The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 16, 1914, Page 11

EIEN ide SEE ES ES Re aa = CREE THE STAR—SATURDAY, MAY 16, 1914, e matterof-fact as a car ride in Se) “midnight sun” game is called attle) | before packed bleachers, at the Different In Summer. stroke of 12, June 21, Ten the ways of the Alaskans in the! this custom was begun, and winter, But not so fn the sum-| never yet has darkness de- wer, when the Declaration of In scended before the last inning l dependence | gotten out, dusted has been cheered into hist y as a and entrusted to the town orator by the peanut-munching fans, when firecrackers spit and sputter Women at Smokers, d { en a and when a linen replica of Old| They hold amokera in jlory awarded to the young/and invite the ladies. And Time Is Declared Alaskans, socially, are a gay, carefree lot The proverbial hospitality of the South is theirs, and theirs, too, the big-hearted, open ways the West. Gen erosity of a sort known only in countries like Alaska, where all things and all people are on the large order, is marked in the North. And with it goes a happy spirit of friendliness and good will that is delightful and refreshing When Alaska decides to take a day off there’s merry- making in store for all hands The love of fun is the same in Seattle and Honolulu;) nor does it bubble less joyfully at Skagway than in New, York—for wherever go the mothers and sisters there also} will be discovered the round of afternoon calls, sewing clubs, card parties, all the latest hops, skips and jumps of the ball room, and even the old story whispered in a ham mock for two, swinging under leafy branches with the moon light almost, but not quite, hidden Because men and women, ta the new styles and Ideas far and wide, are the same through- While Father Pays. out the civilized world, the buai-| Father will be in evidence tn a ness of fun making ts practically | soliloquy as he ts confronted with identical in the Arctic Circle with | bills for elaborate pieces of millt that tn the tropics. nery art, sold fresh from the Really Little Difference. fashion centers to the feminine The only difference between go | members of the family ing to the Sourdough Ball at| And sister, with her diversified Nome and attending the Aloha | interests, her pretty clothes and! Frolic at Honolulu {is that in the will be mnd fully as} latter case you deck yourself out in the Tanana valley} | as the sisters of southern climes nor will she tease less ruthlessly her brother mooning gloomily over in white flannels, shelter your head in a Panama, and glide to the scene of festivities in a catamaran, or spin along evenues of pineapple his first love, or minister with trees {n an automobile; while in|less love to his wants than her the former you muffle yourself in| kind elsewhere. a thick armor of furs and go Winter Fun. bobbing over a frozen trail In a} Yet the would-be reveler from the “Outside,” be he of southern birth, or even a native Seattlelte, will find the Alaskan's winter rec sled, racing at the heels of a dox team beneath cold, glittering stars | All the Frivolities. Americans in Cairo or Fair-|reations, In many instances, brand banks must have thelr smokers,| new experte But if he halle their dances, socials and recep-|from Montreal, for instance, he| tions, just as the Englishman believe himself suddenly at bom again. All sorts of ice sports figure in| the round of winter pastimes for the northerners. Ski contests are rendered famous by the feats of| bardy sons of Norway and Sweden, | recklemly daring death and per. though he roams the world over must have his “tub,” and that is} why in Alaska you will find all, or nearly all, the frivolities, the pastimes and foolish ways of per. suading Father Time to throw on the high gear that tickles the ribs of other parts of the world. forming thrilling leaps and plunges | There, too, you will find “Moth-/that send cold creepings down the er” worrying and fretting over the | spines of spectators. cunning ways of the dressmakers,| And then there are hockey skilled craftswomen who ply their|matches-——flerce, swift games needles in the north at a profit/these northerners play—curling, that enables them to visit New/skating parties, and sleigh rides York now and then for a sight of (though the latter are about as General ras “Sito resas ea] orthland Steamship Company S. S. Northland | .. 5.5. Alki .. | Operating to all points in S. E. Alaska, in- cluding the only direct service to the west coast of Prince of Wales Island. Tenderfoot Quickly Forgets He Is Far From Home and Mother Under Gay Influence of ore Social Life Hers and impromptu exploring }plente parties to the inlets, famed for thelr beauty, serve to enter tain the hordes of tourieta that levery year throw themselves upon |the capital's wondrous hospitality Juneau proudly and confidently |christened one of her knolis as }Capitol Hill, 20 years ago, long be |fore anybody (but Juneau folks) Alaska | knew that the town would become the| the permanent seat of Alaska’s too sick to work are killed by oth. er members of the tribe | swear at the steamboat company? These tragedies of the North are “We found that the Eskimos|no mere supposition. They have around St. Lawrence bay and East | occurred often on the Yukon, for Cape hav no knowledge of reli. occasionally they don't have time letter in Alaska. jeliver a gion whatey to MAIN 2501 RES. EAST 2464 Too Homely for Picture Philip Tworoger Attorney at Law Ambulance Chasing Not Encouraged—Divorces Discourged. Seattle Room 101 Triangle Bidg. The J. J. Kelley’s Special THE WORLD'S FINEST BOURBON WHISKEY Bottled in Bond Used by Railway and Steam- ship Companies the world over for Buffet service. The Whiskey that appeals to particular people. $1.25 Per Full Quart. J. J. KELLEY’S Family Liquor Store A Store Where Ladies Can Trade. 1315 FIRST -AVENUE Phone Main 2838 WM. UDER Beacon 1673 PHONE Main 2906 Photo by Curus & Miller, Paseenger steamer Al-Ki sails from Seattle every twelve days. Steamer Northland every fifteen days. At the top, ballroom scene at Wrangel; dance given In honor of members of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce excursion party. In the center, interior of the Antlers’ ciub, Nome. This club is made up of members of many clubs on the At bottom, public library at Fairbanks, This library |e patronized by booklovers of the Tanana metropolis, sourdough first acrom the finish ;ladies go, too! But they let the| government. Nne with a good old Irish tuber|men do the smoking. Fraternal Orders. rolling before him. |. Juneau, Alaska’s capital, is) Fraternal orders, clubs and so- Everybody in Alaska, from | blessed, with a balmy, Puget Sound | cial organizations of all sorts, im- plebelan to plutocrat, gets out on|climate and a light-hearted popu-| ported from the “Outside,” are of the patrons! Unless it be street cars, is little you can name of the ne of civilization that Alaskans dc have—and, anyway, Round trip sailings, including berth and meals, $38.00. This company is owned and con- trolled in Alaska and by Alaskans and able to give a very satisfactory and con- | when the Fourth of July comes, and the street and hurrahs for Mberty lation, a combination that pro-| scattered throughout Alaska and duces a whirl of social events hard | jare growing repidly. Presenting | to equal. The governor's mansion |the rough, picturesque exteriors of dogs anxious to be off, ahead o on that day only one sorrow rests | good sled? there eds on't who wants a street car when there's a team of fa {in the hearts of the young folks.|is the scene of many a frolic and|the north, the homes in which| Anybody who thinks he’s going, Though they wall their eyes out | reception, while coming out partes | these orders are housed bear the|to isolate himself when he goes the sun will not set long enough and crocheting clubs ebb and flow |the comforts and luxuries of mild: | to tive in Alaska is mistaken. The for a fireworks diaplay through the residences of the well-|er climes within. “tenderfoot” forgets he is far from The great American game of to-do, of which there are many in| Thoroughly modern schools and|home and mother when under the baseball made pres |the town, industrial institutions, churches of | cheerful influence of the soclalable | Fairbanks when ever |_In summer, denominations _and_ nation: | CALIFORNIA 201-203 OCCIDENTAL AVENUE venient service to both shipper and con- signee. CAPTAIN STRETCH HAS FINE IDEA IN HIS DIRECTORY STUNT The butcher, the baker and Capt. Stretch has outlined an al- » The statistics he has gleaned to | brethren of the candlestick maker | Phabetios at ‘ey ee erent, show five taflors “dolling pro! sions rade organi: m » > ef O an ply their trades and are prosperous | i eon FA age res jedan i” the * dep Siege et on aa | in Alaska to learn dofinitely Just how many) gel, one at Douglas, two at Cor And working with them are|of each there are in every town! dova, and one at Seward. |music sellers and iron workers, | Of the north Skating Rinks. St hi C |Journaliets and plumbers, survey:| | He Hae His rou letag hin| There 1s one skating rink at ea s 1p 0) pany lors pe tinfitters, ‘ohee yah and | troubles, Ketchikan, one at Wrangel, one at and coffee merchants, not to Ho can't get them all to “kick | Petersburg, one at Juneau and two Elliott 2661. mention physicians, photographers, | through.” at. Cordova. pool room men, printers, assayers, barbers, cleaners, blackemiths and lcoal dealers, besides a host of j others, A Good Plan | Capt. R. H. Stretch, at the Alas. }ka bureau of the New Seattle Chamber of Commerce, 1% compitl ling a table of different trades and | Hnes of business pursued In Alaska and when he completes it he will have a document of great assist ance to the man planning a bust ness invasion of the north country. | PIER 4 2 pss Seattle, Wn. | There are certain skeletons the Httle cities desire to keep closely locked in their family closets, ey don't propose to have them for the vor’ eadifteatior “One town, for Instance, passed serenely over the space reserved |for undertakers. Can't Foo! Captain. “Now, I know for a fact that this town has two undertakers!” declared the would-be compiler. However, he says he'll keep at it until he has the thing complete. | at Ketchikan also has two dress- makers, Wrangel three, Cordova one and one at Valdez, Clubs of various sorts thrive to the number of four at Wrangel, two at Petersburg, one at Cordova seven at Douglas, three at Cordova, four at Valdez, four at Sitka and four at Fairbanks, Of the churches there are three Ketchikan, three at Wrangel, one at Petersburg, seven at Juneau, three at Cordova, four at Valdez, HEADQUARTERS FOR ALASKANS four at Sitka and four at Fatr. banks, } vate tar atetiawres oot wor HT SEATTLE, WASHINGTON |far it shows two at Ketchikan, two at Wrangel, one Petersburg, two at Juneau, one at Douglas, one at} ordova, one at Sitka, | one Seward and one at Fairbanks, Unless it be an aeroplane fac- tory, there's nothing the northern towns haven't been asked to men- | tion, For under the table heading the eye roves over paint shops, restaur ants, real estate, shoe repatrs, sec- Jond-hand. stor schools, saloons, sawmills, telephone systems, water at GUS CARLSON NELS NELSON MINNESOTA BAR & CAFE Phone Elliott 2708 J works, auto supplies, banks, books and stationery, baths, bowling al 6 : . |leys. brewerles, bottling works, | Fine Liquors and Cigars Jeonstruction companies, carpenter | shops, candy stores, cigar stores|# 20114 Occidental Ave. and factories and cold iiaidawal oad plants, Strange, often horrible, customs, Supposing you were a lonely jatiil’ prevail in the half-barbarous | prospector, far up on the Yukon. |tribes of Eskimos in the Arctic| Supposing you were hungering circle for the loved ones at home, ‘way That they share Theodore Roose-| back in the States velt’s theories on race suicide only Supposing your heart leaped as to a certain extent was discovered you saw a cloud of smoke dowm the last year by Capt. O. A. Aannevik,| river, saw a big stern-wheel steam who had charge of the wairus|er wheeze into view and puff to” hunting schooner Kit, and who the wards you a other day left Seattle in charge Just Suppose . of an extended trading expedition, ana the pose, the boat jto the North w n too great a hurry to stop, Tattoo Cheeks but that it had on board a letter | “I noticed that er of ¢ from those loved ones, from whom Eskimo hunters had a | tattoo | you | t heard for many months mark on their cheeks, and, after |—a t somehow you knew ft, much questioning, I finally found And that they tied your mail out what it meant 1 Capt.| around a stick and threw ft over-* Aannevih They told me that} boar ping in a careless sort of after an Eskimo family ha W t it would float ashore, to six persons the last one is Would You Cry? tattooed so that other members ¢ as 1 watched, the the tribe will know that th current. carried -46 Tana of the family can au i h : bs Min thot m unt bearing the tender be ‘i o n . hat are) m ge fro ur ¥ and babies, with it beea sere speck, then dis- Kill Old Folks. | appear “Old people who have no one Wouldn't the big tears be on to support them and those who are| your cheeks and wouldn't you © Tes A ta RE ae er ae