The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 24, 1912, Page 8

A Holiday Story by Idah McGlone) Gibson, John Semple’s — steps slower as he tolled up the the familiar farmhouse gate. The winter evening had shut down quickly } hill to The curtains had not been drawn | lover's eyes and then her face w those inside Dear old boy, you and the family was intent on decor. | raised to hie He bent and ki i) know me, don't yout” he whispered ating the Christmas tree with its/ her, and, with his arm about her, Just then a votce, old and quiver brilliant holiday gauds. they went back to the house. , | ine inside the room, began, “Chil “Ry jove,” he muttered to him How pretty Mary has grown,”|dren, L have something to say to self, “1a forgotten it was Christmas/John Semple murmured, as he| you. Tom here has told me that eve.” He leaned beside the big elm | again stood by the elm When || Mary has promised to be his wife Just inside the gate and he reached }turn uy 1 am afraid Tom's chances | We all have loved Mary ever since his hand up with almost @ caressing | will be poor,” he satd, cynieally,|the time we thought she would be movement against its guarded old “even if he is the better man John's wife, but I know, could John trunk, Hi fingers touched a Then he squared bis shoulders|speak, he would say he was glad smooth place on the bark and long |and walked up the path briskly,| that Mary will find happt me with forgotten thoughts curled his hard) At the door, just as he raised his | Tom. Mother still grievea for her Mouth o a boyish smile, Quickly | hand to knock, he caught a glimpse | first born, but" (and the old man he struck a match and held it to the of a white-haired ofd lady walking | drew himself up proudly) “I know tree. Yes, there it was—J. 8. and| with feeble steps across the room.| that he did not shirk his duty, even M. R. enclosed in a rude heart, "I) For a moment she unconsciously! though he knew it meant death wonder where Mary is tonight?” he said to himself As if in answer to his question, the great door opened and a girl came rushing down the path, fol lowed by a stalwart lad, who called “Mary, Mary, stop a minu' But Conant kAnerres. | Seen, atiesna love. But I loved you before saw how it was between you,|poreh be began to whimper, “Quiet Now Jack is gone forever, but I am/old fellow,” he said as he fairly here and alive and I love you hugged him in his anxiety to keep Solemnly the girl looked ato her! him from making his joy known to she did not stop. On she came Gtraight to the old elm tree. John Semple stepped hurriedly Just outside the gate where one of the great square posts hid him from view As the girl reached the tree © put both hands up te the carved | ters and a vob rose in her throat The man who had followed gently put his arms around her and said “Don't cry, Mary darling. I am sure if Jack could know he would glad that I love you and am going to take care of you. I know I can’t be as splendid as dear old Jack was, but you do love me a little don’t you, Mary?” he asked wist- fully The girl put both her hands on the boy's shoulders. Yes, dear, $ do love you, but I want to be loyal to poor Jack. He loved me 10 much, you know, and when | think of him dying ‘way up there in the Philippines, with no one near, it) seems treason for us to talk of! stunk stopped under the mistletoe hung under the center light, and a sph amid the shouts of approval of a number of younger men who od d to “kins mother tletoe Slowly she window and John stood just out old man say Don't grieve, mother. Remember our son died an honorable death, fighting for his count But, father,” she sald, “if I ont knew where my boy was lying. [ think it would be easier to bear Only the meager words J Semple missing,” in the report after that awful skirmish at Dagupan and her lip quivered with the tear less grief of old age Th was a quick sound outside and all faces were toward it, Some one came door, but into the shadow as a window turned to the E°Theatricale AT THE THEATRES THIS WEEK. Moore—"The Blue Bird.” Metropolitan—Dark. Seatt!e—Seattle Stock “Arizona.” ORPHEUM—Cressy and Dayne and vaudeville. EMPRE68—‘Fun at Sea” vaudeville. PANTAGES—"The Surf Bath- ers” and vaudeville. GRAND—Vandeville and motion pictures. CLEMMER — Photoplays vaudeville. MELBOURNE—Photoplays and vaudeville, ALHAMBRA — Photoplays and vaudeville. Co, in and and RRKKKKKKKhKhhhhhhh * * AT THE SEATTLE * * * ll el le ln ie nn ie a ined Old, but always welcome, “Ari- zona,” presented at the Seattle this week by the Bailey-Mitchell stock company, started out last night to make its usual hit. There's some- thing about that stirring play of the West that always takes, and as played by the Bailey-Mitchell company, it loses nothing. Guy Hitner as Canby was a de. cided hit. His work was not that of the average stock actor, and he played his part with sincerity and ability. Clara Byers also makes her first appearance to Seattle theatre pat rons. Her work was very pleasing Kellar, the old German was admirably played by Guy Usher. > ia gla tn i italia * AT THE ORPHEUM * * * Sl i le ee “The - Eternal Waltz,” which headlines the Orpheum this week, fe by far the prettiest, most preten- tious act ever produced in Seattle, With an augmented orchestra, a company of 35, beautiful scenery end gorgeous gowns, it is a sur- prise. “The Viennese Waltz” has a swing that twitches the feet. Cyril Chadwick, as the English actor, and Mabel Berra, as the Vinnese singer, were especially good. This week also brings Lillian Gonne, who for cuteness, clever- ness, “pep” and originality can hardly be beat. Lillian is little, but ob, my! She has a mighty good teammate in Lew Brice, but while she’s on the stage it's all Lilitan. Eldora and his assistant bring a strong man stunt that makes a hit. Eldora plays with cannon |balls, wagon wheels and tables in ja fascinatingly reckless manner. | Hugh MeCormack and Grace Wal- Hace are clever ventriloquists. Joe Morris and Charlie Allen put on an Irish-Hebrew act that doesn’t pro- a y yawns from the audience. Ison’s comedy circus brought lots of laughs. There’s an ornery little mule in it that kicks up side | stretching antics. er AT THE EMPRESS * * * \* * * SERENE The Santa Claus bill at the Em % | press this week is snappy and good The Carnos are back as the head. line attraction in a new offering, “The Wow Wows,” which takes the audience into the mysteries of an English secret society. Marie Stoddard, surprisingly ver- satile, takes her audience from frivolity to seriousness, from ging ham dress to ball room gown. The trip is a very pleasant one. From high soprano to deep bass, with lots of stops in between, is the singing offered by Gilbert Losse. He's got a mighty good voice to do it with. George Leon ard, as @ pleasure loving old gen- tleman, is entertaining. He has Le support in Miss Meredith. Jigh class balancing was put on by Les Alders. Lola Stantons Paulisch is a brilliant violinist. LEARERERATERAAWRES * AT THE PANTAGES * * peed ee Two extra acts are put on at Pan tages this week in a special Christ- mas bill. The bill is headlined by the English Pony Ballet. The six young ponies in it are as classy little colts as ever tripped out of the paddock. Murray Hill is the lightning laugh producer. His tongue works as fast as @ buzz-saw, with a laugh at every turn. by Rice, Bell and Baldwin, is also a laugh getter. Janet Bouden and and company, in their playlet, “A Fourth Ward Romance,” bring lots of laughs, but also a few tears. This week Hazel Folsom, Seat- tle, well known in musical circles at the university, makes her bow to a the man outside | dogand walked out into the darkness * * “A Night in the Swamps,” | His Christmas G J bolted growling down the path Jack, | became |dearie, and stepped aside when I] but as he reached the man on the |ger @ little as he repeated, “He| ———| easily and the dog crept closer and that licked his hand. ndid old gentleman stepped UD | evorynody with a courtly bow and kissed her|pyerony a | | | | | | | | | | | You've a magpie heap im your | garret Of remnants and odds and ends, Programs and hate and baseball bats And letters from foes and friends Broken backed chairs and bu reaus, The hoard of a by-gone day. They're gathering dust and germs and rust : Why don’t you chuck ‘em away! You've a magpie heap in your @arret (That garret you call your brain), |to Professor H. Hueppe of Dresden if¢| The dog came back suspiciously The man outside seemed to stax-| did not shirk, even though he knew | it meant death.” That faroff morn-| ing at Dagupan, when fear clutched him by the throat and he left bis) comrades to carry out the sortie came up before him. He moved un Once more he looked inside was clustered about ry, and even mother's mouth wore « smile, which, bow-| did not reach her grief-) n eyes. ever, atric } John Semple bent down over the it's up to me, old fellow he sald, “to deliver my Christmas gift now.” pd the dog and Once more he pa q with bis head erect toward th . the dog when they both 1 he was Tl am sorry his master's at old fellow,” said John Semple, “but | it don't do. You must go back. 1 have put y al into the! package | am leaving them. Go back to the house, old chap. 1 know you'll keep my secret. It an't for me to spoil thelr merry hristmas he said as he turned Seattle audience in a charming lit | tle singing act Several grand opera gems are sung by Guistat and Berrio, Nea-| politan singers. A song and dance set that is unique is presented by the Almonds, Tom and Edith. The moving pictures of “Paul Revere Ride” are fine. cali A regular muck of outworn truck, A rubbishy mess, that's plain; A welter of dead convictions, Of prejudice, doubt, dismay, That help to blind and to ciog your mind Why don’t you chuck ‘em away? Why don't garret, Cease-aping the magple bird, And thus be free as a man should be Of all this clutter absurd? Get rid of the old-time notions And load up the ashman's dray | With the rummage vast of an out-| grown past, And chuck it--chuck it away! ARE YOU ONE OF ’EM?| BERLIN, Dec. 24, Mieted to taking you clean up your America is ad opium, according He addressed the Association for the Scientific Investigation of Sport last evening on the subject of “Sport and Stimulants,” and in his lecture enumerated the stimulants to which the various nations are ad dicted. Professor Hueppe is a court coun eiilor and holds high rank as a writer on alcoholism. MODERN elegantly _furntshea CANNERIES OF ALASKA CRITICISED Government Investigators Say Salmon Factories Are Unclean. BY GILSON GARDNER WASHINGTON, Deo, 24.-—-The government experts reporting for bureau of fisheries on canning industries in Alaska have a good deal to say about the lack of clean Hnens In the factories which put up salmon “Indian men and ways one report, “are usually em ployed to fill the cans, Little ef fort is made by the average can herymen to see that cleantiness ts served by their employes, and in very few instances are there tories to be found. A few of the workers use gloves when pecking tn order to protect their hands from being cut by the tin, but these are rarely, if ever, washed.” The report recommends that the cannerymen supply gloves, which should be thrown away at the end of each day's work. It says also that “by the selection of cleanly bealthy laborers and furnishing them with better factiities for keep ing clean, the packers would be able to remove some grounds for w children, scruples against factory-packed salmon” Ap innovation &> the canning bustness has been mg thie wea son by the operation d a cannery aboard a ship The Alaska Fish Co. has purchased the old ship Glory of the Beas, a veesel with three decks and 4 tonnage of 1,939 tons, on which quarters for the cre has been built over the cabins, and the upper deck has been arranged for dressing and cleaning fisb, which are brought aboard by means of a portable ele- Yator attached to the side of the ship HUBBY GETS JUST 20 CENTS DAMAGES PARIS, Dec 24.-Mme. Bloch. who shot and killed Mrs Bridge man, an American, in the latter's apartment several mouths aga, be ause she be ed Mre. Bridgeman had stolen Moch's wae aoquit tod of the charge of murder. The trial began yesterday. At torneys representing Mme. Bloch pleaded the “unwritten law.” The court awarded Mrs. Bridge man's husband 20 cents damages Bloch toastified againet his wife, as serting her attitude toward Mre Bridgeman was unjustified MAIL CARRIER SOLD HIS JOB 1O8 ANGELES, Dec. 4.-—-J. E. Richtor, & Los Angeles mail cone who exchanged hia position wit Denver carrier and obtained to boot,” was sentenced by Fod eral Judge Woillborn to pay a fine of $1 and te Richter pleaded guilty. He said he was {pn bad health and throught a change of climate would benefit him. ANOTHER “SMOKE” COMBINE LYNCHBURG, Va, Dec. 24.—An nouncement was made today that the Tobacco Producers’ Corporatio: originated in October, under a Vir ginia charter, with $50,000,000 cay ital, has taken over the Booker To bacco Co. here. It will take pon session January 1 ROME.—DISPATCHES received jhere report slight earthquakes in | Storey Calabria and Sicily it ie not be Meved much damage was done. THE SEATTLE STAR YOU'LL FIND IT HERE News of the Day Condensed for Busy People Hoattie Miar or by notifying of any fal mpl and rem ye paper, oF substitute an The Beattl oft Bubseribers to will confer © this office « ure to meow ular deliver any attemp Oller paper Star t Is the desire management to secure t) service for all, and comp are given courteou attention. If your to arrive any o'clock, kindly ph at once. jain the Ciroulatic pr ‘4 nd lor Judge Howard hae signed an or dor for the surrender of A. B. T ner, shingle broker, Indic federal grand jury on a ¢ iNegal use of mails, to the authorities, to be transferred tc McNeil Island for a sentence of not less than two years IN WISCONSIN a speeding automobile killed a black bear. Bruce W. Baker, fireman on the Northern Pacific, is in the Provt dence hospital with a broken leg, a* the result of a fall on a slippery sidewalk Monday Polls will be open Friday, Janu ary 3, from neon until 6 p. m., for the election of chairman, vice chair man and secretary of the Alaaka bureau of the Chamber of Com merce. STEEL RAILS are strong. says @ commercial réport. Not on some railroads. ABERDEEN.——-Bomeone stole the crank that turns the Wiehkah river drawbridge. River traffic was held up all day | NEW YORK.-B. F. Mylius, who has served a prison term for libel ing the king of England, will be de ported from America as an unde | sirable citizen. WHATEVER OTHER suffra- gets may do, Dr. Anna Shaw states positively that she never will wear them. | BAN MARCOS, Texas |hundred dollars, stolen from the | Kyle state bank several years ago. found under a street pavement | A REAL OPTIMIST ] | serve one day in jall.| “There are very few real optim | | tote / What is your idea of a real op mists A man who can walk to work I just as cheerfully as if he were ; chasing a golf ball.” | vs CHICAGO.—MRS. HELEN REY nolds, a manicy had her pocket book picked of two cents while $98 remained safely in her stocking The stocking bank for me,” she sald. | MILWAUKEE, WIS.—Dr. Wm of Toledo, Ohio, bas start od sult against bis son in the fed leral court here to regain $3,600 ad =e SANTA CLAUS STARTS ANNUAL TOUR, AND SAYS HE'S Automobile Breaks Down the COMING HERE FIRST! First Thing—Santa Gets Whiskers Caught in the Machinery—Rescued by the SANTA HAS ‘Pui hi, to you!) Special from Sant KRISS KRIN by Wireless. WE LAND, De |trip to your ‘Christmas stocking #o are the tin horns. While we w got out of the Christmas books, a machine stopped blown up, but when I got out notht The automobile was groaning tinkered around it Johnny will get, but the blamed th My whiskers got caught in th 4 terrible time getting me loose. for the reindeer flying, #0 | won't use an airship. rooms at lowest rates at Hotel Vir- ginus, Eighth and Virginia, near | Westlake, EKiliott 603, bioaed a chimney, don’t let the radiators first, kiddies! With a tool chest that Brownies—Jack Frost Rushes Back for Reindeer. With HIS AUTO (NOTE TO CHILDREN.=~The Star sent a reporter to Krise Kringle Land, to get the very latest (Christmas news by wirelese for YOU. Grown-ups have no business reading thie UNLESS they read it ALOUD 4.—-At last | am etarted on my long fhe wind is blowing like fury, and e loading up, some of the animals 1 the lion tried to eat Jack Frost, but couldn't swallow him, as all the Chrigimas book animals have no thickness. They're like paper dolls and can’t eat anything but slices and Jack {s fat 1 packed up the presents and started in an automobile. We hadn't gone 10 miles before I heard an awful oxplosion and the 1 thought the toy pistols and alcohol engines had ng had blown up except a tire ae if its tpsides were in pain. I some Willie or Jimmie or hing wouldn't budge. machinery, and the Brownies had So Jack Frost got on the back of the North Wind and went back I'm an-old-fashfoned man and don't believe p high Be sure to hang up a stocking without any holes, and if you haven't be too hot. Coming te your town sj) arrested Monday at the Fifteen | xoney wa vanced the boy for call The dofendant says the a gift COLORADO DIANA was at tacked by three wolves. She shot and skinned all three and resumed her journey with their pelts. | MINNEAPOLIB.—EVERY Greek wa and helper in the Hotel Kad inson struck when the orchestra played “The Turkish Patro: CHARGED WITH steal R. Todd, 22, an accountant request of Ww the Detroit police. SANTA CLAUS visited 150 chil |dren of West Seattle at the Pick | wick club Monday night. J. J, Ham mond was Santa Claus AMONG THE guests at the! | Washington Aunex hotel are ¢ John # Hayden, U, 8, A., cor manding Fort Casey, and his son, James L. Hayden A TAR with a good deal of kale In a taxi through town took a | ail; He struck every bar But he didn't get far Now he's stuck on the bars in the jail On Christmas Dreamland pavilion There won't be a fang: cotillion, But what there wi? be le a monstrous, big tree To please, more or lees, half a at Many a fellow who's been try «is surprised when the gir FREDERICK 8:30 NEW YORK’S N FACES SUFFRAGE WARFARE |}, million. HAVANA.—GENERAL FREYRE | ANDRADE, the new w I t lly arrested and Jailed two second {sent to challenge him to a duel with GenerS* Manuel Arnanda af ter @ quarrel over patronage MILWAUKEE, WIS Mine Letta Buschman w * when the taflor, whom she is suing, declared right out in | that Miss Buschman or | dered it cut “to make her look } thin } , O—Rusiness mer their stenographers complexion match the office fit tings, according to leading arebi-| tects, Golden oak calls for a bionde. CHICAGO.—A = young =man who let it be known that be | was J. Ogden Armour, fr. cashed checks several gam bling houses he There ip no J. Ogden Armour, jr. and gam blere are out $5,000 YONKERS. N Y.—Finding a |tramp asleep in her bed, Mra. Ar ithur J. Van Suetendacl] promised to get him something to eat. She |went downstairs, phoned for the | } | police and had him arrested MADRID, Spain. on foreign firme having branches tn Spal Ithe proposed schemes to jthe nation’s revenue n income tax established or} in fs one of | increase GROUNDS FOR separation— New York woman tried to make her huaband wear striped ‘swith an evening drees MEXICO CITY.—Chamber of dep- | uties levied a flat 6 per cent ip import duties. This ac 1, does not dispose of | reviston bill, | lal tax on nu cially luxuries. crease | tion, howe the general which provides a sy merous articles, ¢ on tariff OMAHA, NEB.--Union Pacific railway made application to the de | partment of commerce and labor at Washington for a license to operate and maintain a wireless telegraph system along its lines. IN A Baltimore Enoch Arden the judge decid the nm might remain the wife of husband No. 2, and told hue band No. 1 to forget it. ST. PETERSBURG.—An imperial decree isswed forbids the circulation of military and naval news of any jkind, The decree remaine in force for a year, SAN FRANCISCO.—Robert Fow! er, aviator, flew from Gilroy to San Francisco to avoid the trouble of packing his machine and shipping it by train. Distance, 80 miles, was covered at the rate of 70 miles an hour, A RED-HAIRED bride defied fate in Woodbury, N. J., by rid ing from church behind a white horse. No harm came to her, but the horse dropped dead. THE CORONER'S inquest failed to bring to light anything new concerning the death of Wong Song, Chinese canneryman, shot and killed in the Milwaukee hotel Wednesday BUTLER, MO.—Dr. H. P. Porter, former United States army sur- geon, and once surgeon general of the G. A. R., is dead. A DETROIT millionaire has sent to Jerseyville, Ill. for the chair he used when he began hie career as a bootbiack. He wants to install it In his costly home as ouvenir of hie shin. ing suce: CHEHALIS. Robbers entered Short’s pharmacy and stole $100 in iry, $75 in tollet sets, $30 in candy, and even took some dolls. MUST wed an girl lose a for- That's the way it usual- ly is, but it’s the girl's fortune. “COUNT | | PHILADELPHIA library by Mrs. George W jof her son; a Titanic A $1,400,000 will be erected at Harvard ne in memory } victim. j CHEHALIS. is suing for wife. Dr. William Botser a divorce from his BLANKS FOR “Holiday Greet. ings,” porated with holly wreaths, have been issued by the Western Union for Christmas messages. SCHOOL BOY spanked by his teacher in Hammond, Ind., had matches in his hip pocket and the lad was well warmed, GOV.-ELEC oon Leased Wire New York, Dec. 24 Probably never before in the his tory of New York state has a chief executive upon assuming office, faced such serious and complicated problems as will confront Gov. Wil liam Sulzer, when he is inaug ed he one week from tomorrow The Empire State is looking fo: ward to one of the most Interesting administrations in its history Albany is preparing for a record breaking session of the legislature Progressive reform measures will flood the legisiature. Organized and unorganized labor has united in demanding new laws which will protect the women and children from abuses, the mere recital of which during the last few months has horrified the citizens. A real workingmen'’s compensation law demanded Complete reorganiza tion of the state factory department is asked. Taxation reforms are de manded. Radical railroad remedial legislation will be urged and reform organizations everywhere are ask ing that a merit system for al! state employes be put tnto effect Sulzer, a democrat during his en tire public career covering 23 years is EDUCATES HERSELF TO BE MISSIONARY Cora Clementine Bash, M. D., Se attle girl, will sail for Pekin early in 1913 to take up the post of med igal mission y at the North China station of the Presbyterian cbfirch Miss Bash graduated from the University of Washington pix years ago, and since completing he: course at the Philadelphia Women's Medical college, has been working in the women’s and children’s in. firmary in New York City. DO YOU KNOW —that it's a lot nicer to be sit- ting at a nice Christmas din- ner, thinking how much nicer it ia to be sitting at a nice Christmas dinner than not to be sitting at a nice Christmas diner, than it is to be not sit ting at a nice Christmas dinner, thinking how much nicer It is to be sitting at a nice Christ. mas dinner than It is to be not sitting at a nice Christmas dinner. Factory Samples W. W. GRIGGS, Pacific Coa: hibit from now until January 1, Ave., and 106 Union St. This is instrument, Twenty-Eighth Semi-Annual | SALE OF FURNITURE Begins Thursday December 26th SSS SCHUBERT Pianos and Player Pianes ments at the STORE OF WAAK-BAKER PIANO CQy Liberal terms if desired ing to get to the p | accepts him in two & NELSON'S ———— a. Mm. EW GOVERNORI}. SULZER, tas member of and speaker of thé |etate assembly and member ef com gress, will encounter momentous problems from the moment he take the oath of office on January 1. be incoming legislature, ove whelmingly democratic, takes office day. And already the eaders of the famous “Black Home he same Cavalry” are on the ground ready for the hardest work of the? career. If the general reform lation ts to be enacted both the cor governor and the legislative leaders will have to put It throug in the face of an most determined opposition. Women’s suffrage is going to a bone of contention for the Bet administration and for the legily om cratic platform pledged the party. to see that it is submitted to the voters of the state within © reasot able time but the women will try to have the legislature or der it voted on at once. Many spectacular plans to attention to their campaign been approved by the advocates the “cause,” and it promises t0 lin the spotlight much of the two dollars when he opened the,box be de, neatly folded tagetier, £6 | The priest $1,000 bill before and whea the figures he could | the 48 leave § he oF jhis eyes. | ‘The person who put bills in the box did not clue to his identity. “COPS” PAY FOR LEG! CHICAGO, Dec. 34. the payment of thousands of doit by the United Police, the men’s union here, for the of committees appointed © ence legislation, was brought the investigation by the elvil commission of the Genuine out In ae st factory representative, will samples of these nuete ‘an opportunity: to eelegt arguable