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WHISKY AND CIG HAD BIG YEAR IN 1916 COMPARE MY 15 SUITS With Anything in Town Upstairs or Down WASHINGTON, Jan. Ne cording to tax returns to the treas ury department, compiled today, the amount of whisky consumed by the American public in 1916 was great er than in any previous year since Consumption of cigarets in 191¢, reached the highest mark ever recorded, The increase over 1916 is approximately 40 per cent and ts attributed to the growth of the cigaret habit nk women, The number of paper-wrapped cigarets on which governinent collected ed a grand total of 2 which t# seven and one half billion more than 1915, LISTER TO PASS -ONBILLS TODAY A tax You Save Money Here! Tote ag Make Me Prove It! oe be held Thureday night Nichols bill to reduce Intere inquent taxes for vote Monday Ole Hanson, How 103-107 First Avenue So. 10 Steps from Yesler = cee wits trorh dpeyi aan The Largest Store on First Ave. greg ENDER THROATS: eadily yield to the healing | ‘SCOTTS Kids Today Are Like Their Dads in Matter of Books They Prefer A CHILD DCESNT LAUGH AND PLAY IF CONSTIPATED at Kide of today are a good deal of the same age not bother $ like their dads were a genera. !ebout th but Inst turn thetr _—_— 4 tion ago— in their literary ttention to doll 4 ing, which' Look, Mother! Is Tongue teen sayy. Js for them a much greater in-| coated, breath feverish and Pe “Tom Sawyer, wiss Fam t Den hing els 3 ‘soothes the inflamed) ijy povinson’ and “Robinson Cooking and the art of candy mak stomach sour branes and makes rich! Crvsce” stil! retain their popu. ing interest quite a number of the! : - . r a larity, and are the books most girls, io fiction, their tastes |"California Syrup of Figs pd to repair the tissues—to called for by the smail boy: jrun to Loutse Alcott's “Little Wom can’t harm tender stomach, D prevent tonsilitis | the public and branch librari en,” “Little Men,” “Their Cousin,” | iver; bowels § itis. SCOTT’ | “Treasure island” has always and to Francis Hurnett’s “Little | ngitis. Ss | held a fascination for the av 6 Fauntleroy” and “The Secret th insisting upon. | erage boy, and is popular. “For- | Garden | Bowne, Bloomfield, N.3. 16-16 | est Runners and Young Trad | A number of people have wonder iS ers,” by a new writer of boy jed if the death Jack London fiction, Altsheler, caused any ter demand for hi ing popularity books. It puzzled we of The Star Boys are interested in the 00 we ded to ask the Ii crafts and trades, too. Accord. |irartan Her wer illgstrat ing to Miss Baker, of the Seat the popul Jack London's tle public library, “knowledge orks: “It is hard indeed to sa of wireless is the most sought whether his path caused any | | for, with that of the subma greater demand for hi« books or| rines stcond. The war has |not, as they were out all the tims d there are always a number of waiting to and read greatly increased the demand for books on the submarin ° ret During the last few months | them | | mere has een an pased d he number of soks taken from |imand for books on nstruc-|the Hbrary eac is, on the av-| |tion and general ge of | average, about . of which 500} hips. The two 4 ing sen-|are loaned from the children’s de tences show bo nterested in| partment. An estimate of the n current events ber of t ke loaned from all the ok ho e boys ar branches and he central libra DENTIST ected! te thoes’ subjects, the ombleed te about 3.000 a day. imply VE YOUR FEARS | - TRH ae ‘Sage becom BEHIND | INDIANS WHISTLE = 2.".'" or gets] — INSTEAD OF TALK S:ic0°%c" cuintene® ee me art. qu ited ates arine Corps re ad cruiting station CARLISLE, Pa, Jan. 2¢ , ent tribes of Indians convers n cold or has #« st or an y tled language in old Mexico is THEFT OF MITTENS er hex n . ; Iment — a tea. an established fact. ‘This is au Wage a Mog gptnetaerag ed thenticated by Harold T. Ma a me don’t worry, bed vets Seen fie?) WS GAUSE OF DEATH "=, mee" #, but now at his home fu th jours all this cons + lane mat - - sour bile and fermenting wast | solutely withe Mr. Mapes avers that the Mext-| SEWARD, Jan. 26.—The theft of/ gently move out of the bowels, and Do not dela Peg Venn. ag eg gp ver.|# Palr of mittens is believed to|you have a well, playful child “Crowns nacular, in which they can carry|have been the cause of the killing | #EAin. Bech, 1 ra cleans Inewark, per tooth : on conversation fiventiy as inio ing” {s oftimes all that is necer es that Fit $10.00 to 00 wth nve “sr n ee - ly as i f John Hendricks and the fatal) ,.° It should the first treat words eg anguage, coming! wounding of W. E. Irving, section| ment given in any sickness PAINLESS AUSTIN traditionally from the Toltecs, 18| men on the United States railway,| Beware of counterfeit fig syrups hs RE AND Fi Ke ersally rstood by the _ by Walter Stoker, a hunter and|Agk your druggist for a 50-cent bot Sunda eto tp Siktied ket cuties ice te |tle of “California Syrup of Fig a ce oy Stoker, who fled to the woods, is} which has directions for ba sitet believed to be insane |bies, children of all ag id fc POOR, ALBERT! THEY | trrovncnrnrsnty “into en the a 00 THAT “Dre |bottle. Look carefully and see ss Well that it is made by the “California Never Miss the Money” |!i« syrup Compar a WUSTEROLE FEELS! ALL TURNED Him OUT F ; Men's and Women’s Sulte and)—— ne ; WAUKEGAN, Ill., Jan, 26.—Re-|Coats are on sale. $1.00 in cash ItGets to That Sore Spot | {fed by his sweetheart because | takes any garment in the store, and Like Magic [he is red-headed, and rejected by | $1.00 a Week or $5.00 a Month pays abc thant t Age prod gs cas sage the balance. Suits and Coats from ‘A-a- delic eli op | feet. is the unusual situation in| 3750 to $20.00. See or P oA reat’ sel deg orgie | which Albert P. Legge ofthis city Ed 2 $30.00. See our Ad on Go to the Right Drug Co. ; that lame back rig os | GATELY'S, 1113 Third Ave. 169 Washington St. usterole is a clean, white oint- ter resolving not gto dye hi And'the Doctor will give you a care it, made with the oil of mustard ful examination and prescribe for other home simples. cf ts % DT aeek’ Of ‘the. old. | you FREE. Why pay $2.00 for a ee os, CF the old Take a Look at the Potatoduck! 1 Sreserigtion, when all yeuchave 40 | do is to step into this store, see the | Doctor and get one for nothing, for Jany d e? | Can you beat it? * he blister! terole on the spot | briskly | Plaster and + You simply rub M where the pain i and ustally the + rub it‘ No muss, no bother. Just com-| | the old-fashioned mus- | @ard plaster used to m | oe Use Musterole for sore throat, | | M bronchitis, tonsilitis, croup, f | Meck, asthma, neuralgia, heada gestion, pleurisy, rheumatism, | imbago, pains and aches of the! About your Teeth?) We are making ick or joints, sprains, sore mus-| {Artificial ‘Teeth, Crowns — and Hes, bruises, chilhlains, frosted feet | | Pridgework ev day, and invite d colds of the chiest. | you to call and see about yours | We make them last a lifetime We are open Sunday from 9:30 \to 1 p. m., for thos unable who are to come during the we payment | | Investigate our easy plan 29-Karat Crowns | en IT LOOKS LIKE A pocn, var wnt. Is a potato, You ma onl | SEgewors aii | “ 1 a Gi you wis "lates § 0 . STAR WANT ADS | re ee aks at On iit ed potatoes at Evaline, Lewis county, Wash, | All. Work SyArAntE BRING RESULTS (1°) 0 ead hadesonen’t'founa £0! sai vtnte!’’ National Painless Dentists N. W. Corner Fourth and Pike TSA RRP oy WH cH y Mite Dimany MERI STAR—FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1917, PAGE SEMI-ANNUAL CLEARANCE SALE PLYMOUTH SHOE COMPANY 921 Second Ave. Tomorrow morning at 9 a. m, commences our Ninth Semi- annual Clearance Sale. It be hooves every thrifty buyer to take advantage of it, as this is the LAST TIME they will be able to buy Shoes at, or any- where near, these prices. Shoes have been steadily ad- vancing to a level never before known, and are going up still higher, yet prices during this sale on our best known grades, have taken a decided drop. Bluch. | Gun Metal Calf, English La Florsheim's Gun Metal MEN’S GIRLS’ er and Button; $6.50 Shoes; Rubber Sole; $4.00 Shoe; sale Emerson's Tan Calf, Wing Tip; sale price &5 price $2.95 Childs’ Calf Button; Cloth ar $5.00 Shoe; sale price. $3.65 Patent Colt, Kid Top Button; Leather Tops; $1.50 Shoe Emerson’s Tan Calf, English WOMEN’S $3.50 Shoe; sale price. 42.45 *@!€ price $1.1 Last; $6.00 Shoe; sale price. | Gun Metal Calf; Hi Cut Eng 4 Childs’ Box Calf Button; $1.75 a ss S425 lish Last; $4.50 Shoes: sale BOYS Shoes; sizes 68; sale price ‘an Storm Calf, Double Sole rice $3.45 ‘ S13. $5.00 ‘Shen sale bries..a8.an |e “45 Heavy Seamless $2.50 Shoe; Gun Metal C. English Last Gun Metal, Cloth Tops, Eng- | sizes 9-13'5; agie price, $1.85 | Childs’ Gun Metal Battor Neolin Sole; $5,00 Shoe: sale | (8h Last: $4.00 Ghoe; sale | Heavy Button, Calf; $2.25 | Skuffer Last; $1.75 Shoes; sale J price 93.45 | ree $2.95 | Shoe; sizes 9-13! 2; sale price price $1.35 Gun Metal Blucher, Neolin | Gun Metal Cait; Cloth Top, $1.65 Girls’ Gun Meta! Button, Cloth Sole; $4.00 Shoe; sale price Lace; $3.50 Shoe; sale price Heavy Blucher; $2.25 Shoe; and Leather Tops; $1.75 Shoes 82.05 $2.45 sizes 9-13'4; sale price, 81.65 | sale price $1.25 Gun Metal Button; $5.00 Shoe; | Patent Colt, Cloth Top, Lace; | Tan Calf, made in Seattle; Misses’ Gun Metal, Cloth Top sale price 4.155 35.50 Shoe; sale price $4.00 Shoe; sizes 2'2-5'7; sale | Lace; $2.25 Shoes; sale price Emeraon’s Tan Calf, English Patent Colt, Hi Cut, price ..... * 3 $1.75 Double Sole; $6.00 Shoe; sale $4.00 Bhoe; sale price, 82.85 Hi-Cut Storm $4.00 Boot Misses’ Gun Metal Calf, But price $4.95 Gun Metal Button, Cloth Top; price a3. ton; $2.25 Shoes; Gun Metal Button, Neolin Sole; $5.00 Shoe; le price, $3.65 Heavy Blucher, $2.75 Shoe ai ¥' é $4.00 Shoe: sale price. 82.95 Brown Kid Lace, Binch; $8.00 sizes 2! 9-5/2; sale price, $1.95 : Tan Storm Calf, $4.50 Work Boot; sale price $6.65 Heavy Seamless; $2.75 oe NN I Se Shoe; sale price S345 White Reignskin Lace, Binch; sizes 1-2; sale price AS $2.50; W. L. Douglas 4.00 Shoes; $5.00 Boot; sale price. 82,85 Heavy Button Calf; $2.75 Odds and Ends; sale price Kid Button, Cloth Top; $3.00 Shoes; sizes 1-2; sale price Misses’ Patent Colt, Button; S285 Shoe; ie price 82.15 $1.95 $3.00 Shoe; sale price, $1.85 EXTRA SPECIALS Women’s Pumps, Oxfords and Slippers; $1.00 odds and ends; $5 and $6 values; sale price Women’s Velvet Gypsy Bu $5 value; sale price Never was there a time in the history of the Shoe BUY THEM NOW Women's narrow widths Shoes, odds and ends; $4.00 values; sale price, pair Women's Fancy Slippers and Pumps; odds and ends; $4 and $5 value; sale price, pair $2.95 ver Boe" $1.95 Business when it was so advisable to buy all the Shoes you PLYMOUTH SHOE Co., 921 Second Ave. can PPL LILA pose and each time they dream it f is the only dream. Each woman FESSIONS OF A WIFE [2° o5" the only woman—she calls to them | PEEP with a single voice—until far e @; woman to be able to walk? Youfrupted Eliene. With every man, | across the eat world of tempera |) LOVE LULLS THE SOUL OF | (think you do, Eliene, but you do|the last woman is THE woman. Do| ment some other woman calls.” MAN not On you, Margie, who had | you member the song that once} Goodness,” exclaimed Mollie, t L @ - Hae that long sickness, can enter the}had such vogue in a musical com- wonder what Harry would say7if | Eliene came over) yesterday, MtUle | torrinie realm where ‘one is not as|edy, whose name I have now for-|he could hear that 3 Gi bor with ¢ ng news (hat other men are,’ can for a moment |gotten, commenting on how a man| “He has heard it many times, ci |Harry would be b next weok understand it | felt, ‘When you first kiss the last| Was Eliene’s crisp response, “not in wo fhe w e muc 1 thought I could mpathize | girl you love?’ quite these words perhaps, but he a ae his far with Margie, but until now I ¢ With most men the state of knows that I know that men never Bi 1 " have grown Dl coe That old who gave|ing in love is the only opiate which |look blind fate in the eyes. They wee and little Eliene is positive: |). suse he was not as oth-| lulls their rouls, bored with the prefer to dream.” ly uncan wife | agp Was an old fraud, Why,!@ryday monotony of life, into (To be continued) looks, her fathers manne # and’ iis, our only happiness, our onl. — & temperament fo nearly ke ber] eaivction, while we live in this | daddy's aa » Big or Make | world of men, to be as other = ‘or her in the fu : men are. When we step out from | "Eltene herself has xrown much | en a epee ‘Boat ir AN EASY WAY TO {more be the } few years.) oe even 1 tal eriority, we lay | p cold and rather un “a . neal . ing to those oo a While je was spoutng awa a w her well, but t — me) Mal rt's card was brought in have bee y an it lap. Eliene’s face light Is Mal in ame thot fives radiance (0 8 Sim here” IN YOUR HOME re that of the statue than of the ‘ abaat tt math - iia | cageot i ‘ “as 4 an ‘ fond Oa P ste a « y oth you ane i t si whether a . , let him come up and Harr te “ ippose, even if Chad vi fie , hile city, talk h Pat abc a Of ¢ peony ° the ® f f d at n WwW terrupted Eliene you know nt M Poor Mol itnat Alice writing a ‘keep é 4 < VY column and has opened a _ 7 elinic connection with _ rig er departmnet | of he + er Dear Alice, I | letter from th . . er yesterda \ ‘ mand sbeebs & ad her wo last to tho a wor en who love the US | have reached Happiness at bands best , How about Pat?” asked Mollie Oh, girls,” she said, “L want tol ut. he happy, too jwalk, 1 want to walk! Do you Now, look bere, Mollie, don't realize what it means to a man or] spool) my growing | admiraton for ou,” I answered laughingly, “b THREE WOMEN making me thin u would like to have Pat think he could have n | pier with yo FOUR COMPLETE HOME OUTFITS | Well,” answered Mollie, who is nothing if not hon I expect ev Featured for January ery woman wants to t¥ink the man | ONCE SICK NOW she refused, down in his heart al ' mente des genuine Columbia | “Which he never does,” inter: | ; : : |How They Recovered Their a 75 | Health RUSH COPPER SHIP 50c_ c—, Lorain, Mich.“ was a complete! ‘TQ DOCK IN TACOMA A WEEK eck from female 0" back ‘ Hornless Grafonola, cor male trou M et a plete with fine Record Cab: any length of time. Lydia B. Pink In order to facilitate a hurried | wit ontrol nh ham's Vegetable Compound has|trip of the steamer Alameda cn P Jections made me mg and well.-MISS | route from Alaska to Tacoma, with Lead eat a He! F. D. No. a cargo of copper, the steamer Jef 3 sf Sanh s ferson left this city Thursday aft Pittsburg, Pa Lydia I Pint ernoon and met the incoming 2 , v's Vegetable Compound sav umer and unloaded a number of me from an operation and Lam feel-| passengers in mid stream | A WEEK ling better than [ have for years MRS. JAMES 1. CLARKE, 208] Large, portable, 8 Jullet Bt, Pittsburg, Pa \PROTEST AGAINST Grafonola, chotes of Hancock, Wi When suffering BRIDGE REMOVAL | | mahogany case, complete from female troubles, nothing help. with top and all Cotmbia ed me until | took Lydia BK. Pink foatures 16 elections, Vegetable Compound. I am| A number of North End citizens | . | well and strong.”--MRS, BL,-|@ppeared before the streets com: |fm | "°°"! hapten! | BROW Hancock, Wis {mittee of the eity counctl Thurs-| + /. — |day and protested against the pro. | Now come and hear these various models sar them play For fort Lydia EB. Pink.| Posed plan to remove the Stone the music you like the beat. It won't take & to decide. ham’s Vegeta Compound has|@ve. bridge, upon the completion of | been makin omen strong and! Fremont bridge well, relieving backache, nervous: | : | ness, uleeration and nfammation, | FALL PROVES FATAL _ eakne displacement irregu laritles and periodic pain It ha os successors £0 also pro ¢ din valiaile Ab bay ee J} Sp we or, 48 , ahip . arpenter . (hing: Ca for childbirth ane ie Mf} lies fatally injured Friday in the h rd &yv: ° Life Jcounty hospital ax the result of a Thi niversit All wonen are invited to write} fall from the pilot house of the ga ‘ saa for free and helpful advice to Lydi hooner Kerlin at the McAteer SEAPTIITS TALKING MAC K, Pinkham Medicine Co, (confiden-| shipyards on the Duwamish water: Velephone ¥ lta), Lynn, ate way Thursday afternoon