The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 25, 1912, Page 4

THE SEATTLE STAR | Phone: Triva ange Main S400, BesEER OF THE SCRIPPS NORTHWHsT LEAGUE OF NEWst avin y nenitle Raper ‘having fall leawed wire mews services of the Val ~~~ Batored a The first Christmas was not a merry one A young mother in the throes of maternity was housed in a cow stable. A baby born in a manger was denied human shelter be- cause of the crowd of oppressed going to the capital to be taxed, And yet, a star never seen be fore went before the wise men and hovered over the manger where f the wonderful mother lay with the The star always goes before the wise men of the earth when they recognize Reform, Revolution And Resurrection lylng In the hovel and driven to the dwellings of beasts by oppression. It is the Star of Hope, In the Manger of Bethlehem lay the germ of the greatest Ry mj form ever welcomed or decried by Hithe human race, There lay incar- Pinate the Revolution afterwards La} voiced in the Sermon on the Mount. There lay Judge-not-that-ye be-not Judged, Resist-not-Bvil, Love-your eaEnemies, Do-Good-to-Them-that- Hate You, Do-Unto-Others-as-Yo-Would- fe that-They-Should-D o+0-You the most mighty giants of Revolution ever born. There lay the Gospel of Good Nothing THE STAR—WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2 Serious A woman tn Pennsylvania has jamoked one pipe for 25 years, Bhe ought to have almost enough to bacco coupons saved up by this time to entitle her to another pipe. Love hath no terrors for the High Cost of Léving. The girls used to be content to sit in the front par jor and hold hands, but nowadays they want to go to a show every night “la your wife fond of dancing?” os, especially the night I pre fer to stay at home.” More Sticking Power. “Do you think that we should have a more elastic currency’ asked Old Fe ‘It Is elastic Grouch, “Why don’t they more adhesive?” y snough,” replied the make it Ole Hi Bar saya as to how it beats th’ dickens how late a feller kin stay out al this here season without gettin’ balled th’ ole woman. out by more figures ad has figured 100,000,000 tele he world during Some fellow with than brains in his b that there were phone calls in 1912, We had 48,364,029,194 ouraelves from the opening of the baseball season to the close of the football seavon, The only explanation we can Tidings to the Poor. From that moment the very basis of Things as They Were be- gan to dissolve and pass away. The Negative morality of the greatest their “Do not to others as ye would not have them do to you,” and the like, began to fade. For the baby in the manger came in the grandeur of the Deed. He was to say, not Refrain from doing wrong, but Do this! Do He laid wrong actions. It Is well is one of joy. day. it and gave have and give to others that no that! on of the world the obligation to act— Mi the others had only warned against to be merry Christmas, because basis of the Gospel of the Manger It was a gospel of good tidings to the poor in that old They came together in one mind in little societies of commun- ists, where they that had aught sold to the others, and here was no poverty such a community, how merry must have been each Christmas! '@ have lost much of that primitive Christianity merry at Christmas, it must be in the midst of those who want. Want because we are not quite Christians. as ye would that they shauld do to you, may want. away from Christ that we are able to bear the awful existence of pov-|came nearest to getting bis money's | the conscience on the essential for “none wanted.” When we are ‘They | We say “Do unto others but we do not sell what we We have so far fallen erty in the midst of a civilization supposedly based on the Gospel “| Good Tidings to the Poor. yet, let us be merry, this Christmas-tide. Dack toward Christ as a people, as a Christendom. | For we have begun There is better hope than ever before that the Goape! will extir poverty, as H did with the primitive Christians, among whom | talked in his sleep and wouldn't tell pate “none wanted.” ' ‘The paganization of the religion of Jesus has run its courve. i? r rs, ¢! ae i! e = the star of Hope. = gos shall tide is setting the other way. the Star goeth before the Wise men of the earth to the hot houses—sell for 30 cents each. e hovels, and the stables of the earth wherein lie cradled the poor and outcast, coming to be taxed by the oppressor, borne gifts better than gold, frankincense and myrrh—/prize be given to the man who {n- . freedom, liberty, equality and fraternity. thousand years hence, no matter how well we shall be able to still find ourselves faring upward toward the Manger of with the Star going before—for i is the Star of Perfection, cage to be pursued, but never overtaken. e first Christmas was not merry, but solemn. We may be merry, only because we have passed so many traps a8 rather than the letter which killeth, pitfalls, and because the future seems opeving in a broad, straight) for the world-wide triumph of the Babe—a triumph not, perhaps,/his opinion that in exciting times uniformly in the Christian name, but in the Spirit which maketh alive, | THE ART OF LIVING “To be honest, to be kind. To earn a little and to spend } & little less. To make, upon the whole, a family happler for his presence. To renounce when that shall be necessary, and To keep a few friends, but these with not to be embittered. has of fortitude and delicacy.” In this brief “creed” of Robert Louis Stevenson are sct| who exclaimed the guide-posts to a finer conception of life and its duties than is contained in many a bulky book out caplitulation—above all, on the same grim keep friends with himself. Here is a task for all tat a man } condition to | The art of living is an art too much neglected in these] strenuous days. The tendency toward material gain, the craving for posi tion and personal place, the increasing appetites for fame and! y, fashion are all more or less hostile to its development and | admit owth. “f To | “get along in the world” seems the shibboleth of the |crowded times, rather than to live fully and well. ‘This is not strange, neither is it a phase of the times to be greatly feared. Kindness, like honesty, likes best to dwell in little things Both are like the notes of a great organ, none We cannot see the player kindness the treble. y the bass and and his name is legion—but out through the aisles and naves and transepts of the world floats the music. ANOTHER tremendous so- cial reform inaugurated at Washington. Authorities have prohibited “rushing the growler.” NOW Taft messages ess for a court of pure food ws. Bill surely holds the record as the courtiest presi- con- pardoned by Taft, but ic will take one higher than President Taft to pardon the greedy owners of that rotten death- trap. N. Y. HERALD has start- ed quite a boomlet for musk- rat and sw potatoes, gar- nished with candied sweetilag, dent this nation ever had. as an addition to the menu. Looking the market prices COUSIN BILL TAFT to over, we see a coming chance become a college professor?) 5, chica Well, well! College profess-| mys vhbrg By apt ors are getting to be right es is prominent in politics, too. HON. FORAKER'S story about how Hon. Hearst got those Standar{ Oil Ictters is convincing and convicting—of both. MORGAN says he’s uncon- scious of his money power. Just think! Wall street had such a lamb right in its midst and never knew it! Hi We CASTRO, Ex. of Vene- DR. RALPH SPANGLER] zuela, is taking the baths at of Philadelphia is accused of| Brussels. Some revolutions curing epilepsy with snake venom. Maybe that old doc- tor who promised to cure any- thing by first throwing the pa- tient into fits was all rigit, after all. HA! THEY thought they'd trapped Morgan 4s king of finance, and he testified that he’s just a pure patriot squeez- ing us for out own good! CAPT. VAN SCHAICK of the steamer Slocum, whuse burning cost 1,030 lives, is are not wholly in vain, THOSE Me vaded New Mexico are seizing only hay for their horses and beer for themselves, say dis- patches, Any man who'll risk capture for the sake of New Mexican beer has got a real thirst, for sure, PRINCESS PARLAGHY, from Carlsbad, is expected in New York. She's an artist and carries with her two dogs that were baptized. ns who in- i make to the anonymous questioner about the scarcity of reindeer ple tures this yuletide is that it's prob- ably because of the animal's close Tesembiance to the Bull Moose. Anxious One—You are right. The man who put the "in Peter Pepper was a stutterer. We don’t know who put so much “apa” in “spug.” ‘Taint in our dictionary Behold the Bee. A bee was held at the church} Wednesday and Thursday to put down the new church carpet and finish the work of cleaning the church, Come and seé how nice it} looks.—Rollin Cor, Hudson Post. Despite the ery about the scare ity of farm hands, a Kentuckian ba added 420 gcres to bis 11,000-acre farm. Many a man's self-concelt over| shadows his popularity Contributor who gave 22 cents to the Republican campaign fund worth. Ought to Be Thankful. A Kansas man haw sued his wife for divorce because she told him he him what he sald. } _ | English peaches—-grown only in We suggest that the next Nobel Vents a corn husker that hasn't an Sppetite for human arms DAY’S BEST STORY Samuel Gompers waa giving tt as people are apt to accuse the wrong} than. It suggested to him the story about the young woman in Toledo. | This girl had been recetving now! and then a young man who / never made love to her, but had ad. mired her greatly. One evening, be fore the girl entered the partor, her! mother appeared and asked in al rough, stern tone of voice what his intentions were. Not baving any tw tentions, the youth turned every! color of the rainbow and suceeeded saying nothing. Hix suffering was! ended by the entrance of the girl,| Mother! Mother! That is not} the one.” The Popular Magazine. | An Iilnois aviator has figured out there ix no possibility of flying .|unless an angel has wings at least! That is liberal meas-| 5 feet long. But at that we have faith that the celestial course won't t An English “Joke” Why Is a 6 o'clock breakfast like a pig? Because it's twirly But Think of Canton Ttems are scarce since our good friend Mr. Blomfield moved to Can ton two weeks ago—Mercer, 0, Journal y Betrothed by mail after introduc tion by mall, Miss Minnie Hankin, had} * ‘ement from tip to tip, you must} THE PLACE oe a “And so two of your sons Boy Scouts? Where do th moat of thelr reconnolterin, “In our refrigerator.” Sure Sign, “Ie almost certain that she'll marry that chap.” “Has the engagement been an- nounced ?” | “Not yet. But they'll get married all right What makes you think so?’ “Her mother and father have both started to knock him.” The Rural Reporter. | H. W. Buckley, who recently moved to Detroit became homesick jfor a real live town and moved back to Deshler! They now live in |the Presbyterian parsonage. ler cor, Henry County Signal 'Lcananeniiaaianieeian HE TAKES WIRELES SMELL THERE BEINGS Dey | Wraeacs) at aw | Two sorrie Thygnes there Aye, three; | A Lamb forsaken. *| A Petal from ye Wild Rose rudelie shaken— These are the three. Ay, four; A Wilde Rose clinging of Brooklyn, N. Y., has gone to Cal ita, India, and married J. F. Slee. even a pawnbroker can lern sumthing once in a while there’s one of them three-ball philantherpests up on 8th av, that aint going to lend money on no more alligaters a feller com in 2 cuppel of morn- ings ago with 3 alligaters under bis arm, and he wanted to hang them up 1 will lend money on anything that's worth money, says mr. meyer, the pawnbroker, but how do | know them web-footed dachshounds has got any value to them call up the zoo, says the feller, they will tell you that alligaters is quite expensive and rare good idea, says mr. meyer and he called up the zoo and got the head zoolst, and he says, how much ig alligators worth, mister well, the z00 man says, ten dol- lera apiece anyway, if they are Bells a-ringing. junior offis boy tels about a 3-ball philantherpest who won’t lend no more money on alligaters alive so mr. meyer he made the man put the alligaters down and let them walk around, to show they was alfve, and then he give him 10 dollers on the three so the feller went out, and, the flore, having a look at the plage pretty soon a guy with a hang over come in with the intention ol hocking his wotch, but the fnten tion was as far as he got one of the alligaters looke, at him and smiled, and he eke out the door and right on up the street like he had been fired out of a 12 inch gun that made mr. meyer sore, ‘You, bet, losing a customer ike thap | lering, and he looked around, and] anuther of them swamp inapekty had grabbed his yaller cat by the, tall ; gee, there wasent much taif left Desh | a me we a SKYGACK FROM MARS ERVATIONS IN HIS NOTE BOOK ON TH CUSTOMS. VERTICALLY A Neste from which ye fledgelings have been taken, Of gladde Thygnes there may be more— A Larke above ye old Neste blithely singing, In safetie to ye Rock, a Shepherd bringing A Lambie, found, in his arms, and Chrystamesse alligaters went crawling around the m7) just then he heard a awful, holas could be Somebody has tnvented an elec tric device that will split kindling wood, Gradually we are getting it fo arranged that the world will have absolutely no ase for small boys. . Every girl has visions of social conquests when she ge married, but she is lucky if she gets to go to a Soent theater once a week, Some men would get along @ hole lot better if they'd stay at me and send their wives. Wall flowers aro society girls who were nipped in the bud. Retort Courteous. “Ob, | know every one of the ricks of your trad sald the murder, warmly. “Do you think I have lived in boarding houses 16 Pears for nothing?” ~ “I shouldn't be at all surprised,” id the landlady, frigidly.-- Harp e's) Bazar. | Women can amtle more naturally han if they meant It. A man will tell a woman he'd go through fire and water for her; and after marriage it often proves to be merely firewater. A woman who has filled all the roles between bride and grand- mother is a better authority on most things than a justice of the United States supreme court “No one who sends me a present will be admitted to my wedding,” is the warning added to ber invitation by a Boston brideto-be. None of her friends has taken offense HAYE MADE A VERY IMPORTANT ANTH-}} |! ROPOLOGICAL | ENTERED A PLACE WITH COOKERY~ |] | DISCOVERY: ATMOSPHERE AND FOUND A SPECIES OF EARTH ~ WHO HAD AN ARM GROMING THEY US IT AS A PEDESTAL FOR ALL SORTS OF BRIC-A-BRAC. | | } be— —Olde_Songe when he got her loose, and while he was doin it he nocked a silver cake dish offen a shelf and the 3d alli- gater swallered it this was too mutch and mr, meyer dashed to the phone, to telephone to the zoo them alligators must of known what he was doing, for one of (them grabbed one of his shoes in its face and another one ketched him by the pants but he got the zoo, and he hol-| ered, say, you know them 3 alligat- ers i telephoned you about | well, you come and take them away and {i will give you 10 dollers 8o a feller come with a express wagon and about 20 feet of wire ;rope, and took them away #0 easy and if the feller that pawned them wants them back he will have to gO up to the z00 to get them, but mr, meyer is afrade he aint coming Johny | TAN [pants were afraid to move for fear [ROSE CITY WANTS, ltoward effecting a nolse-proof cele- jsadly, Cireutt THE “TANGO,” LATEST SOCIETY BALLROOM PAD. POSES ILLI LUTION OF THIS SUGGESTIVE DANCE. CHICAGO, Dee, 26.—To tango or} hot to tango is the question that is/ agitating Chicago society | It began at the bachelors’ ball| when two of Chicago's beef barons vty leaders of course erto when she disclosed her extremities, ered up her neck and shoul- Gers, and vice versa nether decided | shown she cov- Nig LT ee. GO GOES IN SOCIETY, BUT ' ON STAGE--MY GRACIOUS, No} ISTRATE ONE COMPLETE EVO. But he expressly insisted that the public should be told that the tang was not danced at the La Balle. The Argentina tango ig danced The Argentina tango has been|by the couple ing position for some of the cabaret/the waltz. . They start off with a to forbid such capers as the “bunny | shows, but the managers of musi-/demure two-step for five bare ang the “bear cat,” the “turk eal comedy will have none of {t./ th e one of those “I don't care” trot,” the “Barbary Coast Walk | Indeed, when the manager of “The| Eva Tanguay whirls for five bars, Back” and the “Argentina Tango.” | Enchantress” was asked for some lifting the feet at the end of each Nut they reckoned without their|of his chorus people to illustrate! bar in a kind of kick wives and daughte who had been taking private da ng lessons in the forbidden “tango” purposely for | this bail. And though the band played decorous waltzes and mod t two-afips, the women insisted | upon tangoing until the afore: beef berons marshalled their co-| horts and left the hall unusually With the skirts that A Gestive. Nover before has the young society woman consented to combine the revelations of the bathing beach with those of the formal ball gown. Hith- SAVED FROM AWFUL DEATHBY WHEELS OF AUTO. tight Suspended trestle aft tempting over the edi their automobile, in at to pass a buggy trestle, started to go over the side, | California eanght and awaits the but wae miraculously held by the back wheels by project ing beams, Mr. and Mrs. G. BE. Mer- influence with Governor Johnson of | their release, they cer and two smail Mre today are ahock Unable to see the buggy itn the darkness, Mercer, who was at the/ wheel, was forced to stop suddenly when nearly on top of the vehicle. The car skidded, crashed part way over the edge of the trestle and hung suspended there. The occu of dislodging the machine. A NOISE PROOF NEW YEAR’S PORTLAND, Or, Dec, 25.—The sane New Year's organtzation is today formed to effect, if posaible, ‘of noise by song on New Year's eve. The organization is made up of several prominent) members of the Commercial and Rotary clubs, and it ts stated that has already been subscribed the displacin bration, It is planned to engage the Gypsy Smith choir of 1,000 voices to sing to the accompaniment of an aug: | mented band. The choir will be asked to mix in a little of the lively music with | the anthems in order to appeal to/ as large a portion of the city’s fun- | making population as possible LAW NEEDS HIM — MORE THAN WIFE PORTLAND, Or, Dec, 25.—| Homer Baker, ex-convict, arrested | after robbing @ house and then “bar ricading himself behind his wife} and child when the officers came | for him, is today advised that his} intention to plead guilty may not) get him the suspended sentence desired, Despite the pleas of torney that his family needed him | Judge McGinn, can | see. but few mitigating circum: } stances in Baker's case. Baker's at-| A girl expects to be perfectly happy when married because she has had no experience, Interested “Are you Interested in the Turkish war?” “I should say Iam. One of the places mentioned in the dispatches yesterday is the town where our parlor rug came from.” First radium “bank” in the Unit- ed States and the second in the world is open at Grand Junetton, Colo. A piece of radium the size of a pin bead will buy a dozen of egEs. The way of the transgressor is well written up-—especially if the is feminine. The Turks assume an indifferent | sort of an attitude toward the out come. Turkish shrugs, perhaps, i he was told jthe La Salle opera house, con | | sented to pose Mias Allie Miller and | {Vincent Coleman to illustrate {t.| until the music stops. "| CHRIS Dy United Press Leased Wire }with age upon him, his eyelid drawn tight | over a hollow that had once held VANCOUVER, Wash. Dee. 26,—/his right eye, one arm gone, and a of a/picture of defection and despair, Lena and Miss Lillian Erick-|for the aged man son were rescued by pansersby and |roled about a year ago and since | recovering from severe! = ' Wanted—Furniture, Mat 6518, Modern Furniture Co, a this dance, he held up bis bands} When the whirls are finished in horror. jthere is a long slide (the couple “I would not have the public} who can make this slide longest think we dance the ‘tango’ in ‘The|are the most proficient), and the Enchantress * he “Put it is the craze In society,” said | man seizes the girl above the waist just as she seems to be falling over backwards in a kind of Ruth BE |Denis-Salome pose. As she comes jup from her backward dive, both |her arms twine convulsively about |the man’s neck. He takes another | grip about her waist, brings her view |lently to him, and they take four stage director of | long dips. Then they drop into the twostep in, and repeat this performance “Society may adopt a dance from San Francisco's siums if it wishes,” he said, “but a showman could not do it and expect society to attend his show and call it ‘classy.’” Charles Mast EVANS WANTS |i tse tas worked in a Ponaad A FULL PARDON "2% “ROUND ROBIN” FROM PRISONERS TO GOV. PHOENIX, Ariz, Dee. 2—A round robin signed by 111 convicts at the state penitentiary at Flop SALEM, Or, Deo. 26, prematurely ~Palzied creeping | *hristopher Evans, partner of the ence, is re on the |Sontag brothers ‘in a half dozen | desk Mt Tp PThe priacenee ically train hold-ups, today thanked the governor for his ef " decision of Governor forts in the interest of prison bet- West to his plea that he use his /terment, and declared that, upon children, and | California to secufe a full pardon | the world the svindour af ihe toaee a Evans was pa- system and other reforms intro duced at the prison PANTON & | oNooN Co. “The Economy Store” Second Ave., Between Spring and Seneca—Phone Main 6035 Thank You We wish to thank our many friends and patrons for their liberal patronage. We warmly appreciate your kind words and courtesies extended to our employes and the management during the rush hours of Holiday trade. ty the time another Christmas comes around we will have installed many new improvements and innovations that will make your shopping at this store a comfort and a pleasure. Wishing you all a merry Christmas, we beg to remain Yours truly, PANTON & LONDON CO. Red Letter Bargains For Thursday, Friday and Saturday LISTEN—Monday, December 30th, we start our second al nual White Sale. We need a lot of room in our Economy Base ment for the proper display and sale of white goods, and— Half Price Is the Price We Will Piace on ALL DRESSED DOLLS ALL TOY FURNITURE — tb BOOY DOLLS ALL HORSES AND WAGONS REE ORNAMENTS ALL MECHANICAL TOYS ALL RUBBER DOLLS ANB ALL CHILD'S TEA SETS RUBBER BALLS ALL TEDDY BEARS ALL ELECTRIC TRAINS AND ENGINES ALL STUFFED ANIMALS ALL GAMES | ALL MECHANICAL BOATS The Positively nothing in the shape of Holiday Toys reserved. original selling price is left on the goods, and you get them at Just HALF THE ARTICLE YOU WANT FOR NOTHING IF YOU FIND THE PRICE HAS BEEN TAMPERED WITH. PLEASE NOTE—There will be lots of other Bargains through out the store, on every floor. We will be cleaning up certain lines of merchandise at prices that will rush them out in a hurry,