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oua MERRY CHRISTMAS |* —UPSTAIRS 8 WISHES YOU A M DESIRES TO OF PAST PATRONA Here you will find the very Wear without the fancy price. TAKE ELEVATOR OSTON SAMPLE Second Ave SECOND FLOOR Your | Boy— is he being fitted for a future? Consider a course in GAS-ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING There are more opportu- nities for trained Gas-Elec- trical Engineers than ever ]) before. Visit the school or send for catalogue (No session between Christ- mes day and New Year's day, but the office will be open every day to meet in- |! quirers regarding courses.) |! Seattle Engineering School First West and Roy Street. | | BOSTON SAMPLE SHOE SHOP CO. AND EXPRESS YOU THAT OUR EFFORTS WILL BI DIRECTED AS TO MERI FOR MEN AND WOMEN $2.50 and $2.95 For $3.50 to $5 Values, MAIL ORDERS DELIVERED FREE [my own home, | see each other often, ON ALL HAIR GOODS It is our custom to offer) the very attractive discount | of 20 per cent on all Hair Goods twice a year. This is done to stimulate business, and we should be very glad to have you take advantage of the oppor- tunity it offers to get the) very best in Hair Goods at! extraordinarily low prices.| We pride curselves on our unfailing ability to match your hair. Expert salespeople give you intel- gent service. §s Ventilated Toupees for Men are the nearest approach to Nature you can get. They are light, comfort able, close-fitting and porous. HOE STORE— ERRY CHRISTMAS OUR iE AND APPRECIATION rO ASSURI \ CONTINUANCE latest novelties and staple foot OrkN HOE HOP at Pike St. 0. STAR— ‘HUMAN FIEND’ ALLOWED TO CO TO CHURCH AFTER 33 YEARS IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT NEW YORK, N, Y,, Deo, 26. After 33° years of solitary confinement in a cell, Jes Pomeroy, the “human. flen: has been permitted to worship God in the company of his fel low convicts for the first time, During a whole gen fon of time this extraordinary riminal, | who has grown to manhood and into middle age in cell No, 26 of the Charlestown prison, was re: the authorities of Massa to be too bad to go to! churet | At 14, Jesse Romeroy, @ newaboy, was sentenced to be hanged for the murder of a little girl and sey eral boys Hears Firat Sermon f his youth, | the se was ¢ to soll | tary confinement for life Never permitted to look upon the | faces of his f r w-prisoners, nev allowed to exercise at the same hour, J Pomeroy received the first gation of his sentence when he was permitted, on t ‘7th anniversary of his birth, to nd Listen | enter the ison chapel to a sermon by the prison chaplain A special keeper sat beside him during the services Pomeroy's interest in the pro ceedings was breathless, He studied every face in the chapel Knows Library by Heart In “every other recorded tn stance of lonely and protracted im onment a twilight of the mind has followed But Pomeroy has not gone craay On the contrary, he has developed from an ignorant newsboy into an omntverous reader of books The prison Hbrary numbers 8,000 volumes. The man who was too bad to go! Qo=livery. p iF of shoes | pury chase squeal as soon as | wear them. | have bought shoes of every description, but with the same re- fault. Can you shed any light upon this subject? DISGUSTED. A.—Squeaking of shoes is sup posed to be caused by the separa- tion of the upper from the sole, or an tnterstice in the sole. Soak sole in & pan of water over night, have the space filled with shoemaker’s wax, or drive two or three shoe maker's pegs into the sole. am going to move into and no doubt the neighbors will call. How ought | to receive them, and ought | to| serve luncheon in the living room| on a email table? If 80, what would be suitable to serve! Shovid |) thank them for calling, or merely invite them to call again? How soon after they call should | repay| their call? If they are not at home. should | leave my card? MRS. F. Ww. A.—Recelve them cordially and| ask them {nto the living room, as you would friends A cup of tea and a light sand Qa! j wich or wafers may be served, pour ing the tea yourself from a low | table, but this is not necessary for & first call. Neither thank them | for calling nor invite them to come again, for it is understood that be | fore they can come again the call must be repaid You may say, “Il hope we may or words to| Id be re that effect. The call #! | paid within two weeks You may leave your card whether | the hostess {s at home or not. Q—Please, won't you help me, as I never went to court in my life, and| am not posted on how to go about) It, and being a stranger here makes) it still worse for me. Like some other fool women, | married a man Save Money on Meats Frye & Co. Markets Saturday Specials Choice Cream- ery Butter, lb. . 30c fe ter tte lo Steck Ae 16¢ Gain Spare 1 2c Choice Shoulder 1 Pork Roast. . 12:c CHOICE FRESH DRESSED HENS (light). . 18c soa 2be Choice Prime Rib Roast ... from clubs. Columbia, owned my own hom worked to support a 9% and myself, which | considered was hard; but I did not better things any when | married this man, He is a confirmed liar and mie- lerything to me. | sold my furniture and came here to find an old log shack, away back in the brush, and him barely making a living for himaelf. But that was not the worst of it. He has filthy habits, the worst of which is spit ting on the floor, and to me clean!) ness is next to godiines: | certainly was well taken In by this fake, as his dewcription was “wall-todo, nice-appearing man.” Now, can you imagine my surprise when | arrived? | had no money to return, and that ie why | come to you for advice. / th no money to obtain vorce at this time. If | should | his house and get work, could | sue him for support? What will a di- vorce cost? 1 was honest with thie man, and he got the Information about me from my home town, where | was known to be a respectable, honest, hard-working woman. Don't you think | have a pretty good case against him for divorce? And please tell me how to go about it UNHAPPILY MARRIED. A.—Your letter will serve as a worthy answer to the men and women who write me datly for ad as to whether they should seek a partner through one of these bu reaus, and I hope every one of them one of these matrimonial Formerly | lived in British nd | will read your experience and let it soak tn. In order to obtain a divorce, you must take your case to a lawyer, who will fle your suit for you, It will cost you in the neighborhood of $25. If your husband can barely sup port himself, there would be little or no satisfaction in suing him for support. I advise you to get away as quickly and with as little trouble as possible, and profit by your ex perience. When a woman marries solely for support, she tnvartably runs upon A sna) Q—Kindly tell me, if | draw up my own will and have it signed by two witnesses, would It be legal? Would a will drawn up before marriage be legal after marriage? P. A The will will be legal if sign. ed by the testator in the presence! |ment, so the grocery bill is good to chureh HY HEART. He has learned KNOWS THEM ALL Jesse Pomeroy, reproduced from an old photograph his mother has preserved for years and ye: Spanish and has pert bookkeeper He has made nine become an ex separate at: | tempts to escape, and on several recnsions has very nearly suc ceeded For this reason he is not permit ted, as other prisoners are, to keep a knife and fork in his cell H. M. Kennedy, slayer of Harry) Warner, feads Newport, Wash.,| posse through dense forest to body | of vietim. in Grey witnesses, and signed by! witnesses, in the presence of| the testator an ach other, That is, It will be legal so far as that point is concerned A will drawn up before marriage is legal after marriage so far as property or money accumulated be fore marringe is concerned, It would not, however, hold good in| regard to community property if ft) confileted with the law regarding) community property. of two both Q.—A party owes a grocery bill in another city, which is past three years old. The debtors live bare at present. Can the bill be col-| jected or is it outiawed? How Is a bill collected after it outlawed?! The grocer happens to be my brother-in-law, c. J. A-Ap open acconnt is outlawed five years after date of last pay- for two years yet. There is no way to collect « bill after tt has beew outlawed, Q ma young girl of 17. My father Is dead and my mother is married again. My stepfather is very mean to me, if | don't do what he tells me to, he whips me. Sometimes | feel like | wanted to run away, but, if | do, | have no place to go If my mother was any comfort or consolation it would not be so hard to bear; but she wants me to go with men who | know are not respectable, and | will not do it. I able girl and Intend and if | can't go with | mt fellow, | won't go with! any at all Mies Grey, ls there a way | can get out of it all? Please tell me what to do. GIRL READER. A—tI can scarcely belleve that some parents have the welfare of their offspring so Mttle at heart; for instance, the mother in the above case. I advise this little girl to report | her case to the judge of the Juv nile court, at the courthouse, and | he will find a decent place for her to stay | Q—I would like to have you ex-| plain something which puzzles me very much. It ie that fiery red light which Is seen in the pupil of the eye at certain times. It le seen by artifictal light A.—Oculists claim caused by the tiny in the inner eye. ia especially noticeable pupil is expanded and the strikes it at a certain angle. that it ts| blood vessels | ‘This reflection when the ight CHIE LANG'S CRUSADE AGAINST GAMBLING CLOSES ANOTHER DEN Patrolman W. Witzke is an{ innocent looking chap in plain clothes Which accounts for the misfor tune which befell Harry Wong, 22 and S. Tae, 20, who are accused of running a gambling game in cc junction with a clothing store at 219 Occidental ave Costomer enters the clothing store, If he gives the password he is admitted to the gambling room after passing through couple of sets of swinging doors, Witzke entered clothing store. No, he didn't want to buy anything. Was there) any excitement going on anywh Wong gave him an exhaustive! once over. Tae also aquinted a| cou of eyefuls at him. | They decided he was just a plain| simp. So they took him to tne! chamber of chambers There were about $0 in the room Witzke drew his trusty revolver| and informed his hosts, Wong and| Tae, they were under arrest The rest of the crowd scrambled | outside before Officers Pederson| and Phillips Joined in the Witzke| festivities j WASHINGTON, Dec, 26.—State department dispatches today show ed conditions in Mexico were calm, the several factions apparently having agreed to a temporary truce. Reports from Naco sald condi-| tions there were satisfactory, Gen Scott reported that his negotia tions with the Villista and Carran zista commanders would result in| peace GERMANS MAY MAKE | STATE OF BELGIUM LONDON, Dec, 25.—Germany ts} sald to be intimating to beim that it Is a permanently conquered country, will become a German state after the fashion of Saxony and Ba-| varia, and that the future ruler of| Belgium will be Prince Otto of Windiach-Graetz. Read Star Want Ads for} \ RIDAY, DEC. 25, 1914. PAGE 5, ESTABLISHED 1975 ac | Joudgall R. B, Gaye, Receiver econd Ave. and Pike St C fouthwick vore open 9 a. m. to 6p. m, A GREAT THREE DAYS’ SALE OF Novelty Tailored Suits ‘AT TREMENDOUS PRICE REDUCTIONS $18.50 Suits Reduced to........ $25.00 Suits Reduced to........ $45.00 Suits Reduced to... . sos ve ds MERTIOB | UII 1923.88 | -. sss +++.$9.75 | $75.00 Suits Reduced to $110.00 Suits Reduced to... $165.00 Suits Reduced to. . $60.00 Suits Reduced to $33.85 . $33.85 .. + $53.85 In the assortments offered will be found, besides the ones mentioned in the prices quoted above, every suit in our entire stock at reductions equally as great as those which are noted in this adver- tisement: We would direct your attention to the. splendid workmanship, to the excellent materials and to the extremely good styles that you will find in every suit in this selling. There is not an undesirable suit in the entire assortment. Charge purchases made in this sale will be placed on the bill received by you February 1, 1915. A brief description of the models illustrated. Numbers in the description correspond to the numbers on the illustrations No. 1—Formerly $29.50, Reduced to $17.85 This Suit is of plum broadcloth, coat in military effect, fastening to the neck. The front collar and cuffs, as well as the bottom of the back of the coat, are edged with skunk-opossum fur. The collar itself is of panne velvet and made high. The skirt has long tunic with the bottom edged with fur. No. 2—Formerly $29.50, Reduced to $17.85 The Suit as illustrated is of black broadcloth with coat in Russian effect, with a wide panne velvet belt below the waist-line. The skirt of the coat is box pleated, while the skirt itself is plain with three deep pleats at the side, giving the full- ness at the bottom No. 3—Formerly $45.00, Reduced to $23.85 This Suit is of brown gaberdine. The coat is in plain Russian effect with long, straight, loose lines. The bodice is of brown velvet. The skirt of the coat is pleated, while the skirt itself has a pleated overdrape. The underskirt is straight and is of brown velvet No. 4—Formerly $45.00, Reduced to $23.85 This Model as illustrated is of brown velvetta. The coat is military with braid ornaments in front. It has a wide collar of skunk-opossum, which fur edges the cuffs and the overdrape of the skirt as well No. 5—Formerly $60.00, Reduced to $33.85 The illustrated Model is of green broadcloth with Eton jacket effect. The collar and cuffs are trimmed with brown coney and further trimmed with barrel-shaped buttons. The skirt is plain with wide bias folds of self material. No. 6—Formerly $75.00, Reduced to $33.85 The Model as illustrated has a coat of imitation broadtail with a vestee of white broadtail edged with blackberry horn buttons. The coat is further ornamented with a wide collar of beaver, which fastens around the neck. The skirt has the long flare tunic No. 7—Formerly $110.00, Reduced to $53.85 The Model as illustrated is exceptionally hand- some Combination Suit with a coat of black crushed velour with a bodice of the same material and a skirt of broadcloth. The coat has black fox collar and cuffs. The skirt has four bias flounces set on the broadcloth. No. 8—Formerly $165.00, Reduced to $53.85 This is an exceptionally handsome imported panne velvet Suit with collar and cuffs of pointed sable-fox. The coat is trimmed with handsome jet and silk cord ornaments. The skirt is plain with a deep pointed yoke. $18.50 to $25.00 Suits Reduced to $9.75 These remarkable values include some of the best and most popular selling lines of our entire assortment, and offer an almost unlimited choice of good styles, good materials and good workman- ship. As typical of this assortment, we wish to direct your attention to a navy-blue broadcloth suit trimmed with wide silk braid. The coat is short in front. The skirt has a long flaring tunic with a wide fold of braid at bottom. This is only one of the many splendid suits in this selling in such materials as gaberdines, serges, pin stripe serge, etc Second Floor. Group 1—Consists of 75 hats, originally priced from $5.00 to $10.00, now reduded to $1.00, Group 2—Consists of 75 Hats which originally were priced up to $16.50, reduced to $2.95. Group 3—Consists of 65 Hats, originally priced up to $27.50, now $4.95. Group 4—Consists of 35 Hats, originally priced up to $37.50, reduced to $7.95. A Brief Description of What Each Group Contains Group 1, at $1.00—Consists of soft black velvet turbans with rolled brims, medium ack velvet sailors with flat trimmings, and a variety of other small and medium shapes in ribbon, quill and flower trimmings. Group 2, at $2.95—Consists of large, ‘flat hats, small hats and medium hats in Lyons velvet of various shades, and with such trimmings as flowers, feathers, ribbons, etc a permanent agreement #0 f Eggs (storage) . | - — . Group 3, at $4.95—Is particularly noticeable for its Group 4—Offers a wide variety of choice in the hest Wigs for Men and Women. tory Hair Store 1401 First Ave. Lola M. Hanson, Manager. , Deo. 26.—After visiting an undertaking | beautiful assortment of velvet Hats in black, purple | grade of Hats trimmed in ostrich, fine flowers, ribbons, Look for U. 8. Purple Stamp. B| N°2, Durchasing @ coffin and leaving money to cover the expanses and other pleasing colors; fur and flower trimmed; | etc. Made of the finest grades of velvet. Good assort- shot himself through the indicating that absence with certain other | of a funeral and interment, Wm. Moler, 50, it signifies purity and quality. 8) heart today, dying instantly, He left a note Shop open until 10 p. m. from his family and friends at Christmas time, causes, had prompted his act. large, medium and small shapes. ment of colors. Second Floor, 4