The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 16, 1916, Page 4

THE SEATTLE STAR Matered at Geattia Wash, Pestoffine as second-clams matter By mall, out of otty, one year, 08 The Weather onthe, $1.00; Oe per month ap te ¢ mos My carrier, ctty, 280 @ month | Wether it's cold, or wether It's hot, We must have weather, wether or not! No, gentle reader, that isn’t our poetry; but “them's our sentiments!” We all know there'll be weather tomorrow; what's the odds if it snows or rains? ground will be covered; if it rains the ground will be wet. dry. But, anyway, the ground will be there. The earth goes on, about the weather? People live and love and learn, The sun shines somewhere. STAR—WEDNESDAY, Published Deny Dy The ster Pubitening Ca, Pheoe Main If it snows the If it doesn’t do either the ground will be Why worry Honestly, doesn’t it get rather tiresome, after you've heard it a dozen or more times, to be told again: “Gloomy day, ain't it?” It probably ISN’T a gloomy day, at all. gloomy. heart. Even tho the skies drizzle, your eyes can be bright. Just because it rains is no reason why the day should be Clouds need not eclipse the joy in your Next time a chap says “Bad day, isn’t it?” why not come back at him with something cheerful— * “Isn't the air good in the street car this morning?” or “Isn’t that a swell movie at the Loose Brick?” —or “Did you see what Freckles said last night?” This “gloomy day’ superstition can be dispelled just as easy as pie. g y da) P Dr ) the barometer. For— It's always fair weather When good fellows get together. And you don’t have to perch your pedals on a bar room rail to warble that little tune! | Nice Girls | Wellesley exults. Let's refuse to be ruffled by, ACCORDING to measurements taken by a Massachusetts gymnasium, there are 1,500 girls in Welles- ley college who conform almost precisely to the measurements of one Venus de Milo. Wherefore It is good news, all right, but not so all-fired startling as to cause us to throw our hat out the win- ~ dow, execute a Hopi war dance, or otherwise demean our editorial dignity. 4 We can walk into any telephone exchange or hig department store in the country and spot a large bunch of females who would make Miss Venus look like an Apache squaw, at any time you ask us to, and we won’t use any tape measure, either. Of course, we are proud and glad of those Wellesley girls’ measurements, for it proves that the ) daughters of our wealthy classes are running more to physics than to philandering; that Society, as written with a capital “S,” is getting ready to turn out some realefine American mothers; that, so to ; Speak, the upper crust is thickening. Far be it from us to deride; on the contrary we ate deli i¢hted at the tidings from dear old Wellesley. a But lest the 1,500 get all puffed up, and vain, and unapproachable, so that an honest, hard-work- ing youth who isn’t even a fifth cousin to Apollo cannot look at them thru a spy-glass, we are re- ' marking, most gently, that Wellesley does not monopolize the Venus de Milos of little old America. _ Not any or at all. Of High Importance RS. PRESIDENT WILSON took an auto ride, Sunday, and her step-granddaughter, Baby Ellen McAdoo, climbed upon her lap and sat there. It is hard to over-estimate the importance of this dispatch from Washington. sat upon Mrs. Wilson's lap. < Mrs. Wilson did not sit upon the baby’s lap. Note that Baby Ellen This shows clearly that Baby McAdoo is a normal baby, and relieves the public anxiety lest the Mc- _ Adoo baby were not just like any other baby. ™tion of the proprieties and a generous heart. The baby might have cl It also indicates that Mrs. Wilson has a finegconcep- bed upon and sat upon the hood of the auto, or the neck of the chauf- feur. The proper place to have the baby sit was unquestionably upon some lap that wasn’t busy. It is altogether a rip-roaring old telegraphic news item from the national capital. Late UCHAREST dispatches indicate that Rumania will get into the war on the side of the allies because Britain purchased 80,000 cars of grain from her. Rumania would have showed up in a better light had she entered the war to aid her former friend and-ally, Serbia, than because of this manifest bribe. - But the chances are that, having played both ends against the middle so long that she has become | an object of suspicion to both sides, Rumania is now so completely beleaguered that she must join one _ or the other or eat herself up, and the war is yet enough of a toss-up to make the purchase of her grain _ crop for cash the determining factor in Rumania's decision. a So, the first allied diplomatic victory promises to be one of pounds and pence, which is far from _ complimentary to British statesmanship. x SS ihen| where he obtained the license? if so, can | write and have it taken off, because we were never mar- ried? Please do not overlook this. L. g, A.—The marriage license is re corded at the court house in the .| since it stands for nothing more | than the fact that you were eligible | to wed, it is not necessary to de | stroy record. You were injudicious when you went back to the man, knowing his | true character. He is 4 coward and .|a bully. He would not dare tell committing only himself, If he | makes any more threats or annoys | you further in any way, set the law upon his track: Dear Miss Grey: | am a business man and do not wish any publicity, ida L. McGinnis on mission- | aries in Alaska that is so misiead | ing'and untrue that it requires e| kind of an answer, and | only wish 1 had the ability to put It in better form. this be on record, that is, Nha Get a Small Trial Bottle---Rub Pain, Soreness, Stiff- ‘Hess Aight Out of Joints and Muscles---Instant Relief! Best Liniment, Doesn't Blister Rheumatism {s “pain only.” Not One case in fifty requires internal treatment. Stop drugging. Rub soothing, penetrating “St. Jacobs O11” right into your sore, stiff, ach- ing joints and muscles, and relief comes instantly. “St. Jacobs Ot!” in a harmless rheumatiam and back-| sufferers in the last h sh never disap-| and fe just as good for w q ralgia, lumbago, backac: IAmber up! Quit complaining! Get @ small trial bottle of old, hon- est “St. Jacobs O1l” at any drug store, and in just a moment you'll be free from rheumatic pain, soreness, stiffness and swelling. Don't suffer! Reliet awaits you. “St. Jacobs Ot)" has cured militons of rheumatiam county where it was obtained. But} your folks because he would be| AUB OUT RREUMATISM WITH “ST. JACOBS OIL” | poisonous reptile or insect lurks In the first piace, Alaska is nine a state of Wash- and the Canadian Yukon, Including the Klondike district, which is generally included the general term “Alaska,” has about half as much territory, making nearly a million square miles of territory; a large subject, you see, | spent nearly 13 years, including 12 winters, thruout various parte of that country mining, and have had a variety of experiences and so what |! write ie from personal ex- perience. F. L. McG. quotes portions of a letter from the wife of an Alaskan “who Is as true and noble a Christ- lan woman as ever lived,” and closed her letter by claiming to be a Christian herself, | do not ques tion either of these statements, but | must question her statements Lal refers to Alaska as a the Alaskan, missionaries clase, Being of a religious disposition, | have naturally associated myself with the missionaries in the locall- ties where | have been mining and Prospecting, and they ve been of various denomination: and with one exception, | ha found them among the noblest, unselfish Christian characters to be found anywhere, and on various occasions | have been in a@ position to put it say this In conclu: would suggest to born among the p: tiful sunny South, very strenuous, and wh amid the beauties of the foliage, but if you want to find true nobtl- ity of character, go up amid the regions of the “far North,” where the thoughts, words and creations of white men are the only poison- ous things to Be found, or In the battle-scarred countries of Europe, and the world will grow so large, and Christianity 80 broad, and one’s own if will sink into such Insig- nificance that I'm eure that neither of us would people who ca’ ing the Christian missionary cause in Alaska, or anywhere else. “Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every crea- " 1 am with you al- Mtl tion folder SYRUP OF FIGS FOR CROSS, SICK, | FEVERISH CHILD If Little Stomach Is Sour, Liver Torpid or Bowels Clogged. Mothers can rest easy after gtv ing "Callfornia Syrup of Figs,” cause in a few hours all the clo ged-up waste, sour bile and fer. menting food gently moves out of the bowels, and you have a well, playful child again, Children sim ply will not take the time from play to empty thelr bowels, and they become tightly packed, liver gets sluggish and stomach disor- dered, When cross, feverish, restless, see | if tongue is coated, then give this delicious “fruit laxative.” Children love it, and it cannot cause Injury,! No difference what alls your little one—if full of cold, or a sore throat, diarrhoea, stomach-ache, bad breath, remember, a gentle “in- side cleansing” should always be the first treatment given, Full di rections for babies, children of all ages and grown-ups are printed on each bottle Beware of counterfeit fig syrups. Ask your druggist for a 50-cent bot. tle of “California Syrup of Figs,” then look carefully seo that it is made by the Syrup Company.” We make no smaller size. Hand back with con- tempt any other fig syrup. NUXATED IRON ,|So0 he has doffed his hat and has 100°! FORFFIT B article soon to Dear in this paper, Anak your doctor or druggint about it. Ow! Drug Co, Bartell Drug Co, and Swift's Pharmacy always carry it in stock. 4 has no equal - for chronic ailments, Tract MARK 4 #, pains, Nevritis RHEUMATISM Rev, Father Hylebos writes a won- dorful testimonial on Kar-Ru, Sent upon request, together with informa or Kar-Ru Chemical Co, Tacoma, Wa, California Fig} FEB. 16, 1916.“ PAGE 4. ! | | BY HERBERT QUICK The potash famine is a phase of the fertilizer famine; but it has @ cause quite different from the searcity of phoaph We have wm phosphate rock | than any other people on earth but the sulphuric acid for treating | it to make superphosphate in| searce just now on account of the} use of the acid in making @x-| plosives | We do not produce potash cheap | ly enough to compete with the Ger man supply--and so, when the al Hea cut off Germany, the potash famine commenced The department of agriculture tn! tin calling attention to the | crisis in fertilizers men: | tions certain American sources) from which this element might be derived and from which we are now etting small supplies There in the Searles lake mud! brine, Bot it in tled up tn Helga | tion and experts tell me that the! methods of treating the problem | are yet to be worked out commer | clally There is some alunite from which | potash is obtainable, and one con-| cern is making « hundred tons or #0 & day--but there are not enough | alunite beds known to do us much good There te plenty of potash tn common feldspar, but it cannot now be extracted economically The great beds of giant kelp In the Pacific ocean would furnish plenty of potash if one or two prob. lema could be solved—the harvest: | ing of it, which the department sayn, which men who have engaged in it regard as a real problem, and the treating of it after it ts gathered. There are rome other sources of potash of which the department of agriculture does not speak, Certain copper and gold mines | waste great quantities of potash tn [their tailings. These contain from | 4 to 7 per cent of potash, and some of them as high as from 10 to 15 per cent, and there are millions of tons of them in Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Montana and Col-| orado. Getting the potash out of these tailings is merely a matter of money and energy. The fact is, however, that there fe no hope of the potash famine’s being broken by private capital. Capital will not Invest in pot- ash companies under the threat of German competition when The Germans ve never sold their potash as cheroly as they would If they had to. They have immense deposits which in some pl 5,000 feet TT best prospect In America ts) another which Is not mentioned by the department in its bulletin. Prof. Udden of the University of Texas has called attention to the fact that in the borings for gas and of] in the Panhandle of Texas, the Gritis have passed thru deposits re sembling the beds in Germany. The geological survey ie now em an investigation of these ee mene | | Shis is the 13th and last of | re series of stories on coun- | ciimanic candidates. Living in an apartment house {i far from the joys of being japartment honse own owner of several apartm That goes without neither is the ownership of sev-| eral apartment houses necessarily | | | 1 David Richardeon any unrefined joy forever. Take the case of David Richard. son, who lives in and owns the Acme apartments and several oth- er apartment houses Having formerly been in the grain business in Ritzville, and grocer, banker, and several other things in Quincy, Wash., which he himself platted a number of years ago, Richardson is, in a manner of speaking, pretty well heeled. He can rest back in his chair and know that from month to month, the tenants will reapond with several and sundry contribu tions. But is he idly by? No, siree, not David Richardson, content to thus sit thrown it into race While all of his expertence in public affairs heretofore, in an active way, Is summed up in hold- ing the position of school director back in Quincy, he is positive, however, he says, that he under. stands just what's what in our municipal problems. Richardson has been in the state since 1886, and several years later came to Seattle, the councilmanie The political germ didn’t bother him much before this election, but he is considerably inoculated this time. He is married and has two adult children, both of whom are mar- ried, - HERBERT QUICK SAYS: i[§ Can Potash Famine Be Broken? Agricultural Problem Discussed by Herbert Quick | ous sources as cheaply as it can be ‘ls accomplished easily,” but \3 to ehildren.) The Good Clothes Shop Now on Second Ayenue fields, If we can find in America that wort of deposit we may break t monopoly ne, the only hope is thru governmental action in get ting potash from our very numer done, without reference to profits But that latic.” The theory of would be “social. our govern: ment is that it is none of its business whether the fields are fertilized or not. Its sole duty nt out ways in which terprise can make ind call ita day. DECLARE CITY FISH INDUSTRY IN PERIL Seattle's prestige as a fish port in threatened by Princ | since the duty was rei h fish, according to a report by the Commercial Club tol > shington congressmen Wednes day. Announce the Opening of Their New Store Without enlarging upon the regu- lation removal announcement which always includes “larger and more commodious quarters,” we want our many customers and the public gen- erally to know that the same popu- lar prices of $15 $20 $25 Will be continued in the new loca- tion; keeping a step ahead of the time in styles and offering the same genuinely good values with a main- tenance of our Personal Service idea. Our plan of keeping all Shaner & Wolff garments pressed free will be continued. We invite ‘the public to call at this time and give the new store a personal inspection, where an advance showing of Spring Suits is now being exhibited. Shaner & Wolff The GOOD Clothes. Shop Now at 916 Second Avenue The Home Docto e) How to Cure Rheumatism Prescription for rhen- y mixed at home) used 1, 8, for many years and the surest remedy nd yellow packages it for Coug Colds Don't experiment on a bad cough or cold, it is very risky. The follow- ing formula easily mixed at home makes one of the best and cough remedies obtainable curing the worst cou rt medicine | BY t here in be ou Globe Pine © centrated Pine) and tw Glycerine: yene in half pin whiskey. teaspoonful _fre- quently as required. (Hmaller doses Te nure to get the genuine Globe Pine Compound (Con- centrated Pine), put up only in half ounce bottles, each enclosed in a sorew-top case. Corns, Sweaty and Aching Feet Don't endure foot agony. Here is & remedy for quick resuite, It works through the pores, removin: “Two tablespoonfuls | ompound in warm foot instant relief for ach- five cent pack- ny drug « above is Medics! Formula ton. 0. THE MODERN ores ublished by the boratories, Day- CUPID WINS FRESNO, Feb. 16.—Six Indian couples of Squaw Valley will soon IS GUILTY OF MURDER MecMINNVILLE, Ore., Feb. 16.— William Branson was convicted of} murder in the second degree today.) be wedded in “white man's fash- The charge was of killing William|i{on.” Mission workers played the Soetsac® Booth. The jury was out 17 hours.’ role of Cupid. 100, Rte. THE EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF THE U. S. 120 BROADWAY, NEW YORK The 56th Annual Report of the Society, which will be sent to any address on application, shows: New Insurance paid for in 1915 $ 158,456,612 (The maximum which the Society was permitted to write in that year pnder the Insurance Law of the State of New York) Outstanding Insurance, Dec. 31, 1915 Admitted Assets, Dec. 31, 1915 General Insurance Reserve. Other Liabilities SURPLUS RESERVES: For Distribution to holders in 1916 Held awaiting apportionment upon deferred dividend pol- ‘ cies 63,910,551 For Contingencies ... 10,571,765 Receipts from Premiums in 1915 Receipts from Investments Total Income from all Sources.... $1,529,886,053 $ 546,961,912 10,079,766 $ 458,906,097 Policy- $ 13,573,499 $ 88,055,815 __ 56,015,862 During the year the Society invested $27,888,067 at amr average yield of 5.06 per cent. The Annual Report contains the Financial State- ment, verified by Certified Public Accountants, schedules of investments,and full details regarding the substantial advances made during the year. It also describes a variety of new policies includ- ing one under which the Equitable will pay an in- come for life to the person insured if he should be- come totally and permanently disabled, as well as an income for life to the beneficiary after his death. Of the death claims paid in the United States and Canada, over 98 per cent were settled within twenty- four hours after receipt of due proof of “death. I. A. NADEAU, Agency Manag y President. Empire Bldg., Seattle, Wash.