The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 13, 1912, Page 12

Pepe. One troud! event tn a full life cow @ school of experience te that you have to put HEY, JIMMY! DON’T YOU WANT TO BUILD YOURSELF A SAIL BOAT? HERE'S HOW TO MAKE NE YOU CAN REALLY SAIL IN THAT WILL COST ONLY $15—AND IT WON'T CAPSIZE, EITHER Say, boys, wouldn't you like to sail your own sailboat on Lake Washington? Cost too much to buy the sail- boat? Not a bit of it! The Star ts go- ing to tell you how you can build your own “white wings,” and it will only cost you about $15, Another thing: You can tell Pa and Ma that this boat is absolutely safe. It won't turn over in any blow, not even a hurricane, The pole and sail may fly off, but you Just hang on and when it's al! over, you'll be safe. First, two pontoons are built of two boards 1 inch thick, 14 inches wide and 16 feet long, dressed and cut ag shown in figure 2. Spread ere are cut from Binch planks, 10 inches wide and 12 inches long, placed 6 feet apart between the Ddoard sides and fastened with screws. Cut the ends of the boards so they fit perfectly, make pointed ends to the pontoons, and fit tn a wedge-shaped piece, 14 Inches long as shown in figure 3; white lead the joints liberally, and fasten t boards to the wedge-shaped pleco with screws which have been white leaded Turn this shell upside down and Jay upon it a board % Inch thick, 12 inches wide and 16 feet long. With a pencil, mark on the under side the outside line of the shell and cut to shape roughly, See that the spreaders and sides fit true, then white lead the joints and nail with 14-inch finishing nails as close as possible, without weakewing the wood. Slightly stagxer the nalls in the sides; the l-inch side boards will permit this; trim off the sides, turn over the box and paint the joints and ends of the spreaders, giving them two or three coats, allowing each to dry. thoroughly before ap- plying the next. Try each pontoon for leaks by turning water into them. HOW THE SAILBOAT LOOKS IN ACTION Croaspleces are made ory or ash, Bach |e thick, 5 inches wide and 6% The top board, % inch thick, 12 inches wide and i6 feet long, ts put on, the same as the bottom board, the joint being well white leaded first Place th pontoons Blocks of wvod are fastened on top of each, exactly over the spr Bore &jers, and are intended to bolt the %-inch hole through each spreader |croas pleces to. The blocks are im the center gnd through the bot-lout to the shape and dimensions tom board as shown in figure 2 shown in figure 5, bore a %-inch holo Sinch way of the parallel ck, Ta% long and fasten with large se | through jin both figures 6 and 7. from hick 2% inches |” feet long. Three inches from each end. through the inches inches and washers to the crosspleces and put battens across every 18 Inches. Turn the flooring and crosspleces | jupside down and fasten to the pon- | toons with long Serinch bolts put Saturday Banner Attractions Throughout the Store OPEN SATURDAY NIGHT TILL 10 O’CLOCK MACPHERSON- GRAY (() 1418-20-22 THIRD AVE. Between Pike and Union Streets. We Satisfy Customers—Main 3604—Goods Delivered to Any Part of t he City Our Store Is Brimful of Usual ———(hristmas Gifts Now priced at special savings for our December record sale. Gifts for Men Bath Robes, special $3.50 value, now priced SILK STOCKINGS Silk Hose, weight; in Women’s Petticoats Silk Messaline in colors and black ; $3.00 value, $1 69 ' now priced at Mercerized Messaline in colors and black; $1.75 value, now priced $1.19 Women’s Waists, daintily embroidered, and also lace trimmed; specially priced at extra black Vassar heavy and tan; a pair oS Shaw Knit Silk Lisle Socks, all colors for you to choose from; put up four pairs in a box, for. $1. 00 6 pairs of Men's 25e black Cashmere Socks | 00 Silk Lisle Socks and Neck- tie to match, put up in a neat box, for Kayser’s Silk Wonderfoot Hose, reinforced garter hem, the best on the $1 50 Ol market, a pair WRITING PAPER A box of paper and en- velopes is a sensible present to give cither lady or man. 19¢ 15¢ Pennants—We have all local Pennants with school col- ors; also Potlatch, large size, for Women’s Silk Shirts in narrow and wide © $3.50 stripes Women’s oman, Coats in Brown, Navy and Gray, specially priced $12. 50 Small Women's Coats in mixtures and solid colors, also caraculs; $9 75 Od priced special .... Dress Shirts in plain or pleated, in a pretty line of patterns; special 25c English Linen Paper, priced now. ... French Chiffon Writ- ing Paper, a box. Knit Neckties in plain 25c and stripes Gifts for Boys Suits in Double-breasted Coat and Knickerbocker Pants ; $3.50 value, now clean up; values are up to $7.50; now. Kid Gloves, all OMS, specially priced. . Women’s Hats—a $1.55 1.95 Women’s Bath Robes, cially $3.95 priced Women’s Corsets, the latest models, with 4 adjustable supporters, WO exctadasae. e ct ' 15¢ Dress Goods, All-wool Serge 36 inches wide, spe- cial, a yard Wool Finish Dress Goods, 36 inches wide, 5 .. 206 a yard Wool Finish “Dress Goods, 28 inches wide, a yard ..... WOMEN’S HANDKERCHIEFS You should see our line of Box Handkerchiefs in all linen, neatly embroidered, put up 3 in a box, 75c ee Others at $1.00, $1.50, $1.75 and $2.00, Boys’ white Handkerchiefs, ack. Silk Initial 2e BEDROOM SECTION 55c Sheets, with finish seam, size 68x90, POW noah gene sesieg . c + 0c bbc $1.25 White Bed Spreads for large double bed, $1.45 $3.00 White Spreads, with scalloped border and cut now Covers, fi 19 Feather Pillows, 2 Ibs., specially riced 349 50c, 75¢ ana $1.00 Women’s Aprons for Christ- mas Gifts; specially priced .... 25c Table Linens — Nothing surpasses a nice piece of Linen as a present. $1.00 Irish Linea, 68 inches wide, now, a yard $1.25 Irish Linen, 72 inches wide, now, $1 09 a yard. Colored Table Linen, 58 inches wide, priced special . OE All Linen Lunch Cloths, richly embroidered on all four corners, 65¢ Sheets, "seamless, size 72x90, now 75c Sheets, “seamless, size 81x90, now $1.75 White Bed Spreads, now Tapestry Couch size 48x96 inches, Children’s Handkerchiefs, specially priced put up 3 ina Asan 25e Handkerchiefs for maki Aprons and all kinds ‘at fancy work, We each ..., All Linen “Bureau Scarfs, specially i 8c NEE a kts cakwe MacPHERSON-GRAY CO. 1418-20-22 Third Ave. MacPHERSON-GRAY CO. aproaders, Put a washor on the head of each bolt jand run them through from the junder aide. Place a thick rubber Washer under and on top of eaeh Crossplece at the ends as shawn in figure 4. This will make @ rigid yet flexible joint for rough waters. The flooring belng placed on the under side of the croaaplece makes it possible to get the boom lows The sides pul on and well tae tened will greatly assist in atiffen ing the platform and help tt stand the racking strains, These» sides will also keep the water and apray out and much more so If a Linch dash is put on in front on top of the crossplece, The rudders are made as shown in figure 6, by using an tron rod % Inches in diameter and 2 feet long for the bearthg of each, This rod is aplit with a hacksaw for 7 Inches of tts length metal plate 3-82 ineh thick, 6 Inches wide, and 12 inches long inserted and riveted in the split, This will allow % inch of the iron rod to project from the bottom edge of the metal through which a hole is drilled for a cotter pin, The bottom bracket t# made from stake tron bent in the shape of a U as shown, the rudder bearing passing through a hole drilled in the |the upper leg and resting on the lower, Slip the top bracket on and then bend the top end of the bearing rod at an angle as shown Connect the two bent enda with a cross plece which has a hole drilled in the center to fasten & rope as shown in figure 1 Attach the mast to the front crosspiece, also Bowsprit, bracing both to the pontoons. A set of sails of about 300 square feet will be right for racing, but 176 to 200 aquare feet will be sufictent for cruising. wibers to The Seattle & ! r by notes nee of any fm and ree ular delivery of the paper, oF any attempt to substitute an t Beattie nd complaints are given courteous and prompt If your paper, falls night by $ jock, kindly phone this offiee at once. Main 9400. Ask for the Circulation Department Maryaviile, Cal—Because he at- tempted to escape from Policeman Chester Smith while the offieer was taking him to jail on the charge of passing bogus checks, « well dressed stranger is dead, the officer shooting him. YOUR FATHER AND | WEDE IN THE SAME CLASS AT Leos Angeles—Trial of former City Prosecutor Guy Eddie, charged with contributing to the delinquen- cy of a minor, is scheduled to be gin next Monda; Washington.—Indignant denial of allegations in the morning newapa- pers here that brokers of the New York stock exchange are unduly held in Washington to testify be- fore the house committee investi YOU'LL FIND IT HERE News of the Day Condensed for Busy People HEY, MISTER, GOT |j BIG EARS? YOU'LL LIKE NEW STYLES, No matter how you're butlt, fash: | fon will do something for you if you only have patience, The man with the wide ears is going to have hin inning next spring. Derby bata are to have narrower brima and higher crowns, They will be so made as t far back on the head and clear down to the ears derby with the low crownaand the wide brim is going out of style, Already the der have higher crowns and narrow brime, and this change te to be come much more pronounced with the approach of spring. The new hats are almost exactly like those worn a few years ago ——<—<—< $< <_< AT THE THEATRES THIS WEEK. Moore—Lambard! Opera Co, in 14 Traviata.” Metropolitan—local “The Mystic Rose.” tle—"David Harum.” bra —~ Photoplays talent in and Clemmer—Photoplays and vaw devy le. Melbclirne—Photoplays and vaw deville. The loss by fire in cities tn Ger many last year was 19 cents per eapita, in England 44 cents, in France 92 cents, in the United States $2.19. ee ;eating the money trust, by Representative Pujo, of the committee. Washington.—Last formal dinner | during the Taft administration is jover. It was an elaborate spread | at the White House, attended by many notables, including Andrew) rnegic and Cornelius Vanderbilt. Chicago.—-A general strike in the | packing and steel cr the ie the plan under consideration by Wm. D. Haywood. He declared that moet of the packing houses were) well organized and would demand better working conditions and higher wages Belgrade.—Special permission to an American military commission to visit the Macedonian battlefields is §=accorded by the government. Servian officers will guide the party. Sult wan started Thursday by Harry C. Gordon, receiver of Realty | Owners’ Syndicate and Fidelity Se- curities Guaranty Co. against 27 stockholders for 10 per cent unpaid subscriptions, Ban Francisco.—After an illness of several days, Benjamin Franklin | | McKinley, 80, uncle of the late it McKinley, and for many seistant postmaster of San | Francisco, is dead i! was made! chairman |] Denver.—Colorado's firet woman wtate senator, Helen Ring Robinson, | |who was elected at the November lelection, will introduce a bill at |the next assembly requiring health |eortifieates from all couples desir ing to marry. in Francisco.—Undaunted by h perience when the engine of his hydroplane went wrong and Francisco bay, Aviator Silas Chris- tofferson, of Portland, announced that he would continue his flights. VARSITY BALL TO | BE HELD TONIGHT | With the gymnasium beautifully | decorated for the occasion and all arrangements made, the annual) varsity ball will be held tonight. It} is the biggest social function of the | achool year, Heading the long list of patrons and patronesses are Gov. and Mrs. Hay, and Gov.elect Lister and Mrs. Lister, Colman Dock Victim Is Awarded $1,155 Jury in the federal court Thurs- day found Mrs. Cheva Michaelson | was injured to the extent of $1,155 by being plunged into Elliott bay when the Colman dock slip col- lapsed last jummer. Damages | were assessed against the Colman Dock Co. _ a sn Ofkx Dor, (He Deals With the Troubles of a Man Who Loved a Fat n. y., dec. 11—I gees fellors ie all diffrent about the kind of getle they likes here a cuppel of days ago was a feller that soked his wife in the slim just becos she wayed 275 pounds and he dident like the looks | of her and now there Is a guy that(is being sued for breach of promine by @ corus girl, and frum about 2 thousand letters that she hae got, he sertnly did Hke her becos she was fat. © but them letters gee, they would make @# ‘horse ft Just give a middel-aged guy thats stuck on a@ skirt a bottel of ink and a pen and watch him go to it he will git himself into more trubel in 10 minutes than 7 bigh-| priced lawyers can git him out of in 4 years and also make a fool of hisself at least 3 times on every page he rites you would think them ducks would lern sumthing after a whie, by reading about the trubbels of uther boobs thats been through the mill, but they never do and my goodniss how a woman does save letters, every line of Girl.) he was forced to descend in San | this here corus girl she has got the whole smear that this ritch by golly her name {s mand, and wot do] you think the poor gink ust to call her, this was one of them, my own dear fat sweetheart muddie but that aint the funniest, pipe this one, my own dear fat biggest muddie and now this big fat muddie wants 50 thousand dollars becos he dident marry her » he mite have liked her mush she ever gits is filed away for future reference, and believe me, that stuff sumtimes comes in handy , but ime afrade he wasent onto her curves pritty good goak, hey guy sent her even his telegrams, |} A atiteh In time te also Iikety to save « man from e embarrasement. Ng OLLOWING established custom, the store will not remain open evenings for’ Christmas business, but is at your service from 8:30 to 5 5 30, with active and will. ing co-operation in everything that will tend to make your shopping easy, Let Us Wrap Your Christmas Parcels in proper shape for shipment by Mail or Ex press, Special Wrapping, Express and Mailing Stations are located in the Annex (First Floor) and in the Basement Sales- room. Gift Dressings, Christmas Boxes, Christ- mas Cards, First Floor, Annex Writ- with your Presentation Cards Furnished and ten, free of charge, for enclosure Christmas Gifts Certifi- mvenient points in Glove Bonds and Merchandise cates on sale at many c¢ These for the Gift-Problem for business the store provide an ideal solution men and others who find little time for thoughtfal choosing, for they are al pleasure For Early Morning Shoppers, deliciong Club Breakfasts, s n the Tea Room, Third Floor, from 8:30. For Afternoon appar: and relaxa sift purchasing, 5, with musical ation from the activities of Afternoon Tea, from 3 program. Third Floor Christmas booklet Shopping Guides, compact fund of timely ine May be ob the is that contair for several point formation tained at on floors. BASEMENT SALESROOM Pamela Aprons Special 89c HESE pretty Aprons are made of excellent quality percale in light colors and are prettily white bias They are so well-made and fin- that very trimmed with bands and rick rack. ished they would make acceptable Christmas gifts. Colorings include light- blue, black or lavender and white striped effects, also white with light-blue or lavender cross-bars and figures, Special 89¢. —Basement Balesroom. [Children’s Shoes Specially Priced HILDREN’S Vici Kid Shoes im button and lace styles, made with heavy soleg and full, comfortable Sizes 5 to 8 special O5¢ pair. ‘ toes. Vici Kid Shoes very in button serviceable, built over! round toe last, with extension sole. Sizes! 8% to 2, special $1.25 pair. ‘ Box Calf Lace Shoes, excellent fitting and durable j le and just the shoes for 4 Sizes 9 to 2, special $L25 9 Boys’ Vici Kid House Slippers in win Misses’ lace styles, ' Boys’ school wear. pair. ett style, sizes 12 to 2, $1.00 an 5%, $1.25 pair. Children’s Rubber Boots, Christmas boxes, sizes 6 to 10%, wa $188 pair. —Hanement Salesroom Ostrich Plumes for Gifts LACK and White Ostrich Plumes with wide, heavy flues, $8.50. Ostrich $5.00. Gray, ranging in price from $1.95 to Plumes in Navy, Pink, Light-blue and Ostrich Plumes in Pink and Light-blue, $8.50, Flowers for Corsage Boug Single Violets, 65c. Double Violets with $1.25. Maiden-hair Fern, 45c. Orchids, 65¢ and $1.95. Small La France Rosebuds, 65c. foliage, 95¢ and Small Moss Roses Poinsettias with foliage, 65e. Single Silk and Velvet Roses in pink red, with foliage, 65c to $1.45. Camellias in red, white and and 95e, —Basement Salesroom | 15e. coral, 75 Women’s and Misses’ Tailored Suits Special $7.85 SPECIAL clearance offering, embracing well-tailored Suits in sizes for women and misses, in serviceable weaves of Serges, Cheviots and Mixtures, designed inf plain-tailored and Norfolk styles. Colors, Special, for clearance, $7.85. navy-blue, brown, tan and black. Sizes 14 and 16; 34 to 44, —Basement Salesroom Gloves, Hosiery, Umbrellas: for Gifts Boys’ Gauntlet Gloves in tan and black, | regulation cowboy style, with star and fringe, 50c and 75c pair. Boys’ Fleece-lined Kid Gloves in various shades of tan, 50c pair. Children’s Tan Kid Mittens, fleece-lined, with fur top, warm and durable, 50c pair. Children’s Bearskin Lined Mittens with long cord, in white, red, tan and gray, 50c pair. Astrachan-back Mittens in white, red, gray and brown, with long cord, 35¢ pair. Fancy Gift China Infants’ Wool Mittens in white and” with fur top, 35c¢ pair. Silk-boot Hosiery in black American-beauty Women’s tan, also black with 50c pair. ; Women's Black Silk Hosiery, with lise f tops and soles, tipped in lavender and 5 85c pair; box of 3 pairs, $2.50, Men’s and Women’s Umbrellas, plain, carved and mounted handles, $1.0, to $2.50. —Basement Salesroom. ANY pretty individual pieces especially adaptable to gift purposes, in old-ivory finish, with heavy gold edge and lace border and decoration of ‘violets and roses. Moderately priced as follows: Bread and Butter Plates, 35¢ each. Tea or Salad Plates, 40c, 50c and 60¢ each. Cups and Saucers, 60c and 75c. Cake Plates, $1.00. $1.00. Celery Tra 40c and 50c. Sugar and Cream Sets, Berry Sets, $2.75. Cracker Jars, $1.50. Olive and Pickle Dishes, —Chinaware Sectior