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STAR—FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1916. PAGE 4 | iessitiiciisietesss | SemuuaueenansesseeauunnnayenisgggzggguzzasenaneasngnggeyyetteH SERENE Next Week A Novel Member ot tne . s B =| + me Deattlc otar hee | (4 wae ae" “The Idyl of Twin Fires” Wine Piet Ea. Wose NDALL PARR Page Besssissriteyitss. @ 3 By mail, out of city, ene year, 08.00; @ months #1. per month up te ¢ mow By carrier, city, 180 @ month reaaaTeTaTaa Dentinuse Prom Gur Lat thous) {| 6 ——————— Jat Twin Fires, “Nice house, nice | lent doing tat, te “ WENT into the th room, and garden, nice brook,” she sald. Then | (Pie ie ¥ sat at my desk answering some we walked up the road, and, mt | rivet’ farming enthur M 2 | letters, while | waited for din Bert's door, she put out her hand. | ree y Biggest Shoe Manufacturer in J..iiiiy yess ue non tt | door 7 r | \ t jood- bye J ee a gin Me LF go tA Her eyes looked frankly into ¢ was nothing there but World Is for Wilson must be Miss Goodwin lwite) 0 o ° 6 Too NOW FOR A GOd. REAKPAST. mine. 1 for her to enter th room ag AND NLC Be RIT ASA FiobLe *mOR - an were | ple ie 0 xpectation tondship. The fingers did 1 i oor ith th et BY MILTON BRONNER [ie ald not enter, Neveral talnutes | [COOD DAY'S WORK. peg ——o not tremble in my grasp Ited im my lop, emlling happliy over | }passed, and I got up to Inventt-| v Z I shall write.” wald 1. controlling | (°F "7 ree ok the last package ; BINGHAMTON, N. Y., Oct. 27—-“I can easily understand how men who have }eate, but there was no sign of her my voice with ites Mt y wane send |‘ Tnthe box. Removing the i always had the best things in life, the easy way, the soft places, the privileges andff}The front door, however, stood a poe me Eee |pers, I held in my band an old ; the favors that inherited money and special laws can give, ajar, Then Mrs, Pillig called She was gone. 1 walked slowly| bronze sundial plate, and upon It, i |" Dinner!” back to my dwelling 1 had kept | freshly engraved, the ane sont, an0e £ my resolution, Yet how strangely | 1 had kept it! All had been so} “| MARK ONLY SUNNY sudden—the kis her springing away her abrupt, astonishing | HOURS” laughter. She had thought it, per-| My first thought was of its cost 7 haps, but the mood of the place|ghe couldn't afford it, the silly, and hour, and understood generous girl! 1 ought not accept That was fine, generous! Fewljt, Yet how could I refuse women, I thought, would be capa| couldn't. I bugged it to my bi ble of it. Yes, I had kept my re®-| and fairly ran to the dial post, Bus olution—and I felt like @ fool, 4) ter at my heels. happy, hopeless fool! | ‘Then | went to the village and sent a day letter to Stella. “Bus |ter sending me to thank you,” it |read. “Meet me Hotel Belmont € |tomorrow. Sold over a bushel of 1 shall not here recount the! peas today. Prepare to celebrate.” would vote for Hughes. He is their natural candidate and “ their logical choice. “But how the working people, who have always had the worst of it, could bring themselves to vote for Hughes is beyond my comprehension, He should not have the tcheited we. vote of a single workingman in the entire country Wood Thea T epled the cehterplece—a row Wilson should get the ballot of every worker in the glass vase bearing three fresh iris land!” }from the brookeide. Here was x ; core om jthe secret, then, of the open door! _ The man who told me this very earnestly and very Mra. Pillig Sn te with the pint seriously in Binghamton was no politician, nor was he an ter of exgs and bacon, and she, agitator. He happened to be George F. Johnson, partner too, spled the flowers. in Endicott, Johnson & Co., the biggest manufacturers “Well, well, you've got yourself of shoes in the world. They employ 12,000 people. Two & bookay,” she sald little cities, Endicott and Johnson City, just outside of 1 walked into my dining room, and saf down at the table, Be laide my plate wae the familiar, old {fashioned silver I had exten witli when a boy, and the sight of ft | Go to New York for a Purpose } “Not 1," was my answer, “They jJust came. Mrs. Pillig, there's a = Binghamton, have been named after the partners, And fairy lives in this house, a nice. a a SE co events on the farm during the 2 ee 2 oe here their army of contented working people live thoughtful fairy, who * things = THAT'S WHAT I SAID — NO BREAKFAST? | weeks which followed Miss Stel! The train was hot and stuffy, Johnson started as a workman in one of the factories like this, If you ever see her, = |% HAVE BEEN AFTER YOU FOR SCVERAL IMys |’ departure. They did not par-|and we were all sweltering in the “dasigpnniate “ em , 4 don't be frightened = TO BEAT THE RUGS AND YOU DIDN'T Do 17, | | Ueularly interest me Pullman by the time New Yort he now owns. He got to the top by application and Mrs, Pillig looked at me pitying A TRAMP CAME THIS MORNING AND I had written t6 her the day aft-| was ched. As I stepped out of genius for large affairs. But money hasn't spoiled him . ly. “Ill bring your toast and cof. | f= HO BEAT THEM AND I GAVG er she had departed, but no reply|the Grand Central station into HIM YOUR came for a week, and then only 4| 42nd st, my ears were assaulted HAM AND ©G6S brief little note jby the unaccustomed din, my nose 1, too, waited a week—tho it/ by the pungent odor of city streete was bard—and then answered,|my eyes #marted in a dust whirl sending some photographs, Again | But my heart was pounding with she answered briefly, wmerrily,|joy and expectation as I burrieé convefing her especial regards to| across the street Buster (Concluded in Our Next Issue) GBO ¥.JOHNSON © fee now,” whe sald. Out on the porch I could see Peter playing with Buster, Before me stood the purple tris blooms, and spoke of her whore thoughts of me were so gracious so delicately expressed, so warm ing to my heart The spoon I beld bore my moth Ask the policeman at the depot and he begins to enumerate the many private, hidden philanthropies of the man. The cop was inclined ) to believe this city, always republican, might go for Wilson because of Johnson's sup- port of the president. Johnson is independent in politics “One of my impelling motives in coming out for the president,” said Johnson, “was that he was the only president I have studied who has grasped the idea that a ~ human being is more to be considered than a dollar or a machine. I sat, the evening after this let-| pena ste ter arriv in my big, cool room, “TI hold fast to the idea that human rights are greater than property rights. In “a initlals, reminding me of my : in aay ee SOR eS Woodrow Wilson human rights have had the kind of ardent champion that I have Gow aa sie clase taccatnsnar ys ear tee tana te the ad thought | Football Helps foun Spirit, Says He I pulled my pad toward me and| lieistine wrote her a@ letter. it read never before seen in high places. “Wilson has fostered and pushed laws that give the average man a chance to tise in the world. That is true democracy with a small ‘d.’ Only by helping the average man, instead of the wealthy classes, do we make fof a greater republic, Wil son's attitude toward public questions, and especially to social service measures seems to me to be a very hopeful sign, not only for this country, but for the world “I like the way he has handled our foreign policies. I have said it v ly that Wilson must have been raised of God to carry this country thru a great crisis He seemed destined to serve the people at a time when their best interests needed just that kind of service. “I look at our factories, all busy, and at the hundreds and thousands of young men all at work, strong and well and supporting wives, mothers and sisters. That is Wilson peace and prosperity. “And then I think what might be—factories closed, machines rusting, young sert wan eaten, and saw the sky breaking tnto blue. 1 folded my new napkin, put it into the old silver ring which bore the word “John” on the side, and rose from my first meal ta Twin Fires T have a home again.” sald J, sloud; “I have a home again after ten years!" Then I went up the road toward Hert's to deliver my Invitation to supper for the following evening y reverent Neither of us spoke for a } Her face was a glimmering ra- . 9 moment. Then I said abru diance in the dusk. Slowly my HAPTER Vit “You've only come to my house | face sank toward hers, and our The Firat Lemon Pie | Wearing a fairy cap of invisibility,| ps met The next day Mra. Pillig was d in—till tonight Another instant, and she stood Here, Buster,” said I men killed and maimed and blinded, widows and orphans here in this busy city, and nervously busy with preparations Wee's yo 4 mpd = walk) away from me, fright in her eyes.| aye lal Seip sail eatin Aad all over the land. And I thank God for the way in which Wilson handled both the for the feast thre che pines e thrush won't) Then. as auddenly, she laughed. | nose into my 1 1 picked hin 4 . Ale vc: ‘ ’ I worked at my manuscripts sing for me alone John Upton,” you are nto my lap. » him “And, finally, I like the way he handled the railroad strike situation. He faced ff make myself ready for the fonst she sald softly, thrush said at all Se ee ee th Re hy held | For some reason, | went into the last time?” I cried.| “7 misunderstood,” said 1, recov. | 428 Paper belo SS a the matter intelligently and did well. He could not have averted that industrial cri fin any other way. “My partner, H. B. Endicott, and myself, not only indorse what Wilson said about the cight-hour day, but have tried to prove our faith by our works. We have just announced that beginning November | all our employes will share Wilson pros- perity by having the eight-hour day with 10 hours’ pay. This will in no way affect the wages of picce workers, who will receive a scale that will enable them to continue ' at the prices they now receive.” As a footnote to the above, it may be meritioned that a committee of 130, rep- resenting the employes, printed a full page card in the Binghamton papers, testify- down, and made signature, wip spare room at the front of the|, “Because I'm going back to the ering moro slowly, and astounded | ing the paw afterward with a blot- house, and, glancteg from the win.|!'s oF the J's, on the day after,”| by her mo . dow, saw Miss Stella stealing up| Sh® answered i “Ill not reproach you, since 1, a! ff... /,sasled and addressed the thru the orchard, ber hands full of ‘Oh, no, no, you mustn't!” I ex-| philologist, misunderstood for a] we a sangre Red flowers. claimed ‘ou are not well enough | second myself,” she responded. | 4,4 or ; wp) Ferseed . box came ad-| She peeped into the east win-|'0 60 back. You are just beginning) “Now [ must go home to pack my |; sete ‘ if : in my care, 1) dow, saw the coast was clear, and to get strong again.” | trunk Peragee it in yap cheery vr On I heard the front door gently ‘Strong! Why. my hands are as) “Let me drive you to the station | i bot ogy mocaney hag 4 BISHOP WILLIAM LAWRE ‘ opeed. 1 tiptoed to the head of| Calloused as yours,” she laughed,|/in the morning.” said I, as we der Usceit, Wileh oa vouleuane a . lth stairs, and listened. She was| “and about as tanned.” emerged from the grove, in thi . jin thy south room. Presently {| “Lat_mo feel,” I demanded. sudden strange, calm intimacy, | 0c ‘0K to the hearth and began} Bishop Lawrence of Massachw- |heard votces Sho hesitated a second, and then! when no word had been spoken,| no setts said football must be consid- H i sses the firm ded to th 2 is w |. “shi” wit out her hand. I took it in mine . Beneath this was a note, which ing publicly to the many kindne t i had extended to them, stating this was la Sh che was cautioning, evi- ee ee J escaghe a ne.) and 1, at least, was quite in the}, opened with eager fingers, 1t|/¢'@d ® factor in spiritual develop- ently to Mra. Pillig. When I came p Yi dark as to ber feelings. ment, in addressing the Protestant the reason there had never been a ripple of labor disturbance in “the big family,” and fepscmniths dyed too fingers closed over it. She did not] She sh : began : “ a 3 7 ; jownatairs, there were fresh flow- - She did not) She shook her head. 0, 1 thanking Endicott and Johnson for the voluntarily granted eight-hour day and in- ij ors on the mantels, a bow! of them|@ttempt to withdraw it for a long|too early for you. Y yeu | peeartine Buster: | Episcopal convention at St. Louis. creased pay. The “ad” is almost unique in the history of industrial concerns jon the plano, atid a centerpiece In| moment. The band slipped out Of] mustn't try to see me.” ‘bag — Anything that tends to develop |the dining-room. 1 smiled mine. Sho rose, and we moved to) For just a second her voloe way-| “That fairy’s been here in," | the door. ered. 8h ——————~w=ee | gaid Mrs. Pillig slyly. "Gi me| “The path tomorrow, pe ewiients — inh epietic a | quite 4 start.” 1 whispered. | HerompLly at seven my fueets ar iam and suddenly she Largest Credit Apparel Institution in the United States | AVE ALASKA,” declares a Hughes advertisement. But evening, and kept us in gales of : All that Bes June fay 1 worked | . . a rs merriment. Mrs. Pillig brought th in my garden, in a dream . Hughes himself was silent when he was here, and he) | soup and ment with anxious Seavitg, My mind was not on the task S I [ E AND SERVICE ARE king my ‘is silent now. So, also, is the republican national platform set the courses on the table, and| Over and over I wa COMBIN F TU O BRADBURY SUITS AND OVERCOATS “Save Alaska?” Certainly. stories. She amused me almost as| passion? How much of my feeling much as Bert did. It was a family|for her {* passion, and how much Vote for Wilson, whose ae Oe Alaska and Bremer- party with the waitress included. | !# sympathy, even pity?” | ‘ton is beyond dispute. Vote for Sen. Miles Poindexter, who] 4 tree's age can be told by the} Then came the lemon ple. Over and over | turned these} Gntroduced the first Alaska railway bill and also the Bremer-|rings on the trunk, but this meth-| “Now there's a ple!" said Mra,| questions, while my hands worked ‘ton navy yard shipping bill. Vote, then, also for George F.|od doesn’t hold good with the case| Pillig, setting it proudly before me.| Mechanienlly. And over and over, ‘| : . 1 will be honest and admit, th ti and Mrs. Frances C. Axtell, democratic candidates eanty ri | | I picked up my mother's old sfl- beitish faler eats fusoied | congress, in the First and Seapnd districts, who are true] NO MATTER HOW RICH Alagix tise’ the trSanik ees” a Laila capoditinn tothe theaget' et nds of government ownership and operation. eon 18, HE'LL BORROW Al putty brawn meringue spangled mee thiiadet thin dita de Sica Year after year we have offered this "Alaska and Bremerton need true friends of government|MATCH ONCE IN A WHILE with golden drops, the under layer! owa ord and master; here | w better made Clothing to men of Seattle, ‘ewnership to develop them right! ° “Even a cat may look at a king.”| the Taey. otveth aly nary aly | to work, to create masterpieces of | each season in the prevailing styles and ; Very fow cata know this. tanlee batieth rae enero age Ae eet ben maaan materials, and through actual test Brad- Eighty years ago the mill owners of Massachusetts doe sion OFure “Mra. Pillig,* sald 1, “ple is{ali day if 1 so desired, to maintain bury Clothes have proven their super- declared a 10-hour day would ruin them completely. A fellow who'll drink a quart of|' my own habits, my own individual. | jority Draw your own eight-hour conclusions. cyanide need never bo afraid of sald Bert, smacking | ity, undisturbed ve drowning. his lips over the first mouthful, “if] “All of which means,” I thought ‘The people’s safety is the law of God—Otis. oe 6 you could make a pie like this,)“that I am not sure of myself. 1 The New The New : FABLE youd be perfect.” must wait.” Once upon a time an uncle gave| “If | could make @ ple like this,” I went to the house, changed my Overcoats Su its y . leaid Mise Gi . 1 ot lothes, and hastened up the road his smallish nephew a two-bdit| sald ss Goodwin, “I should re-|¢ ’ Are made up in Are shown fn all the piece, and said nephew atraightway|*ign from the dictionary and open|to meet her, curiously eager for a went and put the two-bit plece in| ® bakeshop.” man in doubt his bank Mra. Pillig stood in the doorway,/ She was ng out of the door eee her thin, worried face wreathed in| as 1 crossed the bit of lawn, dr AHA! FOUL PLAY smiles. |not in the working clothes which “The cook was mixed in two Wh at last my guests started| she had worn on our barde ning packages delivered at. the back| fr home I escorted Miss Goodwin. | days, wut all in white. She smiled door that morning.""—Cleveland, 0.,| The four of uw walked up the road) at me brightly and ran down the Press *''\in merry mood, and the older folk | steps. eee left the girl and me on the poreh. “Go to New York—-but see Twin A Sacramento (Cal.) scientist ad . = | Hires Sek” the tengeed: a finds that more men are struck for | ready for the tc a “touch” than by lght | Thad not expected so much light se he fa ness of heart from her, and I was a little piqued, as T answered, “You, don’t seem very sorry that you are | seeing it for the last time.” | She smiled into my face, “All pleasant things have to end,” sh sald, “so why be um about it?” | “Do they have to end?” said I “In my experience, always,” she nodded 1 was silent. My resolution, | which | confess had wavered a little when she came thru the doorway, was fixed again. Just the light | banter in her tone had done it, | | We walked down the road, and} went first to take a look at the} lawn and rose trellis. “It will be very lovely an | year, when the vines have covered | it,” she said, “The lawn will look like a lawn) Tweeds and Fancy | newest materials of Mixtures, thoroughly cravenetted, and the | ‘he season, the styles styles include Pinch | are up to the minute Backs, Loose Backs, | and the tafloring un- and Slash and Patch | surpassed. Models for Pockets, or conserva: | young fellows, con- pig models, as prefer- | servative styles for re Priced at $20 and Up With Other Reliable Makes—Priced from $15 (Notice the Window Display) ™ STETSON SUITS OVERCOATS Have that distinctive Indl- viduality that stamps them totally different. They are made to reflect your individuality and to give you distinction The Sporting Goods Store you will find chock full of the very latest styles of Ice Skates and nice things to wear. The new ice skating trousers this year shown in a N, Y. fashion | show have rubber heels on the seat, ee UNSOLVED MYSTERIES Which is the underside of an| angle worm? oes A blot looks out of place on any- thing but a biotter. | ‘ee SOME INSIDE STUFF | Notice to Shoplifters | ONLY A SHORT TIME LEFT) TO DO YOUR XMAS COPPING, | * ; The Easiest Clothes to Buy We have built our business around the policy of ex- | tending Credit to all customers. There comes a time when everyone desires to use his credit and we invite | you to make your needed purchases here. Payments | will be arranged in the most convenient way. | Knickerbocker Barry Shoes Suits for Boys Mallory Hats $3.50 to $5) vienaid styles and) Always $3 | POPULAR PRICES | “Crying babies must be immedi. ately taken out or we will refu: to admit them.”-—Sign in Muskogee (Okla.) Movie, . The accepted Leader of all ice skates throughout the East and in Canada are the “Automobile” Ice Skates. They have beauty, speed and are “ounces lighter and stronger.” | \by then, and possibly I shall have Model C FABLE H . Pe - ." Automobile 1 Ope uponia time's min mocch: I INCRE LOW cay EL SGRIATIS Be sundial: plete,” 1 ae) ; Ps aad Price led into ye barber shoppe to get ye “possibly ” % H . ae Sanka ee $6.00 |shave and ye barber shaved him $25.00 © daiaialave twinkle. enld che, with Open Saturday Evening Until 10 o’Clock | THE ONE STORE WHERE CREDIT 18 REALLY AN ACCOMMODATION ng bE 1332-34 Second Ave. We moved on, around the bend| | by the road, and back into the dusk i the thickest pines, We walked |and didn't suggest to ye patron if |there were any other services he, could render thereof. | | seeeeereennieeeenon Albert Beatie Jeweler and Silveremith Also a complete line of the following makes: Nester John- fion’s, Barney & Berry, Planert, Spalding and Winslow Ice Skates. PIPER & TAFT, 1117 Second Ave. 2 AT nite STAR WANT ADS BRING RESULTS on to the spot where we first had met, and where first the thrush had sounded for us his elfin clarion, ‘There we stopped and listened, but there was no sound save the whis- per of the pines. | And then, as we waited, our eyes meeting, suddenly he sang, far off acrous the tamaracks, one perfect | call, and silence again. STETSON SYSTEM TAILORS 921 Third Avenue Next to Orpheum Theatre Open till 10 p. m, Saturday bd Second Ave. Near Madison

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