The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 14, 1916, Page 4

0 Sorippe Northwest Longue Newspapers Published Dally by The Star Pabli Phone Main G00 WANTED TO KNOW MORE eaptain of industry was ad- the students of the bust- i My success tn life,” he de proudly, “all my enormous Prestige, | owe to one alone—pluck. Just take that your motto—pluck, pluck, TCK! tmpressively, and a student on the front 3 sir, bat please tell us how @14 you pluck."—Ladies’ ry “Yea NOT FILLING @ay you haven't bad any. g te eat today? today eee KARLE’S iDEA OF USELESS EFFORT | \ Eth & “To GET MUSIC THE RETORT COURTEOUS ‘The famous director had an ap- itment to join his company at| Beach location, and, being late, | Was breaking various speed to get there, when his en- ‘gine suddenly went back on him. The usual idict with the pro- y for asking foolish questions along and surveyed the pic-| ture composed of a pair of legs gay from under the machine. | it’s the matter?” he asked. | “Had an accident?” “Oh, no!” came in muffled bub) lc tones from beneath the) “I'm merely taking it apart | a oe what makes it tick!”—Film ji |uously to Rosalind STAR—WEDNESDAY, The Passing of Chairman Reynolds HARLES A. REYNOLDS!’ resignation as chairman of the public service commission has a big significance. ' He left a record-at Olympia as enviable as a Ty Cobbean batting average. He was a hard fighter, square and fearless. ) and with the corporations with equal justice, tho the people generally profited by his decisions. Big jobs were pie to Reynolds. sf It was he who tackled the task of forcing the Southern Pacific system to relax its grip on the tourist traffic that the Northwest might have a share, when everybody else feared to tackle it. He dealt with the people He forced the telephone company to a showdown on the value of its properties that its tolls might be properly adjusted. Yet Reynolds He opened the inquiry esigned, he into street car heating. intimates, because he was a misfit. There’s a gentleman of color lurking somewhere in the political wood- pile when a man of Reynolds’ characteristics is a misfit. Reynolds has quit public life, he says, for ‘‘as long as politics remains as i is.” “Some day there "H be an explosion, he said. It seems to The Star it is time for the blowup, if conditions are such as to force out of office a man as valuable to the community as Charles A. Reynolds. A Shining Mark ONGRESS, by resolution, authorizes the New York World to raise a fund to brilliantly illuminate the Statue of Liberty at night. It looks like a good move at a bad time. It might be a wiser plan to complete the new Manhattan fortifications, or a few of our new battleships, before lighting the statue up too brightly. Holding a torch visible 40 miles at sea, the lady would be a dandy tar- get for a 15-inch gun, wouldn’t she?) The World | $s getting real reckless after all the awful-scares it has thrown into New York lately. JUNE 14, 1916. PAGE 4. Keeping Down Cost of Food ERSONS who cannot see how the government can possibly help the people in matters of price regulation of food products can learn a little lesson from the recent history of sisal hemp. This is the material from which binder twine is made Votered onde it is a product of Mexico and Central America, its price directly affects the cost of wheat, and so it concerns every Recently the Internat one. jonal Harvester company accused organization of Mexican planters, called the “Comision marketing ot the Reguladore,” withdrawing sisal hemp from the market in order to force higher prices. Representatives of the “Comision” in turn charged that the Har ter com- pany sought to corner sisal and to create a shortage, and discredit the plant- er’s organization, and the directors asked that the disposal of the present available supply of sisal be handed over to the Federal Trade Commission. A resolution to this effect passed the senate without debate last week. Under the agreement the sisal must be sold at present prices plus any Increase in ocean freight rates. to buy must file an affi domestic consumption during the season of davit that 1916, Within 30 days any manufacturer desiring he needs the fibre for manufacture for and all manufacturers must be given equal opportunity to buy for manufacturing purposes, byt not for speculation. The 125,000 bales, said to be on hand, will insure a sufficient supply of binder twine for this year’s harvest. The distribution of sisal by the Federal T ade Commission shows very clearly how many another commodity which directly affects the price of food might be kept from the hands of speculators and the unfair methods of boosting prices employ ed by big corporations, The Federal Trade Commission consists of five men appointed by the president. It was approved two years ago. stood by the general public. This matter of sisal hemp is a good lesson in the power of the Federal Trade Commission to be of service to the people. Its activities are not yet under- BIRROOR OR) OOO O00 UODUOU OO) O00 OC TIO IRIO NT OC OOOO SOCOM OR OCCUR COUR OOOO OOOO OD 8S OOOO OCIS MOO ICITUBICMUC KOC OO IK Oe MON KI ———aeeE: CULES 00OH0 0000 aRhResess<s>®<=>=>=<~<See ee eee NOOO OOOO 8 0—00_00°" Next Wee A Novel A Week! By Rot Cooper “UNDER CDVER” k Megrue RRRRTRRKRR RK RRLRR YER (Continued from Our Last Issue) HE Duke and the Duchess awaited us at the head of the Stairs. He was garbed as on yesterday; the Du . also, was 4 1 in white. Her gown, out jo only ting I've | 0f deference of her age, | suppose.) fe an insult—An-| Was & trifle longer than the young He took a drink of chica, Indies" She was in the early forties; not particularly handsome, but with a Vivacious manner, & most gracious smile, and, I imagined, with ty of dignity tn reserve, She was a sister of beauchamp and the Duke's second wife, I learned la! “My son, the Marquis, wil! join us fn a moment,” the Duke sald, sing himself particularly to “You will pardon him, Brinsmade; he was delayed by some matters of imperative bust ness.—Ah! here he is now.” as « slender youth—with a thin, acetic a behind a curtain that did for a door |Coming forward, he bowed to us collectively — and eyeé Rosalind only. I 414 not Itke him! The dinner was served tn the open--under a straw canopy-—-on the west side of the pyramid. It Was strictly en famile, with but two courses—the dinner course and the dessert. The Marquis, whose name was George, devoted himself mo: So assiduously, indeed, as to be obtrusive. And she, with the natural perversity of the sex, encouraged him—with a sly glance at me. From time to time, the Duke's leyes rested on them approvingly, ! thought; and that also I did not like—tho why, I did not know. When the Cloth was removed, the ladies withdrew to a neighboring canopy; and we men had our wine, after the fashion of the late eighteenth century, which still gov- erned the Duke and his people— being the fashion of the first Duke's time. “What is the present population of the island?” I heard Brinsmade ask. “Something under two thousand,” the Duke replied. “It's not overcrowded.” “No—the normal casualties of the climate have kept down the num- bers. There is plenty of room in Oblivion.” “What Is your system of govern- ment—your land tenures and Your pursuits?” I asked. “The government is an antoo- racy,” said he; “title to the entir island is veated in me. The people have long leases, which are paid for in produce of the soll or hand We hav6 no money; yet everything is based on a money value; pounds, shillings, and so on. It requires testified | vanished as com and swallowed him up.” __ “More 80, your honor. He van- ' {shed as completely as if he had| Fun over somebody with his ca’ | - Puck. very little for us to lve here; no one has to work unduly; there ts tolerated, and panics cannot occu Our wants are few, because they are limited to what the island can sup- ply. All together, sirs, we of Obliv. fon lead a remarkably happy life.” Ask For and GET HORLICK’S MA THE ORIGINAL LTED MILK Made from clean, rich milk with the ex- tract of select melted grain, malted in our | rious he was, just how fearful was own Malt Infante and children thrive on it. Houses under sanitary conditions. Agrees with the weakest stomach of the invalid or the Needs no cooking nor addition of milk, Nourishes and sustains more than (ea, coffee, ete. Should be kept at home or when traveling. A nu- tritious food-drink may be prepared in a moment A glassful hot before retiring induces refreshing . Also in lunch tablet form for business men. jubstitutes Cost YOU Same Price Take @ Package Home ]_ “It seems to me,” sald Brinsmade, | “that this should be called the Isle jot Bliss rather than the Island of Oblivion.” | “Oblivion, the Duke sometimes, newered no know fe bites,” “Leantwine, It nothing else. and slowly replaced bis glass. “I have & proposition to make to you, Mr | Brinsmade and Mr. Cardigan,” said he. “It may appear at first some | what startling; perhaps ft will not Instantly appeal to you, nor to the ladies; nevertheless, I shall ask you | to consider tt.” He paused and smiled. I lIiked | neither his words nor his smile— and I swung my chair around to ward Rosalind and waited, | CHAPTER V. | An Amazing Proposition The Duke poured out another giass of wine, took a sip, then set- tled back tn his chair. “It ts a matter that Beauchamp and I were discussing only the other day,” said he. “Your arrival jnow is most opportune. It may solve the question, indeed, for sev. | eral generations.” He took another stp of his wine, | considered a moment, then went “We were amall tn numbers when {Duke William settled in Oblivion land we were further divided be | tween the nobility and the common people. Naturally, the nobility were much the fewer; and, It so hap. pens, have also suffered more by | death. We were nearly related by blood or marriage when we came today we are remitted to marrying cousins, who were cousins of our | Darents, who, in turn, were cousins of theirs. The same is true, In a less degree, of the common people. | Do I make myself plain?” “Perfectly,” said Brinsmade. “I can readily appreciate your situa- tion, You wish to procure new blood among you.” “Pxactiy!” the Duke replied. “And you wish our ald to ef- fect it?” Exactly.” Then I suggest that you detall |Lord Beauchamp, or someone, to accompany us to the States, where | he can take ship for England—I as- |sume, you prefer Englishmen Yor colonists.” |. “Americans I understand ft, ‘© Englishmen, as said the Duke. “Not all Americans. The large |majority of the original settlers, | however, were from @: Britain —all of Mr. Cardigan’s and my | You will find plenty of colonists in America, !f you don’t care to go to England.” | “I think Amerteans will do very | well,” said he. “Delighted to oblige you, jvure,” Brinemade replied I'm “Mr. | Beauchamp, or whomever you send, to secure desirables.” | “We had not thought to go so |far away for our new colonists,” |the Duke replied “Jamaica 18 nearer, that ts trus,” sald Brinamade; “I had overlooked it.” “Not even to Jamaica, wherever |that may be. We have no maps But to return to the matter under discussion.” He paused, and looked from one to the other of us. “What |do you say, sirs, to yourselves ro- maining with us—yc and the |young ladies, and your five sallors?” | “What!” laughed Brinsmade—not gresping at once the Duke's propo. sition As for me. I was not surprised | what his Royal Highness was lead Ing. And it depended on how se with ard “I hope, sirs, that you will take our position Justine to Rosalind tinued; “that will be honor | by marrying into the ruling fam Jes upon terms of equality by proposition 1s that you, Mr. Brins made, shall marry the Lady Eliza eth; Mr. Cardigan, the Lad Edith—or vice versa, if you prefer; tho I take Jt, sirs, that | have noted | Cardigan and I will try to ald Lord} | I had guessed from the first up to| and | WK cs your preferences correctly; that my son, the Marquis, shall marry Miss Brinsmade; and Lord Beaw champ shall marry Mra. Leighton, who, I believe, ts a widow; the satiors to mar nong their clase Are you con | “Are you eserious™ Brinsmade exclaimed “I never was more so, I assure you,” the Duke answered. Brinsmade turned to me with a puzaled look “If you wish for time to consider “we shall be glad to withdraw and jlet you hold council with Mrs. | Leighton and Miss = Brinsmade. There may be some question that you will want to talk over before the ceremonies are performed. We | do not desire to be unduly precip! tate in the matter.” “1 think,” I said quickly, before Brinsmade could answer—I saw from his face what the nature of be—“that your n is very pert! nent. We should like time to dis cuss it before we make answer your proposition fs so sudden and unexpected, and !s of snch moment consideration.” I tried to say {t with all the sua ity 1 could command—and I think |I succeeded, even tho the Duke's cold gray eyes were fixed on me intently, a smile of amused assur ance on his whiskered lips “Then I suggest,” said the Duke leasantly, as he arose, “that we rejoin the ladies. You can lay my proposition before Mrs. Leighton and Miss Brinamade; we Oblivians withdrawing until you have fin- ished.” “The ladies, by all means!” said 1, and we walked across-—-where his | Royal Highness, without the least |hesttancy or delay, gathered hi family together and took them back to the adjacent canopy. Cactus Juice Was the Only Remedy That Helped Him Many people suffering from a deranged stomach, and from kidney jand liver trouble, do not know just |what {* the matter with thom. vital organs, among which are: Constipation, sick headache, heart- burn, prolonged sleeplessness, that tired feeling, a coated tongue, dark circles under the eyes, indigestion, dyspepsia, eto. Cactus Juice, the new herbal system tonic, attacks and destroys jall potmons in the blood, corrects | diseased conditions of the stomach, liver and kidneys, thereby forcing them to perform their proper func tions Mr. FB. M. Stratton, Henry bufld- ing, says: “T had been sick for some time, and ft was my stomach people abuse their stomachs and |than aa time goes on they realize their folly. Simple food and regu |lar habite is the real thing, but my Jcondition had run so long—I tried |several different medicines with ont results before I heard of Cactus | Juice. T had sort of lost faith in jall remedies, but nevertheless 1 |tried ft and I am mighty glad that }t aid ach, and ft {a no more than right |that T should praise Cactus Intoa, jand give it all the credit that ts | due.” This Master Medicine will tone 1p and strengthen the entire sys | jtem in short order, Hundreds of kindly to the idea,” the Duke con-|testimonials from satisfied people| Brinsmade that Cactus Julce does all advertised to do. Juice is on anle at all Bar tell drug stores, and the Cactus Juice man is at Store No, 3, First and Pike. explain the merits of this remedy to you, | the proposition,” the Duke went on, | and honor, it requires very serious | note a diseased condition of these) It sure fixed up my stom-| where he will be glad to! “THE DUKE OF OBLIVION” OOOO UO “What in the world ts the mat ter?” exclaimed Rosalind. “Have you had a squabble’ “Not rout yet,” said I; “but we are to have. Tell them, Fred. what his Royal Highness honored us by proposing “You tell them!" he burst out. How do you man to keep so cool?” he demanded. “I'm not,” said 1; “but I'm trying to appear eo.” “What ts {t, Dick, deart™ asked | Rosalind “Briefly, it's this,” sald I—The Duke wishes us to become rea! dents of Obdlirion, and to | into his family.” “Good Heavens!” erted Justine. “It's absurd'” exclaimed Rosa lind. course, you refused. The man must bo demented.” | “Unfortunately he {sn't dement 04,” said 1, “and he ts very much in earnest. He has even, like all royalty, arranged the marriages. | You, Rosalind, are to marry the} | Marquis——" “Hom!” anid Roralind. “Whom did Mra. Leighton draw, Dick?” “Beauchamp,” I replied. | “On the whole, I think we were a bit unlucky tm the draw,” Rosa- lind remarked. “Who are you to marry, Dick—the Lady Elizabeth or the Lady Edith?” “The Lady Elizabeth goes Fred—I'm net lady Edit | “Ho! ho!” said Rosalind pose you are for remaining | Oblivion?” | “Woe would rather take them with | us,” Brinsmade remarked “Why uld the Duke seek marry us?” Rosalind asked “To get new blood into the fam ily,” 1 explained “Tho family needs it, judging from the Marquis,” ehe replied " said 1; “and our sallors are arry among the common peo- to “I sup fn to | to ple.” “Well,” she exclaimed, “what will ho do if we refuse? To kill us will work his own defeat.” “Precisely!” said 1. “He will tm- prison us until we assent.” “And Justine and me,” sald she, calmly, “he will take by foree.” She had touched the vital point | “Nonsense, my dear!” Brinsmade said assuring! “Neverthele he enjoined, “I want you both to promise that you | won't let me fall alive into the Duke's hands.” “And promise for me also,” said Justine. “You have your automat fos with you; ve a bullet each for Rosalind and me.” “We can do better,” said I, and | produced the two small Colts. | “Dick!” erfed Rosalind. “You are a dear!” | “By gracious, Cardigan, ar exclaimed Brinsmade. “Yet you would have laughed at me if I had suggested your bringing them,” I remarked. | Then for some minutes we dis- cussed plans for escape. We were still talking when Rosalind nodded toward the stalrway—from which a column of soldiers were debouch ing on the pyramid They were the Duke's guards They drew up tn a line, were told off in four detachments and sta tioned at four stairways, eight at each stairway "Click!" said T the lock snap? “The old brute | tine. “Here comes Beauchamp for our janswer,” sald Fred. “Now for it” Beauchamp bowed to the ladies, |then gravely saluted Brinsmade jand me, Wo returned the salute jin kind | “His Royal Highness awaits your answer,” sald he, looking at Brins made Answer you him, Dick,” = gritted “you're in charge. “We decline the honor,” said 1 |“Furthermore, as guests, Invited Jhere by the Duke himself, we ex pect to be permitted to depart | forthwith In safety to our launch.” “That is your final answer, sir?” “It 4s," said 1, with a bow “Then I am directed to say that | |"T'm too engaged to be coherent. | “Did you hear} muttered Jus: | By John Reed Scott A Novel Copyright, 1914, by Joba Reed Scott A Week! URKRRRANNARRAR AR TRO | the marrt |ready designated by his Roy on of the parties, as al) at Justine “I'm game for the play,” replied Highness, will be celebrated at eun- | Justine. |down this evening. In the mean time, you have the Mberty of the entire pyramid.” |. He bowed to me; I bowed formal |ly to him. He faced about, and returned to the Duke. | “Next!” sald L “Whose move ts ft?" said Brine made. “Ours, until sundown; then | their—and the fireworks.” | “The fireworks whl be before sundown, if I a chane bin yal Highness Brinema de. jared. “However, I've got you fn- | to this Infernal snarl; it's up to | Dick and me to get you out—* | “Before sunset!” Rosalind smiled; | and Justine laughed. | The nerve of the two was marvel- | ons. | out before sunset,” sald I; “but we will postpone the marriages!” “If you do that, Dick,” said she, straight in the eyes, Anything I ask! I conld not ask her for what I most wanted—and she knew it-or she should have known {t--or she ought not to have tempted me--or 1 gave it up; it was too much for me. “Hello! what's this mean?” ex- |claimed Brinsmade, as the Lady Edith and the Lady Elizabeth arose suddenly and came toward us, with a *ord to the Duke as they passed him, “I'm going to meet them,” sald | out us?” Rosalind. “Come on, Justine.” | “We'll all come on.” said I—"“both | in courtesy to them, as pro | tection to you.” “Right!” agreed He swept i it owed sult. Rosalind and Jus- tine held out their hands in gre ing. “How can you ever speak to us?” exclaimed Lady Edith. “You two are not Rosalind replied. “You*believe that? “Of course, we do.” | “We heard of the famous propos Brinsmade. to blame,” Duke's in jon only a moment |ago—from the Marquis,” said Lady | Elizabeth. “We want you to know that we are Innocent.” “Does the Duke mean [t?” tine b t out, He most assuredly does mean said Lady Elizabeth. “The point ts for you to escape,” sald Lady Edith, “Exactly!” said Rosalind; how is {t to be managed? Eight guards at each airway, and | Heaven only knows how many be- low.” The guards can't fight—they never fought in their lives!” Lady | Edith exclaimed. “No one ever | breaks the law tn Oblivion—except to drink too much chicha occa- sionally; and the police handle them.” “What would you advise do?” I asked, “To go straight to the stairway, knock down such guards as get in | your way, and make for the har- bor.” “And ff the guard | fight and overpower eight against way,” sald I, | Edith? Then they will release you. The | Duke said, you will remember, that you were to have the freedom of the pyramid until—sundown, His word holds in that, as well as other. wise.” “The law of the Medes and Per. sians that altereth not,” Rosalind commented “The law of the fugitive—or any | thing else that may serve his pur: pose,” Brinsmade scoffed. “The only thing sure {s that his Royal | Highness is a rotten bad lot.” We both despise him and his preclous son!” exclaimed Lady | Elizabeth Shall we try the stairway?” said I “We might go over and make a Play at it,’ said Rosalind, looking Jus it “but us to happens to us—they're two at every stair “what then, Lady “We may not accomplish the get-| | | off his cap and bowed, | — 3 ee ee ee ee RRR ARERR “Here, too!” said Brinsmade. I held ont my hand to Lady Edith. Goodbye; and many thanks for the suggestion.” “Elizabeth and I are going with you,” she returned. “To the yacht?” Brinsmade ex- claimed, looking at Lady Elizabeth —"You will leave Oblivion with us?" “We meant,” Lady Elisabeth an- swered, “we will go to the stair way with you-—to ald you to es- 0.” If you ald us to escape, you will ho recourse but to go with he insisted. “We dare not!” “America, and the world, are bet- ter than Oblivion and !ts Duke,” Brinsmade broke tn. “Anything {* better than Duke and the Marquis,” Elizabeth answered “I have an idea,” said 1. “Hold to it hard!” Brinsmade ejaculated, “The said idea is this,” I smiled: “For Ladies Elizabeth and Edith to attempt to escape with us is need- less danger for them. It would be much more prudent for them to wait untll we have escaped; then, if we succeeded and they still are of the same mind, they can slip down to the harbor at midnight, where the launch, awaiting just within the tunnel, but out of sight from the Island, can take them aboard and to the yacht.” “And you will not safl away with- Lady Elizabeth asked, looking up in Brinsmade's face. “You will be waiting for ust” Brinsmade stepped over and took her hand. Rosalind and Justine turned away—I smiled at Lady Lady the | ot elty, om Ate per rier, ity, 250 =m Henttle, Wash., postet tie wiier your, $4.00; 6 th to @ h Cynthia Grey’s LETTERS | Q—WIII you please tell me where lthe letters in our alphabet origin. ated? MOLLIE. A.-All alphabets (mdn has in ented 250 of them) had thetr ort xin in pleture writing. But the way which they have come down to us ts complicated and hard to trace, We are mre, however, that pre historic man scratched figures on | boards fo suggest something. Ata later time these figures were s#im- plified to suggest names, and final ly they came to stand for sounds, the case of our English alpha as it bet Of the 260 alphabets which are |known to have extmed, 50 survive jtoday, but more than half of them | 4re restricted and jocal in thetr use. | Q—t have a great many roses at | my home, and would like to know | how to make rose beads. Some one |eald you would publish directions for making them during the rose |season, but | have watched your columns every day and failed to see it yet. WI you please print it now? M. E. D. | A.-—For pink, lavender and Nght |bine, use only the petals of white roses. A light pink rose will do for lavender. to the wall paper store, or ever they sell wall tints, and get different shades. Grind petals and mix in a small amount of shade desired, Make up in beads. Put on | pins to dry right away. Add a tea- | spoon of salt to every pint of pulp. While working with this pulp, use only china dishes. Q.—If a woman voter marries a man who Is not naturalized, does she lose her right to vote? W. H. P. A.—She does, On the other hand, a foreign woman who marries a U. 8. citizen ts thus naturalized. It doesn't seem fair to American wom- en, and I think they should en- deavor to have the law changed. Q.—1 have been married for seven years, and get along fairly well with my husband. Lately | wrote a let- ter to an old sweetheart of mine, asking him for the address of his aunt, as she and |! were great friends. Since then he and | have been writing letters—just friendly letters. Now, should I tell my hus- band of this mew correspondence, it would never mean anything but friendship, and should te con- tinue to write to him? 8. 8. A—You should either inform your husband of the correspondence and Include him fn {t, or discontinue * it. Not that there is any real harm fo the letters, or writing them; but your motive of friendship 1s apt to be misconstrued, and much trouble would result. | Edith. “We will not go without yon, little girl,” he answered’ softly. “The Buccaneer will take you, or ft won't take any of us.” And he raised her fingers, and gravely sa- luted them. “I am content,” she replie¢d—and }the light Im her eyes was very, |very soft. “Are you content, | Edith?” “I am content, dear,” Lady Edith laughed—“only, I wish we were aboard the Buccaneer.” “Amen!” said Rosalind and Jus- tine in the same breath. “Then the quicker we start the sooner we will be there,” said I. “Full speed ahead to the stairway and the guards.” “Look to your revolvers,” Justine ye!" said the three of us d we strolled on toward the stairway—and the guards. (Continued In Our Next Issue) * Because the tection from a poor smoke and full value for his money. Not forgetting that Presado blend—the blend that comes only in Tom Keene. 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