The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 14, 1914, Page 2

T 1914. HELEN KELLER, IN ‘CELL OF DARKNESS, THRILLS AUDIENCE heard will, HE STAR—TUESDAY, APRIL 14, _ WHY DO PEOPLE BUY SHOES?—A DIALOGUE Question—What's the crowd for? Answer—That’s a shoe sale. Q.—Whaddayer mean? A.—They’re selling the V. & H. shoe stock. Q.—What for? A.—For the benefit of the creditors. Q.—But I thought the V. & H. Co. was all South-End Public Market In “Market Square” Third—Washington—Prefontaine—Yesler Served by All Car Lines should enjoy the frufte of hin la He cannot do that while few own the sources of and the workers When the audience applauded has and hands T hold out to | never never Though her “Oh, those ® own voice bor a the what you Helen Keller, at Moore wonderful said wealth she speaks It was a slow and groping start she made, years ago. For how was that sleeping mind to be | she paused and waited for silence. awakened? What messenger was I you hear the apy et to carry to it the story of life she was asked outside her prison You. I hear tt with my feet “The world ts full of miractes. Her fingertips carried the mes When at the end she was re You have only to look for them, | sage, breaking down little by lit- | called and presented with a huge and you will find them, | was | tle the barrier of black al bouquet of ro led in blind and now | see. | was d She } the three rs" with | their fragran and now | hear, | was dumb and | her fingertips, Her mind was “Do you scent the odor? now | speak. | see the stars of | starved There were no distrac “You; and I know the colors fire circting in the heavens, | | tions interruptions in her | too.” And to prove it, she #6 hear the voices of the birds and rid ted the red from the the brooke, | know the gran She of the mountains and the sea. And all these beautiful and won derful things have come to me through these two weak hands | which | hold out to you." Darknoss and silence Helen Keller about of black silence her soul lay a #pa fut, though b and her ears a and hears with Her hands! And the light that was kindled by her wonderful sense of feeling has flooded her prison and her free. She speaka! SEVEN KILLED IN - APARTMENT FIRE BOSTON, April 14.—Seven dead were accounted for, one was missing, and several were injured today by a fire which destroyed the fashionable Hotel Mel- |vin in the suburb of Allston. The building included 30 kitchenette apartments jand the occupants - bene — were yg in “4 |their rooms, so swiftly did the es spread. lone coer and te, 2 save any belonging A.—Crossett’s—none better. | MRS. E.G. DEMIS and her stater,| Q.—When does the store open? |MRS, F.C. BEHARRELL J. RAY- WILEY'S BABY LISPS IN TONGUE OF CICERO theatre last night, have come to How they whom I shall and sym worlds them! of you of your love me through speak to neve pathy! New Market Opening Surprising Success rhe belief which prompted the establishment of the South End Market more than justified, Thousands of people want it. The opening of the new market most surprising The attendance and business Thursday, Friday and Saturday ond our highest expectations. Most of our market dealers underestimated the demands that would be upon them at the beginning. Many lines were replenished several during Saturday, until the supply headquarters themselves were “sold or closed up All connected with the new market are deeply thankful for the sub- stantial appreciation thus shown by the people from the start for the con- venience we have established for them, and we pledge ourselves to con- tinue the efforts that shall be necessary to reach and maintain the highest po standard for the new market and its service No Dangerous Crossings Near Entrance For ladies, trading at this marketis attended with the utmost safety and comfort, for the reason that, while the market is so closely reached by every street car line of the city, all of the market entrances are from streets that are free from street car, automobile and other vehicle traffic of the con- gested crossings of the city. There are no crowded or dangerous crossings » be traveled in getting to the South End Public Market from any direction. You Are Sure of a Seat Home on Your Car Remember, please, that the South End Public Market, being virtually the hub of the “loop” of the city street car system, where the cars all start on their outward-bound trip, at the doors of the market, or, at the farthest, within three blocks on a grade level with the market entrance, you get into your car while it is yet uncrowded and obtain a seat, with your packages, all the way to your home. Market Open Until After 6 Remember, also, that the South End Public Market open after 6 o'clock on week days, to afford time for men and women working until 6, to stop, on their way home, to make the daily purchases for the home table. This will save many wives and mothers tiresome trips downtown, and save a little more time and money, too. no was a success t. A.—So did everybody else. Q.—What's the idea now? A.—To sell the shoes and get what money they can. Q.—Who's doing it? A.—A Mr. Brown has charge of the store. Q.—Are they selling shoes cheap? A.—You bet! Q—How cheap? 2 A.—Women who have small feet can get enough shoes to last five years for five dollars. Q.—On the level? A.—On the dead! Q.—When’s the sale end? A.—When the shoes run out? Q.—When’s the best time to go? A.—In the morning. Q.—Can I get waited on quickly? A.—You cannot—you'll have to wait your turn same’s anybody else. Q.—How long has this store been crowded like that? | A.—For two weeks. | Q.—When'’ll the crowd get smaller? A.—When the shoes are not to be had. Q.—Are there any men’s shoes? A.—Lots of ’em. Q.—How are they selling? w were be was graduated from the university, She took a degree, In sages acknowledged her erudition, and came to sit at the feot of this deaf, dumb and blind philosopher-poet And, finally, earned to speak They call her now “the most wonderful woman in the world many bilnd people audience. Many All, well or itl, | made time out” time In last night halt and lame 4 of her struggle triumph. Many wept openly and without restraint. One wo man fainted. . Miss Keller and her teacher Mra, Macy (Miss Anne M. Bulli Yan) will repeat at the Moore to night their demonstration of the miracle which made Helen Kel lor “the mont wonderful woman in the world.” and see her. Sheis worth your trouble. hedge In that cell min nd for sleeping oe blind, Keller was asked what favorit Bible, Mine wan her The pron What next?" Karl Marx.” "Why are you a socialist?" “Because 1 believe every man sible she answered 20,000 NAMES ‘ON PETITIONS FOR A RECALL The petitions Comminstoners for the recall of! Hamilton and | Knudsen will be delivered to Coun jty Auditor Phelps either Saturday or Monday, sccording to Thomas | A. Meade, who is tm charge of the recall campaign. “Indleattons today, “that approximately 20,000 names have been ‘secured. While | there are more signers to the Ham liton recall, Knudsen falls only little behind. We expect to bring our campaign to a close Saturday Campaign Cost $200 Meade says the campaign has j cost but $200, and will set a record) the least expensive campaign | ever waged in the «tate and the speediont. “Only last Thursday,” oeaid Meade, “Hamilton and Knudsen furnished further reason for their recall. At a special meeting, of which Commissioner McKenzie was not informed, they appointed) |three additional rhtof-way men }to qesint A. L. Rutherford and W H. Nelson, former county commis sioners, who have nothing to do themselves. i Nolce Gets a Job “And whom did they appoint? 1. 8, Nolce, of Georgetown, Hamil-| | ton’s protege, the undertaker who} jobtained that scandalous crema- |tory contract without bids was jone. 1 C Campbell was another, jand the third is A. BE Ruffner, a Ballard editor who ran for county commissioner himself two years ago. Their appointment — with | nothing to do—adds $375 a month to the county payroll, without| counting the cost of extra nuto- is are,” Mende enid) Please read the South End Public Market Specials to be found on the market page of The Star every day. NEW MARKET COMPANY Q.—Guess Ill go down tomorrow. " RD, , rn Ay SHACKPORD, AN UNIDENTIFT A.—Guess you'd better go early, or you'll (Woman MiSs IRENE HAZE w not get in. missing, and supposed to have per Q.— Where is the V. & H. shoe store, anyway? _|!she« Sercam Prein Baleosh A.—At 1208 Second Avenue, near the Savoy | yin sami eee ng jot the hotel, leaping from thelr beds, rushed to the stairways, they found escape already cat off by the Names. Screaming groups of them fonnd temporary refuge on the balconies overlooking the street. | Firemen reached many of them | with scaling ladders, but some were |too much excited to walt, and jumped Mrs. Robert Adams succeeded in sliding to safety from the fourth floor down a rope of twisted sheets, but Mrs. Bemis, making the same attempt, lost her hold, fell and was killed. Two hours after the flames had been extinguished firemen entering the bailding, found the Powers’ corpses on the fifth floor. Those of the other victims were =AMUSEMENTS MOORE—4 =: 4 CAPT: SCOTT TO ‘THE SOUTH POLE Graphic Lecture by CHAS. B. MANFORD | Prices 26¢ and S¢c Special prices [to al) students at schools or colleges; | Dest Bc seat at matiness, 260. All Next Week 27 | Matiness Wed and Sat | Reture by Popular Demand I MARGARET OH, GELLS! ALBINO WIG WITH BLACK GOWN! Writer of ETROPOLITAN All This Week Maurtes Campbell Presents A DOLLAR A YEAR HENRIETTA CROSMAN Certified Advertising BAN FRANCISCO, April 14.— For holding up and robbing Alfred were at; BECKER WILL === G0 TO CHAIR TOO, HE SAYS i fon the fourth. | NEW YORK, April 14.—District| The ions was $100,900. Attorney Whitman expressed the i | | } | S THEATRE z “THE AVENUE PLAYERS iar Rose st HIGH CLASS PRC OF QUALITY YT NIGHTS Mate and Opening 3 MATS ight, 2he LLINGTO | In Bayard Veiller’s World-Wide Triumph MADISON, Wis, April 13.—-Dr. J H. Wiley, apostle of pure-food re. form, believes in pure language as well as pure food. That's why Baby jopinion today that the statement! |“Dago” Frank Ctroficl, made just! | before his electrocution in Sing} | Sing prison Monday, will aid ma-| | tertally in reconvieting | murder of Herman Rosenthal, the a smoker, social and vaudeville en- Poites | tertatnment | Lieut. Becker at his coming second | 1616 Third av |trial on charge of instigating the) ™ Harvey Wiley lispa in the accents of Cloero and Virgil when he takes his daily walks with “Daddy.” “A| child should be raised on pure food,” sald Dr. Wiley to a Madison audt-| CAMELS MEET ‘The Camels of the World will give their club room on Thursday at & p A large class will be initiated at ence. That's why I'm teaching my boy Latin, even though he's only 2 years old mobiles.” BIRMINGHAM CELEBRATES BIRMINGHAM, Wash. April 14 | | | } } } PANTAGES DIVING GIRLS LASKY’S 6 HOBOES Lottie Mi and Her ‘Within the Law na Feast of Aquatics oaeat s ss Nights, 28¢ te $2.00; Mat Ww Dest 160 and 206 soate $1.00; Sat. Mat, 20 to $1.50. clergyman what she thinks of him. new management of George J. Mac- An enthusiastic meeting was ATTLE CONFERENCE | the terms of which Sturtevant, new | owner of the Birmingham farm _— @) Thom 11 a. m—Reception pro- | area, succeeded in having Hillman pay up all back taxes on the town | gressive headquarters, Boston block the thousands of jacres of adjoining rich farming 12 m—Lunch at the Rathe- keller. ing will have seate on| 1.14 cor auunetimen Hesketh.|' “Payment of theme taxes means City Health Commission. tat the much-needed addition to| 2 p. m—Meeting Mcliride. Mayor Thomas |th@ local schoolhouse will at once central committee, of Renton: Mayor 8 F | 2¢ built. Immediate work is now building. Bothell; Superintendent C, | °zPected On road improvements 4 p. m—Meeting of county | |p Charter Commiasionera |S? central committee, Rathskeller —_—— building. | 8 p. m—Mass Seattle Press club. ‘ciate’ ant J MONEY-SAVERS mer E. Todd and O. B. Thorgrim This week there are some Industrial Insurance Commis r John H. Walla Corpora mighty Interesting Furniture Bargains qwaiting the ” ae 4 “ Counsel James Bradford; The above is the program Af! county Troasurer Will H. Hanna; be sent o your he them od McCo Ol, ., fad ent ge He 5 ick. | County Commissioner David M¢ arias ar : | Kenzie; Connty Auditor Byron nois, who will be the chief speak-/ snator Dan Landon; Rep. AT POYNOR’S on the Plerce “Origin, Organization, and Object of the Progressive Party,” at Progressives Gather $50 the state | be at the Press club hw mie a oe | parts of the state are already here general public is invited, and at! sister and Ole Hanson, candidate $25 Oak Buffet Starting Mat. Wed. CAI I s | stories on the witness | stand at Becker's first trial | The district attorney added that} jhe did not intend to act against | Vallon, despite the dying man's [statement that he had been told| |he was one of the men who shot TO THE | Rosenthal. | Becker would not discuss the electrocution. He said he was too busy going through the evidence |in his case in search of everything that might help him when it comes HARLES B. | In several visits to her apart- kenzie, who has promised real the | ments he learns her true nature. He atrical treats at the playhouse. | prints a retraction of his criticism, To Florence Bell and Auda Due, |Gossip starts. It causes a quarrel the leading feminine roles are | between the minister and his young given. They portray Patricia and |sweetheart. The romance looks Nora O'Brien. More than one in gloomy, But with a woman's tact the audience was seen to brush | Miss Bartlett brings them together away the tears between gales of | again, laughter last night. The story tells | Miss Crosman is ever dominant the experiences of two sisters in and quite superb. the chorus, the younger one be- The part of the minister is capa- coming involved in all sorts of trou- bly done by Frank Gilmore. The ble before the happy ending is minor parts are admirably taken, | reached, Miss Crosman and her players will ns be at the Metropolitan through the | Buch a Foollsh Question week | “Tell me," he sighed—ten ma %) peautiful maiden, what ts tm your heart?” The wise U. of W. girl gave him a look of icy disdain and then vouchsafed the monosyllable —"Blood BALMACAAN COATS $8.75 to $12.50 Just 50 of these NEW Spring Coats offered for Wednesday's selling, so come early to avoid disap- pointment. Materials of cheviot, ratine, gambler. | “It was true,” Whitman remark-| ed, “that Cirofici sald: “So far as 1 |know, Becker had nothing to do/ | with this case.’ | the dying man’s state FOR SE ° But he pointed out that icts no essential part} Webber's and Harry/ Corkery of Spokane will| property and the progressive platform, | Landy | Griffiths ews. 8 Dobson | Woody of state Rathskeller eee e SEATTLE A brilliant entertainment fs on at/ |the Seattle theatre this week in| The Chorus Lady,” with the Ave- nue players at the helm. The show: is the first performance under the meeting at of this soft with taffeta the Marie The attractiveness gown of black tulle tunic is accentuated by Antoinette albino wig. The snow white of the hair and| the pinkiess of the wearer's shoulders against the black of the wn constitute a remarkable and a | striking contrast now | “ psentatives progressives Wednesday r, Dan Karle and F The big meeting of the day will| Bor Turkiat McCormick will speak en nee ’ |prominent bull moosers from. all to which the Rocker, THEATRES | METROPOLITAN TI ?) er at the state-wide conference of | Phelps Thomas F. Mur the} ¢ Chairman Slater of Jancheon tomorrow noon Jcommittes and a number of other Genuine Leath which Mayor Gill will preal | May for the senate; J. H. Taylor, Sen “Our National Honor” ator Phipps, Rep. Corkery, Arthur | MeCormick will speak on “Our Davis, Lloyd Gandy a ir. M National Honor and the Demo-| Goodwin, have Just completed“ cratic ty.” _Representative| two weeks’ successful organize tion tour through Douglas, Grant Chelan, Lincoln, and Adams coun thes. 27.50 Quartered inished fumed, now sieter . $2 Metal He flue cr green vent $1 +50 $12.00 Quartered P a graphic description of |shot and killed at Lemmon, 8. D. | Word has been received at the local office of the Great Northern the trip. | The bandit boarded a freight train at Harlowtown, Mont., and when| PRICES 50c,25c All Seats Reserved |today that a man believed to be | Berry. Matthews, one of the bandits jwho held up the Great Northern Special prices to all stu- dents at schools or col- | teges of 25c for the best Especially engaged to give |train near Bellingham February 20,| jand killed three passengers, was jhim, he drew his revolver and tried panion the bandit was then locked in the box car, and the authorities at Lemmon notified. " When the car was opened the of. ficers were greeted by a funillade of | shots. They returned fire, and! 50c seat, at all matine Seats Now Selling killed Matthews, He’LE THINK IT OVER OLYMPIA, April 14.—State Sen. ator Arthur Gunn of Wenatchee, one of the met Rppointed regent of the state college at Pullman by Act ing Governor Hart, has asked for more time to consider acceptance. | | [the conductor attempted to eject Z |to shoot him. Together with a com-| | Letters Glasses fitted as low as $2.50 Curry Optical Co. Third Floor, 3064-66 Arcade Bidg SS NEW YORK, April 14.—Offictals |of the Museum of Natnral History | | are pondering over the problem as | j}to how they shall answer a letter | from a Texas woman who offers | the “fossilized” body of her hus-| band for sale He was no good to me when alive and I thought 1 might make something out of him as a fossil What will you give for him?" tn | the gist of her letter This is the first husband who ever appeared in the fossil market Eye-Strain Headaches running consult blurring or hould to her us EYESIGHT SPECIALISTS ‘law brought fine of $5,400 on peka & Santa Fe Railway Co, T Bring This Ad With You " ataeeiindiiaeaamuniaeantinaemmaman te einen |S. H. POYNOR Violations of 8-hour and 16-hour| MAIN 9400 today, for by to- m te * Henrietta ,~ Crosman, as “Jane the grand opera singer, in he Tongues of Men, jeasily won over the ye audience mirror, now at the Metropolitan last night “The Tongues of Men” is a sim ple little story of a sincere young 9.00 “HH $ bi clergyman who thought he knew a| }lot more of the world than he really ror vusmp | Baia © IN GOOD | His knowledge up to the time he met Miss Jane Bartlett consisted lehiefly of information gained in his jlibrary in the perusal of books and newspapers, | The Rey, Penfield Sturgis, forti fied by this knowledge, preached a stirring sermon against the opera and verbally scourged Miss Bartlett ~|for the part she took, assuming that Phone your WANT AD to @very actress is the same in char acter as the types she portrays on the stage. The grand opera singer | be yes-jis in the audience and takes occa-| sion to teil the astonished young Oak Finish Dresser, with CASH PAID 21 FOURTH AVE o) me. ween Pike ©. jorrow rday. today will Today Siyles Today Bedford and Novelty mate- rials, in black and white check, red, green, Copen, etc, Raglan shoulders— belted and plain backs. Some have red or white collars and cuffs. They're awfully swagger. Drop in and see them. ON CREDIT, TOO A small payment down ts all that is necessary—the balance on easy payment’ Cire: 1332-34 Second Av. & 211 Union St.