The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 17, 1912, Page 4

ree Bron Exehani MERTEN OF Tin aly Beatiic paper Assootations, Press i Bittered at Beattie, Want efty, & A Base Slander Sir Thomas Lipton, tea merchant, yachtsman and baronet, _ THE SEATTLE STAR poslatfice as Bocond-class matter, six mon 8 F336, Hachanwe Main #400, per mon, uw six mos 80r yea © Publishing Oe. has been touring the country, dining with chambers of com merce, sim on delegations of “prominent citizens and widening the familiarity with his name In all the cities he visited, society fawned and flattered, Mothers of debutante daughters dreamed of dazzling the griz- aled bachelor, Newspapers described him as the “world’s greatest matrimonial catch All of which is rather sickening—if not absolutely immoral eee There is much to admire in the record of this English- man. He has qualities that demand respect. But to paint him, im the sunset of his life, as a buyer of human flesh, ready to purchase with his title and his wealth the youth, compar ion ship and “love” of the girl on the threshold of life is hardly a compliment : Rather it smack of the ethics of that other world whose denizens are never mentioned in the “mansions on the hill,” having intrinsically the same moral or imm« ral basis of thought and action, the same degredation of every ideal of life to glitter and gold Lipton is no longer young y wrest from the world a fortune of many mi up an immense business He has entered the field of sports and* his yachts have gpurred the imagination and the incentive of shipbuilders in their search for loe does He has lived long enough to s and to build grace and speed 1 of to confess a rather low ide »se who harbor the thought catch” is only the part of th At Last An Honest Man Harken to a Tole coal baron explaining a rise in the price of coal: “We figure that the people are willing to pay 50 cents more for a ton and have coal, than be wit) ut it Pay or freeze. Ha! At last the honest man who has been } ed for with lanterns, and without, since ancient days! Why, if we were coal inspector in Toledo, we wouldn't even look at this man’s coal. We would just know that every ton load contained 2,100 pounds or more. As explanation for the additional 50 cents, the ordinary Monopolist would hand us that senile old yarn about having to pay the miners more wages, or that other about the un precedented rise in prices of mining powder or mule feed Pay or freeze! That's truth. That’s fact. That's honesty That’s explanation that doesn’t befuddle. Folks will pay 50 cents more for coal rather than go without! There's axiom, corollary, seraped and boiled, run through the collander and put up fn the small can while you wait. There's the attar demonstration peeled, of eco- momics. Serve us no more explanations of high fuel prices and high railroad rates for hauling fuel 0 more reasons for holding us by the throat That gets there. Dish to Pay or freeze! out us ’ Observations JUDGING by the way he's; SEC’'Y MACVEAGH that bank reserves are says foasting that Idaho supreme “impo court, for roasting which the tent;” that we must have editor of the Boise News is up “never-failing reserves and for contempt, Mr. Roosevelt | never-failing currency of per will visit the coast by way of fect elasticity and flexibility.” the Canadian Pacific next time. Mr. Roosevelt’s hunting books are full of accounts of splendid shots at long range Why! the blasted old green backer! ENGLAND paid $1,500,000 for King Richard I, to Duke . MARSEILLES doctor has| Leopold of Austria, who had has discovered that if you ap-| captured him Sut that was pear dead, but are not sure) in December, 720 years ago about it, a bee's sting will tell the actuality. Watch Hiram recommend the bee} test for the Republican party!| i. a | “The New Baby Nation” is THIS is the season when|what they're sentimentally Easterners who are afraid of|calling Bulgaria. Gee whiz! ‘eying rich go to “swearing|another baby born with full their taxes. beard. DR. PRICES CREAM The high cost of ‘kings has been on the rise pretty much ever since. Purity in food, lower cost of livins— these are the demands of the day. . Pure food is health, and health i . We cannot have health without health. The most healthful foods are th i — — ee rie em other pastry, w . an wholesome ingredients. ee Dr. PRICE’S baking powder makes th in specially attractive, ceoedain and wholesome form, and for both econom ic and hygienic reasons, such food should be m®re substituted for meat in the daily diet. 1 » amiling As a tea man and a sailor, the world admires the smiling Englishman 3 : But to advertise him as the “world’s est matrimonial | marriage on} * * Baking Powder Editor's Note—This is the second and last of the articles by Edgar Wheeler, member of The Star reportorial staff and graduate of Princeton univer. sity, setting forth his personal reminiscences of Woodrow Wil- son, former president of Prince- ton, and presidentelect of the United Stat By Edgar Wheeler The editor has told me to liven up this story with humor ous and personal incidents con- od with our president. Frankly, | am up the prover bial stump. Did nothing ever happen to upset the composure of Gov- ernor Wilson?’ he asked me. “Didn't the students ever put over any jokes on him, or up set his dignity?” | think we never tried, at least never more than once. His bearing was marked by a ease and self-command, and by a confidence in himself which could not be ruffled, We laughed with him, not at h and he returned the ment I don't co mean to say Wood- row is lacking in humor, Far from it Hundreds of humor- ous stories were at the tip of his tongue. His fun was ofthe simple, home made that always brings a without hilarity or farce. never failed to see the comical side of everything as well aa SERRE EERE EE EEE PEER ERE Former Gov. Patterson, of Tem nessee, arrives to are defense of son In shooting case Chief Bannick rts 18,489 ar rests made in ye ber 30, 1911. nding Novem PERE RR REE * * * FIVE YEARS AGO hi EERE EER EERE EE EHH Charter revision committee holds last meeting Dectot Matthews admits eating quail out of season Y. M. C. A. directors debate ques tion of putting In billiard and pool tables. Plans made for the erection of the Leary building Editor Nothing Serious The title of the f may be a trifling mi ding. for 1 call them “Catching a Car"-—which 1 didn’t—and doabt if I could even should there be an epidemic of cars. Nevertheless owing nes rise at to greet th Whene'e lari * I hear the milkman’s cheer And the tune he always ® I hear the fi f only Of breaking ‘ one joys of ¢ fe Are suddenly cut short l hear a whistle ‘round the bend, Of the “up-and-at-em” sort. I leave my beerioe half uneat, I grab my hat and coat And find myself ‘way up the street, My heart at in my thro Fr fome day Til write a volume on f fF conductor's nerve coming. the curve. igh he sees me on past JOSH WISE SAYS: olde on th’ Vother day, his hands pick it up.” A Popular Burial Case. HW. P. Case, the popular of West Salem. is building a new barn on his fine farm. Wooster (0.) Republican At this time last year there was 4 surplus of 20,532 railway cars, To- day there ix a shortage of 50,000. didi din die nian inte te inal ete ee buy a spruce or balsam drier the better. Carry tree, it until it is taken upstairs and decor ated. Attach a dozen various swinging branches. Select Place several pounds of cotton around the base of the tree, in {ml- tation of snow. Hang a pound or two of cotton, well scattered, on the tree. Decorate the gas fixtures with evergreens, the drier the better Christmas night attire yourself in a Santa Claus costume, with rolls of cotton on the coat, and with cot- ton whiskers. Light the gas. Then light the Christmas troe It will be a@ lively Christmas, candies on the The word “Servian” is used by English-speaking people only But bear in mind that al unwholesome folinr rsa Ra can never make be pd se pure, whole and its use grieves the people to whom it is applied. Correctly, they are Serbs or Serbians, and their country is Serbia. Yes, We Know It Now Editor Nothing Serious: Do you know that Dr, a dentist in Buffs Pullen ts L. D. undertaker A week or so before Christmas| the to the basement and place it close to the furnace, allowing it to remain there candles to those branches that will swing with | 4 weight of two or three ounces. | James st } didate for mayor * * o * « Taft | weren't any straps on Jakey's cars. body had seats final lecture of the term. with that each student should devote all| the intervening time preparing for the final examinations | jin the hands of the printer there any questions to be arked? that over 1,000,000 cows are to found state perhaps the Went will stand that the milking industry onat lof the Great Lakes is not confined to Wall street for deer in the | not counting those that were shot at and missed “Bill Kainit, our but | be the privilege of the losers in the trem-| debate to go ahead on t bled so he couldn't! but think of the hold-up hotel wait- ers.-Atlanta Constitution. $10,000 a year flat upstairs. The Idea to be Conveyed Evident: ly Is That It is to Be a Large Ball. | arrested their cars smoke, running 65 miles an hour Hceman said the street was crowded with pedestrians. snows in nbaven sHovin FMée COME TO PRINCETON AND fan TO MAbs THe ERAMATON tweveo REP USE TOE Him “we the serious side. I remember the day we went to Princeton as greén litte freshmen, just cut loose from mothers’ apron strings. Here and there fond mammas could be seen trotting about the cam pus with their dartings, buying daintios and pretty things to make thelr boys comfortable and happy, ratelng their hands in horror as they saw other young newcomers swimming along the green gress oo their fresh new vests, being “horsed,” WOULON’T WAIVE RULES EVEN FOR AN ANGEL, One poor boy had fatled to pass the entrance examination in mathematics The fond hahalahaiaheiehalaiaheleiaielalel-4} sodededadhdndatechdenininaee % \* ** |* ONE YEAR AGO * 1 CAN REMEMBER * * ** * When cable cara ran on Firat av When the “dummy cars” ran up When Doc Cook located the pole} When Jobn Riplingor was a ca» PECTEELE PETES SSO * mother THE STAR—TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1912. PRESIDENT-ELECT WOODROW WILSON, AS I KNEW HIM IN THE CLASSROOy PERSONAL REMINISCENCES WRITTEN BY SEATTLE GRADUATE OF PRINCETON, WHO MET NEW CHIEF EXECUTIVE DAILY was distracted was such & good boy, too Sunday morning chapel was , one of the required courses He al ways had been diligent tn hin Princeton, Preachers 4 studies. She went with the bad and indifférent did their boy to the registar’s office, best each week to reach the “Impossible,” was the an hearts of the students, whose ewer. hearts were very often outside Then she led him by the the door, We had th vot | hand to the president's house. ted, though. We knew w it Surely he would understand, would be policy to take the and make an exception to the latest periodicals with us, or to rule, find a comfortable cozy corner Into the ears of the pront in the back seat dent the good lady poured a STUDENTS CHIDED lengthy discourse on the rite FOR IDEAS OF HUMOR of her son, He was such a One day there came a new good boy. He never smoked, preacher. He was a nor chewed, nor drank, nor did ranter, | nging bis arms in every dt any other bad things, He had ze i was A stion, he pointed out always been popular and |Z aaX nV Loin oe seething furnace of the | respected, He was honest and 4 y HE Ow RANT —— gions beneath our ve square, too, and always were a lot of lost sinners worked hard at bis lessons. It ————$ ————-| and with sweat and fury he was & shame that one single ven should come to Prince. | was proclaiming our damnw examination should stand in ton and fail to pass that exam Hon. the way of his heart's desire, ination, | would refuse to- let There were fifteen minutes probably his brain had been him to. of courtesy, but the strain was tired or confused when he That was the end of it, And too great. Someone let out a wrote it, so it wae always. We could g00d hearty laugh. Then there Woodrow listened courteous bootlick” some “profs” to was confusion ly and patiently, with perhaps per fon and pass their exam Bleepers woke up and joined | the sign of a twinkle in his nations on our looks and in. The preacher stopped ta | eye, until she had finished Pleasant words, Wut not the amazement, got red, stammer “My dear lad “ he answered quietly, “if the best angel professor of Jurisprudence and Constitational Government. , and sat down. The closing In hymn was sung and the service occasionally below him, | you mi rtainly be pe Pa eeing any humor this behind the I Ce fa m re. Un to am went his kind the future. bat wasn't the kind of fm pst! time Pr ‘Ung on the vl speaker, *yparentiy every wort ntion. tick {Aco WAM ster fy by at the hat congratulated shaking his ta He could tora, centiomaaly — sete will not be toler ‘That i a 1 ™ with him, * i eee eee I can't remember why I voted for | CAN'T REMEMBER I can't remember to pay my bills} I can't remember when there remember when 1 can't every | : A VITAL QUERY | The professor was delivering the| He dwelt | much the fact} “The examination papers are now Are Suddenly a rear inquired printer 1" —Fvery Slience voice from “Who's the body's prevailed the English justice is being properly punished for ita leniency toward outiawry in petticoats.-Rochester Herald. j When the census bureau reports be dairy farms of this inder on the New York World. Col. Goethals deserves something | besides a monument after his death. Philadelphia Record } men were mistaken! woods this season, / Ninety-two Detroit Free Press. | Judges of a debate at the Com | inhabitant, | mercial high school in this city de-| found a $10 bill) cided in favor of the advocates of sidewalk the recall of judges. It should now at theory San Francisco Chronicle. New York is rid of the gunmen, Harvard's football coach gets Why be « professor? | Toledo Blade Misdirected energy | Complaining of the noise in the| Complaining of the noise tn the | Mat downstairs o Yomplaining of the noise in the flat next door z Z| Trying to regulate the heat in * THE OPEN DOOR ro hak = m4 Gretherhend Lengse %| Expecting heat in a flat * 511% King St. Main 2496. & ‘ Cand to regulate anything in a % Positions wanted for one #/" >, % stenographer, one stationary «| “ ms * — tT, one electrician and & Speaking of geography and the @ tabovers. %| possibility of Austria playing a Mt- tle war, our esteemed contempor- * SERERAAARREKRERD ary, The Cleveland (0.) Press, re |marks, “Australian Jingoea to How to Make Christmas Lively. iCause Conflict With Servia, Bu jrope Fears.” What promises to be the largest large ball of the season, and also} the last of the benefit big affairs, ie the one to be given tomorrow even Ing at the Co » for Huron road hospital land (O.) Plain Dealer Within the past four months nearly 500 auto drivers have been in New York for letting Familiar Newspaper Stories. Col, Fuller Geld, the well-known multimillionaire, was arrested yes terday. “Col. Geld admitted his auto was The po There were transits of Venus in 1761 and 1769, and in 1874 and 1882, but there will be none in this century. The next ones will be in 2004 and 2012. A Cincinnati and New York #0 clety woman, #0 to speak, has hired a pianist to teach her for $8,000 a year. he will earn it, Our impartial opinion is that | OUR SALE PRICE $262.50) Terms, $1.50 Per Week No ~ Interest Terms, $1.50 Per Week WE DO AS WE ADVERTISE STORE WILL BE KEPT OPEN EVERY EVENING TILL 10 O'CLOCK DURING THIS WEEK. We have no Pianos to offer for sale at less than cost, NEVER have had and NEVER expect to have will make for us we are going to be satisfied with a very small profit on BUT considering the many friends these these 200 well-known, old-established, standard agreed to sell before January first Guaranteed for 10 Years This Piano fs cast in the me make of Pianos which nteed for ten » of the {natr is gua 1 tre t above their signature. we Pianos each of have not only by us but the manufacturers’ guarantee Now this ten-year guarantee does not mean that the plano will only last ten years, for a piano of thin grade mean will last for fifty years if properly cared for. Hut the that if the instrument proves defective in either workmanship or material oJ of ten years from date of purch: cod with a new instrument of sam ake and grade NO INTEREST No interest will be charged on any instruments between now and Dece contract er 20th Regular Price $375 These piznos have been continnousty manufactured 1850, and are recognized everywhere as standard out the entire Kast by reliable ¢ values at that price by customers and dealers alike. made for the purchase of any one by their present high grade instruments an are sold The Bush & Lane Piano Co equipped factory ply the great demand upon thelr factory, and not wishing to lose supplied for years, they have been compelled to purchase pianos fro various agencios, and in order to get these pianos at such prices as they kn: being manufacturers then ves, they have had to buy in very large quantit done.in this case, and which makes it possible to carry out their well-known policy sales and small profits, and for this reason this $375 piano is to be sold during the weeks at $262.50. TERMS $1.50 PER WEEK of Chicago, are manufacturers and hav dealers, whom other factories ten-year guar that it will be properly repaired at our expense, wit of these manufacturers since throug! rs at $376 and are considered and acknowledged to be good a large and well- but their trade this year has been such that they have not been able to sup- they have for their to be right, they 3, which t hey have of quick next six Tt ts our alm to make it possible for anyone who is desirous of owning a piano to be able to take advantage of this splendid opportunity and purchase one of these high-grade pianos at the price they would ordinarily pay for a cheap instrument, and for that reason we have made the terms on these pianos as low as $1.50 per.week, which is no more than you would have to pay for rent if you were renting a new instrument of this grade. Two Years’ Trial Without the Loss of One Dollar Knowing these pianos as we do, we see no reason why anyone should wish to make an ex- change of this instrument so long as an upright piano would be satisfactory in the home. but for fear it might be their desire to do so, we will agree, by written contract, to grant the priv- flege to the purchaser, to, at any time within a period of two years, exchange this piar new upright, Grand or Player Piano of equal or greater value, sold by us at time of we allowing all payments made on this piano to apply on the purchase exchanged for. MONEY BACK IN THIRTY DAYS If this instrument is not satisfactory and in every way as represented. NO EXTRAS OF ANY KIND No extras of any kind will be added to this price of $262.50 for this instrument STOOL—FREE CARTAGE. This sale opened nearly four weeks ago. These instruments will soon be gone a tively no more will be sold at this price. These Are Pianos- Not Disappointments NOTICE These are standard Pianos—not stenciled. in cash, | push olone Pians Go Wholesale Manu facturers SEATTLE STORE, 1315 THIRD AVENUE price of instr This statement is backed by for any xchange, ent FREE nd_ post It will pay you to act quickly if you are interested. $5,000 Retail Terms, $1.50 Per Week Interest