The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 27, 1914, Page 4

"BsSS HAGGIS IS AN OLD CHUM or MING, ITXC JUST STOP WITH HSR UNTIL MY AND I THOUGH FOLKS come | I'D RUN OVER BACK HOMG, HERE AND“ Dillpickles | In Oh, Well, the ' Groom Won’t Mind A | . 4Reei | ‘Screecher’ | Film The Wisdom of Willum | THE DOCTOR OUGHT TO SPLIT IT / PLEASE, 1 wouLT UKE Te SPEAK TO DER DOCTOR WHO 183 ATTENDING ADOLPN BIGOLLY IF A FELLER '§ SQUARE IT (S ERSY TO PUT OP WITH HIS SHARP CORNERS ! I wonder !f all these politicians appreciate the fact that we are go- ) ing to have a hard winter. They had better look for a job now in- of after election. There is to be some rush. cH “ow Newsrarens | Service of the United Press Association. Entered at Seattic, Wash. Postoffice as Second-Class Matter. | | By mail. out of city, 35 per mon. up to six mos.; six mos. $1.50; 92.25.) By carrier, city, 250 « month. i blishing Co. Phone. Main 9400, Prive: S0od to cer A Gane OF Coup.e } { Vablished Dally by T — ONG REMNAN ¥ x ’When Fleet Meets Fleet } IT two well-matched man in a ring and, barring luck, the} one wins who has the best wind. Be By luck we mean a chance blow or a slip. With battling nations the determin! ctor is food; for, “as Napoleon said. armies crawl on their bellies. } -- _ The side which gets hungry soonest is the side that first) | Thus far the German advance has swept Belgium into a} “comer and made big inroads into the defenses of the allies. It may land a knock-out; but, unless it shall do so soon, a test of Sea power is bound to be sought; for it is by sea that Europe | must be fed / bi Thus far England’s supremacy at sea has gone without ‘challenge. It enabled her swiftly to capture or tie up most} ot Germany’s merchant marine and, unhindered, to throw Jacross the channel a part of her army. It leaves her own} _ Ymerchant ships largely free to ply the seas | {Strategically this means that Germany must feed on her Vfood reserves and on what she can capture on land while} | England and France draw their food supply from all nations} with a surplus to sell. | = Odds thus unequal Germany can ‘the war ‘shall be prolonged it is plain seek a test on the ocean So don't.be surprised to read any day of a sea fight that will make all previous naval battles look puny in comparison. | s face for a time; but if} that she must one day] War is the foulest fiend that ever vomited forth from the ~mouth of hell—Jean Jacques. | _ One-Year Enlistments | S OME TIME ago the secretary of war caused a bill to be} ve introduced in congress reducing to a year the period of | enlistment in our regular army | It hangs fire, but it should be passed. | At a glance you can see how important, this bill is right Tpaiy SPROUTS FROM THE | HIGHBROW ° now Ad In a year & raw recruit can be made over into an effi-|@ porn 4 ‘cient soldier would still be a trained reserve in case of need. ers In effect, while n6t increasing the cost of our military | Times are certainly bad when machine, it would come pretty close to multiplying its ef-|tney pull this stuff: qfectiveness by five, should we suddenly have to face a big halo yes preeee help @ poor ewar, for it would permit the training of five times as many cripples Seat asin enced: men in soldiery as we can now train under five-year en-|the deuce are you crippled?” listments. “Financially, kind sir.” The bill also provides that as each man shall receive an petted honorable discharge from the army he will agree to keep headquarters informed of his future whereapouts, so that he can be sent for quickly if needed Our near escape from having to invade Mexico, so swift- ly followed by the upflare in Europg, need not make us| warlike, but it should teach us to be ready. Many _ breach-of-promise ing suit. how IN TRAINING ° : ” Give City “Common User UDGES CUSHMAN AND NETERER of the federal court hold that the Seattle, Renton & Southern Co. has a valid franchise If that’s the case, then let us make the company give : ia the municipal railway the privilege of running cars on Fourth av., as provided by the “common user” clause in the franchise 4 Surely, to use the judges’ remarks with reference to the city, the company “cannot blow hot and cold” at the same time. If its franchise is valid, it must live up to the “com-| f % mon user” clause. P WOW! WHAT a standpat defeat In California! There seeme to be so many bull moosers down there they even captured republican and democratic nominations. “1 think suffraget strike.” “Have you had any experience?” “Yes; I'm just back from a sum | mer hotel.” eee Renseured a rival In the cop who pinched a woman| Guzzley had returned from an al- icion that} one of them stole a cucumber.| coholic vacation. On his desk lay re, it seems. ja blue envelope, The contents | were characteristic of envelopes of |that shade. Guzzley went indig I'll become a and go on @ militant hunger DOC RICHARDSON ha and two babies on the su: There's competition everyw! SCHOOL WILL open again Tuesday. In the meantime the kids ere putting up a Potlatch show at Collins’ playfield that makes tem | nantly to the boas and demanded: | “How did this happen ing me?” “It didn’t happen,” calmly re plied the boss, “It was not an ac eidental discharge. 1 knew all the time you were loaded,.”-—Peorta Journal, mous’ Sie: gil sit up and take notice. your fir HOUGEN THE SHOE REPAIR MAN 216 Union St.—2 Shops—119 Madison “Say, BESS, OUR House 19 CLOSED, FIFTY-FIFTY POOR ADOLPH! VYeSTERDAY WE WASS § BRICK. Too Bap! Too (T DOSS mY HEaRr HOODLUMS ENGAGED 1H THE EDIFYING OCCUPATION OF HAZING SOMG NEWLY WED Maven'y YOU Gor MON DECENCY ff! * Though he should then return to civil life, he| have had their beginning in a bath- | | more | tor |be taken for a quack STAR—THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1914. PAGE 4, ~*Y]"S "Be GLAD TO Have You, THATS Too Bap!t T'M wT BACK DIANA, BUT—4~ ER, IT'S TERs | | FROM THE SEASHORS, AND FULL T \ RIBLY INGone, |Of THE GossiP or VENI@NT. STYUSS AND THs ™M NOT To || SMART SeT!* Be HOMS FOR A, A WHLe, TRUCK MITA BAD! HOSPIT Wirerine hour, Q-the a A WHACK aT | iT OF COM- "MOST ANYTHING, ANSWERED BY MR. CYNTHIA GREY | One morning last week I found | that my thermometer, which hangs on the front porch, was broken. | That day I bought a new one, but{ the next morning it was broken A third time this happened. Can/| you explain it?—M, BE. B. The chances are that your ther. mometer dropped 10 or 15 degrees fo the night. Then, when the sun rose, It went up again, as high as the nail, so that you found it hanging In its usual place. I suffer a great deal from the heat and I belleve { would be much comfortable If | wore white duck sults. But I am a physician and my friends say that it Is be neath the dignity of a physictan to wear such clothes. What is your opinton?—Dr, F. C. Your friends are right. A who doc. wears white duck might Dear Mr. Grey |how to |G. AG Put a banana skin under the pil low. That will make it alip, Please tell me make a pillow siip,—Mra The cigtrmakers are going to querade ball next week igeest a costume for me |to wear?—Alys N, Wear a Havana‘ wrapper, } What kind of hose should I wear with patent leather pumps?—Mrs. Cc. 8. Rubber from the damage. hone. pumps Then the water will not do any My hair ts so wavy it makes me seasick. What shall I do?—Mrs, Ww. 0. K dently you have been giving ye hair a seafoam, Stop it. | QUESTIONS MR. GREY CANNOT | | ANSWER | How many feet are there in a schoolhouse yar¢ dD. D. Is there any dealer in Seattle with whom I can trade my square plano for a round one?Helen M, oi incani ntibomaiann t But THAT ,, CAN wait? | ne — WHY THE BRICK | SEEMS TO HAVE =] CRIPPLES AND $s | 04 STILL REMEMBER ge! | | with the babe at her breast and th: young children pulling at her skirts stands watching the departure of the father and son. The war poets have not over- looked the fact that the greatest | tragedy of all is bers. Miss Mary R. Campbell of the paychopathic bureau of the Chi- cago munict court {s an expert tn the t ies of women and chil- dren. Deformed Children Her opinion was sought. “Do the poets really know what it means? Do you suppose they jhave any real idea of the deform- ity, feeble-mindedness and actual insanity which will appear in the generation just born and the one jto be born In the next few months? | Mise Campbell described the re- jsult which will appear in the gen- eration Just born or soon to be | born. | “The scarcity of food added to |the distraught condition of mothers j will result in a terrible increase in j the infant death rate. In one way that Is almost fortunate. | Worse 20 Veare Hence | “It ts perhaps better that they jshould die than grow up the ric- time of malnutrition, and retarded | development “The children born now will be misshapen in many cases; thelr mentality will be below 4 because their neryous erns will be disturbed. ‘There is no end to the havoc which this war will cause, “Twenty years from now the | tragedy of It will be more bit- terly discernible than it is now.” SHOOTS RIVAL DOaY WORRY FOC. PICUSE! 73 7a. UL ABT FORGET THE, LOS AS THOU esr THAT TUWEATY PE CENTS ! }here, in the Okanogan valley, John | Rice turned the revolver upon him \welf and died instantly. The cause of the shooting was Nellie Lang | Rice's sweetheart, who switched her |affections to Stye. IT RAINED HATS BLOOMFIELD, N. J., Aug. 27.—~ John Van Rip awoke to find his lawn covered with straw hats. He had complained to his friends that _—_—? WAR'S RESULT CHICAGO, Aug. 27.~—The mother! WENATCHEE, Aug. 27.—After killing his rival, Fred Stye, at) Trunk creek, 100 miles north of WORDS BY SCHAEFER—MUSIC BY MACDONALD SPINNING’S SAVINGS 500 “IMPERIAL,” SHINOLA On PTF crccvisccntedcvdsbivecccoos Gives a high luster with least 60c 6),-IN. NICKEL-PLATED 650 75e E ciate them, repairing tires correctly. Have you seen a fair-haired wom- clad in a blue taflored sult, wander. ing almlessly about the streets? She is Mrs, Laura Ru ing from her home and friends since & week ago today, They fear foul play. where his wife had gone, She said she couldn't. He deliberately shot himeelf. He is at the Providence hospital, where he may recover. The fact that Mrs. Runkle did not come home after hearing of her hus- band’s condition has caused double anxiety on the part of her friends. The Runkles live at the Ackley apartments. EXTEND WORKS NORTH YAKIMA, Aug. 27.—Fed- eral authority has been granted for the building of two additional pump- ing stations, at Outlook and Grand | view, besides the present plant at |Snipes mountain.. The announce. ment Included the information that 1$50,000 had been appropriated for jthe work, making a total of $340,- j 000. | WHY SO ZEALOUS? PITTSBURG, Aug. 27,—Patrick McKeown, retired merchant, gave | his wife but one penny in the last | year, And that was for church, ac- Cir ron neem, he was always losing his “top piece.” They gave him a shower.’ sertion court, cording to Mrs. McKeown in* as an of 30 years, with blue eyes and|® sTain elevator, to have a storage Sunday night her distracted hus-/900. The elevator will be at band demanded of his wife's sister,/foot of Hanford st, on the Miss Elizabeth Johnson, to tell him | Waterway. 21N-1 SHOE POLIGHING OUT- : 25e luster. 100 CARTON WAX GAG-LIGHTING TAPERS Save time, save matches. Holders for same 55¢ 6 IN. PR. NICKEL-PLATED BERT TRIMMER SHEARS iT TRIMMER SHEARS SHEARS . iN. EARS BIN, NICKEL-PLATED BERT TRIMMER SHEARS . ery pair guaranteed to do good work. Your wife will appre- Bom shears do bum work. We don't believe it pays to sell poor shears, let alone buy them. Cheap tire repairers spoil good tires. We save your tires by 1415 Fourth 1417 Ave. WIFE MISSING: PORT TO BUILD |; HETRIES TO DIEBIG ELEVATOR The contract for construction of ity of 500,000 bushels, later to be Increased to 1,000,000, and with @ loading capacity of 20,000 bushels an hour, was yesterday awarded the port commission to the Construction Co, on a bid of The same company also will con- |struct for the port a wharf at the | South of the turning basin. The bid was $76,151. | All modern facilities for the rapid | handling of wheat in bulk from car \to steamer will be included in the | Srain elevator. |WOMEN HELP WITH FRENCH HARVEST PARIS, Aug. 27.—Old men, wom- en and youths too young to go to | war have harvested practically the jentire wheat crop of France, ac cording to government information. Cutting of the oat crop is well under wey, and beets and vines are in splendid condition, and the crops will be cared for, despite the war, Today’s Healthogram Habits of play are important to health. 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