The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 30, 1918, Page 7

}men Insurance bureau has lowered |the war risk premiums on many J ocean routes. Lloyds and the other marine com panies have followed suit, On one route—the Mediterranean route to BRITISH LOWER LONDON, England, Sept. 30.—The | 44 in half, Six months ago it was allied anti-submarine war is now 80 | G0 Bhillings now it's 308. per hund- Successful that the British govern | red. ——_— Ns “Yes It’sa Steinway ——_ % there supreme satisfaction 4 Sine able to oi that of the piano) e home? Would you have } same feeling about any other pian “Is a Steinway.” Nothing more n¢ be said. Everybody knows you ha chosen wisely; you have given to yo home the very best that money Cy buy. You will never even think } changing this piano for any other. 4 the years go by, the words “It’s a Steii way” will mean more and more to yot and thousands of times, as you com tinue to enjoy through life the com panionship of that noble instrument absolutely without a peer, you will sa} to yourself: “How glad I am I paic the few extra dollars and secured « Steinway.” “SAN FRANCISCO PAPERS | morning papers in San Francisco in- price to 90 cents, | |AMERICANS BUY U. S. | YANKEES MAKE TRACK RECORD » Star by 10.——An | ri has just] r cord; 2 allway lk minute company set out to finish that last stretch by supper time, it meant the linking up of two 1 portant French towns with a rail road upon which a regiment bad been working for several weeks. Instead the work was finished at 1:33 p.m, A total of 14,203 feet of tles and track were laid in 423 minutes vera vf more than 33 feet per minute and more than a third of a mile An idea of thi ask and th voly | miles in narrow « » hours ar unt of labor from 1 used: 5 tons of steel) 1,830 pairs of fish ¢ bolts and 37 kegs 1 of more than 230/ an J this tons of mate Gas Stations to Close Evenings; It’s Fuel Order} Acting on orders from the United States fuel administration, all gaso line stations in Seattle will hereafter close at 6 p. m. The unhappy motorist who strands his car thru lack of gas after this | hour will be out of luck, for he will find no motive power, otherwise | known as joy juice, awaiting him | around the corner at the nearest sta tion. ° Instead, the station will be closed and dark | The Standard Ol] Co, and Shell Oil Co., of California, are affected. Tho step was taken by the fuel ad: | minist on to conserve man and | motive power. ANNOUNCE PRICE RAISE) SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 30.—San Francisco and Oakland daily papers | will increase their prices tomorrow, it was announced today. The Bulletin and the Call, and the land Tribune and Enquirer in nts, and the San Fran: | News to 2 cents. The| crease to 3 elsco Dally crease their monthly subscription FLAG FOR CHELSEA (Special to The Star by N. E. A.) LONDON, Sept. 30.—Amertcans living in Chelsea have presented the borough council with an American flag, which was accepted by the | mayor, Sincerely Edwin J. Brown 106 Columbia St. ~ | trick stairway which has been erect THE SEATTLE STAR—MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1918 “WHY MARRY?" "FINE COMEDY | METROPOLITAN | Have you a daughter ready for the marriage market? | Are you, yourself, considering a cony on with the parson? 1. Jessie Lynch Williams | an Monday, Tuesday | afternoon, and see her comedy, Marry?" It will make you laugh, think and) cheek up on yourself, Nat Goodwin is in the cast. But not the whole show, because Louise Robb, Edmund Breese, Leonard | Mudie, Ernest Lawford, Louise Ran. Iph, Anne Morrison and Bdward L, n all play their parts about 100 r cent perfect. Th ‘e continuous clever lines, inter situations and “editorial pul written into “Why Mar-| ry | It's a tangle wound around mar- | riage and divorce, with all the sham of “manufactured marriages,” and! the hyprocrisy of wealthy folk who are poverty stricken mentally, shown in bright colors. 1 ‘The crowd at the opening perform ance at the Metropolitan Sunday | night applauded approval from cur tain to curtain. And Marie Dressler, in her Liberty Loan appeal, gave everybody an extra $1 worth, eee MOORE A regularly ordained preacher from | Portland, Rev. Frank W. Gorman, | who has deserted the pulpit for the vaudevillle stage, and James J. Mor. ton, who introduces every act on the | bill with a brief monolog, are the two leading novelties on this week's pro- gram at the Moore, Gorman sings ballads and tells jokes of his life as a preacher. Australian Creightons open the bill witha juggling act and are! followed by Bayonne, Whipple and Huston, who stage a shoe-shop act in| the surroundinigs of an eastern pal- Pisteel and Cushing conjure up) McIntyre and Heath at their best | with a stranded minstrel scene in a| graveyard, | Albertina Rash, with her eight girls, present ballet dancing and a novelty Russian number. | Lightner girls and Alexander have | a comedy song and piano act. Watts and Storey close the bill with “A! Treat in Travesty.” A soldiers’ chorus and singing by | the audience took place before Sun- day’s matinee. Excellent war pic tures are to be seeen, eee OAK “The Floorwalker” is Monte Car ter’s offering at the Oak this week. | Lew White is the boss of the Em-| porium, while the dancing chicks do the clerking. Lou Davis Is elected to make things hot for the Jewish | comedian this week, while @ great deal of the fun is derived from a ed on the stage. Bess Hill has a delightful role this week. Her song, “My Honey's Back,” proved popular. Oscar Ger- ard puts over “Christina Swanson,” a Swedish character song, in great style, while Lou Davis and Del Estes, with the aid of the chorus, appear in several snappy numbers, Motion pictures entitled “With Pershing in France,” and a new ept sode of “The Woman and the Web" complete the bill. eee WILKES “What's Your Husband Doing?" George V. Hobart's meritorious | farce, opened at the Wilkes theatre | with a matinee Sunday, and at both | The Pure Mi Dairy Announs S CHANGE I IN MK PRICES FFECTIVE TUESDAY, OCTOBR]1, the prices on our E celebrated Maplewood Milk and im—delivered exclus- ively by the Pure Milk Dairy—will be alows: MAPLEWOOD MILK \PLEWOOD @IFIED MILK WHIPPING | CREAM Per pint ... Per 1% pint ......25¢ | Orders for whipping cream must be placed the day previous to delivery by all persons who | are not taking whipping cream fegularly each day. WHAT STATE FOOD ADMINISTRATOR HEBBERD SAYS COMMERCIA/ CREAM 85c | Per quart .... ...45¢ | Per pint Per 1 pint ..... esh ‘from Maplewood Ff al direct to | are delivered home ABOUT MILK PRICES: while I regret the this time, I want particularly to urge ur milk at sumer the wisdom of continuing the free use of milk. Food Administration necessity of an Increased price of yon the con The and Department of Agriculture satest possible consumption of milk, the of its relatively cheap price as compare a tained, but also the necessity for its use, “A REDUCTION IN THE USE OF MILK IS THE LAST FOOD ECONOMY THAT SHOULD BE “In faet, there is no economy milk, even though the prices were PURE [MAIN 2545 oF MAIN 4310-1512 7,7 1 | | | | | | “with food value con especially for growing children. at present.” PRACTICED. in reducing the use of considerably higher than MILK DAIR . 8c, Per pir... AV afternoon and evening performances | was recorded as having obtained more laughs than any comedy the popular Wilkes players have yet pre-} sented. i The plot is the involved activities | of a couple of divorce lawyers and their suspicious wives, Honeysuckle | Inn, on the Boston post road, some | fair ¢ and wine. The first act | is in 2 er's office, the second at} the Honeysuckle Inn, the third in| Westchester jail. Ivan Miller and James Liddy are the lawyers. Cornelia Glass and Jane | Darnweil are their wives, These four | form the basis for the structure of | humor that is maintained ably by| |Grace Huff, Ruth Renick, Cecil| Kirke, Henry Hall, Erman Seavey, | Fanchon Everhardt and Norman} Feusler. The entire cast was admir-| d well-chosen at's Your Husband Doing?" will run for the week at the Wilkes, ending Sunday night. Sisters are the headl! ature of which ¢ dd Sunday lip. They offer solo nsemb! umbers on piccolo, , cello, violin and piano, featur-| ing some wonderful work on the pic-| colo by Levy and one of the girls. Adolpho, accordionist, plays and sings, whistles and does character comedy. He sings a song in behalf of the Soldiers’ Smoke fund. ‘The All-Star Four are a harmony and comedy quartet. | Dressler and Wilson have an out- | of-the-ordinary offering of novelty ec-| centric dancing. ‘The Larconians combine hobo comedy with tumbling and contor tion Simpson and Moore appear in song, talking and dance, Jesse E. Dodge Is Killed in Action Mrs, R. W. Dodge, of 725 has received official noti the death of her son, Jesse killed in action with the American jexpeditionary forces July 19, since |which date he was included in the list of missing. Jesse Dodge was a student at the Franklin high school, in tle, and volunteered in Com |pany A, Second Washington, when trouble broke out on the Mexican! | border. iY. W. C. A. Worker i|. Safe in Stockholm | \Miss Eliaabeth Dickerson, who |went to Russia to do Y, W. C. A. work, and whose friends in Seattle | (had not heard from her since May, is | safe in Stockholm, according to a ca- |ble received by the Women’s Univer- ey club. | CONGRATULATE ATTY, REAMES | Seattle post, Veterans of United States Foreign Wars, has passed a |resolution, congratulating Clarence is Reames, special assistant United States attorney general, for hig vigor in prosecutin D il is extremely costly. The the matter of men. Liberty Loan dollars are toned embroidery, $1.95 pair. One-clasp Washable and gray, $1.50 pair. color, $1.50 pair. white, mode, khaki and pair. Corduroys Are So Practical and good - looking, their universal use boys’ suits proves their “long wear.” The Dress Goods Section is showing an excellent quality for house robes, skirts, suits and boys’ school suits in shades : too; for Coral Beaver Cardinal Wine Copenhagen Marine Blue Navy Blue Black White Dark Brown Dark Green Plum Mole Light Gray Belgique Taupe Thirty-two inches wide, $1.25 yard. —THE BASEMENT STORE. Matting Suit Cases $2.65 HESE substantial Suit woven grass matting in 24- inch size, made over bass- wood frame, with good lock and catches, metal corners and handle and serviceable lining. Priced unusually low at $2.65. -—TRUNK S BASEMENT STORE. Silkalineneneled Baskets, 95c Even a Waste-Paper Basket may be dainty enough for a rosy boudoir when white enameled and paneled with shirred, rose- decked silko- line, With pink, blue or yellow flow- ered silkoline, 10 inches square, 11% inches high, 95¢. —THE BASEMENT STORE. We are in the war to the finish. One-button Washable Chamois Gloves, prix style with plain and fancy em- broidery, in white and natural chamois Two-clasp Chamoisette Gloves with plain or fancy embroidery, in black, FIFTH AVENUE—PINE STRE Business Hours—9 to 5 o’Clock. Modern warfare more thoroughly a nation prepares for war in the matter of material and equip- ment, the less costly war will prove to this nation in needed to supply our brave men with the best equipment we can possibly procure Featuring Exceptional Values in Women’s French and Domestic Gloves NE- and Two-lasp Glace Gloves, , pique style with plain or two T in black, white, champagne, tan, brown, gray and navy; Two-button Washable Chamois Gloves with prix or pique style seams. and natural chamois color, $1.95 pair. White Cape Gloves, prix style, with plain and two-toned embroidery, in black, white, mode, tan white, gray, $1.00 pair. Two-clasp black, white, pair. One-clasp gray, 85¢ only, $2.50 plain or fancy embroidery, in black, with two-toned crochet embroidery in and two-toned embroidery, —SIXTH AVENUE ’ ‘ An Exhibit Which Shows the “Wi.“4 of the Fourth Liberty Loan _ HE Military, Naval and Other Government Establishment of this District, in cooperation with the Publicity Committee for the Fourth Liberty Loan, have staged, in the show-windows of this store, a most impressive exhibit of material and equipment, with the purpose of bringing closely home to Ameri- can Men, Women and Children, the vital necessity for their united support in the campaign to put the Fourth Loan “over the top.” for them, and with an ample supply of it. Multiply-the amount of equipment needed by one man—or by one company of soldiers—a million times or more—then, and then only, will we begin to have a conception of the government’s urgent need for our self-sacrificing financial support. The opportunity to understand this need is afforded in this War Exhibit. It is an oppor= tunity that no Seattle citizen can afford to pass. A Linen Shower For French Hospitals URING the Week of September 30th, the American Red Cross will collect, for shipment to the hospitals in France, mil- lions of Linen Towels, Handkerchiefs and Nap- kins, Bath Towels and Sheets, for which there is an urgent need. Every Seattle h keeper is invited to join in this “Linen Shower,” and contribute, during this. olive drab and brown, at | Week at least one set of Glace Gloves, pique style, | tially-new, tion, champagne, beaver, tan, brown, gray, green and navy, $2.50 (at Lost and Found Desk, First Floor) and forward them to the proper Red Cross office. Mocha Gloves with plain in gray pe, —First Floor. Cases are of finely- | ‘TION, THE © HIS becoming and convenient Kimono of excellent quality crepe has dainty embroidered spray on front and back of Empire yoke, fancy scalloped collar and ribbon bows. A similar style has white lawn hemstitched collar and _ picot edged cuffs. In light, Delft or dark blue, pink and coral, $1.75. Fiannelette 75c ] FLANNELETTE SACQUE is so convenient when one is dress- ing these cool mornings. The flan- 3 nelette is prettily flowered with pink der background; with roll collar, belted waistline and elbow sleeves, sizes 36 and 38, 75¢. Women’s Gray Eiderdown Sacques are as cozy as they are practical; the collar, cuffs and edges are finished with black crocheted edge. Sizes 86 to 40, ae $1.25. —THE BASEMENT STORE. Black Iron Andirons $4.00 Pair S pictured, Andirons in plain black finish, with substantial log rests; 1414 inches high, $4.00 Similar style, $3.75 pair. Four-piece Fire Sets, $4.25. The Set consists of Stand, Poker, Tongs and Shovel, as sketched, 24 inches high. Exceptionally well-finished, and _ attractively priced for the four-piece Set, at .25,. | —HOUSEWARES SECTION, $4.25 THE BASEMENT STORE. Bandeau Brassieres, 35c RASSIERES of the popular‘bandeau style, as sketched, give acequate support to the figure with- out binding in any way. Front and back fastening styles, of plain pink mate- rial, with elastic insets in back, and tape shoulder i straps. Sizes 34 to Price 35¢. MUSLIN BRASSTERES im front. fastening style, embroidery trimmed, with reinforcement under arm and braid edging at armeyes. Sizes 34, 36 an@ 38, 40. Dinner Set, $7.50 XCEPTIONALLY good E value is offered in this Dinner Service with its tasteful gold-line decora- tion. A very desirable compo- sition, as it contains six oatmeal bowls, which may also be used as soup bowls and pudding dishes, The 34-piece Set is com- posed of: ’ @ Dinner Plates Dessert Plates Cereal or Soup Dishes Cups Saucers Platter Salad Bowl Vegetable Dish Gravy Bowl The 34-piece Set, $7.50,