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ETM On account of the large Popular Demand We will Continue to Show the First two Complete Chapters of For one Week more That Sweet Little Titian-Haired Individual Who Is Loved by All America BILLIE: ‘ BURKE In Her Greatest and Latest Success “GLORIA’S ROMANCE” A Motion Picture Novel in Several Chapters, Coming Freshly from the Pen of Mr. and Mrs. RUPERT HUGHES o—______+ If It’s a Billie Burke—It’s a Dandy Think of it! We are offering you a chance to see the brightest of all the stars—Billie Burke—in a com- plete chapter each week. This is the greatest treat When’ you see Billie Burke you are sure of seeing a good show. See the star supreme, who is loved by all America, in the great- est of her achievements, “Gloria’s Romance.” Ld di LULL i j | i TENONCUDUDED ever offered the Seattle public 30c JOHN HAMRICK | | She had money He didn't Neither was ambition with him She asked him to try to go to work He yawned | | And went hor to his mother H | r | “Divorce 1," said the | court ] cies | Mrs. Helen G. 8 an had a CONFESSIONS OF A WIFE oi ea a work to rt Dantel | Her health gave out ALICE TELLS MORE THAN SHE; worthy of Love From a little rift in the cloud seating ae oe INTENDS And there came a day when she [ot doubt he came down and tou a. P This morning my little nurse| beheld him, and trustingly, with |ed her fast whitening hair with | siataieg ; handed me another manuscript. It the smiling faith of a child, she hid|Iips. He made whole the bleeding DR. LR. CLARK Harcourt He ran away Was a beautiful prose poem that I | him in her heart. For a while she| heart that had torn itself upon = | waited and waited, but he leould nee was born in her heart held him close, bravely bringing to|ragged edges of lost iilusions; h Make Arrangements Right) never came back its sad experiences ier quivering lips a smile to cover| kisses obliterated the scars that erage rssefh rr rye pier td 24 ‘ vat? | the pain of the many hurts he gave|cynicism and lack of trust | Away to Have Your Soe eee Crs See AMEE aOR T wish I could show it to Pat! | nop until/one morning she awoke | seared into he r ak Hie would certainly ask her toes HG that which one had. been | Mapes hin ia bers cae ERG sre) Teeth Taken Care Of mo she said. “Shen 5 ight pt 4 " fi sg fe pagan her arm hirstil left Los At nd came to Sea “td something that he might pub-| riisnirg wo tightly wan not Love,|#he reached for the cup of wu.|. Every day that at oft thin| left 1 te BAe one = cana Ey the called her ittle allegory—| Dut Illusion, who had dressed him-|preme joy, forgetting for the mo-|{mportant matter you are undergo irene tRAtda nama tee ee Women.” | self up in Love's radiant garments. | ment that she might not drink it./ing unnecessary chances w AF . Dev ‘ 4 5 nee upon a time there was born, That day all her girlhood slipped (To be continued) health lo ¢ iber you go Once up Pig heft: The best service to be had ar Rape FOR. met Anto the world of stern reality aj) from her dle er a wom rein the ntry ts at ye here on March Woman child, whose fate had been|4 Woman who still had the fem SEA LE Pi gal Dental Office Because [| was on the train on @ecreed by 4 malignant fairy inine longing for Love but with a TT of the high-| st. Patrick's day,” she sald post ; “She shall go thru the world| Cynical disbelief in his existence. | | } ‘ tivel and it shall come to ass th Friendship take the place of Love, | chia: exar at ' | se ‘when at last she shall find it, with uitho the e¢ nship wa M . ; board, Ever ne of b *| John J, O'Rourke came back just D wa usical circles in Seattle are| certificate. tre e r 1 fF knowledge that what to other wom cking ta Se aiven Wa i ae One | Bs ne air sin | wife fen might be a crown of glory is to| Once and again Lust came knock: |(ritgin, ‘dramathy svmiaae A ELLA That wae the day they buried her only an agonizing wound to be|ing at her heart under the guise of | young Women's, Chonan gee | ae eres Ff, thone, that havelehelr little girl ; covered from the unsympathizing| Love, but her eyes had been open Young Woman's iristian associa: | been pu ting off having od bee Tisesoasied wail) 3 rari. ; Jed and she was not deceived. Vain peng auditorium next Tuesday D-) will hurt y ir no|O'Rourke {a shouldering the task Yot knowing of the terrible curse |ly she searched. Her mouth gr c. r of earning bread for four other lit With which her life was blighted,|stern in {ts longing; her eyes be-|,, /i88 Griffin fs the daughter of tle hungry moutha @he child grew tq girlhood. She|came saddened and wistful, as at| Mr and Mrs. J. H. Griffin of Seattle Rut for the last legislature's act i was a solitary bit of a la 1 times the thought-came to her that |e" votce has received flattering umending the mothers’ pensien law Whose pale iittle face the bro he might never find him commendation from musteal criti Mrs. O'Rourke's burden might be deg sreoxed dreamily, trustfully At last when Falth, Trust a Aa bes the coming season she ighter, but a deserted mother can Into the future Hop dead, she turned away | Will Ko East not have a pension The sensitive mouth curled up at | f, hand said, “1 Divorce granted sighed the the corners. with happiness, for the Love is not. He| HAWAIIAN VOLCANQ court eemned of lo She saw only to the dreamers | 1 Bs stared ¢ : Ms green tracery of the tree 6 e¥er-coiiea oreature born] DO WRSTS INTO ACTION sare | rom the flowers she pinned upon jongings. I will not give WASHINGTON, May 20 \ her breast he heard it in the whole life to seeking what Is The government weather bu song of the bird calling its mate | rean here today receiv . “A Musical Evening” will be the she felt it in the kiss of the balm Then she set about trying to| Cablegram from the weather theme of the service at the Queen summer breeze |make others see that which the station in Honolulu saying that Anne Congregational church Sun T shall only have to put out my | called Love was but Lust or Fancy} Mauna Le in eruption and |day night, under the direction of a| hand to grasp it,” she murmured. | clothed in the soft draperies of im Kilauea unusually active Don't dela in matter, which is|#roup of the members, of which “It ia here all about me, the whole | agination ach day she tore off of such vital impor 1.{Mre, G. Wo urry is chairman arth hears its melody, and my life|the beautiful trappings and expos-| Celebrating the 18th anniversary |4 thoraugh eeamin te| Rabbi Samuel Koch will give an is in uniron with its song ed to the blind worshipers the | of the 1898 gold stampede to Kobuk,| of the cost without the slightest ob. | address on “The Place of Musto in Eiebe thought much of thts great | weary face of Satlety | Alaska, @ score of sourdoughs held, '!#*tlon on your part the Making of Character. e hat was coming to he tut it came to pass that just as|a banquet, Friday niyht, at the ; = and in her innocent daily prayers | she was sure that Love was not,| Frye hotel, Adolph Behrens, one of| Regal Dental Offices ; i always a petition f ‘ oe , ENGINEER CORPS of U. S y# # petition for the gracethad never been, would never be,!the crowd, blamed the rush on au| Be i. rk, Manager @nd beauty that would : r 1405 N. Ww, 1 wants corps of engineers included make her she found him, ex-convict pamed Stevens, SSTUANLTUVUNNUUOVANUUUINOAGUUUUNAUUUUUOAAYAUTT THE SEATTLE STAR LE ROOSEVELT AND THE STAR ON PREPAREDNESS “* “The only right principle is to prepare thoroly or rot at all There Is no use in saying that we will fit ourselves to defend ourselves @ Hittle, but not much. de The ared Americanism re Roosevelt in his speech on and Proparednoss for Peace,” at Detroit Friday And he is right In an editorial on Mar entitled “Preparedness, the Acid Test of Americanism,” The Star sald “No quack measures will do of an army There can be only one kind ad There ie no an army made up of trained men security in the idea that luck Is with us, and that we could get thru in some way.” Note the similarity of the ideas, tho expressed in different There is a practical—no theoretical—condition ng the country If there need for ANY prepare there i» need for ADE QUATE preparedness bw +e “It tittle matters what our ideals may be and what achievements we may hope for If these ideals and achievements cannot be reduced to action,” lared Ri It | In the editorial re red to, again this almflar note is struck: | “If we, as a people,” declared The Star, “are to continue to strive for and advocate the things in which we belleve—the things that mean human progress and human rights—we have got to have a country In which we can advocate them and In which we can strike for them. The richer the nation, the stronger ite defense must be.” “it le true that In “compromise ie essential mise le impossible or fatal.” If we are living in an age of warfare, as we are,” said The Star, “It Is necessary either to submit ENTIRELY to any aggression or to be prepared to resist * © Many persons are trying to disguise this thing, * * se dodging the facts.” ordinary poliltical matters,” said Roosevelt, But there come great crises when compro. 8 There le no u “As a people we have to decide whether we are to be, In good falth, a people able and ready to take care of ourselves,” velt, “or whether we doubt our national unity and fi “When we get right down to rock bottom,” « preparedness issue is the acid test to determine whether the United States is A NATION or just a mass of short-sighted, wrangling, selfish localitl The test must be met ee Nor has the far vision of Theodore Roosevelt ignored the menace) of Japan With customary directness, he dealt with that vexing situation in his speech at Detroit “The East « sald The Star editorial of April entitled Preparedness! Coast Defense!" “Surely, we of the Pacific coast, with the German threat on one side and the Japanese menace on the other, should make our siogan: ‘Preparedne Coast Defense! . 28 Roosevelt's reference to the Japanese altuation compels The Star again to present this thought, even at the cost of repetition “The European war gives Japan a free hand. IT 1S THE OPPOR TUNITY OF CENTURIES, and the new Japan is the cleverest of op- portunists.” = JUDGE WILL BAR LOVE LETTERS WAUKEGAN, Il, May 20.— HOMES WR c Judge Donnelly, presiding at WHILE YOU WAIT the murder trial of Wm. H. Or steak, porterhouse pet, accused of poleoning hie eweetheart, Marian Lambert, [steak But I couldn't eat it announced today that the love | was too rich. I needed exg-nogs and such. So I left.” letters of Celestia Youker, the “Granted,” said Judge Ronald. eee 1 FROM PAGE 1 It defendant's fiancee, would not e read during the proceedin: unless they were absolutely es sential to establish the state's case Prosecutor Dady considers the| reading of some letters necessary to establish a motive for Marian’s murder This alleged motive would be the | rid of| Ererybody craned their necks Mra. N. E. Powell, a confection daintin took the stand “He's in Lon Angeles,” she whis pered, “waiting for me to get a di vores so he can marry another eirl She stepped down. of young man's desire to get invaryhedy eoanan Open Daily Miss Lambert so he could marry! “Divorce granted,” chirruped Miss Youker tedes meeaié 9 A. M Two hundred and seventy-three rer e ventremen have been questioned to Myre. May Hanson get & aiverce Why Not a “Morning Admission day and three jurors tentatively | from the man who F her and Party*? me selected o) ae her three children penniless from “Billie Burke” their home four years ago, threat ASHINGTON STATE Art as-|ening the lives of all of them Our Balcony Is Full Loge Seats sate Ge neMiniee Gh Giaey | Hoe Martin Maneon Of Loges and Flowers in White building, will be removed | eee Charles Lever married and went to live in his wife's home at Bur. ton Sunday. Ave, and Union Cor, in National Guard of Washington Contrary to the vague offerings of the pacifictats, who seem to wander a t in circles, knowing not where they mould begin, nor where to stop, the foree of argut t for prepar is definite, plain, clear The striking stmilarity of [deas—even the sameness In many canes of phrases and words—contained tn the speech of Theodore Roosevelt and the editorial in The Star, is the proof of the very definiteness of; the preparednem argument The similarity occurs again and again, as you will observe = the German crisis and Is eager for preparedness,” | steak, T-bone | FIRST AT PIKE CONTINUOUS 11 A. —of the Hudson Bay coun- try, where men’s lives are as turbulent as the mountain torrents | ' THE LION and 1) THE GIRL This is an actual scene from the most thrilling and scream | ingly funny 2reel comedy that the K ne has yet shown. A Ticklish Position Our $35,000 Wurlitzer Unit Orchestra and Oliver G. Wallace—have a musical treat for you. Matinees 10c Children 5c Evenings 15c WILSON WRITES ‘ORDER CHIEF TO "CLOSE FLEMING MAYORS MUS OUT LOTS OF CASH H | WASHINGTON, May 20.— | Dick Fleming's picturesque | President Wilson will write the dance hall and soft drink democratic platform to be acted bartbern ot 41616 Sixth mea! | on at the St. Louis convention, | agit i according to party leaders to. | | He Soomee. { day. | Prosecutor Lundin has asked t They said he would consult | Police Chief Beckingham te : prominent democrats while so | order Fleming, a former well doing | known saloon man, to close | Senator Stone of the foreign | the place immediately. | relations committee will aid in | It is a public nuisance,” sald drafting the foreign plank, rosecutor, “and a harbor for The platform adopted in Missourl, disorderly women.” it is assumed, is practically a fore Fleming got a license to run jcast of the national plat # far |the place for a year from City Jas foreign affairs are cc a Comptroller Carroll on Feb. 7 | Missouri indorsed the president's | Shortly after that time Chief { policy, saying the United States had a Lundin’s request i out of the war, America's the latter must had deen forcefully cham-| exclude s other than ned, the policy of non-interven Caucasians were frequenting |tlon In Mexico had been success while prompt action followed ful the place. the i he would not counte. |border raids, and the Monroe doc nance ing's kind of dance hall 4 |trine was upheld janywhere in King county, and in- | timated that he would take steps | to abate the premises under the | MORE, SAYS M’ADOO Rong : iJ i | OFFERS PARK SITE WASHINGTON, M 19.—Re- | vised estimates of the govern-| | ment’s receipts and expenditures On co on that the 1 for the remainder of the nt evard system t fiscal year have been by » Washing ecretary McAdoo to Chairman Mayor Charles Sebastian has offered a tract | Kitchin, of the hou ways and |means committee, a Chairman] 1.08 ANGEL! Cal., May 20. of the park board |Simmons of tho senate finance|peing mayor of a city the size was voted to co | committee, to show that much 1} Los A les is a hard, hard jo! perate with the Central Council of Jrevenue would have to be raised /tt's no business for a poor man Agencies in maintaining a fe preparedness bill than had Mayor Charles E. Sebastian says | r camp for Seattle people at jheretofore t ea this is so, and es his reasot nat About $ tr ; eae | why revenue will have to be SEE RON egos s during the coming yea caus ha nanos R tigi WON T would get 7 | i“ ebb will not modify its food blockade a is ply deluged with apy mane ¢ isiatie at es help. was 1 response to | Manager Alex Pantages announc-|_ “There isn't a day passes t the Ge n refe! in the note to Jed yesterday that @ special matinee {I'm not called on to give Un States, modifying its performance for children will be| “Crat enthusia nventor narine warfare, wherein it wa given at his Seattle house Satur. | peot busine eo) ted that Great Britain should |day afternoon. A program that | without a buatne x t Guid is aonsdhe canainae promises to be of particular inter. their wa the mayor off , toad Hockada est to the little folk has been ar-| seeking aid a ranged Na, inde This will include special stunts !one has the by Chester's Canines De Luxe, a job of all ple | beautiful animal act; Arizona Joe him he's wre ‘ers ASKS STATE BOARD Chairman Robert Bridges of the and company, in their Wild West offering, “Pastimes of the Plains, Seattle port commission addressed and the nine clever youngsters in | CHERNIAVSKY BROTHERS, |the Commercial Club Friday, rec: [“School Days,” a musical comedy | famous Russian musicians, gave re-|ommending a state board to super ‘etaged in a school room, jcital at Press club Thursday night, | vise all port improvements, # 1