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SEATTLE STAR! I | | | & 4] IB0T Seve - nl f i OF SCHIPYS NORTHWEST LEAGUE OF NiEWwsrarr hb Ave, Near Untom St, Telegraph News Service of the United Press A Entered at Seattio, Mall, Out of city, dhe per month up to & By carrter, city Wash s Matter, "s ni @ mos $1.90; year $3.50 IGNORANCE AS to just where that new Russian government Is at continues. Maybe a mistake was made in not hanging the royalty and pacifists. «- Why Not Select Service | or All Industry? America is a land of universal The nation stands mustered into ‘The new selective service law is a needed in the army are to be selected | > Wt is a law under which the government is empowered pick out certain men fitted for a certain duty. | ® So far, this law provides only for selecting men for mil service. But military needs are not all the nation’s needs Other needs are equally pressing We read of a startling shortage of men to build ships le read of a shortage of men to till land : | Why should not the selective service idea be made uni-| | ? Why should we not be 100 per cent effective and 100 pr cent efficient? Surely it would be far better than the plan to import} and other coolies by the wholesale, as has been pro-|@ by certain “patriots” in Seattle and elsewhere Every American is at the nation’s service. © Why not SELECTION FOR ALL INDUSTRY | Why not select men to build ships just as we select them| | Why not the same effective selectio | Why not a NATION IN SERVIC ; ‘The most effective organization, all down the line, is| d, if that is to be done. { > America has the men, the money, the land, the raw mate-) a eyptpennd at once. service service, law now under which for agriculture? selective service in every necessary industry KING IN a knitting way, Mr. Von Hindenburg has evidently & stitch in his line. And dropping a stitch sure makes even good folks cuss. ap for Tax Dodger it exactly why income tax frauds and evasions cannot nal revenue, demonstrating that it would take at least with the present force of agents to catch up with now in hand. the present field force of 274 men,” says Commis- Osborn, “were employed exclusively and Steadily on tion work, it would take them two years and six to make all the examinations contemplated to be} for the year 1915 and previous years, to s thing individual income tax returns rejected for examination |"*y the corporate returns which in the meantime will be/»ra ‘at least 15 per cent of which, in accordance with past P ‘ ee | Since the individual returns are as numerous as the cor- on returns and require even more time to check up on account of the absence of orderly bookkeeping, at allotted above. /On the basis of this official statement, therefore, the 5 agents in 1922 would just be finishing up the check- Sof the returns which had been filed in the office prior January 1 of this year. ) THE TAX DODGER WHO COMMITTED FRAUD HIS YEAR’S RETURNS WILL BE IN NO DANGE CTION UNTIL SOME TIME IN 1923! is clear proof of the breakdown of the present in- ite and ineffective system. "The movement for publicity of income tax returns pro-} es to cure this by making it necessary for the tax dodger} COMMIT HIS CRIMES IN DAYLIGHT OREGON ICE companies threaten to ralse prices 100 to 150 per ‘There's a war. Ammonia is good in making war or Ice. up. tod It is rumored that one of the county commissioners iyors a plan to repair again the now famous Tukwila road im the Pacific highway, instead of building anew with either toncyete or brick. Repairs on this particular piece of territory, it is esti ted, have run into many tens of thousands in the past 20 . To repair it now would be a job costing a good many} asands—and when it’s done, there would still be an un-| hed road. | No, the best economy is to build it new and be done h it. Get a guarantee bond from the company that builds maintenance bond for at least five years. The brick! "people offer a 20-year bond. The concrete people have yet)? 40 be heard from. 5 It’s far better to pay the higher brick price and get intenance bond, than to fritter away good money on un-! )Quaranteed repairs. AND EVERYWHERE that Mr. Bryan goes promoting food produc- the seedsman raises prices. | | | | | ’ mM c e. re ° S ©) rat) 3 > 3 mM = oO af Here's one patriotic stunt that every person can do right} yy without orders from any one: Get fit! Get in condition. Get that paunch down, muscles hard. Get in training! _ The soft man is the unfit man. imp at duty’s call. Get ? ; Flabby muscles cannot|} Fat stomachs usually mean fat brains, |} Train down, Exercise, work—eat less, h 4 It's a duty three ways—it will make you a better, cleaner}) a in; it will conserve the nation’s food and build your own : ) ? energy; it will make you ready for any call a4 Clean, strong, fit men are the nation’s need Get fit. Train down. Get ready! THE MAN behind the gun can hit the mark, as the Mongolia's gun-| WHY NOT stick up a flag In your war garden? s Upon hearing all be selected for most effective service and set to) whistle a rabbit hops to the cross- jing of a Connecticut raiiroad and | | MAYBE KAI CLEVELAND, tinger left bis bull terrier in his car ted under the present secret system of collection is|to guard it, and somebody stole the by a statement of William H. Osborn, commissioner | dog your grand-dad ts ar rie! e, will be rejected for examination by the field | Radical Minister Wins Year's Fight i nnsantanipiiinonatin After a fight of a year, during ete ine . ides tan ty 4. ts [which 40 members of the church | ph» two and a half years would have to be added to the Prone seeg b wi has j sald. he Tukwila Road = COLYUM Perhaps they took him for a nut, Even me and you. But if | were a squirrel, folks, I'd be far, far from frisky, For Logan now has plans no doubt To get some “squirrol whisky see MAKE OVPRALIA, GIRLS Home of the big stores are adver tint @ day's travel thr *. 1. ID. I's... oo STAR—THURSDAY, (Continued From Our Last Isoue) LOGAN AND THE SQUIRRELS Ardelia came tn with a yellow News Note—It 1s reported Logan | &"Velope ; ; | Hingsley played with squirrels at Sumpin’ doin’ roun’ dia heah | Woodland park while officers hunt-| house, Telegram boy des wring Jed him high and low tn Seattle, | at de’ do’ bell atiddy |The equirrete played with clever For n sald Bambt - Logan ‘Mrs, Jarvis Jocelyn, Sunnyside, Over at the 200; ‘ New York Frohman will see you at three o'clock tomorrow.” Tamb! gazed at it & moment, a bit dazed, then she laughed “Anything the matter?’ Jarvis inquired ” “Noo, Oh, no.” This was how {t happened that Mr, Jarvis Jocelyn took the mid u night train to New York, while Mrs. Jarvis Jocelyn-followed on an early morning one, “But why, If you both have to go not go together?” inquired the Professor : art of the secret,” she remind. ot pale rose-colored ed him. Oninared 86 the te and || “Dear me, I had forgotten we ankles Into bands adorned with || were living in a plot. How ts it gee lms eae oe Boon coming out?’ Qnd pink rose bude The neck BELIEVE iT OR NOT the biast the engineer throws him his break elightest ite his words, see SAUSAGE O.—Charies ENCOURAGING CHOLLY “I'm doing my best to get ahead,” asderted Cholly, “Well, heaven knows you acserted Dolly. “- ror WAS *TOMPED what —Well, I'm one of are anceste Wille se ado realgne David Rees liams, 27, been installed of a lot of struggling country who view the prediction of a food famine without the When a poet gets alarm, hungry he SER TOOK HIM FOR that fe “1 will know today, definitely, just how, when, and where it 1s coming out.” himself at the theatro at ¢ sharp, and felt a thrill of righte: pride when he | was ushered Into the private office pout delay, His vow that he ld enter without so much as & ealling-card had come true sooner than he had hoped Mr Frohman smiled = in 4] friendly way, and shook hands “How's my friend, the oxJebu?” he laughed. Fine! If hope you are well.” Jarvis unpacked the manuscript and began, He had worked over the scenes so often with Bambi that he fell into her dramatic way of “doing” the scones. Once or twice the manager chuckled as he recognized her touch and intons tion on & line, Certainly Jarvis bad never read so well. He was encouraged by frequent laughs from his audience, There wore in terruptions now and then, crit! clams and suggestions. As read and laid down the last page, Mr WThe longer disorganization goes on, the longer will be) rage Srchinad soeded nis bead war. \ eee All right. You'll hear from me Mayor Gill is right in saying that the importation of) Tae ‘i You've done surprisingly well with s v S j cd Si s back 25 years.} almy Bill Hohenzollern es li “1 mere would. set the United State wy se the| | 18 aetting down to the hay in Thank you. Good 4 an overwhelming majority, is opposed to the) | nis pop pipe. “Good day. volunteers on our farms. This city, and this nation,|@————— sepliiisiie At three o'clock the other mem ber of the Jocelyn family arrived “You are good to seq me 1 would have burst with curiosity be fore Jarvis got back,” she began | the minute she got Inside the door When the tru ‘The opening night.” “Upon my word, you have got a dramatic sense. Blaze of success, outbursts of applause, husband finds wife ts the center and cause of ft. That sort of thing, eh?” “Yea, but don't say It like that It sounds silly and cheap.” “Hosband will be mad as fury at the whole thing.” “You don’t think that, do you? That would spoil the whole thing so entirely.” she said In concern. They talked about the cast, the seta, and other practical details. “ think we will pull off a sue Et. cess, This is very human, this j sta ft. Good-bye.” sed) “You've been such a dear, We've us| just got to succeed for your sake. { Good-bye, and thanks.” CHAPTER V. Bambi burried to catch the 5:20 train for home, and as it rushed thru the station she spied Jarvis striding on ahead, evidently bound for the same train, With the cau tion of a lady detective she kept bind him until+he got aboard on she rushed ahead and got into the ‘et car. At Sunnyside she astonished the town hackman by leaping 7? as pastor of Old ing him to drive her home, top North church, | speed Cleveland, O. Rev./ ano situation appealed to her Willams’ form” socialism, ism, frage, equal “plat. combines single tax, International suf birth con- taste for intrigue. Into the house she spend and to her room. The Professor and Ardelia were in bed and asleep. When Jarvis came in she descended, to inquire about the fate of thelr play, with the calm trol. He read Robert G. Inger. | 0%,% finished actrons soll's “Poetry of I'm waiting for you! What B My Faith” to the ¢¥87" #he demanded REV WILLIAMS. ninisters aod He likes it. If the author is “It is my faith immed Satisfied, we go ahead once.” He says, “I believe in labor agi tation,” and “if Jesus were lay he would be a socialist.” her ‘Oh, goody! | happy about it?” Jarvis, aren't you ce | “But you aren't happy enough!” With Fingers Doesn’t hurt a bit! loosen and fall off! Few drops of Freezone take all pain and soreness from corns instantly No humbug! whether hard, sorencas, Ask at any dru, a small bottle o feet of every corn as. sorene soft or be- tween the toes, will loosen right up and lift out, with- out a particle of pain or Wonderful discovery by Cincinnati man ‘Thin remarkable drug is called freezone and is a com pound of ether discovered by a Cincinnati man, which will coat but a trifle, but ie sufficient to rid one's Put a few drops directly upon any tender, nal or Instantly the disappears and shortly the corn or callus Corns and calluses Magic! will loosen and can be lifted right off with the fingers. Freezona docsn't eat out the corns or calluses but shrivels or rather loosens them without even irritating the surrounding akin. st think! No pain at all; no soreness or smarting when applying it or after- wards, Try a little and see for yourself, It is eurprising. Any corn, Few drops stop corn=pai store for seal freezone, | Take soreness from any corn or callus instantly or callus, one’ on their dressers and never let @ corn ache twice. If a corn starts hurting just apply « drop. The pain stops instantly, corn goes! ig corn Tiny bottles of Freezone coat but a few cents at any drug store, { Women should keep treer- | 4 to that elty of abominations, do you | his © you going to tell him | nto his cab and order: | MAY 10, 1917. PAGE 4 | | “| ARMY 13 MADE UP OF A LOT OF BUMS, AND THEY TREAT YOU LIKE A DoG! | | | | 4 ST@e@RAGe TicKeT || TO GERMANY ! | VLC Pay For ; IT MYSece tt Ga | | He nighed. It was all so dif-]to the clubhouse, and took the | ferent from the way he had planned | same rooms they had before, As to bring her bis first success. Bamb! looked about the room, she think we had better plan to | térned to Jarvis in the doorway: stay at the National Arts Club| “It is a century since I knelt at | again during rebearwals, Jarvis.” | ‘hat window and arranged our spec- | “Lam not sure I can tacular success that. I told Mr. Frobman | finance | aad | rest, not need adv .: = an advance a | tomorrow we enter on a new chap- I've got some loft You can | ter.” | borrow back the hundred you paid ; me, to start off on.” fan't It, J |, “You're like the old woman with| He nodded, embarrassed. the magic purse.” | “I should like to wish you luck “I'm thrifty and saving.” in the new venture, Mr. Jarvis “Well, if we can accomplish tt | Jocelyn.” without robbing you I agree with} “I wish you the same, Miss it would be better to stay | Mite,” he said, clasping her hand warmly. “Settled. You go pack your] “You haven't called me Mins things and I'll look after mine.” Mite for a long time,” she sald They prepared to make their seo | goftly. “I like it.” ond pligrimage, this time to the] “Good-night,” sald Jarvis abrupt- ‘8 jolly we enter it together, “Land of Promise.” ly, and left, The Professor showed an unusual! At eleven o'clock they presented amount of interest in the matter. themselves at the theatre. The “How long will it take to re |reading was to take place tn Mr. hearse itt” he asked. Frohman's big room. Jarvis and We don't know yet, we're such | Bambi were admitted at once. amateurs. But as soon as we! “Good-morning,” sald Mr. Froh know the date set for the opening | man you and Ardelia are to prepare to| Good-morning. This {s come. You can come up the day | Jocelyn, Mr. Frohman.” of the performance, and if you can't; Bambi offered her band to the you may come home the | manager with a solemn face, but ys | the laugh twinkied in her eyes. “A trip to New York? What an/ “How do you do, Mrs. Jocelyn? 1 upsetting idea!” |understand that you had a great “Would you rather etay here, | deal to do with this play.” jand miss the firet play Jarvis and} “I did,” she admitted. Without 1 ever did together?” said Bambi,| me this play would have been disappointedly nothing.” “No, certainly not I'll come.| “This leaves you no ground to | Just make a note of ft, and put it | stand on, Mr. Jocelyn,” he laughed. Mrs in a conspicuous place,” he added.| The members of the company ar. We'll keep you reminded, never rived and were presented to the fear.” | authorities, Bambi kept them Ardelia gasped when she heard | laughing until Mr, Frohman calied he was to go. | order. They sat in state around “Il send you a Mist of the | the big table. clothes to bring for the Professor “I propose that Mrs. Jocelyn read in plenty of time. I shall give you| us the play,” Mr. Frohman said. a new black silk dress for the oc-| “Oh, shall I? It is really ion.” | Jarvis | Lawd a’ massy, Miss Bambi! I'se| “If you please,” said Mr. Froh so excited 1 cain't talk. A noo silk | man, (ndicating a chair. | dress an’ agoin’ to Noo Yawk wid| So Bambi began, with a smile at | de Perfesser. | decla’ dey aln't no | Jarvis, and another at the audid | niggah woman in dis heah town got/ence, The quality which had made sech quality to work fo’ as dis old | the book “go” had been wonderfully niggah has | Fetained, so that = spontaneous “Why, Ardelia, we couldn't have | laughter marked her progress thru it without you.” the comedy. It was all so true and “Am I gwine sit wid de white | universal, the characters so well folks in de’ theatre, or up in nig-|drawn, the denouement so happy! gah heaven?” At the climax of the third act the | “You'll sit in a box with the rest | company broke into irresistible and | of un.” | unpremeditated applause. | “Gawd-a'mighty, honey, dis gwine| “Oh, God bless you for that!” said de happtes’ ‘casion ob my| Bambi, her eyes wet with grat! | tude The coauthors took the night) “We ought to cast you for the train, girl, You are enough like her to Arrived in New York, they went | have sat for the portrait,” said Mr. Letters to the Editor AGAINST DAYLIGHT PLAN | hour ahead, could serve humanity Editor The Star: You invite, ® far better turn by tying the i cmore dav.| hands of old H. C. 0. L., to keep people who favor this “more day them™from holding up eate to light” plan to write, ani? you will heights beyond our reach. Cut the publish ft, Will you print this? | cost of city government. Reduce “Which of you, by taking taxes. Help get food to the people thought, can add one cubit to his at the lowest possible prices. Give stature?” |us lower-priced food; we can get By setting the hands of the city) along on the daylight God hat clocks ahead one hour, can one given us, and be thankful. minute of time be added to our spectfully, long and glorious days of summer? Kn The answer is obvious—No. Then why such waste of precious | time, high-priced paper and costly ink in pursuit of a phantom? A. STRAWBRIDGR, 2308 Harvard Ave, RAPS RAISE IN MILK PRICE If workers want more lefsure,| Editor The Star: Our fine dairy rest and recreation at the close of ®utomobile delivery truck today an eight-hour work day, all they Talsed the price on milk from 10 to need do {s to begin work an hour !2 cents per quart, This, Tam told, or #0 earlier in the morning. The !8 because the wholesalers raised employers will grant that desire if ‘heir price from 4 and 5 cents to 5% {t is put up to them, Workers are | Cents per quart, not clamoring for an earlier be-| The markets advertise milk to- ginning hour. day at 8 cents per quart. Now, by | To create by city ordinance a lo-| doing without that $5,000 automo }cal time in conflict with the es-| bile delivery truck I would like to |tablished government — standard | have yoy milk cugtomers yay for, 1 |time will bring on us contusion | figurAwhat T can make good wages and waste of time, without giving by buying milk at the market at the us an extra minute of daylight retail price, wheeling it out to my | time. neighborhood on a wheelbarrow, Tf anybody wants more daylight, and selling it for 11 cents per quart, | let him get out earlier in the mgrn-|1 cent under the automobile price. ing. Any person desiring to patronize The city council and your paper,;my wheelbarrow delivery system instead of wasting precious time | please address trying to push the clock hanks av P. D. Q., care The Star, LS A Sy PS ENCUST, CHF Cisten: THE UNTIED STAToS | | Frohman, wickedly, Jarvis turned to look at Bamb! In hin earnest way. He marked the Hikeneas, again, himself, I shall play it just as you read Jocelyn,” said the girl who met for the lead “You will greatly improve on my Francesca, 1m sure,” Bambi nod ded to her Parts were distributed, much dis |cussion followed ax to character drawing and business, then they separated to meet for rehearsal the | next day at 10:30. Day after day they assembled at the same hour and slowly built up the structure of the play, Many nights Jarvis and Bambi worked lon new xcenes, or the rearrange ment of the old ones. March the date of the It gave Bambi In late production was set unbelievable pleasure to read the announcements on the billboards, and to stand in front of the threo | sheets in the foyer of the theatre She wrote Ardelia full directions in regard to packing the Professor's |dress clothes; she told her the train |they were to take; she worked out every detail, so that nothing might | be left to the sievelike memories lof the principals on this foreign Journey. Bhe ordered a new frock for her- | self, and succeeded in getting vn } measured for new dress clothes ‘Then she threw herself, heart and soul, into the last few days of work Jat the theatre, helping to polish jand strengthen the play of dress rehearsal came, and with it a new development for her con sideration and management. J Dress rehearsal was called at midnight, two of the principale were playing in other theatres. There was an air of suspense confusion on the stage, where the new sets were being put on, which threw Jarvis into a cold sweat of terror. It only added one degree to | Bambi's mounting excitement | and Jarvis made their way to the front of the house, where Mr, Froh- man, the leader of the orchestra, and a few other people interested in the production were assembled. “IL never realized before how many people, how much work and money and brain go into the pro duction of the simplest comedy for one night's amusement,” she said to Mr. Frohman. “And yet managers are always blamed because they don’t take more chances on new playwrights,” ing to the guillotine, doesn’t he?” “It Is a strain, fen't it, Jocelyn? You get used to it after a few first- nights.” Jarvis nodded, wetting his dry lips with a nervous tongue. The curtain went down and came up. The first act began. Bambi scarcely breathed. Jarvis could be heard all over the bouse, The firat part of the act hitched along and had to be repeated; the stage manager came out and scold- ed, while Mr. Frohman called direc- tions from the front. Bambi turned to Jarvis. “Is going to be a failure,” she | said, | “Oh, groaned | “Don't be discouraged!” sald Mr. | Frohman, noting their despairing | looks, “Dress rehearsals are usual- ly the limit.” “But it can't go like th’s, and | succeed,” Bambi wailed. don't say that!” he fairly | “Don't you worry. It won't go like this The night wore on, miserably, |for the authors. Everything had to be done over—lines were for- gotten—everybody was in a ner- yous slew | The awful part of it is that | we've done all we can do,” moaned Bambi. “If they ruin ft, we can't prevent them.” We'll ma) them rehearse all | day tomorrow,” said Jarvis, flerce- ly. “They were better than this two weeks ago.” The end of the agony finally came, The stage manager assem- | bled the weary company and gave | them a few select and sarcastic | lective failure. Mr. Frohman add- | ed a few words, and ordered them minds until the morrow Bambi tried to say a word of en- couragement and thanks to them, but in the midst of it she broke down and wept. (Continued Tomorrow) The night | She} | remarks as to their single and col-| all to dismiss the play from their | night. | leanne | STOMACH | Heartburn may be due to improper eating, or it may be a symptom of certain serious stomach disom ders. It makes itself known by slight } pain over the stomach, coated tongue, in the mouth or belching gas. 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