The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 28, 1917, Page 5

q ~ tar batter Readers Write Answe The following ls the first batch of letters to Balmy Ben. fy from Star readers answer we the question, “Where was when the light went out?” Dear Balmy Benny Moses when tho light went ot Where was 1 know. I was there, I watched the gid boy. Of, of, he was wild When the light went out he had t sat down in his comfy ir to read the Evening Rumble, He was glimmering the sport page, and It was right in the middle of a about a 10inning game, eat = xp he words right where they two out, bases full and the up. Of, once more. Then the «itm flickered and went exit Right after the light went out again | got to Ol, Ol—Moses was, oh, Where would anybody be tn puch a case? Just thrashin’ around the parlor with bdlood in his eve apd the furniture in both hands Benny, it was SOME night that night. And Moses hasn't forgiven the electric company yet.—Rube Gossamer | Dear Ralmy Benny—When the lights went out Moses was in his lites and wen the lites went out so) yy). a 4 y Farage under his automobile trying | did Moses and he landed on his hed|,,,\ils" Alice Paul and Miss Lucy to fix the gear shift on his ma-|so he coodnt kik up no more TOWS rity write the scenarios Mrs | chine tn order to take hie wife to| Yurs truthefooly, JAbbey Scott Baker, queen of press! pidnight train for a sammer! Shooto Kil. | contesses, commands the army of 1—Irene Bell, Palace Hip, 2—Georgie Mack in “Very Good Eddie,” @ | ———_—— — — — — ——— fair scribes which spreads the| Metropolitan, 3—Phillip Pelz, Orpheum, 4—Dick Lonedale, Tivoli startling detatis and makes sure|5—Jay Herman, Pantages all newspapers and press adsocta tions are kept Informed ges tedelantae lens: me tf f When a riot ts planned, the hour| | At the Metropolitan theatre Sun) | arrRactions NEXT WEEK : erv ee a e ps {s usually set for 12:30 p, m., or rage ne and contis uing ‘ye etropolitan Very Good |\¢ 30 p. m, when the necessary with matinee ednesday ° ™ ] I © k e}: co f th " Png tpeetatore and participants will be/and Saturday, Seattle playgoers ie itins : A sale that brings many of the season’s supplied by crowds of clerks com po have r tunity to enjoy 1—Vaudeville ° ] roe ¢ q h * wets Rpg + | "Very Goot his tuneful ‘ 4 . aa © ~ . 7-924 ~ avings Grow ing from the State, War and Navy "Ve # tuneful Hip— Vaudeville : greatest values. Every section of the store building. The militants “show” ts mse Par Vaudeville : Tait planned at their headquarters J A ° copter Tivol!-Musfeal comedy and |e qy > € ag The new depositor first learns ||nest the White House, Volunteers) New York, followed by ax months] | yaugewii |: participates. said en dalle gags Methane ee: crowd around the leaders, anxious |!% Chicago, which came to a clos 3 the meaning of Scandinavian Amer to be cast in prominent roles, Mrs, 0 J - a : a ‘i oe ee # ican Bank Service when he opens Baker's brigade gets busy. Te Pg cpr eon arid ok TIVOLI 3 his account — tinkle in all newspaper of re . etamiag’ ee ty Ie Manager Haas, of the Tivoli § f After his savings have grown to [|The rehearsal completed, out aally|aod embellished with a musical) theatre, promises an | unusual ayo rea avings onday a reasonable sum, and he wants to the women, do their stunts, get ar pes Leap Pay a eee rular little theatre, in § tobe ‘fe gS Bodesdge n ket released and return to) fal song hit oe Des Deraat adtade waned \t place this where it will bring him headquarters | cee bites tar Unne’ soenne cr Kie greater returns, this Institution of - |WILKES & A k th | . 0 1 court, with wedlah @ ervice assists him in choosing the r Phoebe Hunt, the siding on the ch. = tata what O° ) ~ ose ~ . t nd t Be right investment, explaining the Bettors Lose W hen letock actress, and Lonsdale will b n 5 mans can bulld them or destroy "| SEW FOR ENGIN relative merits of bonds, warrant Leonard Fails to jas a. sal Jay hag: Bho ry Swedish ; P ‘SUBS SUCGE blockade the submarine basee EERS r 7 , . over bi Megers ull off a lot of " Ren k nortgages, et “RQ, ” FI bt func : hae seemnenen ; ya Among the officers of the rattle women helped make 175, Set Up” Dinner players y matinee tomorrow. and original atutt American navy, especially the nnfort kits for the 18th regiment, Probably the most valuable as Again President A. W, Leonara. welcomed back, not des the muateal ¢ younger and more daring ones, rineers, at Red Cross headquare sistance rendered by this bank is of the traction company, was a dis-| i on4 ny her many personal friends will be a bevy of sy talty the conviction is growing that in the Cobb building, today. that of safeguarding the funds of appointment to the union. Last). i. nut by the great army of in which the “Trio” will sing sooner or later there must be The men leave American Lake Flag tag - night it was even money at the|trrcr Cul” vi Shom aae has |® ymber of d catchy dit-| an attack on the German sub- | Monday its depositors. The money trusted Labor Temple, and in some cases| hy sande hom fae bas | ies, white Gla Brooke will ren marine bates by the combined — to its safekeeping is invested only odds tn the company’s favor that |"*cpme tne Common The Beautiful Land of Bon/ allied navies in high-grade securities Leonard had “set ur inar ty é Sather. of | By H. N. RICKEY What the chances for success of ; THIRD AVENUE FIRE That the depositors in The Sean the lasted weil in eineal patie, anit a which the| WASHINGTON, D. C., July 28—|fuch an nitack would be is Fin Friday night i dinavian American Bank appreciate dinn sae will give her every ¢ corey It is doubtful if any allied states prese are growing» coke a reid ae it . " He didn’t. There was a scramble ‘ wind up nite A c ‘ s floor ‘ ts aid is evidenced by Se growth ite " ede ae oa e pd oe press her v we i bed aa b ottionrs who are willing > $., and spread to the second floor f el ts to ov 12.4 er rts. : azard their lives « o epu I of their deposits to over $12,000,000, Yaurant immediately after the . Sg SE quite free from|tations in the enterprise, They | used by Gray, McLean & Beam f which $7,000,000 is made up of ference adjournment len ‘players. introduced. to- [PALACE HIP } the fear of the aymit it would Pougred Ns a toe? | Company, soda fountain supply T » ea * | ciahalenting jthe playe patreeTees.: > * new ch ope 8 net e. Da ges were mated Time and Savings Accounts | norrow in the person of Miss Ruth| 4,The tow Dill which opens Sun German eubma:| ships and men, even if successful,|at $2700. bee. Renick, who comes direct from Los — | rines. When 1) but they argue that if such a vic — ber of features. One of these in} k of the al-| Angeles the comedy sketch, “The Movie| oa, 1 of cores, | Watsg OuMea RO Secoraptioned | it} 1 tch, let i nat Hi | | + would end the war and therefore you value your watch, #6 0 Capital and Surplus $1,000,000.00 Peentyen Man,” played by Chas. Rogers & include America. tthe|Haynes repair it. Next Liberty Resources Over The Scandinavian American Bank Alaska Building, Seattle, Second and Cherry. Use Our Ballard Branch if More Convenient WHERE WAS MOSES?" ... os rs to Balmy Benny) resort where she was going to spend throe weeks. The worst of it was he knew If she missed that train she wouldn't go, for held out a letter from her mo’ in-law, saying she was pre Brgy nthe next day for a two-week visit Lit tle Sam he N ad Tar Ralmy Benhy—When the lights went out Moses was in a “Follies” show, in the front row with the Dance of the Seven eg 8 about to begin. Wurthermore, was the last act and he wan ex *| pecting a nod up and down or rosa from the last girl on the ight in the front row In answer to & note he had sent back during the Intermission, And, lastly, he thought the nod was going to de} an up and down nod.—Ethelbert, | Der Balmy Benny Mi gran muther toald me shi wuz in the! hous of fairo wen Moses kum along and he kiked up a row abowt wom an sufridge and he wanted old fairo 2 kum outside and hav it out but old fairo he just sorta kept] quite and wen he see Moses nockin| bin throan and firnitshir arownd why he got mad and put out the $13,500,000.90 CHARLES World’s Most Famous Cyc ( ‘omedy The Midnight Sons, in NEW PANTAGES BEGINNING MONDAY AFTERNOON KANE & HERMAN “The Garden of Roses” An Alluring Dancing Carnival Other Big Acts—10c and 20c NIGHTS, 7 AND 9 AHEARN list and His C« of Riders mpany a Riotous Patterlogue SUNDAY, AN for Bangor direct calling at Brinnon—circling in Bangor where A BIG DANCE noTH STREAMERS $1.00. G ——ROUND COLMAN MOCK, SEATTLE. EXCURSION TO HOOD CANAL TWO LARGE STEAMERS Ss. S. WHATCOM Ss. 8S. CITY OF ANGELES LEAVING COLMAN DOCK AT 9:00 A. M. leaving immediately after sengers for a cruise up the canal as far as Brir SPECIAL "REDUCED FARE Children 5 to 12 Years Half Fare. PUGET SOUND NAVIGATION COMPANY JULY 29 anding pas- but not urning to Dabop Bay and r AND PICNIC “$1.00 TRIP— MAIN 3993 | St. Paul Stove Repair & Plumbing Co nthia Grey te confined to t kar heme by IlIneas, No tet ters or answers will be pub: Nehed In her column until she e ‘MILITANTS PLAN. DISTURBANCES | IN MOVIE STYLE Hy United Press Leased Wire an | WASHINGTON, July 28.— Every militant suffrage die turbance in is planned by the party, rehearsed and National Woman's like the big scene in a movie melodrama. Then it is ‘put across” on schedule time, when the suffragist captains are sure the newspaper corre: spondents and camera men are out In force, when advance notices have drawn a crowd to the spot, and when the vote hunters are sure they will get their money's worth in world. wide publicity Forty performers will be made | month, since: i known Sunday at the Orpheum | acter song study | Febru y theatre, Third and Madison, headed| Joe Sheftell's “Black Dots these monsters by Philip Pelz, Ruasian court con-/a “Celebration Day in Tennessee,” of German THEATRE stor, solo cornet! ea tte of entertainers who frightfuiness music master and provide comedy Live ssetanen PLAYERS s) band B3 thirty and lip Ei, resent thelr to take their terrible toll of price FIFTH AND PINE, TELEPHONE ELLIOTT 408. a aon Per ib. Fegplant—Calitorn Garlie—Cal Morserndioh Lattace-—-Per crate Local hothouse Local +Lacal, head, per dos. Oura—Per bom... Untous — Green, Per BOR 6. eee eees me War, per ui mal, Fed, Ln per dow bunehew ” Peas Express 4 08 Peppers Per in — California Partarian, Binge Gooseberriee—Per ib. SENTENGE 131. W. W. a during the past tive: the THE LOL Charged with riding (rain ne ee ee thore. will be a least | Va lowtally, 18. of the 68 alleged 1) uee Shows there wis vt ites fer THE papohee a W. W's on trial tr co duntice [five million Tess. te | ‘ jordon’s court Friday were sen-|{he Atlas ; 4 Up 20 days | The re.| than ne manoudend Leger ep get Bs SS Acs aly ‘This {sa net loss of almost 2 191 | Beotters | Meno 4 Ibe. and over 008 site, Gon od Native Washington creamery, cube. .43 Native Washington creamery, brick 44 Btorage California, cube 4 Btorage California, brick ......... “ Fags —Select ranch Country Hay and Grate (Prices paid wholesaler) Kerateh Food 78.00 Chick Food 50.00 All-Gealn Chop. 60.00 Oats on... Rolled Gate Wheat Bran Shorts Rolled or Ground Barley Cora | Cracked Corn | Koya Hean Meal | Coconut Meat .... | Alfalfa Fireback linings and repairs for all kinds of stoves, oon KE Maw 575 sr. phew York Show 1 st 5| chief San Franck Other costume pictu Farnum for the first time STAR— ATURDAY, JULY “VERY GOOD EDDIE!’ at Met; Chi with musi J © Robert r eo and Mark featur in “The 0. Louls London will offer a char- MO pen whis Bian Ne eo admit that it is more than like! mimics and imitators, and| PANTAGES that the estimate of 1,000,000 ton Hie te PACA, oe I eat PHOEBE HUNT cha o and a big com y of comedy rid 28, 1917. PAGE § yleee *hoebe Hunt Back Fraser-Paterson Co. y] Anmoumce tor Monday Pecccccccccccsscesscceeceeseses Their Big Monthly Movey-Day sige hatter | Would be cheap, however gr theatre. —Advertisement. less ships and cargoe: The complete figures of tonnag bottom during the fifth have not yet b Great Britain, OMORROW Week inine” Sunday Other Matinees Wednesday and Saturday sck Haas has a monologue act lariat accompaniment y and Ire elva, two girls an offering which they call eal Oddity gent to the month—-June given out by those who are best informed in but RETURN OF SEATTLE’S FAVORITE STOCK ACTRESS Cannot Replace Ships Sunk all shapes and sizes of} whether or not the losses in IN THE FAMOUS HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRIZE PLAY me p attrac) June e over a million, as the Germans say, is relatively unimp The big outstanding “COMMON CLAY” in of the CAMP LEWIS ndded feature ettorts of the navies A WONDERFUL HUMAN DRAMA TODAY —1Y STEAM will bring on world, backed by the best t THE GREAT SUCCESS OF NEW YORK—BOSTON—CHICAGO * and Jay Herman, “The! and effort of their men of acienct Nights—20c, 30c, 50c. Matinees—15c and 25¢ 2 t Sons,” {in their frolic/the submarine problem seems to be ‘ . led “A Ragtime Cocktatl.” insoluble tod: . = f 4 : z A third wing ca PrOM:|that fateful day —_ entn ; ined The Garden of Roses.” & geo when th Neen uta at. Seat. Seond_ Navigntion Co. dancing carnival, with Rae Snell.' found its m Ovi ATLANTIC <HOMES OF = -| Gladys Harrt eight dancing| qt jn admitted the attempt to THOUSA ND i X CITY \~-1/ GRE FAMOUS M. nymphs, Other numbers: Godfrey | yuiid ships as fast as the Germans +, WLES< and Henderson, “Aboard — for|aink them is a negative answer to Abroad,” Nelson, and Nelson, “ele the problem, even if it could be vated” comedians, and the Guillana| Gone which it cannot r Highcls and sP.M. METROPOLITAN Sat. Mats., 50c to Dancing tol A. M. will t turne | ment Evenings—50c to $2; Popular Mat Elizabeth Marbury and F. Ray Comstock Present The Smartest and Brighest Musical Comedy Success THEATRE 1 WEEK, Wednesday; best seats, $1. operatic sings average of as high dur-|4 sas it Assuming that the submarine sinking is next twelve ng cases were continued until caleulatic per cent and th takes | st 1, altho it i expected some inig “aecount every new ship the Teer te the juveniie depart.(#ilies possibly can launch during | " 6 this period under the most favor able conditions | When one considers that the tonnage available for the Atlantic trade Is now so inade- quate that freight rates have soared to unbelievable heights, and when one considers fur- ther that building ships to re- place torpedoed ships does not recover the millions of tons of food and munitions that go down with them, every ton of which is sorely needed in Eu: rope, it is no wonder the subma TONIGHT BEG. $1.50. See the Wonderful East This Year rine. menace modifies every | lit. calculation which * . . . sos Ameren and fer allen can | While history is being made visit the make ‘ _ scenes of America’s historic past,and see 1 cannot discuss any phase of | en some of the great cities and beautiful in Many Direct from a year fi the great war for five minutes with < ea at the Princess The- any responsible American offictal scenic and ocean resorts of the present. atre, New York, with or with any visiting official from ; . Its great cast, fine pro. our allies without getting on the Tickets now on sale at reduced rates to = duction, charming music, submarine question. And, once the “(nia rity . Saas a 1,000 laughs and the famous [# submarines are mentioned that Milwaukee, Chicago, Nia ara Fails, . Swagger fashion chorus. ends the discussion, except about | Montreal, Boston, New York, Atlantic ea al e bme O8. | ® | ie + Vata ie 2 : “it’s the gem of the musical Seed Aube mance.” | City, Washington, Norfolk and many 2 comedy hits of a dozen years I do not want to convey the idea other points, permitting of circle tours Bs Portland Oregonian that all of these officials or any of with liberal stopover privileges. * them think the situation is hope i I ¥ Just Fun—Jolly Tunes and lens and that it is only a question | For rates, reservations and fu'l information write to H of time when rmany will rule . —and— MEDICIN ONE DOLLAR DR. EVANS 401 Peoples Bank Bldg., Second and Pike St. 10 a, m. to 5 p. m.; 7 to 8 p.m Pretty Girls. CONSULTATION, TREATMENT the seas with her submarines and force a German peace on the world Hut it is certainly well within the | facts to say that a solution of the | submarine problem is now held to} be of paramount importance from} the standpoint of allied strategy, | and important as is the bullding of ships at Ipast partly to make up| for those torpedoed, this alone will CHICAGO Milwaukee & St. Paul RAILWAY Electric travel over the Great Continental Divide. No cinders to annoy—no smoke to obscure the beautiful scenery on view from observation platform and car window of The Otvmpian"’ and ‘The Colenhian."* E CASH ot solve the problem. A way must ; * . ie found githar to protect. cargo) City Ticket Office, Second and Cherry ships from torpedoes, and thus} Phone: Main 6960 sink | Gert Sunday, 11 a. m. to 12. ve both ships and cargoes, - s submarines faster than the et &