BR li: offer smaller monthly pay pianos than n the olty prices quality. ” price, and the rea ie that anufacturers opting the “Dt plan as fast as expire with the rs the middleman is cer they're “butiding’ a rattled or that much than @ week be some more il Sas ‘of th the * canvassers hired as rd Ave. near Ceatral on high grade ‘pianos and grand Old Style. your eyes and | & pair of fine double vision THEATRE Phone Main 4% Bille Burk ee ON MISTAKES YOU HAVE MADE BY BILLIE BURKE. THE FIRST word Never say, “I did as well ast could under the = clrowm. stance At the end of the year almost every woman takes a littl stock of her pervenal self. She thinks over ber mistakes, her biundera, her cowardice in grasping oppor. tunity, aod then she says, with a sigh, “Well, 1 did as well as I could be expected to do under the cireumstances. lan't it a good time to rise above the ciroumstances that are holding you down? Den't you magnify your trou 2 Your burdens will only n heavier every time you stop to weigh them You know how much hotter you feel just after you have looked at the thermome- ter on a hot day It is just the — when thinking of your trou on, Of course, there are some cir cumstances that have to be met squarely, such as accidents and itiness of yourself or of those near and dear to you, and there are some other troubles over which you cannot always have control, But you must school yourself to dismiss from your mind the an hoyances that you cannot over come, and then you can go ahead and help the things that need your help to make them better. No succesaful woman ever reached the summit of her ambt- tion easily. Many and many o time she was flung back and felt that she could go no farther, Many and many a time she was almost ready to give up and say that the game was not worth the candle. But she did better than ies peel bt . eaeee MISS BILLIE BURKE. could be expected of her under the clroumstances. would not ha JUST ONE LAST WORD— if you would count your sue- cesses In any walk of tife, you must not worry about the olr- cumstances in which you find yourself, NOTICE TG READERS * All letters cannot be an # *® swored in the paper, and many ® * are without nam address. # * A stamped, addressed on- * *® velope always brings a prompt # * reply. CYNTHIA GREY. THE STAR—MONDA Cynthia’s Answers to Many Questions There are 33 degrees in the Ma sonle lodge, Drosamaking is a better trade for a girl to learn than millinery, be cause she can work at it the year round To reduce enlarged pores in the face, bathe in cold water to which a few drops of alcohol have been added When a young fidy is writing to a young man who is merely @ good friend, shoe should address him as “Dear Friend,” Instead of “Dear Tom.” A good book, such as “Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm” (or any of the other “Rebecea” books) is a suitable Christmas present from @ boy to a girl friend of 15 years, The law provides that a woman participating in a common law m: riage tn this state can compel, ai der a criminal statute, the father of her child to marry her and give the child a name and support, ab though she does not have to live with him after the ceremony, The first moving pictures were invented in 1872, In the following! manner: Leland Stanford and Hd ward Muybridge made a bet as to whether a horse has four feet off the ground at the same time Twenty-four cameras were p! In a row along tho road. Silk th were attached to each cany *% | ora shutter and fastened across the SEEE RENEE HE EHH He Fond, BO When the horse galloped Dr, C. E. Cummings, physictan ye were beld in Eagles’ hall. of Seattle, was buried photographed himself erday by the Eagles. Services | Edison improved upon this method iby inventing the kinetoscope. along the rond he broke the Prominent threads, opening the shutters and 4 «Umea. LETTERS FO CYNTHIA GREY ° | THE REAL AND THE COUNTERFEIT Dear Miss Grey: 1 am a man going with a girl me that I'm ception of what love ts. of 27 I want to marry her, but some of my friends tell really in love with her, that I haven't the remotest con- From what they A Il am aimoat led to believe that “real” love must manifest itself with pathologies! symp toma. never experienced any of these that if this girl should leave me, I such as insomnia, heart palpitations, indigestion, ete, 1 have Furthermore, | am frank to admit could and would overcome the sor ed is in the past, and you have de For some time I have been| cided to live a clean life, not to please her, or get her, but beonuse you wish to make a man of your self, tell_her so; but do not ask any promise. It is her right that yoo show her you are sincere. When you have lived a clean life for six months or a year, it will be row, and eventually, perhaps, find happiness in the love of some other time enough to think of promises, | Woman. On the other hand, her presence seeme to fill me with an almost; sublime happiness. She seems to be very happy in my company. The thought of her, when she f# away, fills me with optimism and seems to intensifiy my love for humanity and all creation; but my friends tnstst that if I were really in love” with her, her absence even for a short jtime would make me utterly miserable Now, Mise G love of a girl in whom my ambition love which I often feel can find an This letter is written of my woman “confidantes, do this giri an injustice for all the if not truly the genuine article. your own mind not biased by its opinion. WHO WAS BRUTUST Dear Miss Grey: We bave an ar gument on whether Brutes was ex- ecutive of war during the time when Caesar was murdered, and if he be longed to the Turks’ side, or If he was a Roman statesman and be longed to the conspiracy formed by some men of Rome. man or Turk? Please ald us, as we wish this argument to be ended THREE DEBATERS. A—Marcus Junius Brutus was a Roman republican. On the eutbreak of the civil war he joined the Pom petians, although he did aot like their leader. After the battle of Pharsalla, he surrendered himself to Caesar, who generously received him and allow ed him to withdraw from the war, and in the following year made him governor of Cisalpine ul, and aft- erward governor of Macedonia. In spite of Caesar's kindness to him, he allowed himself to be per- suaded to enter the conspiracy which resulted in Caesar's murder. He tried to appease the people with his pleas of patrioti#m, “> that It loved Ceasar less, but Rome more.” He was compelled to flee to other countries, where he eng: in war. Finally he was defeated and killed himself by falling upon his sword. He was not a Turk. \18 SHE A MAN, } OR A PRINTER'S DEVIL? | Dear Miss Grey: In leu of an- lawering all of these lovesick quer- ies, why not get married yourself? | 1 am sure that you would make an ideal wife, as you know so much on the subject of love. Please answer |through the paper, giving a full de | scription of yourself. 1 am %1 years of age, have dark hair and eyes, am 5 feet 9 inches tall and weigh 165 pounds. I have |a baby girl 3 years old. My wife is } { would like very much to meet you. Answer through the pa- | per whether you think we could get along. I am a bookkeeper and my lary is $110 a month (enough for t jnot?), Sometim: me that * the printer's devil some other ink slinger on tae staff (The thought makes me shiver, as then my fondest hopes could not be realized; but, surely, none but © womanly woman could conduct the {Cynthia Grey department so well If Cynthia happens to be a man, say no, and I will send bim a box of cigars for Christmas. WIFE SEEKER. —Thanks, awfully tynthia” isn't a man; neither is she a printer's devil; nor t4 she on jthe matrimonial market, She is too busy attending to the the thought comes to Ae man | fairs of others to have any of her € ITeESS Py yom sary i) Sempany of WWE PLAYERS AL EVIDENCE” NTAGES | — redaatiaaaas BURKHARDT and a own. IF ALL GIRLS WOULD DO AS) THESE Dear Miss Grey: girls, and we have | whom we did respect. One day, while talking, our con- versation drifted. One of the boys asked ua if we wished to hear a Now. | Grey, this story was not what should have been told. We are re- spectable girls, ranging from the ages of 13 to 15, The boys also are respected by every one but us. Be- fore the story, or “joke,” ended, we We answered, ure expressed our disapproval by walk ing awa: The boys have now apologized, Was he a Ro! o people and a small child, is it} eart af-| We sre four! boy friends ¥, | sertously long for a home and for the heart and sort of all-pervading sense of | and anchorage. I wouldn't world, Please help me. REUBEN Use @ told them we would con The question ts, What te od sider. | ' ) A.—You are a fortunate man in possessing a love so near the real, | ‘The kind of love your friends de} seribe, and in which the world in general believes, is a disease which | passes as truly as does the measles, hence the divorce courts. Let the world think as it pleases, as long as you af@| py cnined Pree t Wire GOOD ETIQUETTE Dear Miss Grey: Do you think tt proper for a boy to call on a girl every night tp the week and stay until 11, and many times until | aod 2 o'clock, when she ie going to high school? 7 A--It te improper for a man to stay until 1 or 2 when calling on @ ter a somewhat heated argument with one! young lady out of school, and cer and we have decided to submit the ques |tion to you. Can I honestly tell this girt I am “in love” with her? Or| school children, \aball | walt to become possessed of that strange, Indescribable feeling which is said to Indicate the presence of the real “affinity”? tainly very much out of place with DARES DEATH TO AID SCIENCE IN SEARCH OF CURE WASHINOTON, Dec, %.—The story of how two United States public health surgeons sacrificed their ives and a third, who recov your opinion? Please print thie ta | ered, profited by the sacrifice with the paper, as wo will be watching | 1,5 eagerly for a reply “WE FOUR.” A to be repeated. And if it them forever. Only narro minded people indulge in coarse « ALL OFF FOR EGBERT. ' all never speak to Egbert - y, dear?” ‘I heard him telling Arthur that I was an old friend.” TEMPTED TO ELOPE Dear Miss Grey: 1} am a girl of 17, and, like many other foolish girls, am in love with a boy of 19. He has asked me to marry him, jand as we are not of age we would have to elope, which we are tempt ed to do. Now, Miss Grey, | have a véry dear chum, who i# jealous of me and haa threatened to leave home if I do not give up the boy who is my future happiness, as she is very much in love with him. As I am afraid she will do something des- perate, I am at a loss to know wha |to do, Please answer soon, as I have no one to advise me. Miss Grey, don't forget how madly | am in love and how hard it would be for me to part with this young man, although I dearly love my chum and would do ‘anything for her. An swer soon, BILLIB, A.—Of all silly acts, to my mind eloping is the silliest, for it pro claims to the world two people rul ed by feeling rather than mind, de |fying the law by lying to get a jlicense, not sensible enough to wait until they have at shelter and a week's meals a Don't follow impulse and do some |thing you will spend a lifetime re gretting, Don't think, by breaking with a man, you éan give him to another. If your chum expects it sho is self. ish, and by humoring you are encouraging ber in her fault. HAS LOST CONFIDENCE Dear Miss Grey: I am a young man of 21 and well acquainted with elty and country life. 1 am in love with a girl but I have not told her. I know she has another fellow, but it seoms she likes me more. She found out things about me, and now she has lost confidence in me. Please don't fail to advise me. R, 8. _ AewLf the information. she Jeary: learrier of discovery that the louse ts a deadly fever, became known today at the hygienic labor Accept the apology on One| gene), tu Unit ra . condition, that the offense is never|aimres, Of tue, United Staten pub drop) Surgeon Goldberg was the only one of three surgeons to live after |contracting the malady in Mexico | ineton, he | “Britt's disease, two years ago. Returning to Wash inducted exhaustive re search work and discovered that “prison fever” are identical to typhus fever and that the common ne ia responsible, ———————$__ $$$ POSTMASTER GENERAL GETS FIRST LETTER FOR OLD SANTA CLAUS By United Press Leased Wire WASHINGTON, Dec. %— Postmaster General Hitchcock received today the first letter of the annual avalanche of mall ad dressed to Santa Claus. It came from a little girl at Campti, La, who said she had just broken her hip and was bedridden. Hitchcock has not decided whether to send all Santa Claus letters to the dead letter office or turn them over to charitable organtzations. SCHOOL KIDS WOULD CALL HIM A GROUCH By United Prom Leased Wire BOSTON, Dec. 9.—Longer study hours and shorter vacations for school children are urged by Pres- ident Plavele Luther of Trinity college, In an address before the state teachers’ association he said: “The public is an easy mark be cause school teachers have con- vinced them that the schools are giving all they ought In education Let's teach more than 25 houra a week. Let's have our schools going a larger part of the year. Let's ake children take school life more musly than we have formerly Let's be a little more in earnest It Is preposterous that we take so much vacation.” . COMMERCIAL CLUB ELECTS OFFICERS The Seattle Commercial Club haa elected the following officers for the coming year; First vice prest- dent, J, M. Sparkman; second vice president, Dr. J. A. Schively; di tors, W. H. Barnes, A. J. Raut berg, Nels Hartvig, B. F. Shields, J. D. Beary, B. L. Moore, G. W, Moore, N. B. Allen, O, A. Case, M V. Kellogg. A special meeting for the elec tion of a president will be held on December 28, REX BEACH WRITES OF ALASKA PROBLEM Rex Beach, the Alaska novelist, has written a new book, “The [ron Trail,” according to advices recety- ed by Seattle friends. The book deals with the conservation of coal and timber in Alaska, Beach has sold the serial rights to “The Iron Trail” for $20,000. It is expected the book will have a strong influence, both directly and indirectly, on legislation that pre, cedes the next session of congress, at which the Alaska raflroad com mission will make its report, »|company employes ran Y, DECEMBER 9, 191 The Batterick Patterns In connection-with JAMES MeCREERY & CO., New York a c[)oug - a Store open all gf outhwick (0. Pat 3 from 9 a. m. to 6 p.m. daily. SECOND AVENUE AND PIKE STREET P.O. Crowded Out: All Pictures Half! 50c Pictures 25c $1.25 Pictures 63c $3.50 Pictures 0 and $2 Se Women’s, Misses’ and Good merchandising demands that we reduce, by 65 Suits, our lines of Garments at $20 and HROUGH the growth of department after department, our been forced from “pil we need the space it occupies for Toys and Gift Leather Good dispense with it altogether lar to post” all over the store. So— Division has And now, in the Basement, decided to Picture and we've Both Framed and Unframed Pictures will sell at an even half of their original prices. sizes and so diverse an assortment of subjects that there is surely one to fill in where you need it, There is so wide a range of Hand-tinted photographs are among them—French Heads—Baby Picturese—Relig- ious Subjects—Italian Scenes—Prints in color after noted American artists. Many are in weathered oak frames—some in gilt frames from narrow to heavy ovals, circles, panels, every shape. 35c Pictures 18¢ 75 | $1.50 Pictures 75¢ Jun $8.50 Pictures $4.25 | $5 Pictures $2.50 | | $12 Pictures $6 | $25 Pictures $12.50! $22.50 Suits $14 $7.50 Pictures $3.75 20 Pi 25c Pictures 13c $2.50 Pictures $1.25 $ 2 19 tures $10 iors’ Sizes $22.50, and you may choose at $14.75 tomorrow% from the 65 whose prices suffer in consequence! © Every one of them is most desirable in style and quality, desirable in every way; so this is a splendid opportunity! The size range commences with juniors apd ends with women’s 44 There are strictly tailored, semi-tailored and Norfolk models— hairline Corduroys, serges, cheviots, men’s-wear serges, wide-wale diagonals, stripes— Navy, brown, gray—many two-tones—every desirable color! Ask to see the very fine Norfolk Suits in navy or brown corduroy— or the seamless box-front models younger girls wear, or the double-breast- ed brown serge Suits in juniors’ sizes—the sale is strong in such oppor- tunities. t, /, . a Some of the Suits may be seen in a Pike street % window, and we’d like to have you note espe- cially the excellence of the materials and finish —even at the regular prices of $20 and $22.50. Tomorrow $14.75 And 18 Suits Formerly $15 for $10 Imagine buying Suits with the MacDougall & Southwick Company label in at $10! Norfolk and single breasted—some with velvet collars. Whipcords, cheviots, mixtures, serges—materials in surprisingly high qualities even at $15. Tailored models—a few with rounded corners. Navy, brown, wistaria, gray. Marked until now at $15. On sale at | TALKS BY THE | PERNICIOUS ANAEMIA The symptoms of this disease are pallor, weakness and debility They suggest tho need of a blood examination The examination shows the blood to be poor in cory jes and in coloring matter. The decrease in corpuscles is greater than the decrease in color ing matter, The best sign ia that given by the blood examination. Arsenic dieting and persistent use of proper laxatives are of great service. Some cases seem to get well They look and feel well. But later the disease grows worse again. The research work being done on this disease is mainly to find a cause and cure. Nelther is known now. A STYE.° A atye ts dne to an infection of the root of an eyelash or of an eye lid gland, It is not different from ——— = WOMAN DEFIED THEM | BY GETTING IN HOLE By United Prewe Leased Wire VISALIA, Dec, 9, — Telephone against a) lanag in Visalia today when they| tried to place poles in South Gar- den st. Having sought legal advice from attorneys, property owners | proceeded to fill holes as fast as The MacDougall & Southwick Co. eee dug. Women joined in the work with shovels, and one woman climbed into a hole in front of her home and dared the telephone peo- ple to take her out. TALKS CHRISTIAN SCIENCE AT MOORE Dr. Francis J, Fluno, Christian Setenee lecturer, addressed a large meeting at the Moore theatre yea- terday afternoon on the teachings of Chrisian Setence.’ Dr. Fluno ex- plained away sin and sickness by saying everything came from God, that all God did was good, and that therefore sin and sickness could not be. He said Christian Science sounded the doctrine, “There is no death.” 4 small boil. It is not helpful in any way. Eye strain is one of the contributary causes. Unelean lashes and lashes which should be removed are another cause, BROWN PATCHES ON FACE. Brown patches on the face and neck are due. to constipation or congestion of the liver. External applications are of no value. Proper treatment under the care of a fam- ily physician should be taken for the underlying conditions, VARICOSE VEINS. Varicose veins are a dilation and overfilling of the veins, usually of the lower extremities, They are caused by too great pressure of the veins involved, or by the weaken- ing of thin walls, They are brought on by a weak circulation, interfer ence with the retirn flow by tu- mors, overloaded bowels, long standing, constant exposure to dampness, overstrain, ete = STATE’S OFFICIAL VOTE ANNOUNCED OLYMPIA, Wash., Dec, 9.—Roose- velt received 113,698 votes, Wilson 86,840, Taft 70,445, Debs 40,134, Chafin 9,810, in this state, accord- ing to the official figures compiled by the state canvassing board. This} gives Roosevelt a lead of 43,263 over Taft and 26,858 over Wilson, In all 331,000 votes were cast on Nov. 6. Lister's plurality over Hay ts 662, W. BE. Humphrey beat Dan Landon fn the congressional race by only 690 votes, GET YOUR BABY’S CHECK AT CHURCH LINDSAY, Dec. 9.--Lindsay is nothing if not progressive, and the successful institution at the First Methodist Episcopal church of a system of checking babies is to be taken up by other congregations, At the First Methodist Episcopal church a nurse is in attendance, and as mothers enter the building the babies are checked. The babies are kept amused until after the service, $10 Second Av: —Second Floor. e. and Pike St. SOCIETY LEADERS WOULD OUST HER By United Press Leased Wire. WASHINGTON, Dec. 9%.—The mantle of social leadership worn so gracefully and gently by Mrs. | John R. MeLean is the prize eager- ly sought for by six of the most prominent and distinguished mat rons in Washington, This friendly battle royal will enliven the winter seagon, and a.r@ady plans are being made for lavish entertainments by the six contestants, Mra. Richard Townsend, Mrs, Levi Z. Leiter, Mrs. Marshall Field, who will pass the winter here, Mrs. Edson Bradley, Mrs, William F. Draper and Mrs. Barney Hemmick. DOC’S A MIGHTY LUCKY DENTIST By United Press Leased Wire. LEWISTON, Idaho, Dec. 9.— Despite the fact that he was tossed about by the explosion of 560 pounds of dynamite in his burning cabin, Dr, G. A. Green, a retired dentist, is alive and able to tell the tale today. Green, with his family, te homesteading on the Salman river. The dynamite was stor ed in a room next to the living room. REPUBLICAN PARTY WILL GET TOGETHER By United Prose Leased Wire. WASHINGTON, Dec, 9.—En dorsement of the plan of Senator Albert B. Cummins of Iowa for the rehabilitation of the republican party was made Saturday by repub- lican governors, here to confer with President Taft. The Cummins plan ts to call a republican nation }al convention in the near future to work out in a harmonious way projects for the party's advance- ment, “The plan is excellent,” said Gov H. 8. Hadley of Missouri, “How- ever, IT would go further and make the proposed meeting a great na- tional convention of republicans— regulars and progressives alike—to thresh out all differences. “Main 6518, ees Wanted—Furniture. Modern Furniture Co, The MacDougall & Southwick Co. HOPELESSLY ILL, BEGS STATE OR CITY TO KILL HIM By United Prom Leased Wire NEW YORK, Dec. 9.—Unmistak- ably sane and aware of what he was saying, the earnestness of John McAllister, 55 years old, could not be mistaken today, as he lay help- less in his comfortable Washing- ton Heights home and begged to be killed McAllister ig suffering from pro- gressive muscular atrophy. For seven years he has lain in his room, paralyzed, helpless. Doctors say if he a@aits the natural end, he may live another 15 years. |. “I would be glad to know that the |boys were ‘carrying me out.’ You know what I mean,” MeAllister said. And he said it with a smile, for the disease has not affected the cheeriness of his lips. “I want somebody to kill me—the state, the city, anybody. It would be an act of mercy, justifiable. It would be a relief to me, to my family, to my friends and neighbors “I want @ law passed, providing for the humane removal of hope less incurables.” Girl Stole Diamonds to Wear at Wedding NEW YORK, Dec. 9.-Marg Delaney, an 18-y Green Ridg B. I, mond county jail charged with jgrand larceny by Mrs. Vincent Dolan, who accused her of steal- ing a pair of diamond earrings and two diamond stickpins, Mrs. Dolan employed the girl as a maid about two years ago. In looking over her earrings a few days ago she found that the dia- monds had been taken out and pieces of glass substituted. As the girl was the only one who had access to her roont, Mrs. Dolan suspected her, and when questioned the gir} first denied the theft, and ..en made a full confes- sion, Saying she had taken them to wear at her wedding. 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