The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 25, 1912, Page 8

i Be sure to do your New Vear’s resolving early. | _THE SEATTLE STAR SWEATSHOP BABIES’ BACKS AND SOULS BROKEN MAKING NATION’S XMAS GIFTS} NEW YORK, Dec. 17--The | Christmas presents that bring| joy to your home this holiday sea. | son may have come from the sweat-| shops of New York city, And into them may have gone the health and happiness of little children. New York is awakening to the fact that its boasted prosperity ts | buikt on the crushed bodies and souls of babies. The shameful story has just been told to the state factory investigating comm!s ston. Said Rose, 3 years old: know how long I's bee Ever since | wuz, | g Said Angelina, 6 y: never play on the stre times in the hall, My fat licks me if | don't work.” Said Giovanna, 8 years old: get up 5 o'clock In the morning. Then | work with mother. At 9 o'clock | go to school. | have no time to play. | must work by feathers. | go to bed at 10 o'clock. A straight-forward littl woman named Miss Elizabeth C. Watson is responsible for the revelation. | She, by herself, has been going about for over a year, up and down “the great East Side,” climo-ng winding, rickety stairs, braving cadets and gunmen and studying “homes.” And, as a result, she is crying out | sHeLLING PECANS. that— | | “1 don't | working. | old: “t} , but some- | ir, he} ABOVE © ov THE INTRANAT OVAL Kae @8RGMO A TENEMENT FAMILY |- ALL BUT THE YOUNGEST BABY AT WORK, SEWING BEDROOM SLIPPERS BELOW, BABIES “There is mot a single HOME| many and many a Christmas pres-|cial flowers that are worn. among all the ‘homes’ I've visited!” | ont you buy is made by these little “Every home,” she says, just i me haw Christ « &@ seething, smelling, diseased | ers Who have no Christmas @weatshop—a horrible prison of Rosas, Angelinas, Giovannes—BA- BIES! “There is scarcely one of your beautiful stores along Fifth ay. that does not sell goods that these poor women and children are not exploited to produce,” declared your own little chil- Miss Watson.. “YOUR CITY IS! dren on Christmas. BUILT ON THEIR BACKS! And They make nearly all the artifi- cigarets that you smoke. i the nuts that you nd cakes of. e chiffon slips “French” “ [CHRISTMAS WITH DEATH TO PRESIDENT-ELECT. |__ PRINCETON, N. J., Hundreds of from all parts o ed in on Presidente Woodrow EVERY REBEL,” MADERO’S PLAN 302», sais, soe spent the EL PASO, Tex., Dec. 25.—Death his family to every rebel captured and de struction to every town harboring rebels, is the plan of President Francisco 1. Madero to wipe out the revolution, according to infor. mation obtained today from official SOME of the exploited mines now sources in Juarez. Every man hay- in the courts dug their only shafts ing a gun, that can be pressed in-|in Wall street to service, will be used. ady 3,000 feder: ing against the rebel of western Chihuahua, and 3,000 more will be put in the field at once. Federal officials at Juarez THE woman's suffrage party, frankly admitted they have teen/lieving consistency is a jewel, in ordered to devastate the land planning, on the night of December wherein the rebels operate. | 31, to talk the old year out NEW YORK swiss cLUB | —" banquet and nobody yod- elled. Dee. as presents ntry pour MORE baby carriages have been sold this year than ever before. TWENTY-SEVEN hunters and 15,000 deer w killed in New England thi: n. WOMAN one hundred years old in British Columbia won several prizes for fancy work. THIS year’s consumption of sugar; NEW JERSEY widow who mar- fn the United States will total ried a widower, both having chil- $40,000,000. ren, has sued for separate main- They crochet e | keep your feet warm. - warm woolen They roll “the best brands” ots che and cape and mittens thet They kni you wear. it the slippers to And the worst of it all is, THEY THE ORD! VALUE OF WHAT THEY po! This largely explained. Watson adrane |DO NOT BEGIN TO GE NARY COM) ie system” mong these workers. tenance. steaks unfairly true, becaure flourishes i EN AL as Mise th She says he carved the AN OLD song just revived is entitled “Peeping Through the Knot-Hole in Papa's Leg.” Wooden BECAUSE HIS house was robbed of $87, a Middletown tried to com make good iN nmit suicide. man He didn't | IBAAC S. HELIER of New York spent three days at Hot Springs, vt, tracing a tooth brush he had left in a Pullman car. MODERN Frederick & Nelson’s Twenty-Eighth Semi-Annual SALE 0 F FURNITUR Begins Tomorrow Morning, At 8:30 THIRD AND FOURTH FLOORS. elegantly furntahed lecuting attorney was handed in to | Prosecuting Attorney jor Skagway i# as much aa it is to! | Commerce |resident of Seattle since 1889, oc | Fairview ay YOU'LL FIND IT HERE News of the Day Condensed for Busy People WATER WILL be shut off Thurs day from 9 until 6 on 1, Madinon, from Sand av, to the lake, east of 88rd av. N. and north of Mast Mercer at Bubsoribers to The Seattle Htar will confer 4 favor by notifying of any Pall PORTLAND. MI8S, Eleanor Moore, daughter of an Alaska mine owner, was married Tuesday to T. | M. Jordan, freight agent of the Chicago & Northwestern railroad any attemp other paper t t in the management to all attention. . to arrive any nig y o'clock, kindly phone this office at once, Main’ 9400, Ask far the Ciroulation Department STEAMSHIP son, of the Alaska P ship Co, was decked in Chortstesas evergreen and bunting when she left the Grand Trunk Pacifle dork ‘Tuesday afternoon. There will be a big Christmas feast at sea today RESIGNATION of Mon Ingersoll as deputy: pros THE mouth H John FF. Mar Tuesday, te © effect re phy Tuesday, t et Jan DR. JOHN W le coming to Beattle HAMAN, Ph. D from Chippe | the pastorate Presbyterian JOHN ADAMS was arrested L Tuesday charged with accepting 4) ¥* Falls to assume d to BE. M, Taylor jor the Lake Union er addre | chureh | iG ® rate to Junea omen CHARGING THE rate to Junes wikis! ea aieemnco ea wi ing fattened for a cannibal fenst in Buenos Aires, Guy De Villepton om caped after many adventures Washington, D, ©, the Chamber of | has filed a protest against the parcel post rates DEATH Ox Mra. O. J, Wallace. NOT MANY records come from Ashtabula, O., but a young curred Tuesday at her bome, 614 home at 4.30 p. m. ed from her husband at p.m. all on the same day. NEWTON JOHNS, the negro bootbiack, who saved 10 lives when the slip at the Colman dock broke | last May, may get a Carnegie mod.) al. A spectal representative of the Carnegie Hero Medal Fund Commis sion will be in Seattle the first of the year to investigate his cane, | The rescuce made by Johns attract ed much attention and @ public sub scription was taken for him IT 18 not exactly a high cost of living, but Rattlesnake pol son has increased In price from $2 to $5 an ounce. on each to pro |" A POLICEMAN rid jetreet car in Los Ang tect 1t againat holdup COUNTY COMMISSIONERS yes | |terday purchased rightof-way for! the Lake Washington canal near) }the Bolcom mills for $13,600 | car struck & F.| Tuesday, | and bad) urred at PHINNEY AV Cleveland, 422 N PORTLAND, OR.—Two thousand dollars in money bas today ali be Christmas baskets by 3 Charities and in be- | ing distributed by many willing) | hands NORTH YAKIMA—Stores wist | Jing to give trading stamps must} THEODORE T. LEMAN, hereafter pay $100 for a license chant tail in the EB ing. ga each of his ¢ sult pattern for a Christmas gift mer bulld oyes a| KE. BE. BRINKLEY waa fined $50 for shooting Chinese pheasants tn} SPOKANE.—-8. J. Appleman of Newport, legislator-elect f @Orellle county, died Tue ter an operation | GOLD HEELS for women's shoes is the latest Paris fad. THREE square feet of plxskin was crafted on the chest and shoul der of a man in Middl || was burned in an exploision DAT AIN'T PRUCH ) WHEN YOU CON, SWOER DAT I | C HAVE TER Divvy ue T wronkte one A SUFFRAGETTE made a ‘ voiceless speech in Fifth ave nue, New York. Last | ‘ IN PHILADELPHIA a burglar & man's throat for 38 cents. In mn thief It his pipe with a 5 note taken from his victim PORTLAND.—CONVICTED aa a} |member of the alleged vice #ymdi-| je E. B. Wedemeler was men-| jtenced to a term of from one to | on " inal " SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF CHRIST 18,—JESUS IN GETHSEMANE. (Reverently portrayed on the exact spot where it took place nineteen hundred years ago—a part of the elaborate and costly moving picture production of the Kalem company, to be first shown at Christmas time.) EMPEROR WILLIAM of Ger many has had a moving picture theater installed in his palace at Pottedam. And he was withdrawn from them about a stone’s cas H\ and kneeled down and prayed, saying, Father, if Thou be will- |] ing, remove thls cup from me; nevertheless, not my will but | Thine, be done.-—Luke xxii 41-42, (The editor suggests that these pictures will prove of permanent interest, especially to children..e CUT THEM OUT and SAVE THEM if you miss any picture, back imumbers of The Star may be secured at this office.) . $23.75. ||| $26.85. | $39.00. Snohomish county i} \}] $23.75. own, O., who|ff Only six more days in which to do your Proposing, FREDERICK & NELSON'S ANNUAL CLEARANCE SALE OF WOMEN’S AND CHILDREN’S READY-TO-WEAR GARMENTS|| Including Gowns, Wraps, Suits, Coats, Waists, Petticoats, Skirts and Furs TAILORED SUITS— 48 Suits reduced to } 812.45. 29 «= Suits $16.75. 57 reduced to Suits reduced to | $19.50. 42 Suits reduced to TAILORED AND DEMI- TRIMMED SUITS— 43 Suite = reduced 32 Suits $33.50. 37 Suits reduced reduced 14 Suits reduced | $49.00. STREET DRESSES— 27 ~Dresses $12.75. 14 Dresses $15.65. reduced reduced Dresses reduced | $19.50. 49 Dresses reduced to AFTERNOON AND PARTY DRESSES— 42 Dresses $28.75. 11 Dresses $34.50. 17 Dresses $39.00. 14 Dresses $44.75. reduced reduced to reduced AFTERNOON AND) EVENING COATS— 18 Coats $19.00. 4 Coats reduced to reduced to | $24.50. 17 Coats $29.00, 5 Coats $39.00. reduced to reduced to to | ‘|MOTOR AND STORM | coats— In the Following Lots: TION WRAPS— 2 Wraps $44.50. 9 Wraps | $49.00. 4 Wraps | $65.00. | | 9 Wraps | $78.50. |AFTERNOON AND EVENING GOWNS— 17. Gowns reduced | $49.00. | “row w AND RECEP- iced = to | | | reduced reduced 50. 4 Gowns | $72.50. 3 Evening Gowns reduced $79.00. reduced to | | | | | Gowns | | | te 5 Evening Gowns reduce |to $95.00. | STREET COATS— | 16 Coats | $13.75. | 12 Coats | $17.25. reduced reduced |} 20 Coats | $22.75. } 16 Coats | $29.00. reduced reduced | 21 Coats reduced | $33.75. | bom | $39.00. ' |} 6 Coats | | $45.00. | SWEATER COATS— Coats reduced to | reduced tc 20 Sweater Coats reduced reduced 29 Sweater Coats to $3.75. WOMEN'S SEPARATE SKIRTS— 21 Skirts reduced to $3.85. 41 Skirts reduced to $5.75. 1 to $2.75. | 67 Skirts r o | $49.00, FUR COATS— 3 Coats $29.00. 4 Coats $34.50. 3 Coats reduced reduced reduced | $42.50. 5 Coats reduced Coats reduced reduced reduced reduced TAILORED WAISTS— 70 Flannel and Madras | Waists reduced to 95¢. 50 Flannel and Linen | Waists reduced to $1.95, 35 Flannel and Linen | Waists reduced to $2.50, 13 Blazer and Wool Shirts reduced to $2.95, | SILK AND CHIFFON WAISTS— 160 Waists reduced to | $3.75. 105 Waists reduced to $4.85. 30 Waists $6.50. 40 Waists reduced to $8.50 and $11.75. TAFFETA AND MESSA- LINE PETTICOATS— 90 Petticoats reduced to $2.85. 53 Petticoats $3.85. 18 Petticoats $4.35. 16 Petticoats $4.85. reduced to reduced to reduced to reduced to ed to $6.95. iced to $7.75. Children’s Wear Clearance CHILDREN’S WOOL DRESSES— 41 Dresses reduced to $2. 67 Dresses reduced to $3.75. 44 Dresses reduced to $5.85. 75. | CHILDREN’S COATS— 9 Coats reduced to $4.95. 10 Coats reduced to $6.50. 20 Coats reduced to 41 Coats reduced to $10.75. $8.25. MIDDY BLOUSES—SWEATERS—SUITS 38 Middy Blouses reduced to $1.35. | 9 Misses’ and Children’s Coats reduced | to $14.50 and $18.50. | $7.95. 57 Middy Blouses reduced to $1.85 15 Misses’ and Juniors’ Suits reduced * 29 Children’s Sweaters reduced to $2.65. Basement Salesroom: Clearance STREET COATS— 25 Coats $8.95. 20 Coats $11.75. reduced to reduced to DRESSES— 60 Serge Dresses reduced to $4.95. 35 Charmeuse and Serge Dresses reduced to $7.65. 31. Eponge, Eolienne and Serge Dresses reduced to $9.85. . TAILORED SUITS— 42 Suits $6.85. 51 $9.85. reduced to Suits reduced to | MISSES’ AND CHIL- DREN'S DRESSES— 31 Worsted Dresses duced to $1.35. 96 Wool Dresses reduced | to $1.95. 110 Percale Dresses duced to 45¢. | | } | re- | | 65 Percale Dresses duced to 85¢. re- | Waists 1 WOMEN’S SILK PETTI- COATS— ; 175 Taffeta and Messaline Petticoats reduced to $1.95: 60 Tafitea and Messaline Petticoats reduced to $2.35» WOMEN’S WAISTS— 120 Lawn Waists redu to 45¢. 93 Lawn and _Linene 75 Lawn Waists reduced to 25 Silk and __ Chiffon Waists reduced to $2.75 120 Silk and Chiffon Waists reduced to 93.45.