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We received a letter from a reader today. He writes. Dear Sir: For a good many years I have been reading Your writings on the subjects of unionism and democracy, Re cently you have decidedly reversed yourself, apparently becom tng @ fine Prussian at the expense of your democracy, if any They say that we are in this war to make the world safe for @emocracy, We are going to wipe out militarism—Prussian thing? What are its characteristics? As T understand it, » are five things First, enforced military service, We have tt Second, censorship over the press, with the suppression ‘of publications which do not voice the polictes and opinions ‘of the government. We have tt Third, it is a crime to speak disrespectfully of the rulers or the heads of the government. Those who do s0 are put tn jail. We have it Fourth, forbidding of peaceable assembly and the suppres. Bion of free speech, using soldiers to break up moetings and stop talk. We have it Fifth, the arrest of the workman who quits his Job. In | the food bill just passed it is provided that a workman may Be fined $5,000 or jailed a year for this offensy. So we have that. How about this Prussianism, and how about taking our of democracy abroad? What is the answer? AF THE SEATTLE STA OF NEWsrarens OF SCRIPTS NORTHWEST LEAGUE ond-Class Matter mos $1.90; ¥ h. 3] T TO BE EASY Uncle Sam, to speedily settle the matter employes sure have the democratic right to organize, We cannot have world-wide democracy without having at home. ’S STAND BY THE PRESIDENT lot long ago President Wilson was motoring ak a d road. In turning, his limousine backed off the high into a mire covered with grass. The wheels of the sank almost out of sight. A Baltimore man, driving a five-ton truck, came i pulled out the president's car. The secret service d to pay the owner of the truck, but he declined to leave, he remarked: it is enough reward to be able to get President Wilson “of a hole.” ng along men As e fwas animated by the spirit of that speech (OTHER WAR IDEA A writer in Popular Science has, at one swoop, solved lives. It is to have the aforesaid lines attacked by only, thus: a thousand or so cheap automobiles, load them fh 1,000-pound torpedoes, set them going at the lines full ed and explode the torpedoes by wire control, when the barbed wire or other defenses are reached. Among thus t up from the rear in the machines, conserving tation; that nearly worn-out autos can used; and ‘auto and torpedo together would cost less than a fifth cost of an ordinary sea torpedo. t seems to be one of the real bright ideas spring-| of this war. veteran Germans are said to be terror of the British “tanks.” Tt sure would be a stone-blind veteran who would stand by a thousand wild flivvers, some of ‘em second unable to stand LARITY COUNTS MOST Save a little money REGULARLY. Old Man Habit is the boy that puts it across This business of “maybe” has given more fellows the} jolt than anything else in the world ie up to Old Man Habit—but be sure it’s a good habit | Make saving money a habit Save a little money HABITUALLY! A bad habit will put the rollers under you is your best friend | There's no better habit than saving money Saving money is good any time, but it’s better but a good now than "Ne're at war and we've all got to DO OUR BEST ‘There’s no room for the spendthrift, the waster, inder. Determined men who give their strength for the na the men who will win this war. The man who saves the Be a saver—for your country’s sake. Say to yourself: “Every week when I get my pay en I will put so much in bank,” and keep your word, AVE A LITTLE MONEY REGULARLY! SILK SOCKS cost $1.10 the pair In Stockholm. How those poor do suffer in this war! 4 a | NO FLOWER blooms In vain, and somewhere In nature's balance fs a great big asset built up by the beautiful things of the gardens ‘the ages that just smiled and passed along.—A. D. Robinson. 4 Rough, Red Hands Softened 4 : and Whitened with Lemon Juice } wala Girls! It costs but a few cents to make a quarter pint off wonderful lemon beauty cream! Surely try it! © soften, smoothen and whiten|this creamy lotion will stay sweet face, neck, arms, and particu-|!y¥ fragrant and fresh for months iy the hands when chafed, red|A®Y Srocer will supply the lemons Eikgh, there is nothing better) {Mo 70" ,Arugsist or any tollet » the counter will sell you three ounces lemon juice, but pure lemon|of orchard white for a few cents is too highly acid and often) This is by all means the best lo tating. A splendid lotion is pre-|tion you could use. Massage it ied in @ moment by squeezine | daily into the face, neck, arms and Juice of two fresh lemons into! hands, and for yourself, It res ® bottle containing three ounces of | moves tan, freckles, sallowness and 4 white. Be sure to strain blemishes, and every girl knows It would be a fine thing for the country if everyone of usually is a man of strength and character and courage. | [f the Kansas City express and freight tie-up is the result | discharge of employes because they were organizing | it ought to be easy for that fine old democratic gen- } lems of breaking Hindenburg lines and conservation} advantages claimed are that the fighting men| , cheapness and a sure way to asiook of your old| STAR—MONDAY, SEPT. 24, The answer is that we for our | democracy, It is true that our government has resorted to certain measures that have the characteristics of are warring so-called “Prussianism,” but not as the all-im- | portant, continuing, permanent national policy, | which makes all the difference in the world. Prussianism, like arsenic, opiates and other poisons, is sometimes, for some particular purpose, the thing to prescribe, | When we consider the fight that Germany has made the past three years, we have to admit that | Prussianism is the very strongest policy for war purposes. It means concentration of all the na- tion’s resources under the ablest leadership, with the minimum of interference with the acts of that leadership, It means definite authority, backed by | perfect organization and the total of national ' strength. Tender Love Letters Melt Hearts of Jury of her nation, patrioti many 1917, PAGE 6 war out of us. sm, assures us. Mrs. Douglas Malcolm, “the woman with the Rosetti neck”; Lieutenant Douglas Malcolm, of the | Royal artillery, and (inset below) Anton Baumberg, alias “Count De Borch,” the bogus wpeten qount, "of whose murder Lieutenant Malcolm has just been acquitte war Slacker and | enetish language?—P, M | Postoffice. At any rate, D. K: can think Mr. B of nothing that IE. D. IK.’s.". has more letters in it | eee COL YUM Questions E. D. K. Cannot Answer ; Several persons have asked me Lanne to send a book to the soldiers Easy Lesson in Valuable French | Should I send them a scrap book? A half dozen bottles! Every time the weather changes Une demi-douzaine bouteilles! my thermometer squeaks. How jean I stop this?—L. R Once more, boys! | What should 1 take for a cold in| war in Europe, the Encore une fois, garcons! |my fce chest?—A, C. B. Why 1s the director of an orches: Now boys! This time, the last/tra never late to rehearsal? Be time! cause he has no trouble in beating Maltenant garcons! Cette fois cl,|time. Thank you—Henry H la derntere fois! ees ~ “German Paper Flays Luxburg What will you have? jfor Bungling.” The unpardonable Que voulez yous? sin of being found out. ——_______, The same! Le meme! minutes to fourt heures moins vingt! | It is twenty Il est quarte lemon juice through a cloth, #0 pulp gets into the bottle; then| that lemons are used to bleach and whiten the skin, Hict Home, James! | Hic! Homme, Jacques! | $ 10 to $ 100 | Hall! Hall, the gang’s all here! | ‘ a" Grele! Grele! Le gang's tout tet! | Furniture, Pianos, House- hold Goods, Storage ED | Receipts, Live Stock, Etc. ANS WER All transactions held strictly |] confidential. If not convenient to call, write or phone and our d representative will call at your || residence. | | Sanders & Company || 10034 L. C. SMITH BUILDING Phone Elliott 4662, Why do all the magazine publish a ers oceupy such tall buildings? H, T. 8 They can't help it Their offices have s0 many stories in them What kind of an engineer should| TREATED ONE WEEK FREE |»: I employ in my envelope and Writ-| gore nreatnine ret ing paper factory?—R. B, M ‘ewelling, wat ‘and ‘urfo acid’ remo ved A stationery engineer, of course few days—reguintes liver, (oad Write for Pree Trial ‘Treat. M DROPBY REMEDY ce What is the longest word in the ATLANTA, Ga.—Advertisement Seattle Light |the public permission to | monthly Owing | | {mov Jin corporations make it an excuse to raise their rates The cost of liv- ing now is sky high, without them adding tnenlt to injury Whom are the public service com- mission representing—the public or |ff the corporations? May I suggest a “postal card shower” on these gentlemen who| compose this commission, as a pro-| test on this “ready-to-serve” hoax? Tt is Just one bill, “ready-to-serve.” THE GAS RAISE Editor The Star I see that the ing Co, 1s appealing to ervice commission for o add 25 cents to each under the guise of © the fact that there is a/ blood-sucking Lighting Co. BE. P, HUGHBS. WANTS TO KEEP PIGS Editor Tho Star: Why ts tt, with all the talk and writing about the saving of food we who have rid of them limits? Why could grant so t | will be allowe waste fruit ar BO FAttor Th statement Dykeman in ment, an The Star, imp fon ne Roy tf ou and food supplies, a pig or two must get if we are in the city there not be permits hat we in the euburbs dd to keep them to eat nd the like, and in turn} | make food for us? ROSETTA OWENS. Y scouTs f ar: There is one de by Judge King alf of the Boy Scout d which was published which leaves a wrong The church should be ‘or making the most of t movement in its in fluence upon the boy, The church nould not on be Interested in making the boy a church member, but should take a real interest in making the boy obey the scout oath and law, M. R, BLY, 749 'N, 8ist St. We entered the war, not for the sake of con- quest or territorial acquisition, but to “make the world safe for democracy, world especially included, nounced intention of Germany to collect the cost | We would be idiotic not to employ all the war | strength we have, including measures thru which Prussia has been able to stand off her powerful enemies for over three years. We have long been a nic slowly developing fatty degeneration of We are now in a war of self-defense, We are like a child who has got to take castor | That we take the awful dose does not neces- | sarily make us a castor oil fiend. R| UNWRITTEN LAW FREES BRITISH OFFICER WHO KILLED SLACKER in Case of Man Who a@ permanent However, rary appli our own part of the since it is the an- , pacific, self-satisfied can be used as Ger- American. Slew Bogus | husband. Send grand bluff on the| part of the Seattle | TEL = JUICY FRUIT CHEWING GUM “Count to Save His S. What Matters the Name if the Dose Cures? There is no thought of making Prussianisms diet. it is highly possible that our tem ion of Prussianism will give us, finall more of genuine democracy. We already see quite a number of undemo- cratic cinches going overboard. Our conscription is giving considerable evi- dence to the effect that one American is just as good as another, and no better. in several conspicuous instances, interests are not sacred and sovereign, when they We are s that big for the general good. These things mean more of democracy, 4 stronger democracy. and endeavor to hang onto them. | It makes little difference whether they come to us labeled Prussian, It should be our or Siamese, or Wife’s Start Mpectal oot the war slacker who as afhis ginsses, Then he picked up {ture Is the most unspeakable black-| Several times in the ast para-jof Mrs, Malcolm's meeting with LONDON, Eng. Sept. 24.—~ | bogus count had stolen his wife's |two papers from his desk and turn- guard ever born. | shudder to [erap the coroner stopped and/the Pole Baumberg, a war service This ile the story of Britain's (affections, was not a murderer, |ed to the jury. think that he should even dare to /turned and looked closely at the|slacker, at a garden party. It re first “unwritten law” acquittal (and set him free, And tn telling| “In case of my death,” he read, speak to you. | simply cannot|paper and then went on reading. |recetved details of his career as a of a man who ki of this one tragedy it tells of all/“I leave all my money to Mr dit any longer. | am going to| When the coroner's jury began| ladies’ man in his pose as “Count What exceptional plot eo like it that the war can produce. |Taylor of Vicarage cottage, Hort h him until he le unrecogniz-|its deliberations Mrs. Malcolm|De Borch,” and of his own admis- touched an unemotional Brit. th the coroners court at Ped ford Heath, and cancel my pre 1 may shoot him if | think | walked unmoved from the court-|sions that he had no right to a ish Jury as to establish that | 4/0000" wousr's' © " At firat | YH0Ue will he hae a gun. | expect he Is too/room, without a tear in her eyes|title. His letters to other women, precedent? Stat Lesson tated tar ead oy} “J. DOUGLAS MALCOLM.” | much of a cur to stand a thrash-|or a tremble on her Ips among them German woman spy, This: an of the Roneett! neck.” for her| It Was written, the coroner ex-|ing. If the Inevit has to hap-| While the coroner was reading | were read It Ie such a drama of love deauty was classical, like that of /Plalned, by Lieut, Malcolm, Just |Pe", of course | may get it first. /the verdict of “justifiable hom!-) How he exercised a strange fas- and war that the great world 4 famous painting. She was on the| before he went to the rooms of You see, | am quite cool. If that cide jn self-defense,” Lieut. Mal-|cination over Mrs. Malcolm, how confilct, with all its upheaval witness stand Anton Bauberg, alias “Count De| h@ppene—O, believe me, my little |colm was being arraigned in Mar-|her husband burst into a friend's of circumstances and ferment “ ” 7 Boreh,” to fight out with him the love 80 absolutely—believe me, It /leybone police court. | house to find the “count” and “the of heman passions, hee net Mra. Maleolm,” sald Coroner | sossaanion of tho officer's wife. |'* for you.” | A delay until the court recetved| woman with the Rossett! neck” elsewhere produced ite equal. 2TH to “the woman with the Ros |" rien the coroner read the sec-| The Coroner stopped and polish-|the coroner's verdict was asked,|together in the count’s bedroom, Tt might be the theme of a mas. ®t! Beck,” “did your husband | on4 paper, a letter from Lieut, 4 bis glasses, then put them on|and as {t was granted the artillery|how Lieut. Malcolm thrashed his ter novelist, It is as elemental as *!O¥ the truth of your liason with |Malcolm to bin wife the officer ‘he table and read on without /officer arose in the dock and in-|wife’s seducer and tried for an epic. It goes to the root of hu.|'2¢ bogus ‘Count’ de Borch?" lieft for the bogus count’s room, |tem sisted upon speaking. He was tall,| months to force him into a duel in }man motives “I told him,” she replied with &/ where he shot him with his army |“! #wear to you! love you more well-built, about 34, and he swayed | order to save his wife and spare It tells how two British juries faint smile, “to divorce me—that | automatic: han a man has ever loved a wom- 2 wide to side as he spoke her name from gossip—and how decided Douglas Malcolm, leuten- there had been intimate relations| “To My Own Very Darling EOE pe before, and If there is anything see published a wicked and/a pistol lay almost within the ant in the Royal artillery return.| between us.” thie—Dear God! it is time! Ev-|WFong In me it Is because | love scurrilous report that my wife had|Pole’s reach as he was found dead ing from the front in France to| The coroner looked at her, over |erything points to ft that this crea- YoU too much. You are a brave intimate relations with this man. I) —detalls like these the witnesses’ Wwoman—a noble, honorab up: |swear it is false, You see, she ts | stories unfolded. * * * * * * * * * * * * right one, with beautiful soul, | /all alone, and has no one to look| And the jurors drew in their |helleve in God. | sald yesterday | after her It !# false—absolutely|minds a picture of @ tall, tanned | didn’t; but J do, | do, and | thank false. Do you hear me? It {6 eb-| artillery officer, placing not only | Him from the bottom of my heart solutely false, I say!” his life but his home before his |that He it me over from) His voice was growing higher,|country as a war sacrifice, refus- | France In time to save you from/|and the magistrate waved his arm|ing to believe in his wife's dis- this devil Incarnate. Your honor hastily. The lieutenant was led|honor when she herself protested le safe, thank God, thank God. out of court, crushing his soft hat/it to him, proclaiming her virtue “Good-bye! 1 love you and shall between his hands in one court while she was con- |go on loving you to eternity—for- The trial of Lieut. Malcolm in|fessing her disgrace in another, ever. 1 know ! shall meet you in arleyt » court was formal—as|loving her in the face of her the next world if the worst hap- formal as {t could be, with the| protestations of love for her pare pens. When you come to me you sympathies of spectators avd jury,|amour and determined tp save her will come with open arms and and even of the court and prosecu-| when she was glad to be lost. those beautiful eyes shining ind tion, not to be concealed. And—they acquitted him. you will say to me, ‘Duggie, | for. The jurors heard of Lieut Mal-| Which explains why there is give youl’ Forever, your loving a's service In the Royal artil-| new precedent in British legal reo DOUGLAS.” y on the French front. It heard | ords. 0. S. Over Some RIGLEYS Keep your soldier or sailor boy supplied. Give him the fasting refreshment, the protece tion against thirst, the help to appetite and di- gestion afforded by Wrigley’s. {t's an outstanding fea- ture of the war—“@ll the British Army is chewing It.” AFTER EVERY MEAL!’ Honor hy, howing, private Purpose original eee ees = UNITED ro coypgNs a7 7 y/