The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 14, 1917, Page 5

Woodhouse-Grunbaum Furniture Co., Inc. 416-424 PIKE STREET WE’LL TRUST Y OUT create system has been estabi J axsin€ you (o furnish your by , Our forme are caster and » < A anywhere, Neo extra charges, ¥ jusr YOUR WORD @Har Youn, pay ; % 8 n0.00 Wor # 1.00 Down, 81,00 Week Th.00 Worth 125 Week Week Week © Week © Week 13.00 Down, PE 4.00 Ve (CAR . Hall and Stair Carpets How a t a new Carpet for your hall or stairs’? We have ed a new shipment of Hall and Stair Carpet, {n t , Brussels and velveta. Priced with a view to combat 1 : A good grade Tapest C spectal, per yard § 8.Wire Tapestry Stair Carpet per yard . ; 10-Wire Ta y Brussels special si. 4 Roxbury Tapestry Stair Car ard 8 4 Wool Velvet Stair st > Extra quality Woot Velvet Stair Car per yard $4.7 Wilton Velvet Statr Carp. $2.25 WONDERFUL HUMAN SPIRIT Amazement Struck Every One Who Witnessed the! Extraordinary Scenes Last Friday and Saturday at the Main Store, 903 First Avenue, of the - Ramaker Bros. Company. | y” — Throngs of Purchasers Seething All Day and Late Into 4 the Night Taking Advantage of the Extraordi- | nary Cut Price Sale on Standard High Quality Talking Machines, Pianos, Player Pianos and Grand Pianos. Praia, et Prominent New York Man Has Eyes Opened on How Seattle Does Things on Big Scale. Most famous and renowned makes of magnificent fine art grand pianofortes being sold here on easy monthly terms for! hundreds of dollars less than they can be bought for spot cash in New York or Boston. Talking machines and player pianos of the finest types and models going like the proverbial “hot cakes.” Nothing like it ever seen in Seattle before. New York Visitor Amazed. One of America’s most illustrious piano makers and old| friend of Mr. Ralph Ramaker, president of the Ramaker Bros ve’ ty Co., stopped over at Seattle to pay his compliments to the! Ramakers. When he saw the main store at 903 First Avenue| : illed with great crowds of eager, laughing and good-natured purchasers—many standing in long lines before the cashier's desk, cach waiting his turn to deposit the first payment and get receipt and monthly payment slip on the instrument pur- chased—when this New York visitor witnessed the extraor- dinary scenes he turned to Mr. Ralph Ramaker, saying he wished he could get a picture of it all to take back to New| York to show to his friends in the music trade—but the big F drive was on in full force and a camera man would have had “a no chance to grab a moment's stillness in that busy, bustling | ia throng. q Only 5 Days More. Only five days more and this extraordinary price-cutting sale will pass into history. If you hurry you can still join the great list of the happy, lucky purchasers at this marvelous| cut-price sale—but you must act quick or you will miss a/ great money-saving advantage that in all likelihood will not) occur again for many, many years—for the cost of all ma- terials which go into talking machines and pianos are steadily advancing. And remember this immense stock was ordered and purchased under last year’s low factory cost. Call at either of our two stores—903 First Avenue or 1524 Third venue. Both open evenings. Highest Quality Talking Machines. To say the price-cutting in this department is sensational is to put it mildly. There are here now $49.50 prices marked down on fine talking machines equal to any you have ever heard at $100, and the $62.50, = treat peggera and| 123.90 ones are positively superior in beauty of design you have ever been offered at less than $250. Besides, | they have the living quality of sound. You have heard talk-| ing machines priced at $350 and $450. Just come in and sec| our price now, at only $174.50, a little down and a little) each month at that. It’s homes, homes, homes, we must find for this vast talking machine stock. Some Staggering Prices. | Just think of pianos for $45, $65, $85, $95,) $115, $123, $165, and player pianos down to $196, | $265 and $: ! There are magnificent grand pianos here, now at a reduction of $415 from actual New York prices. The most elegant art styles for as little as $246, $296 an!) $316, and the terms of payment are made to suit the pur-) chasers—pay as little down as you want to and a little each $s month. It’s homes, homes, homes for these fine instruments « tye want now and must have, regardless of all other con-| ‘iderations. RAMAKER BROS. CO. TWO STORES Main Store, 903 First Ave. Store No. 2, 1524 Third Ave. OPEN EVENINGS UNTIL END OF SALE MEN READ THIS | Let us offer you the relief and comfort we are giving others, and leave the pay- ment end of It in your own hands. We Treat All Diseases of Men Special and Chronic Disei such as Vital Decline, Varicose Veins, Blood and Skin Disorders, Kidney, Liver and Blad- der Diseases, Nervous Disorders, Rupture, Fistula and Piles BLOOD POISON CURED AT ONCE Free Consultation—Hours 9 a.m. to9 p.m National Medical Institute | 119 OCCIDENTAL AVE, ses, WE ARE FOR MEN YES, Sn Miss Viola Bozarth (Cynthia Grey), at Work With Her Assistant, in Her Office BY MABEL ABBOTT There is one series of ques tions that every member of The Star staff is asked over and over again. The answer to the first of the series is: YES, CYNTHIA GREY 1S A REAL WOMAN! The others are like unto thie: No, ahe is not aman, No, Cythia Grey is not her real name; it is Miss Viola Bozarth Yes, she lives in Seattle, at 412 Crockett St., on Queen Anne hill. Yes, she answers every one of the Cynthia Grey letters herself, or else dic tates the answer to her assistant. And it keeps her good and bu too. 1 am looking at Cynthia aa T wri She has brown hair and brown eyes, and {s wearing a pretty, dark-blue silk dress with edges. 1 ypen to know that swims, a nis, and da } bowls, and plays and dos vari % that she couldn't ‘© not a real woman ter ous other do if she w Just now she is sitting at her typewriter, with a plle of letters bes her, which she j« trans ferring, one by one, to another », as fast as they are an ANSWERS FROM THE HEART She the Bi in fr a set of encyclopedias, and the World Almanac nt of her, and another set of encyclopedias, some law books, histories of all nations, United States year books, cook books and oth jources of infor mation on a shelf above her head The drawers of her desk are full f indexed clippings on every subject, from to grow eye. brows to stat! s on shipbuild ! J owner said it was STAR—MONDAY, MAY 14, 1917. PAGE 5 ! Every once in a while she is asked to find a home for a baby The demand, however, is greater than the supply Since th te went dry, she as had many requests for recipes for making beer and whisky Shoe answers them—but between you and me, | am afraid when her recipes © tried out, they produced nothing stronger than old-fashioned blackberry cordial Once a burglar sent her the jewelry he had stolen. He didn't send It because he repented, how ever, but to that it was worth about on: th what its | THEATRES ALHAMBRA The program for the closing week at the Alhambra theatre, this week is @ bell ringer from the beginning to the end. There ts hardiy an act on the entire bill that wouldn't be worth a headline podition on any MM. It fs undoubtedly the inten ion of the management of the Or | ing Fut Cynthia is not consulting any of th things at this min Sh answering the letter | n top of the pile out of her own head and heart, aa she does the greater part of her huge mail ASK ADVICE ON PROBLEMS while people write ¢ or information on @ub ould stagger a university get it—most of * because they are with some personal ; or little, on which ght of com ich of sym: » of an outside » response to this eople ask Cyn % they tell If she were to tell of what she knows, one-tenth there would be social revolutions in several cities, But she never does. And yet she | real woman! SOME SAMPLE QUESTIONS How can the family stop fa ther’s ring?” “T have six toes; will this keep me from joining the nay “Can I get a divorce right away if T go to Reno, and what would 1t cost, and how soon could I marry ain?” “What are the laws governing homestead entries? “How can I k > my salt-rising br from smelling queer?” hese give a faint idea of the range of inquiries Cynthia gets Tf her files and books are not suf. ficient, she calls on the public library, the university, physi cians, lawyers, officials and ex- perts of every kind HER REPLIES RING TRUE Rut there are questions before which universities and Hbrariea and officials and experts are help Tell me how and's love.” Do you think the girl T prom to marry really cares for to get back my hu ined me?" I have made the great take, What shall T do These are the lettera Cynthia answers without looking in any book She is not so very old in yeara, but she has common sense, expe rience, clear vidipr, and a sense mis of humor, and she is genuinely in terested in people's problema And so the answers ring true; and that, I think, is why every body reads Cynthia's column, whether they read anything else in the paper or not HEARS QUEER THINGS Queer things come to Cynthia in the course of har wark. | the mouths of their patrons until © new season starts at the Moore eatre, In the fall Ray Cox, a comedien of the tall angular ty had Sunday's large audience in hysterics. “Her First Lesson in Horseback Riding” was) \" Lemons Whiten and } Beautify the Skin! Make Cheap Lotion toe cece cccecees The juice of two fresh lemons strained into a bottle containing three ounces of orchard white makes a whole quarter pint of the most parkable lemon skin beau tifler at about the cost one must »ay for a emall jar of the ordinary cold creams, Care should be taken to strain the lemon juicé thru fine cloth so no lemon pulp gets in, then this lotion will keep fresh for months. ery woman knows non juice ia used to bleach ve such blemishes as kles, sallowness and tan, and ts the ideal skin softener, smoothener and beautifier. Just try it! Make up a quarter int of this sweetly fragrant lemon louion and massage it daily into the face, neck, arms and hands, It should naturally help to whiten, soften, freshen, and bring out the hidden roses and beauty of any kin. It is wonderful for rough, jred hands will well white 4 will three little supply Your druggist ounces of orchard and any groc lemons throughout the interior of of every housewife. absent when you use Floor serve call Main 2670, SEATTLE, um time to leave a good taste| ra PALACE HIP ) Perfect Cleanliness But unpainted floors make such a condition scarcely possible, for, despite all care, dirt lodges in pores and imperfect joints of the boards —and an insanitary state results MANUFACTURED AND GUARANTEED BY PRESERVATIVE PAINT CO. {i in The Star Buliding. | guess Cynthia feit my eyes on her. She has just looked up with an inquiring expression. “Are you a real woman, Cyn thiat” | ask. “I hope #0,” she answers cau- tlously, suspecting a joke. “Why?” | | "Oh, somebody asked. And 1 | sometimes think myself you are a sort of combination of confessor, conscience, consulting specialist and safety vaive.” Cynthia laughs. Then she looks thoughtful “Well, isn’t that being a rea! woman?” she says. 8 original as {t was y Brenner, a dainty scream, a nny. Dol ta {eu little miss, has a bevy of new Jeatchy songs that brought her jround after round of applause, Dor lothy Shoe ably upported by her small company, presented "Sup per for Two,” a playlet full of good acting, woven around a strong | moral question. Walter De Leon and }Mary Davies have am original and dance number, under th of “Behind the Lines” right up to the minute The Helen Leach Wallin Trio, three women, made the au © hold its breath with their original liron jaw wir which was very good, Boyle and Brown nearly stop ped the show with their new and patriotic songs, Frank and | had a good dancing number | that opened the show with a bang | ef song title act | The new vaudeville show which | Opened Sunday at the Palace Hip is |headed by Myles McCarthy and For the Man Who Wants a Good Truck We Have a Particularly Good Buy ina 4-TON SIGNAL $850.00 Complete with body. good condition, with tires. Other Trucks From $100 to $1,150 UnitedMotorsCo. Pine and Believue—East 612 1! 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I refer to find it as hard to catem i jsent a “pantomimic absurdity,” call-| the merchant submarins, Ike merchant submarine as We BOW) ed “I Can't Shut My Mouth,” which| the Deutschland find it hard to catch the War: is @ rapiddire of acrobatic stunts This war may last ma i that produced no end of laughs. years with the German submar- Alda sketch, “Can Dreams Come True a romantic ontains a lot of clever plenty of good acting The Jim I novelty ng of B ans and harmony singers, jthan a full measure of entertain nent. itary comedy skit, Women’s 25c Crepe de Chine Handker- chiefs, Special for Tuesday, Each 18c Main Floor, 50c Ribbons, Special for Tuesday, Yard 25c Main Floor Ribbon ection uesday pecial ‘nd didoed » widtt f Ox pe for esda yard 25e Millinery Specials for Tuesday Upper Main Floor Flowers—\ broken line t includes a of colors and dif ers that sell re Oc, 75¢ and 95 Puesday, choice Hats — lium Untrimmed tyles, in. me rolling | bans. Lise hemps in Blz nd Copenhagen ural Reg and $2.5 day, choice Nat ular $ $1.9 1 r Tue 95e n assort Trimmed Hats— ment of one hundred The Rhodes Co. A Big Special Sale of Spring Style Suits Now in Progress. Special Prices at $28.75, $24.50, $18.75 and $15.00. A Splendid Assortment of Styles, Colors and Materials. High Grade Blouses Special for Tuesday Upper Main Floor Selection No. 2 of eight from stock, in ut not each size and color. Reg- 2.50 and $15.00. Special 1esda $9.95 » broken lines, and are beaded designs and sizes and colors, Selection No. 1 ti also composed each $11.75 for NOTE—T » high-gra hand embroider ind are Evening Gowns, Special for Tuesday Upper Main Floor Dre ess pt immed One regular at $69.50 One regular at $65.00 Iwo regular at . $55.00 ( regular at $49.50 regular at .... $45.00 ¢ regular at $39.50 I regular at $34.50 Five at .. $29.50 f a ee Evening Gowns that sell regue at $24.50. Special for Tuesday, choice s 16 t » 40. Wolcott, in their comedy] oe | story of the turf, w: Gene and Kathryn King have al! Duo have a comedy " the high kick $8 marvel, being le performance cott and Full remarki Miller, , comed! ve more¥ Mardo and Hunter, with their mil. The Crazy Re- ine slowly throttling the world. It is unnecessary for you to suffer | with rashes and similar skin troubles. A || little zemo, obtained at any drug || ‘1 , A But if the world starts ight | Would Adopt Idea now to build merchant = bh orche , marines, until thousands 4 of Merchant Sub to them are launched, we would — be absolutely certain of 4 able to deliver food and Editor The Star: 1 think ; er igo tions wherever we pleased. Foil Kaiser’s | | } MONEY || WE COME INTO THIS Wo WITHOUT “IT,” “it when we dle; work to earn ‘it we need “it” when we buy, eczema, blotches, ringworm, Koes to pay the rent: Koes to pay the interest crult,” offer singing and comedy. | store for 25, or $1 for large bottle, } baadlaptinahancsds) so: 5 and promptly applied will usually give || 1° gore for breach of promise NEW W MINSTE , | instant relief from itching torture. And “it for railroad fare; NE STER. TB. C..| It cleanses, soothes and heals quickly || “It "oes to pay the grocer May 14—Two hundred pounds of| and effectively most skin diseates And for the clothes you wear, dynamite, exploded Thursday on a| Zemo is a wonderful, penetrating, || “11 goes a great deal farther, sand bar in the Fraser river by of-| disappearing liquid and soothes the a ren you'll cave more ficials of the Canadian fisheries,| most delicate « > |]on each ng SUIT, COAT, DRESS] | Wir a t t delicate skin. It is not greasy, || and MAT led approximately 200 pals, | is easi ed and cos | ~ “ * | whieh in ve ee Ps ey have pl oan easily applied and costs little Get || at tne ¥ CE UPSTAIRS STORE, ar tro t today and save further distress, Sk iON almon every season nounce that— Beginning or Cash on ANNOUNCEMENT N these days of increasing prices, the fuel dealers of Seattle are making every effort to keep down your coal bill. As an important step for the benefit of the public, these dealers find it necessary to an- June 1, 1917, Coal Will Be Sold Only i for Cash With Order, Delivery.