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The Seattle Star Postoffice aa secon@-clase matt montha $1.00; fe per month up to ¢ mos ity, #60 @ month MORE THAN 60,000 COPIES SOLD DAILY Why Punish Mothers for the Sins of q Fathers? DO YOU KNOW that deserted mothers are not permitted to partici Publishing Ce Ph § pate in the benefits of the mothers’ pension laws in this state? 3 DO YOU KNOW that institutions in New York city collect funds i‘. by charity balls and by personal soliciting to the extent of nearly three and the ind a half million dollars total, OVER $300 PER a year in addition to the tl year from taxation, in a half million dollars paid to them each YEAR PER CHILD? DO YOU KNOW that last year about 100,000 children in were kept with their own mothers and out of institutions by the mothers’ pension system at a cost to the taxpayers of only $10,000,000, about $100 @ year per child, while it cost $300 a year per child to keep the children of deserted mothers in the institution? DO YOU KNOW that this ot 27 states ageous system of taking children away from deserted mothers is costing the taxpayers of this state many thousand of dollars each year, besides ruining these childrer by the cruel coldness of the unloving institution kind of care DO YOU KNOW that most of the deserting fathers are diseased or @runkards and are unfit for family lite and that this the cause of their deserting? NOW THAT YOU it? » about DO KNOW this, what do you intend to Portland’s Challenge PYORTLAND hotel as much money as SScatile to make the tour ppaign successful This, virtually, is a challenge to Seattle busines city will, without doubt, reap t tourist trade to come to the Northwest fore, bear the burden of the subscriptions ind refuses to play second fiddle q The 10-round boxing bill, defeated in the past two aes. ought to be a hot favorite in the senate year. “a DEAR E.D. K | 1 SAW two «ler With censorship of the newspapers and the movies on IN A\cigar store window the way to success, how soon before the Sons of Darkness ON FIRST ave. ‘will be censoring the Bible? ee a | SOME TIME ago * There's a financial scandal now in the toy republic | ee epg San Marino. If this keeps on the only honest capital ee may be Monte Carlo. OF THE window } It is even said that ¢ Allen Dale would get in an | Thee WAS a movie ad | argument if he were merely talking to himself. | (ie nae Rh PR “WHERE ARE my children Anyway, Waslav Nijinsky demonstrated to Seattle | | ee. | that the handicap of possessing big feet can be overcome. || AND IN | |) THE OTHER come: a 4 OF THE window WAS THE familiar CIGARETTE SIGN “ASK DAD; he know YOURS FOR EDWIN JACOBSEN, 3840 LINDEN ave ° a ee THE PHUNNY PHYSICIAN 4 man who tel ange and then take ynd ay hung over e kK store on First Cc. M’COY Care Liquor Permit Dept Pi City Bldg WHAT MAS BECOME . He Finds “Kondon’s” on the Job. Don’t try to work with your head all stuffed up. A tube of Kondon’s Catarrhal Jelly will make you clear as a bell million intelligent Americans have used Kondon’s for cold-in-head or nasal catarrh. Some druggists offer you com- plimentary trial cana. All druggists offer 25 cent tubes with the that if the first tube does not do you a dollar's ogee jou can = ‘oad back from Kondon’s Cearchal jelly, Buy From the Producer and Stop the High Cost of Living is the plan of the housewives. ! Likewise stop the high cost of dying. Buy your caskets direct from THE LADY WHO PASSED i : A miRROR the manufacturer. Cut out the middleman , ae Why pay $ 50 for a casket we sell for $25? ua who @rank ont Why pay $ 60 for a casket we sell for $30? of a coffee cup with a whisker pi Why pay $ 70 for a casket we sell for $35? tector attached to protect his Why pay $ 80 for a casket we sell for $40? mural Rens ons from the steam Why pay $ 90 for a casket we sell for $45? ae + gee Why pay $100 for a casket we sell for $50? It's a pity this government leak Why pay $ 35 for cremation we do for $20? lidn't occur before the election so And on the better grades of goods we save you an even that there would no doubt as to greater percentage. Why deprive yourself of the necessities the guilt party. Wilson would of Hite in order to pay an outrageous funeral bill, and get no surely have been to blame, but better service and no better goods than we furnish for one now there is a chance he isn’t half the money? We give a complete funeral, incinding casket, attendance, calling for body, cremation, and $47 50 reser amenreon ° NOMINATED AS MEANEST MAN A confessed that he license in mar Chicago crook had used a dog urn for ashes, for We maintain our own casket factory, crematory and a HALT api ih Plater Series ee complete parlor and equipment for funeral purposes. “ip bhai ae, pina ne me ding, and a lot of them lead « Don’t allow anyone to dictate to you what Undertaker you shall employ when death comes to your home, but call the one who wiil give you the beat services and best goods for the mouey. life afterward “ee | HOW ABOUT FRED? BLEITZ-RAFFERTY UNDERTAKING — | 9:1) 220008 oar 4 & CREMATION CO. Herma vowing Hh Ih oie way STAR—THURSDAY, A Novel! A Week! By HAROLD BIND “The Long Portage” JAN. 18, 1917. PAGE 4 Loss “Bobbie, General Manager” pagans A Novel! Olive Higgins Prouty A Week! Pree CoCo reoecccees Seeceeecceeeeeseeee®e Continued bay Our Last Issue) | 1 borrowed seventy-five dollarafcember first I would deposit the! naged to borrow enough to fixlaround at him. t flushed and ‘cc she exclaimed.|ffom the Household Account. [| seventy-five dollars in the bank tu sahiad Ain The young re Who's that W, P| had a dreswmaker's b ‘ nd make out a check for Oliver tm Then wh 1 bega n returned the t generous! An 1 live, on|to pay that had stood y le, | modiatel But ‘ hap oO} cause,” he ne Uf J had bee s sensitive fF one om! Who's W. Fj and now I'm trying to mak ened which mado quicker action! “tye got to pay Holmen back Wat | ¥ ’t have a how Olive 1 he nrolled one patr p ne wary Holmes didn’t expect ill next #0 as to shield me from t ad Men's #0 toc sald, hold Alec dropped t f When December third, Oliver's) week, It a Cras 0 gaze. If 1 hadnt ing them up to plain view W, Ff) had been hot, and without a word | fateful day, wax about a week off,| your coming way dc er Yo three blocks and a hal to hilarious laughter. ‘I have it! didn't go down to supper that}in his ha in directing it, he nat do you suppose the men whoever he wa wouldn't have 16 burst out, waving the ocks | MRE Ale knocked on my bed: | pad omitted the state, and the let think Do you know t minded Oliver pologetic bow over her head and = triumphantly | Foo 1 door about nine ¢ oc pid | te ad traveled to a Hilton, New old me on Ww e h Blane Mr ‘t been ashamed ancing atound the room Wil] catne in York, before it found its way tolard! Blanch aut A Senior! One! of dn't hidden me; ne jam Ford Maynard! W, F, M,|. “Please put the e, three days later of the biggest men here! H 4,| hadn't flushed when he met his William Ford Maynard! book on my desk “The business meeting has | When he told me a girl friends, 1 wanted to get away from Stop, Ruth!” [ cried, my old]! Will take charg been set forward to November ee me—You don’t have any idea | Oliver as soon as L could, 1 wanted anger beginning to surge nme.| Very well,” t replied, p twenty-sixth, so you better send = | 0! propriety, Lucy to go home Stop, | tell you! calm; and a th nee? 18!) the check on the twenty-fourth, ‘Oliver Var I returned, “I've ell, | might as well be starting But Ruth was deaf to me, She} fell quietly down between Alec and| ge the latest. You've been a rought sevent » dollars down | along sa 1 found my way simply on tearing around the| Me lke the curtain after the last) trump to get it for me, and if | here in this bag for you, and you! down here hout any trouble, and room like a wild Indian, “How]#¢t at the theatre | you're good, I'll have both you | had better stop talking Mke that|1 guess I'll get home all right.” do you do, Mra, Maynard,” she} * ay | and Ruth down for a game |'o me, If it wasn't for me and my vie, I'm more than shouted at me in silly schoolgirl | CHAPTER | sometime, with a spread in my mpropriety, you'd be working in » I could put you safe- fashion, and amidst her mad laugh: | Bobbie's Price | room.” the mills, let me tell you. And I ton train, but I've got ter sang out, full of derision Piece FT Mahe tithing dere talk any farther, 1/@on't know but what it would mad as it is—change Juliet, let me introduce Mru, Wil-| that followed™ black. blinding d#)*| -edched for my calendar, Yes—as| better. If Alec knew what you'd | t Ket some food, and call Mam Ford Maynard!” eluate aeeneT wt | atl ee | was bliveeBars done—it Tom knew for Miss Bere ‘ore two 1 was standing up in a minute | Om inK ne iene er ea ce cont |aY Was Saturday, Ol Oliver's attitude changed 1m-| o'clock. So if you're sure and was at Ruth with all my mi | a big price. I paid Alec's con-| have seventy-five dollars today! mediate a am," t tacked thy and main, 1 was firing mad, And] mo & DIK nie Rey aa 4 He hres athe Waibck Alen wabikt Yh, | know,” he interrupted. |. “I'll put you on the electric car t udd there was Alec| fidence and re , Oliver's) 8 factory. Ruth was not in the| “It’s been bully of you, Bobbie, {| 8a his face brightened, “don't standing quic the doorway in hon abate hot to h house, I went down to the roll-top| tell you I appreciate it. 1 suppose | You want some hot chocolate?” ® overcoat and hat rey te cnet ae ee te te @ aa te desk and found a timetable, There|¥OU had a hard ne squeezing ‘Oh, I couldn't, Oliver. No The was a dead allence for an bs edt 4 was a train at It didn't} Yen such an amount out of oid| thanks instant, then Alec asked quiet ag Mite tar ne : ll pari that Al. and Just now, too, when busi-; ! was gl again. 1 \ f mean?” ‘ Tote oe | aonihy aa to ness is #o rotten. I'm going to tt where Ruth answered t aoe tay gg Be Oliver myself. have you down to a game or a tea rt hard “ppes ove Worn-Des eep my best Sunday I put on my hat and coat and | *00n abo st I al 6 me fell out a a hivelak over to De. Mayeard The game this afternoon!” | felt as if it I ft d with | “tape a in, *Bhe uried all the pride I ever 1 exclaimed, Oh, Oliver—I've is no such thing as reward D f ' Lucy ae On. ened (which Alec had said was a small | "ever seen a football game." hing in life {s unfair, Who got mad becau made fun +H wlikaba: ¢had on De sunt) and 4 the big front My brother frowned. “I'm more | Was Miss Beresford? Would Oliver t omnes . 1 had made up my mind, after | ‘ban sorry, but I'm taking some-| buy her a g bunch of flow- W nitta Lu asked . that | would this afternoon. Maleolm and | ¢ts to wear? aps one of the A perp | . cent trom De.|t lows and four giris,| actual dollara that I had earned Yeu, V M..” went on Ruth I lived, But) # art t of us, are all going | Would purchase a little flag for bh te 4 rave the! had to, you see. My allowance | togethe to wave. Why should I pay to A aaa't the fovitive Ga gp Couldn't I sit alone somewhe Miss Beresford's good time? Wh the room, meas fos a » the crowds | nd faint, and ashamed—while * there fave aed fitteen tor t I have been, | €Very one else was thronging in the nte ald D e ring, |other direction? aid Alec, looking | 25-cent Bottle of “Danderine” | goorwa Good morning! » afterward,| (Continued in Our Next Issue) : muait Makes Hair Thick, Glossy have calls from young cre a nin | exclaimes . sdtie 00 ot Co n nat's out of the| every single tn and Wavy. we ie an questior even if I could get je stitch 1 ever eats “tha 1 a ticket 1 1 can't, it wouldn gid was noth-| Removes All Dandruff, Stops Bre en ha vary : sages do. You don't understand about it Ruth Itching Scalp and prised. I know I'm going to do a/| least 1 it simply to Falling Hair. very impr ing. I must seem e was something about the to have no prid but-—but Oliver g ed at my old rusty \ ed down at the Initials can you lend me nineteen dollars?” |} boots that mad s Will already | My cheeks ¥ Dr. | fierce} I don't 8 Maynard arms and| dressed well enough!” jleaned ur asement of Oh, it ian't that—not or m sn sudden! went Of course it isn't ' at put on the best \¢ de The re y It’s simply that © you on ary first |no girl ever ne to a gam Maynard 4 down on the Well, th here's the money, tep ti place for me, | *4id, in a hard voice. i he sai | “Say, Bobbie, I'm ae y sorry ENDORSED BY WESTFIELD BOARD oF UEALTH can't,” I 1; “I'm in al !f you only had let me known. Instant Hair Stain) Better ThanSlow | — 4 SALTS FINE FOR ACHING KIDNEYS. Eat Too Much Meat, We peat | Clogs Kidneys, Then Back Hurts and Bladder Bothers You. | Most folks forget that the kid | |neys, Ike the bowels, get sluggish and clogged and need a flushing oc castonally, else we have bac’! oh a y in the kidne. jregion headaches, rheu matt torpid liver, ac id} stomach, sleeplessness and ail bladder disorders | You simply must keep your kid ney acti and clean, and the mo- ment you feel an ache or pain In |the kidney region, «et about four| jsorts ¢ ounces of Jad its from any good | plain drug store here, take a tablespoon. | jful in a glass of water before breakfast for a few days and your | kidneys will then act fine. ‘This famous salts is made from the actd| °°" tA es en thal of grapes and lemon juice, com-| pt len stops nd bined with lithia, and is harmless thew’ and Weata th mem to fish clogged kidneys and atim.|Pranes that, line the throat and ulate them to normal wwe und certainty that lt is als tralizes the urine so it no longer irr jending bladder disorders Jad Salts is harmle inexpen sive; makes a delightful effer. vescent lithia-water drink which | #"§ everybody now and | jue: then to ke py clean, thus avoiding complica tion A well-known local druggist saya) he wells lots of Jad Salts to folis who belleve in overcoming kidney trouble while it Is only trouble. nard smile Maynard stood up again | always very 7 with me—and re folded his arms | “Alec came over last night,” he | went on, “and it seems, Lacy, that Al dida’t approve of our little He took it a little more jou than we and perhaps it's bet ter, after a you're in any sort of difficulty, to go stra to your brother, if you've got good a one as Alec.” “Aren't y d it to me?” I asked Well, now, you # Dr. May “Al didn't tell me the story, but he tm hat you had expl d the whole thing to him; and ‘of course, Bobbie, if he, your brother, doesn’t approve of your I told hit "1 interrupted { told h ast same as tolen seventy-five dollars frov the Household count, which he | put me in charge of; and I haven't! n » money after To be pos ad oof > have It now heavy, beat istrous, ve it to me fluffy, wavy ruff t to take a is merely am Little { Danderine Dr. Maynard looked very serious It is eas d inexr eto! for hith nice, § ts of it How much do you need for cet a Je of Knowlton’s | yo, ilroad fare?’ he inquired Dande ow—-all drug rr dntiy, and when I had told omm poly al jhim he asked, “And what time ed and within ten 1 Joes your train leave? | will be an appearance dance At nine-fifty,” 1 burst out im freshne patiently an shall lose it if parable gloss 1 don't hurry. Oh, please decide you will, yo quickly.” | d He step down beside me out his leather bill-book, and two weeks’ u p me two ten-dollar bills new hair—fine and downy at Then, Bobbie, here it is said yes—but really new hair—sproat: | gravely. | ing out all over your scalp—Dan-| | thanked him quietly, opened | derine is, w nly sure] my bag, and put them away | hair grow dand I made the train on time, and and cure and I | after a long search in the college | never fails to stop falling hair at|town found Olivér’s room. He was | once. not there, but another man volun If you want to prove how pretty | teered to find him for r There | and soft your hai is, moisten | was a big football game that after a ee Danderine noon and the streets were crowded aw it through you 1s he Ww dome to a drug store tak ans one small strand | where he said he would bring my | time. Your hair will be sof brother, | jand bea utiful in Just a few moments | te was just the noon hour and a delightful surprise awaits every one who tries this saaaaroreg ei Quick Way to End Coughs, and Croup Colds Au i cn . “Hnnmenanmmmsnmnnat cnet col with rore:| |diteioule w rou 1. want qu y this pleasant tasting cough remedy, Any " supply you with 2 , { Pinex 50 ce pint bot nnd « tio |A | get he met lots of men that he knew To ¢ f he'd had ch one he raised his hat as| princess with him. | hey returned his bow in the same nner, With a curlous look at me, | | “They th " he laughed antly, “I'm taki ing you to the game | this afternoon! 1 flushed I wanted to sa = wish you were.” If I had been | the pretty girl whom we had just | passed, in the black lynx, with ttle round fur hat with a red] flower on it, it would have been easy to smile, glance sidewi say pretty things. But from my black felt sailor, side ms wouldn't be attractive, I kept my | eyes straight ahead You can ex plain to them afterward,” I said He left me in a drug store. mi} him! were his last aised his hat words as | I waited three-qua of an hour, It was after 1 o'clock when 1 saw Oliver push open the big plate-glass door. He had been hurrying. His face was red, his eyes startled and frightened You!" he gasped. “You! Fe heaven's sake, Bobble, what are| you here for? Who's dead? Who Why, Oliver,” 1 replied calmly “nobody's dead.” Then, in a lower tone I've come with the money I said “The money! Why didn’t you mail it?” he fired Your letter didn't come till thi morning, and--isn't the meetin day?” Oh, yes." he said, still annoyed but thefe was no such rush, I've entered the store. .HEREITIS A young man in a gray sweater Oliver glanced | - Ghore- ae JANUARY CLEARANCE SALE OF Used Ranges Remarkable Values of these Ranges have been thoroughly rebuilt, and many of them are practically as good as new. Nearly every well-known make is represented at the zal Clean-up Sale reductions. Twenty-Seven Ranges le Buck’s Range, sale price........ Standard Range, sale price.. le Ohio Range, sale price le Acorn Range, sale price Six-hole Economy Range, sale price.. Four-hole Pride Range, sale price. Six-hole Empire Range, sale price Four-hole Stewart Range, sale Four-hole Standard Range, sale Six-hole Universal Range, sale price Six-hole Yale Range, sale price Six-hole Le Clede Range, sale price .. Four-hole Famous Range, sale price Six-hole Garland Range, sale price . 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