The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 14, 1917, Page 12

BY A STAR REPORTER vacant lots planted tn potatoes.” tion ts this?’ he asked iain b The citizens of Seattle don't | 1 know the sock part of it must) busy a Bow their flax be true, because I saw Mra, Bet Now come the only two out of 1, a reporter, didn't know exact. | ti koltting industriously while the dozen that I talked to wh ly what a flag was like myself as sitting on the coroner's definitely knew the truth about until yest 1 looked it u cently the flag and learned the fing has 48 stars] The phone was noisy when I) Mra, Thomas A. Parish, former And 18 stripes, seven red and six}called Mrs, Ruth Dahnken, of the regent of the Daughters of the white. Heaps of people can't de-| woman's protective division of the Revolution, was one Beribe the flac {police department, but I think she The other was Maj. T. J, Cun They think | anywhore from | satd There are 48 stars and 13) ningham, Spanish war veteran 45 to 50 stars anywhere up| red stripes and 12 white one What are you trying to do?” he to 30. stripe There are hty| I can't print all Mayor Gill said asked, “Kvery one knows that ti few that are dead ka! when I called him up There are 48 stars and 12 stripes: 5 that ought to know, too, p hard What _kind of a "tool propent seven red and six white,” 4 4 and then ‘fess up. : After I found out how {gnorant ‘ others. I struck Miss Abbott. She i) was hazy She felt pretty sure] ‘ about the 18 stripes, but she reck oned the stars anywhere between | oo” 45 and 60 See Without Knowing 3 Beho June Zah! was next. She e ought to know, having been to college. “Ask me something y," she BY E.D. K BY WM. G. SHEPHERD : said, “There's a flag hanging out “Kala mera," | eald, utilizing | United Press state Correspondent the window, ¢ Count ‘em one-half my Greek vocabulary | PETROGRAD, June 14.— That's the p We see the “Fine day,” translated Gus | Russia is relying on the Amer everywhere, every day And Vanos, smiling at my “brogue,” | ican mission now here, to as he turned up the cuffs of my trousers and spat on his black. | ing dauber. | “What do you think of the Greek king’s quitting?” | asked. “| don't give a damn,” replied Gus, “I ain't no friend of Con stantine; I'm living here.” He spread his cloth over my shoes and dragged forth his pocket clear up diverse views regard ing President Wilson's note Most papers here today hailed the message in terms of glow: ing eulogy, but the Workmen's and Soldiers’ Gazette was frank in declaring its disbelief of one portion. ident Wilson,” th we know what color tt is, and that) it bas stars. But that’s about all I called up Jimmie Crehan, the | mayor's secretary “There are 153 stripes, of course, and there are—-er—49—-48 Jimmie was doing rapid calcula: | tion from the flag that hangs In the mayor's office. He would have been floored if there hadn't stars Pres oaserted, “says Germans are |ice registration card with the crest “There are as many stars as/of the United States across the top, there are states, and there are 13| “When they call my class I go, White stripes and 13 red stripes.” | he said, “but not for King Alexan- | That was wild. And at random der. | fight for Uncle Samee!" he declared there were 46 states!| Gus has been in the United States Welford Beaton, chairman of the/11 years. He blacks shoes (and) Harvester league, got the star part) socks) at a stand near Union st., ‘right, but fell down badly on the/on Third ave. stripes. Was a diplomat. etween the world’s work and imperialism. We must notes from France we do not see any expression as to the Russian prin ciple of ‘no annexation,’ ” contrast to this ex following from ond England In strong pression was the the Retch: ed up C. Lillopoulos, the Greek con | sul. Being more of a diplomat than his countrymen, whose | trade deals with polished shoes and not polished words, he had their work of cooperation Russia’ at the earliest ‘Then I called Mrs. Mary E. Bet- moment. _ finger, and sprung the question on| began mobilizing all doc. tors in Russla for special war serv women More for Potatoes Than Flag | “I don’t know,” she said. “MY| «nothing to say for publication” ice ‘Patriotism is directed more to) of his perso views of King | ——— ' knitting socks and planting pota-| Constantine’ bdication, but | the country of their adoption, for the Greeks in the United States the consul ventured the opinion that they will stand by | and that they are almost unani- mously backing President Wil- son and the allies. ‘toes than looking at flags. I have | ‘ finished my ninth pair ot| lier stockings, and I've had two Ba |We're Sorry for the Large Folks The Bargain Basement is giving a party for small sizes—fat folks not invited— THE BON MARCHE Basement prices are lower for several reasons, all of which we are honest about, and one of them is that we don’t always have full ranges of sizes. Large people will be wall flowers Friday, small-sized customer will certainly be happy popular. Small-Sized Customers Welcome but the and Summer Dresses $1.89 Sizes 16 to 36 Serge Dresses $2.98 Sizes 16 and 18 Several good styles in navy, Pretty Cotton Dresses of voiles, Serv Copen, green and black Serge linenes and a few crepes. Some Dresses. Some have bodice of are in plain colors and others white silk poplin, others are tail- ored styles entirely of serge. Many are button trimmed, and in every case the material alone is worth more than the price asked for the finished dress. show a combination of plain col- ored novelty voile with checked voile. Leather belts in colors to match the dresses are shown on a few. Both plain and fancy mod- els are included. Children’s | Windsor Rubbers C Pure Gum Rubbers for | children 3% to 7.} Just a few pairs left at » this price. | close wear. Women’s Voile Waists C White Voile Waists with collars and pockets in contrasting colors. Sizes 36 to 46. Sizes 34 rial, ored tops, ribbon drawn, and 36 only Sizes heavy mesh with elastic til in medium bust style. the editorial | been a flag in sight | book intriguing to divide the allies. We| Crawford White Wrong “See!” he grinned, proudly, as he/ a, not belleve this old story; we Crawford White was next. He | produced the little blue select serv caly in thet there ie o clase | Abbott of The Star, with | possible | she had “a Minister of War Kerensky today otherwise attacked "Red Cross Nurse Draws Fire Because She Tries to Help Raise Fund Here Mies Va a Sadi about her experiences of & sa Red Tho her f HE SE ATT | “ ttle, who'll tell more of her stories Cross nurse in the war zone to Mise iret story of German atrocities drew Refers to K. C. B. i Tema.te: Mere “proaident Wilson's message ia|from the Seattle German Press a hot attack on the Red Cross cam. * he affirmed. “But| ate = poe Mezaly ae. his|jn plain language without any of | palgn here, she Is not jontnnacoe c : rival, down the street afew blocks. | the tricks of diplomacy, The true| ele ag ne ro] “You theenk King Alexander help! seprenentative of. democracy |® 77 - . ° nurses in Paris on whom the| Milatements. “There are 48 or 49, United States win war!” asked speaks as true democracy must | Continued From Page An governwent called for help stars in a flag, and—well, | haven't | A°8°h speak thruout the world. Radical |@ it became evident that the ‘any idea how many stripes.” We thought he would and socialist messages from Amer-|8een Miss Sadler's story in The ras te for the Since John J. Sullivan is chief Then I'm glad he got the Jobd,"/ ica, England and France do not| Star, and wanted to meet her and | Merkeocy & parleros | Inpeaker for the Flag day observ. %2!4 Angel. “You know, we gotta) put ug in good light. Both our|compensate her. He sald be had) aF work was done absolutely ‘|nces of the Elks’ club, I thought|/!ck the kalsair. He theenk he friends and our enemies rd|no money, but might be able to/ Under Red Cross auspices. We he ought to know. Liaerer et Serer tem wan tre show! Russia as powerless. Russia has| «ive her “some blessings and fa | ore gee 7 nds of the Belgian | “I presume there are 48 stars,” |"™! . delivered an ultimatum to the al-| ors worth whi if she wou ad French Red Cross, with the | he said, “but 1 can't say how many! Hadn't Read Much lies, but the only force behind this|come to an office in the People {ficial stamps of those govern siripes. 1 ought to know, too.|, Ange! didn't know much about js our power and our threat of a| Bank building ents, and after the town was That's part of our Flag day ritual. | te situation In Greece. separate pe On Tuesday morning, Mise 8a Ken we wore the German Red NBut, as a matter of fact, there} “! fot too much trouble to find) Elihu Root and the other m |ler was called to the telephone b | ‘Toss. with its official stamp Mmm’t one person out of 182 that |OWt What congress and Teddy Ros-|ters of the American diplomatic|#ome one who at first refused 1 | Mine Sadler showed these in Tepeat the words of ‘The Star|enfelt they do for to theenk about) mixsion arrived here almost si-(eive bis name, but asked her |, ; «nla, which she still has, to me Banner,’ for that matter.” keengs and queens.” multaneously with the Amertcan|she had seen the Seattle her with the official docu Ta don't know where he got the} S° | exhausted my Greek vocab-| railroad technical commission. | Press, She sald she ts which prove her standing. | ‘statistics, but he’s no doubt right) ulary, saying “Thank you,” and call-| poth bodies w anxious to begin|then told her that German He Didn't Show Up maa at the telephone final: | Press bad printed a statement that| dmitted” that she was|J¥ *aid his name was ‘King,’ which | not & Red Cross nurse, and had| Meant nothing to me; but I told] her truthful.|2im 1 would see him for five min news; and he asked if he could see | Ut "Miss Sadler contin 1} her. | waited three hours and he did not} | Miss Sadier Has Proof come. | | “£ told him,” said Miss Sadler} The article in the Seattle Ger | “that there was no question of ‘ad-|™4n Press referred to Miss Sadler | mitting’ that I was not a Red Crows | 4% & ' © in her vocation,” and | nurse, «ince The Star's story made|™l#represented The Star's report {t clear that 1 was one of the|0f her story by saying that she| a — laimed to have fed several hun: | pretty Gowns, trimmed with lace and embroidery inset at top. Sizes mamas , HUNDREDS OF OTHER BARGAINS—NOT ALL SMALL SIZES | RGAIN BASEMENT, Crepe Waists 49c Sizes 34 and 36 able Waists of crepe in wide blazer stripes in blue or pink. They are made in tailored style, and collars can be worn low or fitting. Waists for everyday Good, practical and outing Simple Muslin Gowns —59c— made of soft mate- Others with tail- Corsets—Small Sizes —75c— Light-weight Corsets for summer wear. made of cool, Another style of cou 19 and 20, dred patients oo the for the 16 cats of the sul's wife At statement that novi Mise Sadler an she can well afford to, having| been one of the nurses who helped | she laughed, establish the American hospital in Paris, on wh aff she was for a year. This was some time be-| fore the war broke out | Patients Ii! Treated | | “As to the cat-food,” she said,| The Star reported me with abso lute correctness. I did not eay, and it was perfectly clear from | the story that I did not say, that} we fed the cat-food to the patients. | We nurses lived on it ourselves, “The patients had what was| doled out to them by the Germans from the stock they loot the homes and shops of Cha The patients did not get like what they should have either in quantity or quality it Was, at least, than the Germans civillans No Correspondents There “The German Press quotes ‘sev eral war correspondents as say ing that they were unable to verify stories of German atrocities in Belgium. As a matter of fact, I am positive no correspondent was | in Charlerot during the three }months I was there. In the first place, they could not have gotten | n, as Charlerol was cut off from had but more and better | allowed the | | | |f the world, only a few ambulance } going in and out, which were jf closely watched by the Germans; || and, in the second place, I found |J| when I reached Ghent and Rrus sels on my way to Paris, that not} even the America consuls in| thi what had been going on knew cities ng about | “Everybody was wild to and be pre had there } | what had happened there, |sleged me for news. If t | been any correspondent they certainly would the American consuls |[ | cities some of the news. 1H More Stories Coming |]|.. “T could have said so much more | | | | have at these than the no Star printed conditions in Charleroi and of the German officers | troops, that the annoyance I have been subjected to because bt | what I did say, is amusing, My | blood boils when I remember that | stor about the and period | | Miss Sadler has agreed to give! |The Star some further stories | from her extraordinary experience in Belgium and France. Her post: | |tion gave her chs for observ ation such as no correspondent, | however fortunate, could get; and her stories, taken together, will be | lone of the most intimate and as-| |tontshing records of war-time con ‘ditions that have ever been pub lished, They'll appear exclusively in The Sta pite attacks by the | German Press, or cowardly threats | from other sources. ‘ ; He’s After Painters S. Grodstan, 1815 ler, will | pay a $50 reward for the ar of | the person who painted his atre | windows black, Tuesday night, he told the police The Queen City Yacht club will) hold a salt water cruise across the Sound to Jefferson head, Sunday, | at Charl: | ero! | know | given | | |Men! A Hot Weather Sale sleeve, knee and ankle length styles. Men’s Cotton Underwear Men’s light weight white cotton mesh Men’s Nainsook Athletic 1 n Suits Madey eke ve with long Hi short she cooler underwear for summer wear. sleeves and ankfe length Drawers—because ood fitting, Athletic style Suits, in knee they're broken lines they are reduced to & 25c a garment. . length and no sleeves; all sizes MEN’S HATS—COOL STRAWS FOR WARM DAYS—IN ALL THE NEW valance; fitted with strong cord and rings; strong, serviceable Hammocks, size 42x64 inches. Folding Camp Cots; size folded, 3 feet 4 ins. bright color hing Croquet Sets; four ced from $1.45 to $5.95. Low Shoes for summer wear at a very Oxfords and Pumps of patent leather, special price, including champagne color soft kid and suede, in various styles, of- rag f ? fered for your selection; made on comfort- kid, tan calf and black kid Oxfords and ; 7 2 Bags ‘ z le lasts with medium high heels; sizes to Pumps, in sizes up to 4 only. 4% only. Women’s Shoes in Lace and Broken Lines of Women’s Button Styles, $2.65 a Pair Pumps, Special $2.55 Pair Shoes of patent leather, black calf and Pumps in various neat styles, of cham- vici kid, made on easy fitting, comfortable pagne color kid, tan calf and patent leather lasts, with welt soles and leather Cuban with welt soles and leather Cuban heels; heels; sizes up to 7 sizes up to 6 only. UPPER MAIN FLOOR—THE BON MARCHE. W ’s Stockings 15 omens Stockings 15c A PRICE THAT WILL CUT THE COST OF STOCKINGS Seconds, bat With Very Slight Imperfections Selected from this lot, a season’s supply of Stockings for general wear will cost ' you about half the price you ordinarily pay. Stockings of plain cotton and silk lisle; regular and out-sizes, in black and white; sizes 8%, 9, 9% and 10. CENTER BOOTH—UPPER MAIN FLOOR. Planning Some New Silk Apparel? | Fine Silk Crepe de Chine and ' 7 of summer apparel will do well to attend this sale Friday silks in an excellent range of colors satin stripes, checks and invisible plaids C during the Among this lot of White Undermuslins are Gowns, | CREPES—For lingerie and lace trimmed and some hand embroidered; Enyelope Kimono uses. Some _ pieces Chemises, Combination Corset Cover and Drawers, slightly damaged. Lengths up ri i i * to 10 yards. While we have | Corset Covers and a few Petticoats. Not many of any any—at half price. | one U ends and soiled are reduced to $1.32. kind; special, each 97@. Challies, 36 inches wide. Good Undermuslins, Drawers, Drawers, Corset Covers epepleas in lengths up to 10 Corset Covers and others; and other garments, soiled Si A only a few of a kind; spe- from being handled; each 45-INCH PILLOW cial at 5O¢. 35¢. TUBING, 25c YARD Dainty Undermuslins, Gowns and _ Envelope Soft finished, round thread | Corset Covers, Drawers Chemises are .reduced to bleached Pillow Tubing, On Ane 65¢. Py special sale at 25¢ yard and some Petticoats; spe- ‘ - “ a THIRD FLOOR—THE BON LOWER MAIN FLOOR—THE BON cial, each $2.62. MARCHE, MARCHE. jarments that have been soiled from handling Porosknit Union Suits (Seconds) —at 79c— Underwear that is ideally suited to these warm days. and ecru, in short | White Athletic Union Suits —25c— —50c— AND POPULAR STYLES LOWER MAIN FLOOR Requisites tor Your Summer Outing Best Quality Canvas Tents THE BON MARCHE. Full lines of Tents in all sizes, and made of best quality 8 and 10-ounce canvas. 8x10 FEET, 3FT. WALL—8-0Z. $9.75; 10-0Z. AT $10.50 16x12 FEET, 3-FT. WALL—8-0Z. $10.50; 10-02 $12.50 12x14 FEET, ., WALL—#-0Z. § »; 10-02 AT $16.95 16-OUNCE KHAKI HAMMOCKS AT $4.95 Hammocks, made of 16-ounce golden color khaki with curved spreaders and wide Gold Medal Camp Farnitare Camp Stools, with hardwood frames, re- inforced with steel, with strong brown can- vas seats; each 50¢. Eight-Ball Croquet Sets $4.50 rock stripes ; by 5 ins.; weight, 14 lbs.; $3.75. = stakes nicely in strong and packed balls, mallets iron, arches, Croquet Sets with maple heavy wood box with lor varnished with enamel ed cover Tennis Rackets; all sizes, for grown-ups | and children, priced from 25¢ to $8.00. UNION ST. STORE and t-ball sets, BASEMENT Friday in the Shoe Shop Broken Lines of Women’s Oxfords and Pumps —At $1.00— —At $1.39— Chiffon Taffeta at $1.29 a Yd. Any woman who is planning to have a new silk suit, dress, skirt or other article 2,000 yards of 40-inch silk Crepe de Chine, 36-inch chiffon Taffeta and other fancy Many pieces are in handsome dress patterns with All grouped together in one big lot at $1.29 yd. THE BON MARCHE. Wash Goods Remnants 1-2 PRICE VOILES—Several hundred pieces of fine Voiles in lengths up to 6 yards. Pretty, sheer materials in good patterns for summer blouses, dresses and children’s UPPER MAIN FLOOR A Clean-Up Sale of Odds and Ends of Soiled and Rumpled Undermuslins at 1-3 Less June Sale of White. weat kind— all exceptional values REMNANTS OF CRETONNES, 12%c YD. | 1,500 yards of Cretonnes and Undermusilins, not ndermuslins, odds and rumpled garments, garments; of a many THE BON MARCHE [7 Shop by Telephone or Mail—Mail Service Department—Phone Elliott 4100