The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 29, 1916, Page 4

STAR—SATURDAY, JAN. 29, 1916. PAGE 4, THE SEATTLE STAR Batered at Beattia Wash, Pesteffice as second-class matter By mail, out of ofty, one year, $4.60; 6m onthe $1.98, Fhe per month up te Omen By carrier, city, He & month | t Wasn't a Municipally-Owned Dam, Either ORE than a score of persons were drowned late Thursday afternoon, when the lower dam of the Southern California Mountain Water company, a private corporation which supplies the water to “San Diego, broke. It took this private corporation 10 years to build this dam. Possible was obtained by the private interests which controlled this public utility. nevertheless. ; What if this dam were municipally owned? interests would have gloated. How they would have seized upon the opportunity to claim this disaster as due to municipal ownership!” t’s Up to You, Folks! HILE San Francisco has raised over $200,000 and Portland has contributed $75,000, the Seattle citizens’ committee on Jewish War Relief is able to report today only the sum of $1,200. Can this be the boasted “Seattle Spirit’? Can this be an approximation of the broadness of mind, the generosity of heart, the feeling of sympathy for starving humanity, of which Seattle is capable? Is Seattle, the greatest beneficiary of the big coast cities in foreign commerce because of the war, show the least charity to war sufferers? There is no use disguising the real facts. ar? Tut, Tut! > IGHTO, Mr. President! Good natured America doesn't want want toodlums to have the whooping cough. To go farther, America isn't even interested in war. If it’s proof you ask, listen! Only a few days ago we found ourselves listening to a conversat It is assumed that the best expert advice But the dam broke, How the subsidized press and the special privilege “inefficiency of Seattle's citizens have not shown the right spirit as yet. war any more than fond mothers non a North Queen Anne street “Looks like peace for a while,” chortles fair dame. “Yep,” answers kind gent; “knew all the time the Federal league wouldn't keep up the fight long.” “Oh, no, | didn’t mean baseball,” retorts fair dame. ‘I meant that the suffragists have quit their during the holidays.” And then we glanced at our newspaper. “UNITED STATES AND AUSTRIA AT r type. Fair dame was not at all disturbed. Kind gent was equally as excited. War? Tut, tut! We're interested in more important things. ere’s Hope When Hate Recedes REATER than the capture of Montenegro, greater than the victory of the Marne is the first news from the war zone that the HIGH TIDE OF HATE has commenced to recede. It is the most en- raging thing we have heard from Europe in 18 long, weird and bloody months | The news comes to us in the form of a memorandum issued in Hungary to the school teachers of at half of the Austrian empire. We wish we could print it in box car letters. Here it is: “The royal Hungarian minister for education requests all teachers to pay special attention in the ing term to the respect and honor due to our enemies; that no hatred or contempt should enter the of the children against the brave men with whom their fathers are in deadly combat; and that hate contempt is not to be cultivated in the youthful minds.” _ TO MAKE a marriage that will hold, Rev. James pugher of Los Angeles says: “Take your sweetheart BREAKING POINT,” we read across eight columns jn She was reading the woman's page. He was reading sport dope. | | NEW REVOLUTION broken out at Torreon, Mex., and they're yelling “Americans and Carranza men look alike!” Now, will Woodrow Wilson stand this insult? i When she comes up with hair sleeked down her paint washed off and you still love her, marry.” » how did that minister find out that they go in ming with their paint on? BETHLEHEM STEEL, common, worth $30 before the war, gets a dividend of $30 per share. War is—well, have you got any Stee? common? NEW YO — AND ——— SEATTL Connected by Telephone GREATEST SCIENTIFIC MARVEL OF MODERN TIMES You are cordially invited to attend the opening demonstration, to listen to talk- ing and music from New York City, more than 3,400 miles away; to see and hear talking motion pictures, descriptive of the invention of the telephone, and to listen to the roar of the surf on the Atlantic Coast transmitted by telephone. ABSOLUTELY FREE TO EVERYONE Metropolitan Theatre, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, January 31st, February 1st and 2nd. Three demonstrations each night, at 7:30, 8:30 and 9:30 p. m Facilities for 500 persons to listen at each demonstration, By courtesy of THE PACIFIC TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY a | orined | bier and more pleasant day | is her job to pars re | speeches ink, THE STAR CIRCLE By Uncle Jack |\Ferndale Girl Is Winner of Dollar in This Contest Catherine Randall of whose mall address ts Route the winner of the dollar this week with the following essay oa ° SPRING ° morning Ferndale, a, tm ° | ‘That beautiful when all the green leaver pees out of thetr winter homes and the violets ave to the whole woods jthe glory of the spring; the liltes jwere hiding bebind logs and net jtles, They would have hidden be: hind the ferns, but the latter were | Just getting out of bed and were #0 sleepy that they bung their heads | “My, those violets smell better than they ever did,” said the wild currant blossoms as they | 1 out to answer the first ca spring, the blue bird How glad we are that we ans wered the first call of spring,” sald the Hiles. spring ped The birds were singing a new! spring song they had learned in the! South as they made their nests “This is one of the most beaut! ful mornings | ever saw,” sang a bird again and again. Little grass blades jumped out of the ground everywhere with @ sur “Oh, my!” and sald: “Surely ‘his is the moat beautiful morning we have ever seen.” Then out popped a head Oh!” sald the lites thank you for your kindness 18 @ beautiful morning Don't thank me,” «aid Spring,| thank all the otffr wood fairies yourrelves, It was m this morning was yourselves little blue this utiful, It} “we must} | There wuz a lot of pretty t me that|} (se You all got ap at} DESIGNED T rO KEEP o INVENTIONS LOCAL PICKUPS ry q Ed Chilberg, who wuz elected commodore of the town yacht club, sez motorboats in better'n sailboats, “It's more excitin sex Ed. “In a sailin’ boat, you kin only drown, In @ motorboat, you kin drown, git blowed up or starve if the engine breaks down (Go to ‘er, commodore) Higgins’ job an’ ts armament hired gal t» quit her goin’ to work in a factory. “If you go shells aroun’ ike you oppin’ dishes,” sez the “all | kin say In you won't have t’ hold your job long Porsons visited the 1] Co. jail last week. “Wan it drin} brought you here?” asks the Re of Joe Pick Do ye think,” sex Picks, “I took this place for a sa loon? Rev, Jeb Tother night as we i] Swink's orchard we overhe low talk an’ saw two ficgers lined agin the sky—sittin together on the fence. (We know, Della, whether Hod'« heart will ever grow cold, but we'll bet three new pumpkins that his feet an’ hands was near froze!) clont don't SHADES OF ST. PATRICK! Jew ish gals to see Mayor Hiram at the town hall tother day to git him to give ‘em a license for a day to collect money for them sufferers in the war, and Hi was kinder busy. So Jim my first call, I did not have to call any of you twice, and if you always! jget up like that you shall always! And #0, dear children mother calls you In the morning, @ up at the first call. It may see And you will find out the wood fairl She’s Starting Early; Six, and a Suffraget ¢ | | | panancersocene-< rececosovorecese D | have a beautiful morning | when] hard, but you will be glad of it after-| | wards lelty stories which detract from the my Crehan, Hi's secretary on “ONL tell th’ mayor, if yer are too busy to walt ‘Sure?’ said the gals Q.—What is trim hair, the light or the dark of the moon, and is the dark of the the right time to moon new moon? PETE. A.—The belief that the dark or the light of the moon ts the more fort. nate time for doing things has ndation, in fact, The dark of in the period intervening | between full 1 and new Q—! am kee; girl whom | think a gi During the last few ye have been circulating 1g company with a deal of. people about the girl's reputation 1 do know that the girl has done things which were not exactly good in appearance and may have been somewhat unladylike. EMILY ORIMES It's rather unusual for a girl of 6 to be ffragist. T s the age) lot Em! Jeorgine Grimes, who has |the distinction of being the young:|be to help regain for the girl what jest worker Yor the Congressional Union for woman suffra. She ts the daughter of Mra. to lal Grimes of Detroit, secretary of the associa Michigan State Suffrage tion The youngest suff: most daily takes her place big van that makes the rounda of the business section of Washing ton with the suffrage speakers. It) i the lit given out with the ture that is Shadow Drawing Is to Be Contest for Next Week; Get Busy Here 1s something that is en tirely new. It was suggested by! Beatrice Roberts, 6523 Dibbie ave.| It is a shadow drawing contest Shadow drawing {s, If some do not know, the drawing of a figure| or figures and filling it in with the very much like atthouettes. The best shadow drawing to be submitted to Uncle Jack will win the dollar prize, The contest ends| next Friday afternoon. No more than three drawings may be submitted by one person. The name and address of the con testant should be written legibly on the back of the drawing. Black India ink should be used, not the| plain bine or black writing flulds,| The age limit Is 16 HONOR MENTION W. 62nd! Harold Hendrickson, % st.; Phyllis Charter, FE. Thomas) st.; Clara Barstow, 1524 10th ave.; Lillian Burt, Port Angeles; Crystal Landis, » Hillman place; Har riet Baughma f Kenyon. st.; Alfred Young, Machias, Wash. Isabel Bassett, Malone, Wash.; Hazel Hendrix, 9001 Rainier ave.; Tillie Sommerfield, 3446 33rd ave W.; Hilma Thompson, Ramapo,| Wash.; Selma Johnson, Monroe; R J. Seabold, 1013 Marion st.; Albert! Johnson, Monr nC, Erwin 8134 a Rose Pe Box} 181, Seattle; Henry Pi Hart: | ford, Wash; Mary Halliday st.; Lillie Johanson, rT N. 79th st jr., Hart-| ford; Myrtle I 7 Beacon! ave.; Heatrice Robert Dibble ave.; Irving Roberts Dibble ave.; Claribel Hilberg, 4704 Thach eray place; Norma Iversen, Ever.| N ett. LOOK HERE, CIRCLEITES , Uncle Jack wishes to compliment the young literateurs who submit-| ted their works to him for the con test this week. Practically all the essays were of the first water Unele has never had se cessful a contest The were eimply fine. tories S| going with he | purchasers, \¢ hanging the flour frequently. Now, during the time | have been 1 have had numer. ous people advise me to stop going | | with the girl, as doing so would ik down my reputation. | J as tho | am fully justified | gq that the girl is I Je life and in tim the pri 1am at a loss whether to drop | @ girl or not, | am sending you ithe facts to consider and answer for me. 1 know that God's answer would she has lost, as this is a duty con- fronting every man. Expecting an, anewer soon, TRYING. X—then why don't you abide by God's answer? I'm sure it cannot be improved upon by any human being Q.—Vesterday afternoon | stood at a counter in one of the down- town stores fully one-half hour be- fore | w ited upon. Several oth- er custome who had ome in while | was nding there were waited upon first. Do you not think the merchants could arrange some plan by which customers could be walted upon in the order in which they arrive? IRATE SHOPPER A. —Merchants have always studied this problem. But the time of arrival of customers cannot al ways be kept in mind by clerks Courtesy among customers is the only law, and even with the best intentions on the part of clerks and mistakes will happen Q—Can you tell me how to re- move a spot made by cocoanut oil on my carpet? 8. A.—Cover the # lay newspaper or tting paper over it and press occasionally with a hot iron, Repeat for several days, with flour, Q—! have been married six years and would be perfectly hap. py, but for one thing. My husband has spells of gloom. | don't know whether he is ill or melancholy or just plain ugly. | can't find out what is the matter. | am of a live. GERMANS TAKE FRENCH POSTS YOU JOYUL TILL MONDAY WARNING Speakin’ o' ti Scotch Tea-bone laugh at @ Joke w | somebody else's exp Hanh put a week the in bis wults.” nented King sign Wint sult me loca! bum. Speedin’ has become too co mon in o Las’ week 9 | took a spin 1 Dave Tobias his new gas cart Wan that | graveyard we fist passed?” | ast Dave. “No,” sez Dave, “ther was milestones Crebans came will,” sez Jimmy So the gals went and then the come back later, and Hi sez its all right for them to have day. S80 when they again, they sez to Jimmy We knew when we first loot ed at you that you was one th, an sure as the from Cor Romeo Hagen, Beau Brummel of the first hill, submits a photo to the Weekly Wheeze, giving a clear idea of his new invention, Romeo's hat tipping device, as used in everyday life. “No wrinkles can appear in the sleeve when my device is used,” says Romey. We don't like the whiskers our young men are wearin'’—they prevent matrimony, They always the powder off'n the gals’ makin’ ‘em. ugly, as ly disposition and | like to have ev- erything cheerful around the house, but this Is too much for me. Can you help me? UNHAPPY. A—This continuous “groucl.” I doubtless a matter of temperament and not a reflection upon anything you have done. Ignore the cond} tion and keap on with your cheeri |ness. Clouds, you know, are dis | pelled sunshine. | am very much interested in investments offered by ad- rs. How can | find out the reliability of these companies? A—Write to the company and ask a statement of their resources, such as is given to stockholders. Or inquire at your bank for Dann or Bradstreet reports on the con- | cerns Q—Do you believe in punishing children? | have a neighbor who continually threatens to whip her little girt She does not whip her! us They wuz havin’ a history ar gument at the Kind Words and Hank Pigott he ups and sez that Phil Tworoger don’t know beans about it. So Phil sez You c’n name any in his'try and I'll tell yo ger one” All right,” sez Hank, “Chris topher Columbus crossed the At lantle in 1492 Ho, hum,” sez Phil nothin’. Henry Ford crossed {t in 1915." ‘That's double Mrs. Hashleigh, who runs our boardin’ house, sez that it's the little things that bother us most Yes, sez we, the small portions hard, but seems to me it is not nec- jessary to do so much threatening and punishing. N. Ww A.—It probably is not necessar The mother has not studied the subject of child discipline ter method ts to win the obedience thru a desire to j her mother. A pare h ens so much usaal out her threats nerves this to threats uch red cheeks that girls call me “red makes me feel cheap. L face.” it What can I do? . A.—Do nothing but laugh at y tormentors, and be glad that you do not carry your beauty around in a “vanity box.” If you will watch some of the other girls, you will wee them pinching the color Into their cheeks, or applying it from a box, in a vain attempt to possess what you are anxious to rid of Nove last year. in a recent ment:— put into our » by Wireless to Say BERL ville, Jan, 29.—In the greatest Ger: | man offensive along the western | front in months, the Teutons won| nearly a mile of French trenches in the Artois region, captured the village of Frise, and 1,000 yards French trenches south of the River | 7) Somme, along with 1,200 prisoners, the war office revealed today The double offens: was launch ed early yesterday mans stormed the Several French attacks near] Neuville broke dowr tho the upled a mine crater the »me nt added WINNER WRITES UNCLE JACK Dear Unele Jac 1 enjoy the Cirele very much. | have on in a story or puzzle once or twice but I mean to send more from now on | am in the fifth grade, and 10 years old CATHERINE RANDALL Ferndale, ALES on Goodyear Pneumatic Auto- mobile Tires for cember and the first part of January were 210 per cent greater than for the corresponding period of Which shows how ‘truly we spoke when we said The more we more we take out in sales. 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