The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 20, 1917, Page 4

| PEOPLE MAY | WELL ASK— Wh annoy + Mr. Free N.Fasy while he I Is . enjo his - Smee underwear! A-a-an | Some ORwe I Scientist Declares We because of lack of leg exercise, induced by using automobiles and street cars? YES! says P. A. Vaile, writ ing in Popular Scien mth ly, after a careful 5 of American legs. Vaile says American woman has neg! ed herself so long he es and feet are suffering malforma tions, and there is no longer In her leg the beauty of the Gaseie, " is the com ys Loftus, Broad in the Ziegfeld Fol. lies company, reputed to have the most perfect legs on the stage today. conclusion that lack of exercise is causing de ation in the American woma feet and legs is absurd,” she declares. “Exercise or lack of exercise has nothing to do with beauty of line in the human figure. The Chinese women have been binding their feet for centuries, But a Chinese girl, brought up in this country, whose feet are not bound in infancy, has just as perfect feet as any other girl Are Losing Our Legs; Gladys Loftu s Says NO Humans Aren't Losing Legs | “A father or mother whose leg has been amputated cer tainly will not have a child with a malformed leg. You could cut off a leg from each parent thru hundreds of gen erations without affecting the arouses admira implant an nature a love of itiful, and the human especially the female contains the lines that ecially appeal. Artists pré. to work from the nude be » the beauty of Ine and « of the female body is sed “Because of this, men will al seek as mates beautiful just as women will to select mates who are g and manly. In this way by a process of natural selec tion, the race wii always tend toward the ong and beauti ful. "Those who mate are more likely race from the beauty and otherwine. ‘So long as men admire the beauty of for is no d of wom the be figure therefore to improve the standpoint of strength than COAL DICTATOR TO CUT PRICES oa TO THE HOMES : on. we Ihe thing for himts pis toZill his DIAMOND ila IQUETS Order “rom your dealer telephone MAIN 5080. FREE DOCTOR Go to the Right Drug Ce, 100 Washington 6e And the Doctor will give you a careful examination and prescribe fer you FREE. you are sick you cannot do bet- than take advantage of thie of- We save you money a: possible treatment. ve | ‘of By United Press Leased Wire WASHINGTON, Aug. 20—A coal dictator will be named for | the United States by President Wilson within 24 hours, offi- | clale say. Coal operators and officers of the United Mine Workers, who asked the president to name a committee of three to execute the Pomerene coal amendment to the food bill, were told that a dictator, with sole responsibility and not a committee was the favored plan. The president's chotce tremendous power is not known. Robert 8. Lovett, priority head of the war industries board and chairman of the Union Pacific ®, R. directorate, is favored by the coal operators. Commissioner W, B. Colver, of the federal trade commission, is wanted by the coal miners. ° Under the food law, the coal con- troller will fix prices from the mine to the consumers’ bin and for this | will regulate all steps of distribution Relief of the Northwest New England, threat famine, will be among steps undertaken A sharp reduction in prices to the American home is expected The navy department today is pay at the mine for bitumt The rate of $3 fixed by voluntarily at intermediary and with coal the first ing $2.32 |. Figures gathered by the federal |trade commission in {ts investiga tion of coal costs showed that it was mined in many districts low as 90 cents a ton costs with varying size of veins and mining conditions will be taken into consideration in the fix ing of prices to the consumer, The president worked on the coal prob. lem all day Sunday, BISHOP MAY DIE | PORTLAND, Aug. 20.—Altho | Right Rev. Alphonsus Joseph |Glorteux, bishop of Idaho, slept well last night, and has showed a slight improvement during the last two days, physicians attending the clergyman gald today the bishop's age and the nature of the malady, Bright's disease, made re covery impossible as Differing HELPING TOMMIES WIN Silent Service Performed Front line trenches seem far, far away from Seattle, to most people. The war is a hazy, awful picture, indistinct in the distance, a thing hard to con- ceive, unbelievable and remote. But there is one place in the city where Vimy Ridge looms close, and Lens is a real be leaguered city, and the boom of big guns is not so unthink- able, as elsewhere. That place is the headquarters Here store building at 2010 Westlake ave, The war atmosphere—earn- lest sacrifice, service, loyalty to the | cause, diligence—all this is vibrant there. For the Over-Seas club is de up mostly of British subjects ter three years of war, they There is nothing dim about |the war picturesto them. by Women | | The club room is open between noon and 5 o'clock |ete hours, Mrs. J secretary, {8 there, |the business of the organization, and during M. Austin, the the Over-Seas club, in a modest|which just now is to make it pos-|near Vimy Ridge,” she said to Mra,’ Over-Seas Force.” looking after| trenches four months. STAR—MONDAY, AUG. 20, 1917. PAGE 4 7 mens oven year the thrifty people of Seattle and the North- west save barrels of money through economical buying. Are you one of the thrifty ones, or is your pay check spent before you get it? The men or women who study how best to get the most for the money out of ha pay check are the ones who are not afraid of old age and poverty. Do you go at it blindly or do you sit down and figure cost and quality when you spend your money? If you were about to buy bonds or mortgages, etc., you would want to get ~ a rate of interest possible on your investment. Why not figure the same way in your daily ex- penditure? Gov't MONEY SAVED IS Boys MONEY EARNED Can you earn money any faster than by saving 40 per cent on your buying? Banks pay 3 to 4 per cent, Government Bonds 2 to 3 per cent, Municipal Bonds, 5 to 6 per cent, Wall Street 3 to 5 per cent. Buy Your Clothes the Modern Way—The Upstairs Way—The Money-Saving Way— If you could get 40 per cent interest on your money you would jump at the chance; yet every time you buy a Lundquist-Lilly Suit you are saving 40 per cent. We have proven to thousands that we have actually saved them money. Our Upstairs selling plan is no ex- periment, our low rent on the second floor, our inexpensive fixtures, with no credit losses, reduces our overhead expense to the minimum, We have the largest and most complete stock of Suits and Overcoats ever shown in the Northwest. It doesn’t make any difference what your figure may be, we can fit you just the same. Whether you are tall or short, stout or slim, we guarantee a pertect fit. Fall Suits and Overcoats ‘15 *20 *25 We guarantee satisfaction in fit, fabric, style and shape-retaining qualities— Alterations made by our own expert tailors without charge. OUR FIRST SHIPMENT OF FALL HATS HAVE ARRIVED AND ARE NOW ON DISPLAY. WE POSITIVELY SAVE YOU MONEY ON YOUR HAT. ga This Store Closes Saturdays at 7 P. M. “@g Upstairs Joshua Green Building Clothes Sh op 4th and Pike — — — ———— — That is the sort of thing that|the world over, have subscribed connects the littite storeroom on} 6,000,000 pennies for the wounded, Westlake ave. with the faraway|since the war began. lines in. France. The Seattle branch is planning Add 142 Members to raise funds by means of a Since the Seattlo branch of the| “jumble,” or superfluity sale, early Over-Seas club was opened, 142/in September, Donated odds and members have been placed upon/ends that people do not need any the roll. They contribute dues, and | longer will be sold, and the fund special donations The women/turned over to the general treasury knit socks and jersies, and fill com-|of the association fort bags with raz knives,| The members, however, have not tooth brush noth paste, playing confined themselves to work for cards, soap, cigarets and towels, Tommies in France alore. While which are sent directly to base) the companies of Washington six hospitals, ual corps boys were mobilized at “We send everything but ajthe Armory, the club turned over going. For the enterprise is nev le from a Tommy she had never | prayer book,” said Mrs, Austin yes-|its quarters to them as a dining here, having been started only five who found her name in the|terday, “For the praying is done/room, And some of the women weeks ago. toe of a pair of socks he had re-|at home.” | volunteered to wait on the table Yesterday, the chairman of the|celved from the club, | In order to swell the wool fund;! while the signallers were there. knitting committee of the club was Dear Miss, Mrs, or Mr. Joey) which buys material for knitting, | Send Cake and Jam there, and both she and Mrs. Aus-| Austin,” he wrote, “I don’t know/|the women of the club are making) “That is the sort of service Over tin were at work on kw and|which is right, so [ put them all|golf hose to be sold here, And the|Seas members like,” sald Mrs sweaters. The “knitting lady” is|down. I want’ to thank you very | profits from the sale of these will| Austin, Mrs, Gertrude Rowley much for the socks 1 d yes-|go to buying more wool, for soeks| Besides knitted articles and com Letter From Boy terday. They are just what I need-| for Tommies and Sammies. |fort bags, these women are contin Mrs, Rowley had Just received a/ed for the trenches, so | was awful: | Babies Save Pennies |ually sending fruitcake, stuffed letter from her 18-year-old boy, at |ly glad to get them hanking yoy| Over-Heas babies in Seattle are | dates and jam “out to the trenches.’ the front, He has been in the/once again, | remain, your truly,|saving pennies for the club, in tin] “They like Jam, just so it isn’t | Private Ted Hamilton, C Co., 185th) banks made from condensed milk} plum or apple,” declared Mrs, Row: ness of war and its meaning— “T think he must be somewhere | Cape Breton Highlanders, Canadian |cans, furnished by the Carnation|ley. “Gooseberry preserves was namely, that patriotism is not flag- Milk Co, In this manner, children the stock article in the Boer war.’ waving, but service, Austin. “Of course, he is not per-| mitted to say where he ts fighting But this is whi writes “We have quarters In a 8 val just alive with wild flowers big, red poppies, clover and other sorts that I cannot place.” Hanging on the wall at the club room {8 a picture of this boy who listed when he was 17 In the tern Uni sities battalion, and ho writes to his mother about the poppies that grow around his dugout Mrs. Austin does not sit there Finds Name in Sox alone, There are always member Mrs. Austin, Who has no boys dropping in to see how things ar t the front, had a letter on the Plum and apple jam are the staples now. And the soldiers are awfully tired of it, T » are other services that the Over-Seas people do. One man has donated $5 a month to the organiza- tion, and has offered to keep two wounded soldiers on his ranch ia Sunnyside continuously, as Jong as the war lasts Wounded Come Here And the club rooms on Westlake ave. have been le arrendezvous for wounded Canadian soldiers who come to Seattle hese are mostly ‘out patients” from Resthaven hos- pital in Victoria, men who have not been discharged cromeguty, but who are not yet able to ¥eturn to active service, But not many of these reach Seattle, says Mrs, Austin, The officers of the local branch are Bernard Pelly, honorary pre: dent; H. O, Pattison Herbert F. Blo! Mrs, J, M. Austin y And these Over-Seas folk seem to have realized what some Ameri- wns do not clearly see, the serious- sible for men to enlist by provid ing for their families, and to do all manner of little pleasant things for Tommies at the front. $98,337 for Tobacco Since the war began, the Over Seas club, with its headquarters in London, has Red Cross, ar prisoner gian tobacco fund, 101 airplanes ir craft fund, and 4,646,560 packages of tobacco to men at the front h ful