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STAR--MONDAY, FEB. 19. 1917. AN APPEAL FOR YOU TO Al BY ERASTUS BRAINERD needs. In many instances they have already been not this city give at least one-f of that to meet our With war s ingly inevitable, it is mecessary to pleted own probable need4 take account of all agencies whereby its needs can be met he State of Washington and Seattle are lagging far Washington and Seattle ought to hide the n 4 Among the first of these agencies is the Red Cross behind hame if they de nt respe o the call for help for neu <a society, which is the only volunteer agency for relief DUTY OF WASHINGTON trality, humanity é commissioned by the United States in case of war, or Washington is called upon to equip fully a naval base I believe the ill respond, a ner later the 1 overwhelming disaster may be compelled to do se ; ITS MOTTO IS NEUTRALITY, HUMANITY Phi es not mean a building in Seattle many The Seattle cl the Red Cr asked me t« The president of the lt 1 States is its president seem to think It means a full equipment of every kind raise the membership and the hospital supply fund vi « You are, of course, far r with the wonderful relie of material supply field hospital of 250 be which Like others I am ver usy, but EVERY HI \ fi work d¢ by the American Red Cross on both sides of can be moved to any needed point BEING’S FIRST DUTY HOULD BE TO HUMAN this war, especially in France, Serbia and Austro-Hungary lwenty-five thousand dollars will be needed for this ITY 7 : Thereby it has practically exhausted its resources, and work, That is a trifle for the whole state to give, It must 1 a real g every at daar 1 in Seaattle to desig ost a number of its cigys es be done nate a Red Cr mimittee of three ¥ ™ Today it ‘3 Rianetativ : ey ary to prepare for our Seattle illed upon to bring its Red Cross member LIVE WIRES NE own needs. up to at least 10,000. They must be live wires, wi make per F Japan, with a population of 40,000,000, has a Red San neisco has 15,000 members, Seattle has only sacrifices of time if sh 1 th t it necessat ; Cross membership of 1,800,000. about 1 en thousand members here means only — when the campaign pene th tl * Germany, w 000,000, has 1,400,000. $10,000, the membership fee is only $1 per year, failure, which uld be most editable t if reput ) The United States, with 100,000,000, has 250,000, One dred and fifty thousand dollars is the amount tion : Preparations are now being made all over the United tha nservatively estimated that Seattle has already In 1898 the entire ‘ cattle stood at my back in States for an increase in the Red Cross society to meet its sent to suffering Europe. Assuming that to be true, will the campaign for Klondike business and t! ay office DARA AAR AR AR AAA RAR AAA Ann PAGE 4 urth ways been able to influence them, it is a mighty serious affair. We are paying 60 per cent more for cement in this state than the East does. “I-— Oh, Jim!" w sald, but her dimples an ens of her blue eyes G. W. Loveberry Twenty years ago G. W. mbitions, and your wi George! when I think wh time since, in spite of automo- bile competition. The legislature should be careful. It is time to stop, look and listen! | Now he's running for the | made of yourself, | ce council and worship you. I : Years ago this candidate built «| spotled kid beside yo home on Roosevelt hill, and butit you know you are the mort fascinat ing woman in the world? an all Julia nd the near helped the . . . . . Loveberry came to Seattle stammered words. Now it is rumored there is a legislative scheme afoot to with @ toad of steck. Later he Pgs pe a eA * : . tarted a |i tabi dh < know,” pursued Jim “you make cement the only legal paving material in the state. Sarsee 9 Ueety gable ahd hae, | Meow \pareand diet, “70% at ye get down | ike a big I've always had all the money I could spend, eee ee “le reservoir and an electric line to| and you, you game little thing, Tha " ‘ ‘ the city plant. He sold water and| you've grubbed and worked an fc biennial wy that the legislature ot Bag bat Juice to his neighbors eae things do! But, darling, why thru its business and adjourn 10 days ahead of the limit | Loveberry’s friends call him| the tean fe always interesting until the other biennial story, that | “David Harum.” | “Because I love you so, Jim.” she 4 i ind, comes out Loveberry « I'm not an ex-| faltered, trying to smile. it won't do anything of the kind, comes | tremint. My chict reason for run ————_—— “|ning for the council f* my Interest :% , in and knowledge of street condi PURITY AND POWER ts ot I; the Other Fellow! My business famillarizes ee at in Europe unc t and with the ec ARBAROU: oF ee Wer to Eros : ; col UM He thinks municipal street|Necessary to Overcome tmpure proof tho it may be that we are still savages, neverthe- railway {s losing too much money Blood and Weak Conditions i 2 2Y H r —— 4d he's c ed to or p recent try eather, ex worth remembering that EVERYBODY disclaims rT and he's op; d to booze on gen: The rece ing wea bald dab Hid : PRIZE WINNER eral principles posure to storms, the grip, hard ponsibility for it—this alone is a sign of real progress sre oF was Aah cn ee das SCNT laa capansendan’ tavicane ia What nation would have cared a hundred years ago what peosied Dale hotel,” he says. theria and other blood-p< ig! ing nations thought of its methods of warfare, so long ms pedry _ my Loveberry lives at 102 W. Boston! prostrating diseases ot away with it? ts sweet, wentle Sas st, and " ita whole system sub-normal ? data agied banner , | : r—weak and slow—blood © matter which ion wins in Were « as to Gree) Seana td and thin, with that tired f Watch out how eager it will be F CO, CHRISTIAN 000, ISN'T IT? or tite, delicate digesti was “just” and “righteous” thruout 8 Columbia Bt wer or almost none at all And it will go to great lengths to prove it. This ha - ° bed ‘iS Baracoieiiins te be th Perfectly cledr from the beginning of the struggle Come and pasteboard ver Pare src ol an , Both sides have been trying hard to demonstrate to the pin ghia blood and expel ons, and meutrals that they did everything in their power to PREVENT HE hid rab ep ron Pills—to be taken afta : a \ th Mingsley dre 5,000 meals—to | ower into the blood Swar. In other days the AGGRESSOR WAS regarded as the a O uncta* teslania ded ate ravest and biggest and bulliest of all—no matter what hi ‘ cles and restore normal health Sspirit and methods may have been domes Ma } av squared with ir after he i Hood's Sa aparilh has for 40 ; While their deeds have rarely quared i their) ori Cummings is of| PATERSON, N. J.—Albert Tou ae a: tncenbartie aa fom 3 s, e warri nations have at feast outwardly epted | va ts Chote ve Hillines.| faine ne r to die. The ‘creeds, th a : & Cummings, Pilling he teaching of the blessedness of peace-mak ley's orneys kas, by which } empted sul tiron Pills ar named fre peacting “esate Lon voy, as the poets say. Yer, | ¢ in his room ed him, and sin and iron 4 include r " but Logan always did piay the|h® could not borrow coin to keep 1er good blood and stomach Having had the benefit of one rehearsal, maybe | gaino satel it going. aie ‘j Dale will be more successful today in having his pic- a ee jon ——— Be wise and begin on this sensé- ble, reliable course of medicine tc day Ee: ture taken as an advertisement of his patriotism. That Bhs ly nea betw en war and | is, if he has learned to face the powder without choking. | iicres eventually peace : ! Duck! Haa! Haa! _ Did You Have Wood for Dinner? | Flohr oat ane PRONOUNCED WMH O-ME) Ends Catarrh, Asthma SQ) HADES of war rations and food dictators! Listen to how to live on 8 bucks a week this: and sait some in the bank are B hit , : ; The answer of most f : : million sacar sronchitis, roup, OUghS that it is too o« king sausage casings out of wood, these days Bin WE te dane teas tee ae 7 Lid ber rege re oath lh 5 ? ye It is darn easy for them and Colds, or money back./and too dangerous to States; the sawdust diet we have with us to dish out that stuff. | Sold and guaranteed by Bar Why Stay Fat? You Can Reduce t pe rou force the weight down. However, in Marmola Yo ! aC f ‘ablets hese di ; > oe YOU said itt tell Drug Co. Pr ption Tablets, all these ¢ f “aa So when you spear the juicy wienie, or ab the succulent ba dee ies | ficulties are overcome Ney are 4 4 | absolutely h nta 0 diel = bratwurst, and stow it in your mouth without removing the} When pa mete sick he puts up an awful ' papaggeed i Jagr oer . 9, ‘ * , k an’ all the kids have to hot-foot cls , e the Sausage skin, you're dining on wood—W, double O, D, wood | pele, BB@ forth Sous the Gens ocr ein Jndvantage of cheapness, A large '—the stuff that trees are made of | rear, tnae © flock of bums case is sold by druggists at Or And the chances are that, while dining on wood, you're| king ies | if preferable, they can be obtained i f 4 Icloth table in} of the gripe, ‘The by sending price direct to the Mar touching wood, even if you're eating at an oilcloth table in)» ; t tate & mola Co., 864 Woodward Ave., De @ tile palace. That is, if you wear silk socks. coy tent eho one troit, Mich, Now that you know Minin Gt the sitk sox now on the market are made} al caught ath: tamed ced pe eke Som this, you have no excuse for being a 7 lot Inging, but the ag ‘s Grandmothe recipe to bring| too fat, but can reduce two, thr Sof wood fiber. So are silk neckties ent ta. on Mi seep (te Grandmetnere resipe. to bring ; read of t. Bhe They're also making a disinfectant, to prevent sy goes right & luster—Everybody is using effects f bad afte contagious diseases, out of woor lene, sekes of the) it again Yep, this is the wooden age. * supper ready and ten iwand other! Gray hair, however handsome, de. | notes advancing age. We all k Ww We see where a California man shot and killed an- |) ‘Aye, |the advantage of 8 youthful appear S ial for ‘ A ‘ ‘i even}ance, Your hair is your charm, It} eC: other for trying to persuade his wife to elope. A case age laakeu ser thts the lace Whee tt p of that Overt Act? fades, turns gray and looks No, Lawrence, the peculiar odor can place a set of Well! Well! large check room attached to the ballroom now being ar-| ries gray hair disappears; after another |f ¢jt and look natural tanged in the state hous Madison | OUR MISPLACED SYMPATHY | application or two, its natural color |f can't fit, your mouth, st oa siecle |The Belgian's an ungrateful cuss,|!® restored and it becomes thick, |f find we can. |” St. vision de dintovted glossy and lustrous, and you appear |f ixtractions Absolutely Senator Jones forgot a date to give the public a hear- | ile makes a most unseemly fuss years JCURESr disease. SPA RS BR MY LS BYTE ma —— $25.00 FOR $10.00 Week Only Plates, Teeth which teand dst tiices taut " streaked, just a few applications of : jfound in postoffices tan't due to| gage Tea and Suiphur enhance its , the dead letters Check Your Posies at the Door! |appearance a hundredfold, Mo introduce our 3 ed aakanes . | y Sata | Don't stay gray! Look young! |fand genuine Trubyte 4 OUQUETS will be checked at the door, Prom night, at} Quick, Watson, the smelling| mither prepare the recipe ni hore |{ which are trucr to tat S the University of Wisconsin | Bice jor get som any drug store a 50-|[ than anything yet pro g .¢ Z | cent bottle o! Wyeth's Sage and |[ will make you, this w ce Lavish expenditure for flowers is held to be “undemo Murphy (Irish), an exasperated | Sulphur Compound,” which {s mere-| rexdlar $26.00 wat ott cratic” by the Prom committee, who remember that the state ah ie bth are cages ne te ly ee phoney re sy eb ds ed by derful Te h for $10.00. : a pie pe eruits, yelle pm alt! |t iddition or credie: a Negislators have nearly abolished “Prom” several times on the} Just come over here, all of ye, and| Thousands of fotke Peneraitent ag ground that true democracy could not survive its elegance. | look at yersely It's a foine line|this ready-to-use preparation, be a4 So this’ year the high cost of blossoms will make them)! ¥e" Keepin’, ain't it? : | cause it a rk is the hair beauti dl rf th, wot? | full fle no one can pos ® doubly unwelcome on the dance floor re ‘ : : : sibly tell, as it darkens so naturally rs It occurs to us that if this test of democracy—H. ( werc| Paying compliments and owing| and evenly. You moisten a sponge | De applied fairly to all the garments and garnitures, from pumps| Your life to someone doesn't hit ee rai Aegis Asfaast ay Crewing this eaila iO; " Yee ¥ ‘ould in a atey | YOur pocketbook | through the hair, taking one small We specialize in M to pearls, worn at Prom, there would have to be a pretty |strand at a time. By morning the ing and Rep. Renick remembered to hear from the |, Whenever he's deported POSE ri b Halighttsl ttle seat NATIONAL PAI bankers on his notorious bill. Mr. C. P. got it coming | })0°/ Pi" "* rate tice erik ite, It 8 not intended for the DENTISTS and going there. | Chicago Tribune, 2". mitigation or prevention of Obese Gree or four pounds a week without fear This wonderful ural duced, we Kk only, a hese won and If others you will Painless NLESS 1 ink of finger bowls and too marriage Perhaps I don't make and slik stock rr myself clear?” | Four days later Doctor Studd ou! Julia!” Jim whispered,| |, ford called again at The Alexan-| bis hands over bis face. lteaa 1 know,” a said drear-| asked Are u going to let Seattle and the state f to re pond 1 » a call to he humanity! Help 1 may sa many lives of our fathe r letter dressed as an ¢ « t organizati in order a) operate ma identally be om By the wers that are made to this call for help I an determine whether attle and the state will really arry th work t uccessful conclusion or not Your reply should be addressed to me in writing at Red Cre headquarters, Cobb Building, Seattle Ih rk must be done. The appeal of Mr. Brainerd, chairman of the Red Cross navy base hospital and membership committee, should receive immediate response from all citizens of this state capable of stance. “All po your organization service if called upon."——-THE EDITOR. AARADRAARARARAARAAADR AAD PPP ADDL DPD DDD DODD DPD PPD DPD EDD PD PPP PPP PDD DDD DDD APPA. “ ” I've made nly market. Somebody|you forgive me anything I mi This “David Harum chose te!’ And here, the minute! have done when I was only an “rN { * . a new girl comes to Join my clubs,|norant little boy?" Member ot ne] i he Seattle Star Built Reservoir PAGE Ttryt A her face. Is she pure| Julia tightened her arms about Tipps es x . or h she ready thrown him, and sobbed desperately for a ° Katered at Keattie, Wash, Postoffice as secund-< atter | ; way long while. Then her breathing — By matt, out of etty one year, $3.60; # month 00: a8 per month up to € mos oe - —-—- darling, why distress your-| quieted, and she let Jim dry her By Kathleen Norris ne yout what can't possibly con-| eyes with his own handkerchief, Tick au Miceiisae Mache’ cern you?” Jim naid and listened, with an occasional (Copyright, 1918, by Kathleen Norris it does concern me, That's! long sigh, to his eager, confideat how I bought my wisd she! plans CHAPTER I | y mother, Jul said with no emotion deeper than| (Continued in Our Next lesue) Love Comes joyously “And Aunt\/a mild regret visible in her face. _ P laa ee tak dull She seemed infinitely fatigued ‘ D ou le 5 t yon not to tell any! “That's why I can't’ marry you. asked Jim - Jin he bd The Cement Trust “How how could ¥ help ted, quick! ya to vou nea any van | Eiditor’s Mail | it?” Julla stammered in answer at ? ‘ 2 ei. oi ak Btuddiford, to whom al Hecause first I want you to) Pere Is the cement trust, now under indictment at Portland, iaes Gad Woatine oo inal wasnt wig eciber, aul may.own peo Villa's eyes mat hie snunzty POTENTIAL MURDER : re ts . f : “ That,” she seid simply, “I was " Sts : ost promising of the city’s young-| ple,” she said, scarlet cheeked y *| Editor The Star: I note your so powerful that it can continue its campaign to dominate the ao reat g, baa ranted In the| Jim's grave, ‘comprehensive look | 26t fifteen. How long ago tt was and yet it ened Ge - " ; obody has € «no u ti politics of the state of Washington? inp of good fortune. Breeding, ed-/met hers, "=| Nobody, hae ever knows-—you training should be tor ". : ri . ucation, Wealth were bis ! nd | want to, dear,” he sa ; ave knows 2 who wish i one or more This is a question for the legislature to determine, after ‘“Julla, Pago, head worker at the | And then, ax her face did not |¢Xtenuating circumstances, I sup-| mothers want that for thelr sone, It : 4 : der To Settlement Ho hten: “Why, dearest, you] P08. I was a spotled Iit ot Bee: , “ ildi i i ions of state | ment ove loon. Whatever her plo aren't in the Social Reg-| Were reckless in every way; I did | science. Building of roads is one of the biggest funct ee te ere tec me teller: Caney tres Anat Siaaea ow tho boundary-line, or|"“T'ave two, 6 and 9 in age. T ot ealt vas |that you're a long way ahead of hat itr red very much, / want them to be pans ‘ Be te aes at thes h hed out into th seeeen As event, ana wes] (bet Pose 6 bee war oh sfvan noone Knew! My (raat, them to be strong and bran If it is true that the cement trust has reached out into the “My clever, sweet, little dignified font know, whether it's (iiidhood, and used to faik a good |Tesist and die rather than ever dou apy . 1” 4 1 do ad’ o} ot,” a J sup o_o o Uses & hi niform o! political affairs of state and county, and has in several devious girl” continued Jim, “Julla, ne only God knows the real value {deal about the disappointment of | (20 Uaiform of political murderers, I don't » m like that sort of | ¢ t 3) ¥ ny cor ee wae eee ene Not you—of all women!” Jim On, J Prahran aid , as if to himself | myself, outa thie thie tees Uae I know how you feel,” Julia] And did you tell her you were| ld, “because of course I feel that | 20) going to be my beautiful wife in| ¥4¥,too—now! And I never loved & few month him, never even thought I did! In a few months—hear the| 424 then I came here, and I knew You man! No, but I gave them to un-| that keeping still about it was my/| derstand you were my ‘friend.’ }only chance, and oh, how sick | didn't mention that you are rich.” vee soul and body, for a fresh « The house in Shotwell street in which Julia's people lived was something of a shock to Jim, but he gave no evidence of hin feeling, | and Was presently taken into the stifling parlor, and introduced to Julia's mother, a little gray, hard| lipped ahd br: Cox, Ja at all? In a strange, mysterious been widowed for some years, andj ¥®Y | feel that giving you up— was a toothless, talkative old wo-{| *!Ying you up, my best and dearest, mat |{s purification! When—when this How's the rheumatism tn your! '8 over, | shall have paid! It may arm today?” Julia asked, stopping |' tears flooded her eyes—‘it behind her mother’s chair. y be that I can't bear it, and What do you think of a gir) {hat l will dle! But I shall always at runs off and doesn’t see her| >¢ glad I told you this tonight!” r for weeks at a time, Doc.| There was a long silence, and then tor?” Mrs. Pace demanded tartiy. |/!m came to kneel beside her, and 1 suppose if she marries, she'll PYt_one arm about her. be too grand for us altogether!" “My own little girl!” said he. At Ne Mother!” said Julia halt} ja raised her head, and vexe half indulgent iP ns about his neck like 1 had an elegant little place my. self when I was first married Mrs. Page continued. “Julia must | “I hay you about her papa te Julia's serious eyes fl a look | known fo anyone else, sweetheart, to Jim, and he saw something al-| and we will bury it In our hearts most like humor in their blue ver. Kiss me, dearest, and deer omise me my little wife will stop | “That's @ crayon enlargement of | ‘rying!” y youngest sot old Mrs. Cox Jie she whispered, tears run-| wae presently eaying, “Chess. A down her face. walter ‘by pad b: e got | tho t—are you sur jin circulation. n with bad companions and the Quite sure, sweetheart,” he saidjare only zot him in jail. Yes, indeed they | tenderly Why, Julle, wouldn't did! Only the governor let him| —— aut again The call was not long. Doctor| |Studdiford shook hands with both | the ladies, in departing, a Julla issed her mother and grandmoth er dutifully he two walked al most lence to the car Tomorrow night the theatre. Jim reminded Julia as bh ft her the settlement But next whet evening, Jim pres self, he found Julia obviously dressed for the theatre. | “Sweetheart,” he said, “how hot }your face is, and your poor little] hands aie icy! Aren't you well?” | No, I don’t believe I'm very well! Julia admitted restlersly ‘Not well enough for the the atre? I don’t care one snap for the theatre,” Jim assured her. “Only| I hate to see you so nervous and} tired. You're not one bit like your-| self!" | “No, IT know answered. “I've and thinking all day, until I feel as if I must go crazy! And it's come to this, Jim I—we can’t be married, Jim, That's all.” Jim dropped on one knee beside , and studied her with anxious , and she pushed the hair off his forehead, and rested her cheeh inst it with a long sigh “What is it, dear?” a “Well!” Julia put th shadow of a kiss on his You there's something you| Jon't understand, Jim! You say I 1ave climbed up alone, from being a@ tough little would-be actress, who live over a saloon in O'Farrell street, ! You say—and your Aunt & wise to see what 1 and to work for it! never oc: | seven the} him. | hot I'm not,” Julia been thinking he a Jim faintest | forehead. | to thi that IT am wise, worth havir But has it curred to one of you to why I am different—to ask just what! made me so? “Life boils itself down to this,! doesn't it © went on. “That women have something to sell, or give away, and the question is just how much each one can get for it! ; That's what make the most In significant married woman feel eu | |pertor to the happiest and richest old maid, She says to herself, was a silence until Julia said won- deringly | and the night before, I thought I was going to die telling you this—and now it just doesn’t seem to matter own brave girl!” Jim said know what courage it took to| 1 me shies! It will never be] Her volee dropped, and there “Isn't it fonny that all last night, | A Lesson in Fuel Economy. Instead of Costly Lump Coal, Burn DIAMOND Briquet> in Furnace, Range, Grate, Stove ONLY $5.00 The A 'TON (AC the Bunkers) pur near A this company Order from 563 Railroad Avenue South, Seattle hington delegation in congress sums up the situa tion as follows, in a telegram to the chairman: ible aid, financial and personal, should be given All hope no emergency will arise requiring ite aid, but it should be prepared to render prompt and efficient I am against war and the competi tive practices of nations that make war necessary te them. as did mine to before you shalt have them for termined killing. other jthem felons, or dead, and will die I am sure I am not | you can understand now that there mothers watching this thing | with catching breath, hoping, pray- ing, and vowing against it. RELATING TO You THE ) =. An official of the mint announces have you|there are 19,000,000 buffalo nickels one down a manhole yesterday. sfaction; anteed to give satisfaction. PACIFIC COAST COAL CO. Abraham of old, the sacrificial I would prefer fate for them, to see alone, and LALLAH ROGERS, 1433 Lakeside. THE Book AGENT Wi STOPPED TALKING AFTER _You Said, IO He is wrong. There 18 We dropped fuel of economy and clean, efficient, d heat in just the for household use, mond Briquet guar- Main 5080