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STAR—MONDAY, D&C. 25, FINDS MISSING =e, | ‘JAPAN TRAVEL moc nove EASY WITHOUT KNOWING LINGO BY CLARENCE AXMAN | Editor of the E ern Underwriter | NEW YORK, Dec, 25.—"Kori-| <ori” means ice, and that's all the} japanese an American traveling in he Orient need know. will take care of = itself English is the comm guage thers, and any Oriental bust ness man or hotel clerk, who hae! not a smattering of our tongue, can| have no dealings with the Ameri | can tourist On a hot day, which Is every day, we looked for the Japarfese short Ray (ei and Morns Gesf Present THE MOST WONDERFUL PLAY IN AMERICA F 9 Months in New York 7 Months in Chicago 5 Months in Boston BY J. 1916. PAGE 6 BOY AFTER 21 WEARY YEARS HERBERT DUCKWORTH | STAPLETON, N. Y., Deo, 2b, —What family ie having the happlest Christmas celebration | In the world? | know, for | helped prepare the holiday In what hitherto has been one of the loneliest In the land! For 21 yeare motherly, rosy oheeked Mrs. Edward Banning — of Stapleton, Staten Island, mourned the lose of her son, | William Stevenson, whose fa ther she married when she was | gn, translated: “Drinks sold anty 10 0 8 cores Appearing over the door of Sho was divorced, her Iittle boy COMPANY OF 82 yearly one-third of the stores in| taken from her, and 14 years ago A Lowe Story of Youth, MY little town this sign can be her second husband died. Sines! | [BEAUTY] ) — His TrinteandTemptationg ce" two blocks away. Drinks on then Mrs, Banning has been search sale include mineral water, “Tan. | ling im vain for some trace of the, Nights, S0c to 82.00; Sat. San”; beer, a poor variety; and | lost boy who meant more than any what would correspond to Amert can pop, all lukewarm. At our ery of “Kori-Kort,” th hme ‘sone | Confessions of a Wife the loaf “of sanitary et “gar found Mat. 30¢ to 81.50; Mat. Wed. beat Bargain | m Christmas without in the world to her. mead that to spend another him was too What was there to) uch to bear. jlive for, just struggling along with| dressmaking business? And now her son Is restored | fi here on restaurant tables, carefully | to her for # Christmas pres- We oer oar “were ter inwrapped and washed it. and then | @ | years, I am only a little over a de-| ent! Secretary Daniels of the fall you Just namine you toot out the ico under a shaving ma-|| THE COWARD REPENTS OVER | | Qudo. but in experience and Iiving| United States navy Ie her ees: it cmcon oiNiee dua It was quite a ceremony, | NIGHT @) {am so old “that sometimes 1] Santa Claus, Today the lone- ar prices are the lowest in Se.|*24 @rious children gathered to | jwtand aghast before you. I n| ty home is gay with Chri Bitle for high-class work. witness performance ‘Margio,’ sald Paula,” I wonder|hardly reallze any one can have| mas greens, in honor of the geen A railroad tickets are printed ° h otten over that old the outlook on life that you have| great reunion! rt » in Japanese and the other |'€ You have Ke no enthusiastic, so trusting, #0 When my first husband and I lin English, Signs in Japanese and | conventional habit of dividing PO |\.04) go true to the best and most|separated, years ago, my husband | English announce the name of the|ple into two classes, the good and) worth while, It makes me very t Will, our little boy, to a home |Station, and there ts even & 6i8D-| the bad. I have. I have never aoe | Leas 1 am always trying to re-| » the Htudson," onld Mra Ban board reading The principal member if | wore ever so young|ning. “I used to visit him there, pointa of interest, here are." |® Derece a0 good that I'did not find) ain On a yod |but a time came when I could not e It is sald that the lack of lin |#0me bad in him, and no one #0 Doar, even ta “ey seat [Steere emake whe: ort That & 6004 | Never mek who was as | ¥a8 21 years ago. When next I & woman 41 as you—-who was us| _and Porcelain Crowns $5.60 | fulstic facility of the average Eng- | bad that I did not disco Ml Set of Teeth...88.00 to $45 | l8hman ts the reason he refuses to! trait or two humanly went to hee him he had been sent ou Plates relined and mado to se hoes bape pale tetrad ane In the after yoars many of my|generous (1 don't mean generous |t© . pple eae Saat die and henea s nations have to | gg cdg ae . y r — $3.50} iearn his. On our. way to Yoka.|fflends tried to make me think | the . ea a Ags om pisces he left the farm, Nobody knew National Painless Deatias se there were 26 nationalities | Earnest Lawton was all bad and at|{ivINE yourmell). 1 Rave | never) chere he had gone. ate e ship, each person practicing|one time I thought be was Al! | seemed to consider what you were| “Somebody suggested | write to vam glish on t ther. It was the] .ooq Now I know he was only | going to get out of anything You |{he we Sopertnent and the navy 2 y the ould conve Pt e e our departine! ee eae y ere at |sust lke the rest of us, part good | #!t ly sive, give of yourself, your WTCK etiar |iSvaie’ ibritaey . es unc aymy hy our alenta, you en fortable Russian was trying his}and part bad thuslasm, to every one, seemingty| Oaniels told me about William best to explain to a Japanese se The greatest fault of Earnest! perfectly serene in the knowledge| Stevenson, a sailor on the San ert Hansen | <r: service mao juse'why he lett|tawton wae that he was utterly | that no matter how much you give,| DI@@®, now In the Pacific | the army The conversation had . f wrote to him and found he was sh. Consequently he was nev. | YoU Will still have more to offer. “4 deweler and Sliveremita our own language sound ee Th fw th bat iid, my lost boy }Sam Bernard and We' ander to taste the highest happiness a 7S won, baby ebild,| wit must be as glad to find HO10 Second Ave, Near Madieon|||Fiels discussing the high cost of [himself, nor be able to make any| why I have the courage to Ask YOU/ nig off mother ax Tam to find my living one else perfectly happy [to ive me the blessing of your db |iong-missing son. Ho has written | ides W'eaie a bel filing He was jealous the night 1] vine fe reiveness and not to despair lio me every day Jabout Japanese proficiency tn Eng-|¥¢%t to supper with Joff—jealous ween 3 think of bow terribly I} +9 has learned languages, lsh. E in hotels and|and lonely. He did not know what arin have appeared to You 188t/ teaches the ship's school and has! she y ho understands, t|to do with himself, as he bad al | 8/8" . }won a number of prizes for gun- 9 frequently his sole acquaintance |most become dependent upon me/ Dear heart, forgive me, not be-| nery | with the language is “Yes” and|for his own after-the-theatre relax-|cause I deserve it, but becaus I am compensated at last for No.” We did run across a waiter|4tion, and, being uncomfortable, you. EARNEST. Jan the long, dreary Cbristmases who knew two more words: “Never |>/# want of me became an obses en I went on the stage in of the past. on which T longed for mind.” Given quite an explanation |*!0®. He thought he must find me rt he whisper Are you/my boy and wondered whether he/ from six persons at our table as to|#t &9y cost. He never for one min [ABery at me was suffering and unhappy.” | was never considered me in any way ex: how they wanted th: ir eggs, he lis ry at you,’ Rose City Importing Co breath, "but t 404 14th St. answered wu tened gravely to each; then said/ t as in regard to himself. And]! ‘ iol “Never mind “aug{the more he drank, the more ob-|hurts me, Earnest, to have you bre them {m2 soft boiled alj|#tinate he became in his deter |‘hrow away your splendid talents and yourself so completely.’ I never will again as long as you stay with he answered, mination to fiod me and make me Jas uncomfortable as I had unwit around. | Reaching Yoshida at 4 one after Oakland. Cal. on, It be nec t jtingly made him. ™, LONDON, Dec sae (By Mail.) — nounce the approach of win-|to create @ voracious appetite and $ a - : et Leke Sonn “tavastusare | “The next day, however, when|&od immediately I saw that {t was! when {t comes to living in dugouta | Kiteb,” as per instinct, be| “Kitch,” heavy-eyed, finally came| When “Kitch lorder to catch a steamer train, we|h@ awoke with a splitting head-|¥!th him as tho we had never had/on the western battle front, “Kitch-|¢an to show the boys something|to the surface for @ final look Off. Its jtold the proprietor of the fmm that |2¢h¢, he had remorse with a cap-|® dit of troubi ever,” bruin mascot of @ certain | about the real art of digging Re-|around. Then with a sniff, he dis-|far away. ‘ ers Cus- We wanted two carriages }ital Ro He was not quite sure (To be continued) Western Canadian battalion, is! fore many days he had dug himself | lappeared. Now while his battalion tomers in Seat- Yes,” he answered. An hour| What he fad said or done, but from a — = past ex@eriences he knew he had and two coolies showed up | |probably done the wrong thing. tle and Wash- r baggage on their shoul n d, like all cowards, his first id n dace. and, a , ingt on com Are-the carriages coming?’ we| Was to make up with me at any cost, Gee dee Bia, Casas Ga plete lines of asked, as It had begun to sae ee ee ee he pick ‘em ont 3O¢ m we thought of Lake Shoji, 12 m triel to do it now Ia choicest Cali- — ? a ee Dear Baby Child: I am so $ “Yes.” , lad, Paula Sweetheart, you are a fornia Grape Yes,” he answered. After an-|* J Pe n ae other. half hour's wait the host |#>Y child, for you will probably Juice, Mineral started bowing us out. Just then |P® more apt to forgive me than if & sense Janes iia froma you Were a real grown-up woman Waters, etc., at Teeth collate eae rom, Part of experience. Then you would 4 r a ‘ : 7 yerhaps feel that my foolish jeal lowest rices. plained ou dicament. After aj P** Pp | short talk with the hotel proprietor, |°U#7 Was unpardonable—but oh, All orders ship- he said |deareat, you cannot know the rag ed da re He hasn't any carriages; he ex-|!8 hell I was in last night—you P y » pests you to walk cannot know what your dear pres- ceived. But we didn't; we rode the 12/¢2¢® has meant to me the last fow miles in chairs months. it is like a drink of cold water to a man dying of thirst ‘Child, do you know I am about f a century older than you-—in = ENGLAND COBBLES 7 /REAL PAINLESS FOR ITS ALLIES NO CRIPPLES FROM |i ——seeemen | DENTISTS 2::°%.2.2.*u:.2:| WAR ARE WANTED IN! Germ ans k ecross their own | amount of boot leather. As Er and is supplying the greater por : |tion of all the boots worn by the| RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec. 25 lallied soldiers, the shoe factories |Chief of Police Aurelino Leal de thruout England are swamped with |Clared himself today in favor of work toda |Deputy Barroso’s bill restricting | For the winter, the British gov-|the admission to Brazil of mutilat ernment w quire 9,000,000 feet \@d European war veterans. In his of upper leather for Cossack boots |oPinion, the chief says, “such in Sits “atrohuce cur nce 7,000,000 feet of leather for|¥alid persons, besides being use Ekalsbone) plate, which ie the soldiers The |!¢s88, are noxious and unsuited to and strongest plate known, ete of a6 or.|new countries ax an element of tees the roof of the must ‘be | work and production time fmouth; you can bite corn off the cold 4 guaranteed 15 years. set of teeth (whalebone) 89.00 0 set of tecth .. ... $5.00 — work, per tooth, gold $3.00 crowns ++ $3.00 Gold fillings + $1.00 up Bilver fillings +++ 500 government to take up of eather ‘on’ the|POLIGE OFFICIAL GIVES POOR KIDS LARGE TREES TODAY NEW mar DRY LAW| PUTS END | TO CITY WOODPILE YORK, Dec, 25.—Police . |Commissioner Woods fathered a| Platina fillings - -76¢| DENVER, Col., Dec Den-| Christmas tree for the poor children | All work guaranteed for 18 years. Vers municipal woodpile today is|of New York, one tree to every sta | fe impression taken in the morn- a thing of the past Time was |tion house In the greater city, to- Beret teeth same day, Exam= wien men who could not secure|day. Hundreds of ragged little| CLOSED TODAY work were given a dollar a day or boys and girls who otherwise would See Samples of Our Fiate a dollar and a half in groceries to\go without any Christmas at all are Bria Work, We St od is tomorrow at ine’ Pest at Time. | work on city’s woodpile, There |being made happy today by the of. Sale reopens t h Most of our present patron has not been an applicant for such |ficers, one of whom in each station 9 sharp. Come early to ended by our early ev ° ear. Officials declare |\s dressed as Santa Clsus. whose work in still «iving good suns ds cae eae tee lition” Ask our customers who rohibition is th ise. Inci | Pave tested our work n coming all » several fine va a raenith you fs in the city ait and «| MAINE HAS CHAMP E it place. Bring this ad with you unt wing in the penitentiar COUNTY FOR CASH Katt < Rate | 00 Te State weet dry Dentists It pays to read The Star's} HOULTON, Me., Dec. 25. car'iah Maia ' ied Ad Page. stock county today is the ata : er-Paterson Co. lcounty in the United States, ther Slik Home, northernmost count of a ey snatched the crown from Los An % county, Callfornia MEN READ THIS The humble potato did it Potatoes that sold for 75 ce new Let us offer you the relief and comfort are rfl : a naw babe we are giving others, ard leave the pay: Mil gq75 ana farmers hore are holding ment end of it in your own hands. leusk of thelr aren for OF 6. Sateel We Treat All Diseases of Men As a result of this unprecedented prosperity, Houlton 1% now the sec Special and Chronic Maeases, such as fond richest town in the country, Vital Decline, Varicose Veins, Blood and ranking next to Brookline, the rich Skin Disorders, Kidney, Liver and Blad Bl est in the world der Diseases, Nervous Disorders, Rupture, Fifty carloads of automobiles, Fistula and Piles, ‘not flivvere, are on their way here. BLOOD POISON CURED AT ONCE | It is estimated that $100,000 is ree Consultation—Hours 9a.m, toSp.m. fil coming into this county daily from National Medical Institute jthe potato crop aloi 9 Oc This 18 no real est Ka ghee er you can't buy enough bury @ potato to its eye, Lot Canned V Lot damaged Sox, worth to 2he, now Dress worth to Bie yard, 14c now Wrappin Ite Lot » boom, for ground to ARE FOn MEN avoid the afternoon crowds. joy orth to to 86,00, ‘CANADIAN MASCOT IS SOME SAPPER 5.50: tone toon Recently | Suits, Overcoats, Raincoats, Mackinaws, Pants, Almost ETROPOLITAN THEATRE © AST WEEK Twice SEE FOR THREE HOURS THE AUDI- ENCE SAT HALF BREATHLESS IN The Pomp and | THE METROPOLITAN THEATRE Glory of Babylon, BEFORE A_ VISION OF THE the Magnificent, | WORLD * * * “INTOLERANCE” and the Mighty | DEFIES DESCRIPTION. * * * Pathos of Its | “INTOLERANCE” IS A GREATER Downfall— DRAMA THAN I EVER EXPECTED TO SEE. — CHARLES EUGENE BANKS in POST-INTELLIGENCER. IN “INTOLERANCE” GRIFFITH TAKES POSSESSION OF THE The Perfect Love of the Boy and the Dear One Midst the Pitfalls of a Great Ameri- can City— MIND AND CARRIES IT WHERE] fhe Four Great- TheThrilling Race | HE WILL—HITHER AND THITHER | est Stories of the of Train and Au- |—AND YOU SURRENDER IT AB-]| World's History tomobile with | SQLUTELY INTO HIS KEEPING,| in Ome Sweeping one IN PERFECT TRUST AND CONFI-| Sl#nce— Paris, the beau- DENCE.—THE TIMES. The World’s tiful, under the Greatest Paintings s POWERFUL, TENSE, SPECTAC- ULAR DRAMA OF AGES IS “IN. TOLERANCE.”—THE STAR. Scourge of Cath- erine de Medici, the Human Tigress of France PRICES: ALL SEATS RESERVED NIGHTS 50c, 75¢, $1.00 Boxes $1.50 Boxes $1.00 GREATEST SPECTACLE | Last Performances SUN. DEC. 31 OF ALL TIMES OF D. W. GRIFFITH'S COLOSSAL $2,000,000 SPECTACLE INTOLERANCE Daily—at 2:10 and 8:10 SEE Love's Pilgrimage in Search of Hap- piness Through- out the Centuries The Betrayal of Belshazzar, the Eye-Stagger- ing Combats on the Wide Walls of Babylon— Come to Life and Move and Have Their Being Be- fore Your Eyes: and in beyond the deepest range of the shivers, weather began|heaviest shell. The work seemed crimpy Kitch” is sleeping peace fully the long winter months away. spring, his friends may have gone But some one will be sure to return and dig “Kitch” out. awakes in the Given Away. Come and :* Sale continues with unabated fury—the crowds show no signs of abatement. The Great Wreck Sale of the United Wreckage Syndicate, at 1509-1511 Fourth Avenue, still continues as the bargain center for Seattle’s prudent shoppers. day, from the hour of opening till closing time, this store was ‘Conta, worth All day Satur- Boys’ Mackinaw Coats: row $2.48 Men's Dress Shirts; all aises; tm Cluett ance... 988 APR Ladice’ High Class Novel- ty Shoes; worth to 66.00, 16.501 $5.88 = coats, worth up Wreek Price last week. Towels, werth to ISe, mew. . Quilts, worth to $1.50, now. 7c 89c EW STILL THEY COME! packed to suffocation with eager buyers. Why shouldn’t it be, when goods go for nothing? Be here with the crowds tomor- row—only 5 days more remain to close out the balance of this stock. Don’t fail to get your share of the bargains. Many new lines on sale tomorrow and for the rest of the week—the ga SALE STARTS AT 9 SHARP! BE HERE BEFORE NOON@g UNITED WRECKAGE SYNDICATE} “@@ SPECIALIZING RAILWAY AND MARINE WRECKAGE 1509-1511 Fourth Ave., Near Pike St. Occupying the Large Double Store next to Colonial Exchanged, Including Any Damaged Goods. + 1.98 MORE. Theatre. Merchandise tomorrow. sharp. Thousands of Pairs of Shoes Almost Given Away! Minses’ 48c #2.50; damaned. ae" $1.98 ". $1.98 Solled Ov Conta, now wens Dress now ere; sizes to 4455 rth to 85.00. 98c Children's worth to $1.00, $1.00 and 81.50 dented. now and Men's Spates, Comforts, worth to $2.00, now 95c 3c Goods, SOc yard, ONLY 5 DAYS HURRY! Follow the crowds here Sale starts at 9 8c worth to 16c Suite, worth