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SCHOOLMA’AMS CARRY FIGHT TO "SUPREME COURT Down in the Duwamish s@hoo! fome one wanted a piano. Some other one didn’t care a snap for a piano. So, on Friday, at Olympia, the supreme court will hear arguments as to whether Miss Marie Caffrey should lone her job as school teach er or not, Miss Mary Kelley, cipal, who wanted the piano, Miss Caffrey ought to be missed says prin: | The hunting season is about over and the cance stern folke have with ‘em the young man who skal dis: | The schoo! board so decided, too. i the superior court did, also. at Miss Caffrey is in the fight to the finish. STUDENTS TO HELP WITH XMAS MAIL Thirty-eight men, most of.them university students, have been em ployed by the local postoffice offi eials to handle the Christmas mail The holiday rush this year prom ses to eclipse all other years. Half & doten mailing tables have peon eet in the hall of the pastoffice for convenience of the public and mall men. The tables are equipped with scales and wrapping paper. Glove or Merchan- dise Bonds Always Satisfac- tory | show leourt judge. te laid away, but thin ioe. AT THE THEATRES THIS WEEK. MOORE Polly of the Chrous,” METROPOLITAN—Dark, SEATTLE—"The Barrier” atthe stock company ALHAMBRA — Photoplays and vaudeville ORPHEUM—C and vaudeville Se. sy and Dayne EMPRESS—"Fun at Sea” and vaudeville. PANTAGES—"The Surf Bath ers” and vaudeville. GRAND—Vaudeville and molion pictures CLEMMER — Photoplays vaudeville, MELBOLAINE—Photoplays and vaudeville, and “JUDGE” SAMPSON STILL IN THE RIN OLYMPIA Dee. 18.—“Judge George W. Sampson gets another day tn court, when cause, directed pertor Court Judge Albertson King county comes up for hearing} Friday. come Judge Albertson's ruling, which declared that his total vote of 13 on November 6 last did not entitle him to election as superior HEALY BUILDING 1418-20-22 THIRD AVE. REMEMBER WE ARE ON THIRD AVENUE lal church, changes the first part of thard IG} te vietory, and the goal is always | waiting for the player, if he plays the order to/not a strange theory against Su-|first parish, at Hartford, Conn., of | was known as the athletic Sampson seeks to over-| Was a star athlete in college, They | Whitman football team, and in 1904) Store Open Evenings From Now Until Christmas LUSTY PU the men saye “All the world’s a stage and women are but players,” Shakespeare Rey. Hugh Elmer Brown, new pastor of the Pilgrim Congregation the quotation. - "All life's a game,” says Rev Brown, and he adds that it's the beat game th is, It's a game, he says, that every one has to play, a game, a tiring game, some times a desperate, bitter game, but at all times a good game. It's & |game in which strict adherence to jrules, proper training, right coach ling and clean playing are essential | right ‘or a man ike Rey, Brown this te Back in his he reon im, He That good name for still talk about him down at Whit man, where he wae the plungto, fullback and the peerless pitch In 1908 he captained the victof ous Adlers’ Cape Gloves for bs to the rules. Five more shopping days and the Christmas buying will have ceased for 1912. Read here of some interesting values for Thursday and Friday buying TABLE COVERS MAKE SENSIBLE PRESENTS ~ Our line of Tapestry Covers are specially priced for two $158 and aan. S209 Coens $149, hn $2.48 Baby Blankets in in Pink, Blue and Tan, 65c Bath Robe Blankets, suit- able a4 for men or $2.98 Oe BLANKETS ‘S for the BED. Our line certainly will please you and the one you give them to. Cotton Blankets, most any price you wish—48c, 75c, tnd rete $00 “hee ee 90 In_ between a prices to suit. Bed Spreads—Our Gay cans ot tc 7 and up to......... All prices in 0.00 Faris eb e, 61.00 9 10D Ladies’ Silk Lisle Hose, aged eae age "35¢, 50c Ladies Saxony Knit Sweat- ers, Ruff Neck SILK PETTICOATS. ” ‘ , |those who kept in training, mental-| this state. No one item pleases a | You can please the boy and ly, morally and physioally, made the| He made good in the Mast made woman better than a nice Jat the same time give @ Bi ies succes | good in earnest. When be was Petticoat. We have them | present that tends to make Good coaches, he observed had | ed to accept this parish, his pa: oe at $1.69, $2.95, $4.95 a man out of the boy. We mush te do with the success or fail sare. 19 maritins Cae west, to ure of teams. Jus ® ,jgtve bim up. But they did. ey, $3.95 and ........ show erent gad values d he saw that good coaching from |too, played the came of life. They a " the different gta "5 00 friends and books tm life's game| wanted to send a good coach to Silk Shirts for women in | $2.98, $3.50, $4. helped a great deal. ‘ Seattle stripes and plain colors; [$4.50 and .... a te tee eas = special price fo Xmas presents. Bath Robes for women, $3.98 and. $3.5 $4.98 Kimonos are nice for Christ- mas presents—98c, $1.25, $1.50, $1.98, $2.25 $2 Eee 4 ‘ American Lady and R. & G. Corsets—$1.00, $1.50, $2.00, Bd secs esse OOO $1, ‘Women’s Silk. Hose, 50c, $1.00 and Women’s Neckwear—Jabots, Frills, Bows and Lace Col- lars—25c, 35c, $0c, 69c, 75c, $1.00 and. $1 00 Women’s Bar Pins—39c, 50¢, 69c, 98c, $1.50, $2.00 and Bracelets for Women and | 75¢, 98¢ and. “$1.00 rices ra $1.00 ., « $6.0 Women’s Vanity Purses, special .... Aviation Caps, from 39c to....... Umbrellas for men or ladies, from 98¢ ~$5, 00 | so: to ‘ ri yy} the Flour. Ghe Foremost Flour Testing Laboratory of the country places ¥) Fisuer’s Bueno Fiour (Made from Eastern Hard Wheat and Western Soft Wheat ) far ahead of all competitors. The HOUSEWIFE’S LABOR- ATORY, commonly known as KITCHEN, verifies its tests. You will get the best of results from this Perfect All-Purpose Manulactured by FISHER FLOURING MILLS Co. ™ America’s Finest Flouring Mills" SEATTLE, U. 5. A. Dy invariably For Sale by All Dealers you give a man cial values, per s $1.06, $2.00, $2.50. . 25c, 50 and. Men's Shirte—a special for this Christmas— $2.00 values now Women’s Slippers, $1 49 }tem? Judge Cashman must decide |st., wil] hold “open house” tonight, | jy Feb. 1 m 8 to 10, } NORTH YAKIMA. — Bringing) NORTH YAKIMA.—Snively &|/ Women's Shoes, oes, $1.45, $1.98, Bi nome his bride, W. S. Franklin| Bounds, legal representatives for “ne found his house despoiled of fur the “wets,” served an amended and nishings’ W. F. Flournoy was ar-|complaint on the attorneys for the! 69c Cotton Blankets, MacPHERSON-GRAY CO. MacPHERSON-GRAY CO. ee BLEN THE PERFECT ALL PURPOSE Taught Free \derfal offer. Tell your friends about keep in trai BOYS’ CLOTHING MEN’S UN 2 sg Seldom can you go wrong if underwear See our $3.00 | 75c $1.50 for a present Men's Neckties, MEN'S SHOES. rive ony nigh by acne te Uitice | Moral purposes, has rained, in the You can find most any Bee ey aces Nek tor [federal court, the question of what style and last you wish, the Circulation Department constitutes a marriage in New pest reasonable $2.45, # York he Pee 00, $3.50, $4.00 $5 00 | EUGENE, OR.—Widow of Givansrry of Whaina and ‘ v the first governor of Oregon. (von chorus, assisted by the stu- gyi gens Al seta aged Gents’ orchestra, will give the can- Men's Slippers, e 50 ; * peaherney tata “Fair Ellen” in the campus 59 up to . | CHEHALI.—18 the city, by the #%d!torium <onight terms of its franchise, prevented! = WOMEN" s SHOES | $3.50 a pair, 98¢ to $2.00 Wool -Blankets, $12.50 | a pair, $4.50 to Children’s Slippers , 7$¢ and Music Home Instruction | Special” Offer to Readers! of The Star In order to advertise and intro-| duce their home study music les-) sons in every locality the Inter-! national Institute of Music of New York will give free to our readers | a complete course of instruction for | either Piano, Organ, Violin, Mando lin, Guitar, Cornet, Banjo, Cello or Sight Singing. In return they sim-| ply ask that you recommend thelr |» Institute to your friends after you learn to play. You may not know one note from another; yet, by their wonderfully | simple and thorough method, you can soon learn to play. If you are| an advanced player you will re ceive special instruction. The lessons are sent weekly. ey are so simple and easy that they are recommended to any person or little child who can read English Photographs and drawings make ev erything plain. Under the Inatitute’s tuition offer you will be asked to pay only a very small amount (averaging 14 cents a week) to cover postage and the necessary sheet music, No one should overlook this won it—-show this atticle to them. The International Institute successfully taught others and can successfully teach you, even if you| know absolutely nothing whatever about music. The lessons mate everything clear. Write today for the free booklet, | which explains everything. It will convince you and cost you nothing. | Address your letter or postal card} to International Institute of Music, 98 Fifth Ave, Dept. 251 B, New York, N. Y. he won the fullbac swing was too hard. IN GAME OF LIFE final conclusion game for every one. as muat stick to the atate penitentiary ple who had not stuck to the has| st THE SEATTLE STAR GAMY, VIRILE MAN, PARSON BROWN, WITH NCH IN EITHER BRAWNY ARM Playing to the grand stand was he saw, It tended to datract attention from the game. He bas ween that it Is so In life. He j knows one must not play for the applause of the grand stand in life's that often the game must be in a way to make the grand jetand qnery And, last and most important, he saw in many a gruel ling struggle on the ridiron that the goal might be reached and cross @d if one stuck to all the fules played fair and clean, worked and | fought | BROAD OF SHOULDER, | | THIS ATHLETIC PARSON That's what football and baseball have done for Rev, Brown, They have given him a different view: | potnt They have enabled him to! |go after Iife and its problems with | a football player goes after the cov-| eted goal posta, And they bave en abled him to get tn closer touch with the young men of bis parish, | He's an athlete, and he looks the | part. When he shakes your hagd,| you can almost hear the protesting crunch of the bones. Broad of ab der, deop of chest, hie dark eyer twinkle merrily while he talks to) position on the, yoy AllNorthweat He believes the church should be Tn ba ball his husky right swung/| made an attractive feature of every | his team into many @ victory. One| one’s life, He goes out among the He broke bis) boys and young men, organizes | arm off two Inches above the elbow. | team aches them and gets out! MUST STICK TO RULES jand playe with the He trains and |directs thetr bodies on Saturday, teaches them the rules of their ath | letic games, then on Sunday ne; molds thetr intellects, teaches them the rules and great principles of) Iife’a game. | HAS YOUNG MAN'S ENERGY AND ENTHUSIASM He js & young man. He'll be 31 next Christmas. And he is possess ed of all a young man’s enthusiasm and energy. He is a native #on,/ having been borp in Dayton With | the exception of pine years spent in| He found that in football ope must the East, three at Yale and six aa} ng pastor of « church in Hartford, He saw that in the g me of life Conn., all bis life bas been lived in REV, ELMER BROWN, team It was while playing football and baseball that he arrived at the that life was s He #aw that games, every one rules or else be 4. @n every side were ex of those who had not atuck | Right there at Walla Walla, where Whitman college {s located, he could see every day the fall of those peo rules in athletic YOU'LL FIND IT HERE News of the Day Comdensed for Busy People {der the direction of Claude Madden, | }@tll be given tonight at | Sixth * to The Seattle Star WI confer 4 favor by netityias this office at once of the new Plymouth church, av Dniversity st and | eet, oF : m suvetiiute ‘an Shes OmDe te supettetiell| THE TRIAL of Abe Hannan, | fe the desire of ecure the b nd complaints and Brompt if your pai Star Hagement to for al Gharged with violating white slave} Provisions of the interstate com Merce act in bringing Lena Klauser from New York to Seattle for im ton from putting in its own water sys| Y. W. C. A. HOTEL, 419 Seneca in the sult for an restrain the Hquor| “drys” Tuesday injunction to election Friday rested and sentenced ELLENSRURG.—FRANK 81- MONS was acquitted of the charge of horse stealing. The | trial cost the country $1,000. Price of horse, $25, BLAINE.—COMPANY has been/| organized to build a fruit and vege-| table cannery, It will be tncorpor ated at $25,000. | OLYMPIA—G, A. LEE and J. 8 |Jones, public service commission ers, have been placed on commit tees of the Natlonal Ratlroad asso- | SALEM.-STATE FOREST. | ER ELLIOTT predicts that in | a few years Oregon will lead elation | all the states in the amount of —_—- | lumber manufactured, She now ASTORIA.—WHILE the French has 000,000 feet of | ship Thiers was being towed into] standing timber, valued at port Sunday during stormy weath-| $680,000,000. or, the hawser broke. She tn still — | at sea. | BURLINGTON.-SOUTHBOUND | -_— interurban instantly killed Georg WASHINGTON. — PRES. Bridgeman near Heath's crossing. | “ : } TAFT will be in Panama three | days, including Christmas. CITY UTILITIES committee of in port last night, with 160 passen- | the council on Tuesday recommend: gers and a heavy cargo of freight, ed for passage a bili introduced | She reported very rough weather| Monday for the repeal of an ordtjen the trip down | nance passed Inst year, ordering construction of water mains in Alki | av. and connecting streets. CAFE OBSERVATION CAR has | been put on the O. & W. Portland train. It is the last word in car) NORTH YAKIMA.—A_ ten-mlle} building. extension of the Naches Itne of the| i North Yakima & Valley railroad to| J. C, PARSONS, who spent six the village of Tieton will be made| years in Panama, gave a lecture at next summer. |the Commercial Club last night on| |the big ditch. Hie talk was illus- trated with 100 films, BELLINGHAM. — SUNSET and Pacific Telephone companies will - pay to the elty 1 per cent of thelr! SALESMEN'S CLUB oi the Y. M jgrosq receipte, according to an|C. A. will be addressed Thursday | agreement with the city conuell.|evening by H. O, Havey, manager The annual revenue derived wil! be of the Underwood Typewriter Co.| about $1,000 | — | “YOU'RE NEXT,” called out} CINCINNATI, OHIO, — Preston | Herbert Andrews, barber, last night McKinney of Lon Angeles was one in his shop, at 5001 14th ay, N. W of the chief witnesses in the gov-|“Hands up,” replied the supposed | ernment's sult against the Nation-|customer. And Andrewa, who had! al Cash Register company for al-|expected to collect 15 cents, came leged violation of the Sherman anti-/through with trust law. The government expects to rest its case before Christmas THE CHAMBER OF COM. = MERCE Tuesday passed a reaplu-| BERNE, SWITZ.—Viewing war/tion to aid in the campaign started | as a possibility, the Swiss govern-|at Blaine to establish at Seattle | ment is increasing the supply of|the Western headquarters of the! ready cash at ite command, and re-| border division of the immicration ceived a consignment of $5,000,000 | service. At present all border in gold and silver from Parle questions must be submitted to a Montreal headquarters. WASHINGTON SECRETARY of the Treastty Macveagh appoint ed toda Wan J. Flyon of New York to be “chief of the Unitedy ates séeret’ service, succeeding John B. Wilkie, who is now chief supervising agent of the customs LONDON SYNDICATE | GETS BIG PROPERTY 1. Hamilton Benn of London, at the Washington hotel announced yesterday that a London syndicate, service, of which he is president, has taken — over the pulp mill, saw mill and RAINIER CHAPTER, D. A. R.,| townsite, valued at 10,00, of the will give a reception this afternoon | Ocean Falls Pulp Co. The company to Mrs, Walter Reed, state agent,/1# one of the largest in the North- at the home of Mrs, Rdmund Pow-| west, The plant {® located 375 |don, 1534 18th av, miles north of Vancouver, B,C, " Under the new management the| pulp will be marketed on the Pa- cific coast, the Orient and in Au j tralia, . SEMLANNUABK CONCERT of the Amphion society of Seattle, un the same determination with which |ff | STEAMER NOME CITY arrived} The best hat pin may be of some use as a hat-retainer, principal mission Is to keep the woman from bein AR Store Opens at 8:30 and Closes at 5:30 Daily Throughout Holiday Season, BASEMENT SALESROOM 1,500 Yards of Novelty Waisting Silks To Sell at 58c Yard, Thursday An unusual opportunity to save in buying handsome Silks for Christmas Gifts 22-inch Warp-Print Louisine Silks in bro | 26-inch Heavy Ottoman Shantung, in pag caded designs with small Persian fig- | tel-blue, gray, salmon, lavender, Paon ures; brown, navy-blue, wine, gray, | 8 wine and old-rose; special 58¢ i yare | plum and golden-brown; special 58¢ | 53 j hee 26-inch Taffeta Silks in dark Copenhagen- . ue blue, dark-brown, light-blue, _ pink, bl 22-inch Persian Louisine Silks -cerise changeable; blue, Wilhelmina-blue, | in navy- cream and | special 58¢ yard silver-gray and special 58¢ yard } 20-inch Brocaded Black Armure Silk, heavy quali 18; special 5B¢ yard brown; three m 4 19-inch Persian Wave-stripe Louisine Silks in wine combined with gold and green 19-inch Messaline Silks in Persian stripe effects; old-rose wistaria an@ | gray £ 5BS¢ yard. also brown with golden-brown and tur special 58¢ yard A pattern length in oné of these beautiful Silks will make a useful and very accept- able present. We shall be glad to pack appropriately in an attractive Holiday box, -Dasement Ealeeroom special quoise ; Attractive Thursday Specials in Winter Suits, Coats and Dresses SUITS, SPECIAL $10.75— A very interesting lot, novelty styles, in black Sizes from 34 to 42. including well-tailored Suits in plain and and white mixed suitings, diagonals and plain serges Reduced for clearance to $10.75, COATS, SPECIAL $10.00— An attractive group of Winter Coats in loose-fitting and semi- made up in good Mixtures (tan, blue Chinchilla and black Broadcloth. Sizes 16 amd" 18; 34 to 40. Reduced for clearance to $10.00, DRESSES, SPECIAL $12.50— A special lot of 50 Dresses, sizes from 34 to 44, including mod- fitting models, some in belted effects, blue and brown), gray, els in Serge, Ratine and Silk Eolienne; some have lace yokes, oth- ers low, rolling collars finished with self buttons. Skirts in side- and cluster-plaitedetyles. Colors, Copenhagen-blue, wine, navy-blue, Reduced for clearance to $12.50. — Basement Salesroom Bath Robes for Gifts} Scrim Curtains Special Special $1.25 Pair $3 25 PRACTICAL gift-suggestion—a pair e of these attractive and serviceable EW Bath Robes of excellent brown and black PS yj Curtains. They are made of strong, round- trimmed with one-inch of ¢ iy ae thread scrim, N quality “Beacon” blanket cloth, collar, ) —=” drawn-work and wide hem finished with Two and one-half yards long. Special values at $1.25 pair. (rz braid edge with } large sleeves | FIGURED MADRAS, 10¢ YARD— and pocket trimméd Plain and allover grounds, with borders, in a variety of combination colorings; de bed-sets, curtains, box with stitched satin sirable for making ribbon, and finished ¥ with heavy cord to } covers and pillow covers. Thirty-six inches 4 tie at waist. Color- / wide, moderately priced at 10¢ yard. Hy ings include navy CLOSING OUT REMNANTS if with” red, pink or A lot of Drapery Remnants, including . Copenhagen .with Swisses, Cretonnes, Tickings, Burlaps, white .or gray with Qi! Cloths, Casement Cloths, Silk- olines, Scrims and other fabrics, is marked Madras, light-blue. Exceptional value at $3.25, —Basement Salesroom. at sharp reductions for clearance, —Basement Salesroom. | | | Children’s School Dresses ic iC ut G i. ass ss Bowls Special $2.35 Special $2.95 ISSES’ and Children’s School Deep, eight-inch in dark, serviceable colorings, checked Salad or Berry striped and navy cheviots, effectively trim- Bowkk brilliantly med with colored straps and pipings, and cut in star, whirl Dresses : tailor or soutache braid. | wind and buzz Special $2.35. —Basement Batesroom { patterns; three desigus to choose from, at ARAL AP AALPL PAPAL PELL AAP PPLE an OCIL GB.OG cach. > , in Silk and Chiffon Waists A special assortment of Cut ms cluding Nappies, Spodn-Trays, Trays, Bonbons and Handled Dishes, all usually-good values at $1.00 each. naware_ Seetlan —chinaw For Gifts TTRACTIVE Waists of soft me silk and chiffon that would be appreciated as Christmas gifts. They well-made, and trimmed with self- colored net and hand-embroideries. Price $3.75. ssaline much Two-Quart Aluminum Sauce Pans Special 50c are _ Basement Salesroom. . . © New Lingerie Waists 95c i eae RESH, new Lingerie Waists of sheer } “Wearever” Seam lawn and voile, effectively trimmed } jess aluminum, fit with laces, insertions, embroideries and $ teq ~ cover, Spe } medallions, Attractive value at 95¢. cial 5 | | te | Housefurntahings Sectlom Basement Salesroom