The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 13, 1916, Page 4

STAR—TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 1916. Member of the Scrippe Northwest League of Newspapers Published Daily by The Star Pui Phone Main 600 27 ) 4 COLYUM * i CAPT. LOUIS LANE'S IDEA OF WASTED EFFORT FELL HEN, YOU CAN» VSE IT FOR POROUS PLASTERS ! AND - Aw SMAN IN ICEL Eas LETTERS THAT NEVER WERE WRITTEN No. 1—From Him to Her Tam willing to con- sitting land. The last ciri I proposed to Pulled that trick, and it worked manths, Of course, she was ty. but even In her case the Nght SHORTAGE SOMEWHERE An advertisement of a popular Play has this to say of of its attractions: —& people. 4,000 costumes.—Ladies’ Home - — © £ NATURE WONDERFUL? | - Unnatural History by Gene | Ahern CE SPRERRERID § Dear children. this remarkable, inary photo is of the honk otherwise known as the for kward bus is the first photo ever taken | the forward-backward bug. A, thing about this bug ts that Rever moves from the spot he is born. ian and Chambermaid. Light legs try to walk in different c . All thru life {s just one f. with the forward-back- bug. The forward-backward | doesn't know what a swell mes. boy he'd make. if this Villa cuy were like the for kward bug, it would be a to nab him. This picture him in deep thought. Maybe thinking that if he could walk 'a go to the barber shop and «et a shave and hair cut or else jotn| army. eee WHAT A TOURIST HEARD 2 | ERE iene) OE OR CII TO lishing Co Still We Can Worry G! TTING well acquainted with the history of one’s drinking water has be- come a matter of conscience. It is even considered far more polite, in the long run, to question one’s host as to the origin and quality of the local water supply than to upset the routine of his establishment by coming down with typhoid fever. * We are all so critical of drinking water that we suspect it of containing almost any evil thing. But not one of us, in our most excited moments, ever imagined that water could hold such a surprise as NEMATC DES! But it does, Sometimes millions of them in a drop. But usually only about 1,000 to a glass of water. rhe Nematodes has just been discovered by the department of agricul- He can be cornered any day in sand filter beds. here are many species of him, but whether he is good or bad for us, scientists haven't found out. If it is finally determined that he is deleterious to our health, scientists hope to introduce rival species into one habitat, and let them devour each other, and thus neutralize their danger to the general public. While waiting for experts to decide what the Nematodes does to us if we swallow him, it is pleasant to speculate on our enlarged opportunity for wor- rying about our drinking water which his presence therein permits us. | ture. Some More Secrets Out N ARMY telegraphic code book has been stolen from Fort Huachaca, Ariz. With two naval code books and an army code roaming at large, Uncle Sam might do well to shuffle the comb ination up a bit. PAGE 4. STAR “Paternal Socialism™ 66FDEOPLE who believe that the government should be paternally socialistic will rejoice in the national system of rural credit financial organ, Under the proposed law, 10 or more farmers may form a national rarm- loan association and borrow money on first-mortgage security, a federal land-bank “fathering” the proceeding. It is clearly a socialistic and a pater- nalistic proceeding. Folks who can’t sleep, with such ghosts stalking about, should pull the clothes up over their heads, or crawl under the bed. But the only real difference between this paternal socialism and that which the government has been dealing out to national bankers, for many years, is that one is paternalism of organized muscle and the other paternal- ism of organized dollars. “Paternal socialism’—a rather new name for an old policy—is a large pie. A slice of it is to be passed to the farmer. It is too bad that national bankers can’t have all the pie, isn’t it? Getting at Justice ; N APPELLATE court of New York has established a precedent, by reversing the decision of a lower court in a criminal case, because the sentence inflicted was excessive. In this particular instance, it was a sentence of one year in jail for carrying a weapon, no criminal purpose having been shown This is a precedent that will be hailed with delight by all lovers of justice The delusion that the finding of a criminal court cannot be disturbed by an ap pellate court, except on a question of law or fact, is one of long-standing. There's no more reason why a court of appeals should not reverse a criminal sentence, if too severe, than a damage suit verdict, if excessive. It is a common sense ruling and the justice who made it looms up like a lighthouse in a fog among his fel lows over the country, who have been so hog-tied by conventions as to pass up many an act of injustice perpetrated by’a petty judge or jury. | nartor the «girls gave an excla- mation of delight “Lovely!” they both erted. fectly lovely!” But whereas at our advent it was dewerted, now !t was prepared for our coming. On the beach, Beauchamp met |us, bowed over Justine’s and Rosa |lind’s hands and greeted us with | English cordialjty, Then offering jhis arm to Justine he escorted us |to the carpet, thru the vell of roses jand vines | There we had a surprise—Lady | Elizabeth and Lady Edith awaited us | They were attired as when we j had first seen them; only their gar- ments now were of blue linen. “How do you do!” said Lady Edith, holding out her hand to me. All the while, she was furtively jeyeing Rosalind’s attire; contrast- |ing it with her own, I took it. Sud- |denly a bit of a blush suffused her ce and neck. Modesty had been | aroused It was all in an instant. The next, she had put ber arm thru Ros- jalind’s and the two went gaily on, chatting as tho they had known each other for years Lady Elizabeth had taken charge of Justine; Beauchamp came back to Brinsmade and me. (Continued in Our Next Issue) “Per. BEGOCCCOUK) DO UC OO GOOG UCIUO COO) 20M XO OCKIMOILOC YOO OIE X01 0 XUIOCCNOON CCC 120K COREE OCOD OOOO OOO OO 1 IK AOTC CES OO ICL RIK 1 IOC smonmoncxxs | Next Week “UNDER COVER” By Rot Cooper Megrue A Novel A Week! * cr (Continued from Our Last Issue) It was not so dark in the tunnel! | heads 5 ys it appeared from the outside. We hy ” bh % Was not over | ulity, in thetr fi club. withe Uieit vas ate, yen! feet from the exit. Ina moment it “ rth ‘own ee ee _ . i was passed, and we came tato a there was 5 , save far “Good xf ‘wand ire the tne ie the sky | {Y harbor, as pretty and as placid Bria m Pemghor a ragga shone—bluer by reason of the|®* AY one can imagine, serty ff We have started your” Gita trom which we looked | , Tt was semtetreular in form, with | "°.Y Sue. sive’ tional We crept along—the way was|® gently shelving beach of hard | i ‘ou are English, sir alter not over 12 feet wide, some places | Sand running back 50 yards or * tare Jess, and {t constantly curved and | to the line of giant Colba and the|.. 1° are twisted, until we had lost all no-| towering Coyal palm t "Agserion 6 8 ééteas tion of direction We went land? S eta aaa Then we rounded a sharp turn: | bor front, sounding for a place tO! ingutal am and both of us leaped to our feet |land—and finding none. At last.! “america was once e colony of with a warning cry. Right before | we anchored as close in as possible, | England,” Fred explained Tt fen't us, scarcely 30 feet away, the|and prepared to go ashore. now; it's independent.” stream passed into a tunnel and| “How dep ts it here, Hatch?” “Mademoiselle also speaks Eng the open passage ended. Instantly.) “Not too deep for Connor and me 1 observed. the engineer reversed; the boat/to carry you and Mr. Cardigan on “We are English, str,” then she came to a stand, and Hatch Iet go our shoulders,” Hatch answered. the ancher. | “Can you do tt smiled-—-she was a brunette; her “Stop your engine a moment.) “Easfly, str.” ee ee Snyder,” Brinsmade ordered “Good! Come on then, Connor,” * ORR A Americans,” Brinsmade of Eng slowly along the har with charming “THE DUKE OF OBLIVION” By John Reed Scott 4 Novel A Week! Copyright, 1914, by John Reed Scott Ke ci M MMM KMNM A AMM the other did not—and {ft was he! the metropolis of the Western hem-| “You will see Mr. Cardigan and who replied sphere, and the second largest city | Mr. Brinsmade at dinner tomorrow, “This is the Island of Oblivion,” | in the world. Then we arose to go. | also the ladies of their party.” said be slowly. “Who are you, and) The Duke held out his hand and Then he stood at the head of the whence come you?” |smiled. “Come back tomorrow and) stairs until we reached the foot, “We are travelers and citizens dine with us at one o'clock, and|and waved us a farewell as we jof the turned away. |thru the West Indies,” Brinsmade| answered, “We sighted this inland, | which is not on the chart, and we) stopped to investigate.” This island ts not on the chart you say?” OR MN I “We are not married,” sald I “What!” said he, “You both are certainly over thirty!” “We admit the impeachment!” 1/ smiled | We have a compulsory marriage law in Oblivion,” he remarked “You nee, Beauchamp,” said he] "However, since you are not mar-| tion to his companion; “it 1@ as we|Tied, come along—with such of your; The matter of arms was a some- jhave thonght. How deep is the| Companions and attendants as you| What delicate question. Brinsmade tec dita Wines voc eae ee Le |was for going without rifles—the nar te" waid|WOcan bring my sister and her|men simply taking their automat- as 8 mee, cousin?” said Brinsmade, “They /|ics. | was strenuously opposed. It 4re our only companions.” ended in a compromise—in my “Admtrable!” the Duke exclaimed. | favor. The men carried their rifles “The Duchess and I shall be de-|and automatics; Brinsmade and I lighted to receive them.” He ac-|carried only automatics, In addt- CHAPTER IV. The Return The next day at noon, with an escort of four seamen under com mand of Hatch, we set out in the iaunch to accept the Duke's invita- i “It ts not!” “Possibly Brinsmade. “And beyond?” “Other islands of the Wert Indies, the Atlantic ocean, some 2,000 miles away, Eni oa | ¢— MRA ROR A DISINFECTIO For many centuries there has” been a widespread belief that if an ~ odor is suffici- ently strong and unpleasant, no disease will make its appearance tn] its neighborhood.| Various itt smelting sub- | stances have been \hung around chil- dren's necks to ward off diphtheria, ani thers burned to assist in preventing epidemics. This is done by some people even today. But physicians slowly are prov- ing that most germs of disease are unaffected by such methods. They are teaching that plenty of | ordinary hot water, lots of soap and |a vigorous use of the scrubbing | brush will disinfect and prevent | me back with the rope whenever “Now, all keep perfectly still.” sald Prinemade. The silence was of the tomb. And he, sitting on Connor's Brinsmade tossed a match over-) shoulders, and I on Hatch's, were board. It floated slowly toward the | quickly landed on the beach; Sny tunnel. He nodded to Snyder, and | der, we left with the launch. Then the engine resumed its measured) with @ rifle aplece and our avto- deat | matics we set out on the inspec “There war no sound of falling | tion. water,” sald he; “and the current! “Hom!” raid Prinamade, eyeing is moderate. I'm going to try it.| the forest fringe ahead. “This ts Hatch, how much rope is there) not a tropical jungle—where's the aboard?” undergrowth?" “I'll see, sir!” said Hatch, It was true. The rank vegetation “What are you thinking of do-| was missing; there were only the ing?" I asked trees, thick ret and huge, shrouded “Ot swimming down the tunnel.”| in hanging moss and vines—bevond Brinsmade answered. “The rope| which the eye could not penetrate is to insure my return.” We had landed at one side of the “Don't be a fool!” said I |harbor. Now Hatch suddenly point patiently. ed to the far side. “I'm trying not to be,” said be.| “There is a path yonder, sir,” he “You forget that I'm a very fair) said. swimmer—and that you can yank “Then im- r for it.” Brinamade replied. ° "A path it b as we neared it; and well used ° © © Thunder, Dick, it’s a stone walk!” The moss and walk, the stones of which were over three feet square, laid dia mond-shape and fitting together as accurately as a mosaic “What do you make of Brinsmade?” I asked, indicating ik. I signal, or you have a mind to yank. Well?’—nas the boatewain finished his measuring and looked up. ‘There sir,” r eh Brinsr kicked off his white shoes, and got out of his clothes, “Knot the rope around under my ms,” he ordered the boatswain. ‘ow listen!—Pay out the rope so doean’t drag on me any more than absolutely necessary. If I nig- mal by sharp jerks, haul in. If I vines swept the 00 feet here, tC ° it work of the Mayas, I fancy,” he replied. “There may be more of it on the island.” A tourist in Ireland came upon a of men “in holts” rolling the road. The man on top was g imeling the other within an ; of his life. The traveler look. on for a moment in silence and intervened. “I say, it's an infernal shame to ie 4 man when he's down.” “Faith, if yez knew all the le I had gettin’ him down, Wouldn't be talkin’ like that,” the reply.—Judge. WAITING TO SHOW OFF 4 ° PROBABLY . i “You're a swindler,” exclaimed GMrs. Gobb, as she entered the bird ‘store. “You're worse than a high Dray robber. You ought to shamed of yourself to cheat a poor, innocent woman the way you That parrot I bought of week is afraid. You said it be *was a fluent talker and you charg-| me a big price for him, too, and that bird h t said a single word wince I got him. Not one word Do you hear me? Not—one—sin word!” “Perhaps,” fancier, mildly him a chance: suggested the bird “you didn't give Hig! thing 43 per per 30x3 30x3 32x31 . 32x4 .. Pt deal ever mile don't signal for some time, you aig- nal me by jerks. If I'm all right, I'll answer by three jerks—if I don't answer, haul in. Remember, three jerks by me at any time means cease hauling. You under nd, Dick?” | And dropping over the side. |Brinsmade swam quietly into the |tunnel and out of sight I took ont my watch. One minute passed—two—five—ten. | | “Something's the matter,” said 1 “Signal.” | Hatch signaled. 1 bent over the| rope watching. There was no re-| sponse! } “Haul in!” I ordered. As his hand sprang to obey. Brinsmade emerged from the tun nel, swimming easily. The next| moment he was alongside and on/ board “The place is certainly 1 had a bully swim,” said he,|ed,” Brinsmade — insisted as Hatch freed him from the rope,| Where is everybody—or anybody? “And what's of more import, I've} In another moment, we reached | been thru‘the passage, and into as|the corner of the pyramid—and pretty a little harbor as you ever|came face to face with two lovely |saw. A reverse curve in the tunnel | young women—in somewhat primi jexplains why we couldn't see light.” | tive attire: —a slee blouse, a | Then we can go thru with the/ short skirt of linen reaching to the launch?” I asked knees, and sandals. Their legs and my clothes.” Perhaps,” said 1, “we shall find fome of the Mayas, too.” “I doubt it,” sald he, “but we'll have a look. It promises very fair for discovery.” We pulled aside the and |vines—and there, straight before us, a hundred or so yards awa rose a great Maya pyramid, | rec | had seen of the ancient ruins of Yucatan The pyramid, like many of the Maya remaing, was of hewn stone and bulit in steps, terminating in a broad, flat to The walk was clean of vegetation, and the forest around was free of undergrowth, tho bushes of jasmine, acacta discus an magnificent were on every hand orchids inhabit “yet Sure—as soon as 1 get back into; arms were bare; their ee a) plaited and wound around their FALLS TIRES 5,000 Miles Guarantee Grade—our Qu mean Why guaranteed for That cent less guaranteed milea t mean le Prices for r kid ca lity ervice and Guarantee 00 mile buy Tire onl mean $17.30 $23.50 treads and unusual ize time, Give us a call SEATTLE TIRE & RUBBER CO. 1624 Br oadway Opp. High Schoo Tel, East 813 this, | ognized it at once from pictures 1} hy-| “You came in a boat by the un- derground pi er" the chestnut haired one asked—breathlessty, 1 thought—looking at me. We did.” said I find no other way.” | “You disobeyed the ancient law!” | she exclaimed | “You had best go back quickly |—before you are seen,” the bru- nette advined | <Whyt 1 asked. “Been sald haired © penalty | “Death for the comes tn, or for the inhabitant who attempts to go out?” I smiled cannot say about the stranger who comes in; I never heard of such a case; but I can answer for the inhabitants. It fs even forbid- den to any but the Duke's own fam- fly to go beyond the line of trees that borders the beach.” | “You speak of the Duke,” said 1 | “Who is he?” | “Our ruler,” | plained you are his daughter hia nieces,” the cheat smiled “The Lady with a nod toward the Tam Lady Edith.” Brinsmade and 1 bowed low; the young women curtsted laughingly “There are no kings nor duke: Nor titles of nobility with us,” I jexplained. “America is a republic Permit me present Mr. Fred lerick Brinsmade and Mr Cardigan of New York.” Whereat there was more curtsy- ing and bowing “We could the cheatnut- is death.” Stranger who the brunette ex- nut-haired Elizabeth,” | brunette You will Elizabeth I'm very well satisfied Brinsmade answered “We implore you to go Edith echoed. “Some one come at any moment—the himaelf even.” “And then what?” Brinsmade asked. “Tho Duke is not such an unreasonable chap as to invoke the law on us, who have no Intent to violate it “Duke he ma force tiality go now?” said Lady here,” Lady may Duke Albert is old and frasefble; 1 it as his duty to en with strict Smpar- r the } that would best en with us," said I, “There some punishment for con with forbidden guests will go around the pyramid | the way,” Brinsmade ap pended—and facing about he strode |around the corner, 1 went also. | “Lot's return to the boat,” said 1 Presently, my dear Richard We must first see the Duke,” Just then two men sauntered around the and stopped staring! They also were clad In "nen gar |ments; a sleeveless doublet tartanlike skirt reaching midwa |between hip and knee; the arms were bare, sandals covered They wore wide-brimmed a hats, turned down in front | a man in the fifties, in | clined to stoutness, The other, evi | of con ver rds jmay be | Versing | “We corner Duke from was slender and older; both were of age size, with close cropped bi and long sweeping moustach His nibs!” exclaimed Brinamade. Who's the other | asked His chief executioner—looking for ua.” He «wept off his cap with rand flourish, 1 followed suit the flourish Good morning, “May I ask land?” Bee younger removed his hat; dently the authority, | siderably his air sire,” said the name of this he. Is Richard | said the Lady Edith. | and a The man's face Mt up. “England 2,000 miles awa hear, Beauchamp, you hear?” “L hear, my lord,” the other answered. “England, however, does not interest me now; I'm too old for transplanting-—-and, saving your | pardon, we of the island have been lost for too many generations to go back, even if we could.” Tut, tut, James! who said we ueht of going back’ the Duke} lied I'm satisfied with my! |island; and #o, I think, are my| people.” He turned to us. “You, sirs, are the first strangers that | Oblivion has seen since our ances-| tors came here in 1799." 1 Has no one gone back to Eng-| land in all that time?” I asked Neither there nor elsewhe he replied. “An Obiivian is sworn never to leave the island. We will be glad to have you accompany | us to our residence, messteurs; | there we can talk more at our ease. The steps on the enst side of the pyramid are the ones we use.” | tho | We shall Brinsmade. I threw a glance over my shoul der to insure that Hatch and Con nor were on the job. | The steps on the east aide were about two feet high, in fine repair, ! and fairly easy of ascent. The} summit was at least three hundred | | feet square, I am not familiar with |Maya customs, further than tha |the pyramid constituted a temple having tho vestibule and sanctuar on its top. The Oblivian English men had tra }into reside reigning Duke; ita height maki every breeze available, and shade was provided by roofs of woven grass. | The Duke led the way to one cor-| ner, where a number of Chippen dale chairs were scattered around & table, and motioned us to a place. | Scarcely were we seated when a| servant appeared with a flagon and! goblets of silver and served us with a drink—which Brinsmade and I in-| stantly recognized as Vino de Coyal, commonly called Chicha in| the West Indies | If you won't consider it an im pertinence said Brinsmade, “I should like to know how a Royal Duke of England ever happened to come to this remote island-—and the reason for the name Oblivion?" — | “Certainly, sir!’ responded the| Duke, “Duke William, my great-| grandfather, was cousin-german to |his Majesty Mngland. He had| been grievously misused by hi royal cougin and his government and after duly protesting and re ceiving no redress, he embarked his household, with their wives and families, on three merchant vessels purchased fo sail for the West Ind ome remote and isolated ‘sland | |that had not yet been taken up by | jany nation. Why he chose the} West Indies, no one knows. | In due course, he came upon the} pank of a for; he found this island, investigated the] | underground pass and landed, | Then he burned the vesels, issuing | Jan edict declaring it fense for anyone part the island until ja The | be delighted!” said | however. a royal the occ penetrated it, | Yr a capital of to attempt to de And from that day , Oblivion has never had | from the outside world, | fog has been sufficlent protec. | tion, it seems. And that remind me, I have not had the to ask your names.” I told him our names and re dences; adding that New York was ite politeness | | Lady E if ALTERATIONS. companied us to the stairway. “Oh, | tion, and quite unknown to anyone, | the spread of disease. To this pre | stay @ moment”- two women|! took the two tiny Colts we had) scription, it is urged that plenty | appeared on the stairway; “I wish | for the women, and put them fn my of sunshine and fresh air be added. to present you to my nieces, the| hip pockets—in event of need. | In cases, however, where chem- ta and the Lady Elizabeth,| Somehow, I could not get rid of feal disinfection is deemed neces- My dears,” as the two girls got t4/ the idea that this was to be an un- sary, it is best to let the doctor or the head of the stairs, “let me pre-| fortunate dinner-party for everyone | health officer direct it, sent Mr. Cardigan and Mr. Brins-|concerned. If I had had my way, made—fro: other world.” | we would have been steaming north-/ They simulated astonishment won-| ward {n the Buccaneer, instead of | derfully well into the underground passage in| And #0 the Duke took it; for he the launch waved them on, with the remark When we shot out into the inland DO YOU KNOW THAT—you should save the country for the babies and the babies for the country? All Sales Final and for Cash Only #QST.G COWMBIA. RETIRING SALE The following is just the general plan/of our Retiring Sale. The assortment is altogether too big for enumerating in one small ad. Please remember that we are not going to use page ads to announce this event, as that would en- tail a big expense, and we would rather let the values speak for themselves and give you the benefit of the extra saving. All Women’s and Misses’ SUITS Divided into three immense lots: | Eso" 93,00 $55.00, $60.00 1 and $65.00 Suits— Retiring Sale Price. ... 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