The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 11, 1918, Page 8

Page views left: 0

You have reached the hourly page view limit. Unlock higher limit to our entire archive!

Subscribers enjoy higher page view limit, downloads, and exclusive features.

Text content (automatically generated)

PAGE 8 WORKERS FOR (Hobart Bosworth Has | Lived Life He Portrays BIG RED CROSS DRIVE NEEDED Universal membership in the Red Cross ts the goal which the Med) Cross Christmas roll call organtea tion has fixed for Seattle, Hvery adult is expected to answer the call by taking a dollar membership, and thus becoming a contributor to the work of relieving the distress of war sufferers in Burope, and other mere! ful work of the organization. To accomplish universal member ship im Seattle imposes an immense task on the drive organization, ‘There are 70,000 or more homes in Beatulc, including hotel apartments, and none of them will be overlooked. if a sufficient force of volunteer can Vassers can be enrolled by Deo, 19 when the precinet canvass begins Accordingly Walter K. Alexander and W. G. Mann, ting the e@ouncils of patriotic service in the Poll call organization, have called for volunteers for the evenings of Dec 29, 20 and 21, and Sunday, Dec. 22, for work in their own precincts. All who can give this service are asked to report Thursday at the roll call headqyarters in the Cobb building, 1301 Fourth ave. Forty sailors from the naval train. ing station at the University began the distribution of the roll call Posters in the business section this morning and will cover the entire city. Posters also appeared on the Billboards donated by Foster & Kiel ger. The Boy Scouts have also vol unteered their services for the rol) call. and will distribute small posters and stickers, and help in the precinct eanvass. NEGRO LYNCHED GREEN RIVER, Wyo., Dec, 11 — Por the alleged murder of railroad switchman, James Woodson, negro, ‘was taken from the county jail and _—~ by a mob of 500 men Tues- afternoon. Their Paras esse ona new co- 1 | a a a No ke, or land scheme. one sows. profits ‘our profits i Fe f bred en our own ranch nn county, Piternis. = . Write today for 1k particulars. (incorporated) SM OPE Francisce, Calitersia A" | Our two convenie get back their stren strenuous morning’ s stores, Pleasant Surron fants give the holiday #h opportunities to relax, reat Eat With Us Sunday —A delightful substitute for (4 hot, hard work over a F0092,0R,5 Jay that ¢ we devoted to rest and recrea- tion. Thirty-nine years ago a ruddy, | Pbyear-old youth, named Hobart Bosworth, began a voyage aboard an old windjammer sail: New York-a voyage of adventure that this week brought him, now « to the Moore th } now, with ma he is portraying | learned ¢ intimately, in | Jack I aT a Wolf Like London, Bosworth has seen life in every aspect. He has battled for a bare existence, with a board for a bed and @ erust for a meal | He has sailed the seas, boxed and | wrestled for his grub, fought sav-| agely with life for life, and suc | ceeded. | Having learned from life what life jis, and had b own conceptions of | life visualized clearly by the “prince men k Le memory bef dramatic fragme nt, | Bosworth started life with the | fervent desire to be an artist. Salled Round Horn 1867, embarking on a voyage around |the Horn in 1879 from New York on the Sovereign of the Seas, It was 4 “tough” trip, taking 116 days, He | landed at San Franciseo, embarked lon other ships, sailed from pert to port, and concluded with a whaling tip along the Pac past, quit | ting the sea at the of 15, be cause, as he « rt an to dimly | see that an ex needed, if 1 were to suce | Bosworth was ed in San | Fram at 15, tough, vital and | strong, with a desire to attain an feducation and study art, He did l everything for a living in the Line of actual work. He trucked, juggied @rain sacks, and finally obtained a job a» a super at the old California theatre. Decided on Stage “In the bustle and light and life of the theatre, my ideas of & career as an artist Went glimmering—at least, as an artist, painting pie tures,” Bosworth says. “Instead, I immediately decided to become a worth while actor, and | lent every energy to the task. Time came when, marvel of marvels, | was given my first speaking part! I was 18 then. And believe me, I real iaed every opportunity in it! The production was the ‘Power of Money,’ and what I said sounded | very important. “{ lasted about a year with that company, and quit-—I wasn’t fired. And [| was a regular actor after that.” } Bosworth first played in Seattle in | ‘87, after the big fire. He played in = ent. Toured Thru Mexico | Stranded in Salt Lake City while | later, he joined forces with Hermann | the Conjurer, and went on a tour of | Mexico, Afterward, he “signed up with Augustin & Daly, and was put thru « eyele ef productions last |img ten years, co-starring with such | stage notables as Marlowe, Crone |man, Mrs. Fisk, Florence Roberts and Amelia Bingham. | “And then, in 1900, I contract® tuberculosis,” he says. “I've been fighting for breath ever since,” He came to Seattle in 1914 with Florence Roberta, in “Marta of the Lowlands.” Herg a severe hemor | rhage developed, And for ix Weeks | Bosworth battled for his life harder | than he had fought for anything be jfore. His physician was Dr. Ken {neth Turner, well known in Seattle Fricad of London Bosworth first met Jack London in San Francisco in 1914. An im mediate friendship, that was to prove enduring, sprung up between the two men. London was intro duced to Bosworth behind the scenes in a Ban Francisco theatre. The two talked all night in Bosworth’s dress | ing room. | “London waa the finest type .of |man that ever appeared on earth jhave,” is Hobart Bosworth's esti mate of the dead author. Rosworth says that London was approaching fruition of his power as @ writer. that his best works lay be fore him, when he died. His works over 40 volumes, are filled with the ‘restiess, red-blooded surge of life. nt gih aft tour 0 kiteben & may ndings ad P TIONS TOMORKROW—A NEW SHOW YOU MUST SE VIOLA NAPP and COMPANY Artistic Dances, Ualiet and Pantomime DOT MARS) “Marvel of & FEATURE PHOTOPLAY SALMO “Phe Daredevil Dandy” In a Class by Himself TWO K edy Bag CARMEL MYERS ~~ in “ALL NIGHT” nee NINGS AND SUNDAYS, 20c He was born in Marietta, Ohio, in| ‘playing Shakespeare 4 short time) |the best friend that a man could} ! | Hobart Bosworth |far superior to the production of any of his contemporaries, Bosworth says, and he was developing in sub Usty and finished power toward the end. Loves to Act It | “It i» my ambition, and 1 hope | not a poor one, to keep London be fore the public so far as it ls in my power,” said Bosworth, with refer: ence to the dramato version of “The Sea Wolf,” which he personally adapted to the #tage in concise and | powerful form, a thing declared by | many to be impossible. He haa act od “The Sea Wolf’ and 200 other | storiew in the movies “In ‘The Sea Wolf’ is truth—tun- damental truth. That is why I lowe jto present It—to act in it, I want |to drive truth home to the people, who are afraid of truth and try to avoid it.” seeeccccccosccoocoocooes ? Far and Near } News by Telegraph § and Telephone Cececceccccocecs YAKIMA.—One hundred automo biles have been purchased during the year by Japanese farmers of Yakima valley. WASHINGTON,--According to the state department, Princess Helena Petrova, a niees of the queen of | Italy, who has been held a prisoner | by the Russian Bolsheviki, has been released and will go to Sweden, EVERETT. —According to stale ties con:piled by Mra. J.J. Clark, Mra, ¥. P. Swale and other women at the library, 69 Snohomish eounty boys have given their lives for thelr coun- ltry in the war The bedy of John Zinng, 113 Peart | at. who was accidentally killed tn {the Danaher Lumber company’s log. | ging camp, at Darrington, was cre- mated Wednesday at Georgetown. Mrs. Cora Hopkins Matthews, daughter of C. B. Hopkins, of Seat tle, and wife of Capt. A. Matthews, | stationed in Georgia, in dead of influ |enza at her home in Spokane. President Surzalio, of the Univer. sity of Washington, addressed the | Rotary elub luncheon Wednesday noon Frank Smith invited the clergy man to dinner. The clergyman asked the bless ing. He asked it for each member of the family in turn. “But he forgot something’ “said little Mistress Smith, the instant he was gone, “He {forgot to say anything about the chicken.” Division No, 3, council of patriotic service, will hold a mass meeting at Lincoln high school Wednesday night Minute men of Preeinet No, 234 jmet Thursday at Mt. Baker Park club house, § p. m. Lieut. Leon B, Collier, formerty of | Seattle, wounded in France shortly | before war ended, according to word rece 1 here Funeral services for David Hart, 17, Washington pioneer, held Tues- day Miss May Stanley, federal home| economics expert, is in Seattle for two days to inspect vocational educa tion methods in the Broadway high | and at the University of Washington The body of Charles H. Wilbur, formerly manager of the sales de partment of the Pacific Coast Coal company, was cremated Wednesday in the Washington Cremation soci ety'’s chapel Mrs. Andrew KE. Curtis, 919 Fifth is dead at her home. Her daughter, Mary Louise Curtis, and husband survive her French, Spanish, Italian, Rassian, ave. &, Chinese and Japenese will be taught in the extension department of the University of Washington, according to Prof. Emilio Goggio, Mrs, Ella Koch, wife of Albert! | Koch, secretary of A, BK. Strout & Co., js dead at her home, 5568 Holly st., after @ short illness, ‘Death Calls Local . | Insurance Officer M. Morgan, vice president of Northern Insurance com is dea his home, 929 18th N., following a two-years’ iib news, caused by overwork, He died Tuesday morning, on his 66th birth day anniversary, He returned to Heattle from Los Angeles six months ago, A wife and brother, D. B. Morgan, survive him | SEATTLE VETERAN IS BACK AT CAMP LEWIS Privat e Joseph Goodisky, ¢ tle, w ook part in the fir in which Americans participated in Lorraine, has arrived at Camp Lewis | with # convalescont detachment, His left hip joint was shot away at Can |tigny, June 28, Since then he has been in allied and American how. pitals. He enlisted from Seattle in 1916. THE SEATTLE STAR—WEDNESDAY, DEC. 11, 1918. ye 8 GREAT CROWDS COME TO THE! | BURNETT STORE FOR JEWELRY Diamonds, Watches, Clocks, Jewelry—gifts that the Cut Glass Section you can buy any piece you may like for one-half the regular fair marked price. The list includes $1.50 Nap- pies for 75c. Two dollar Nappies for $1.00, Five dol- lar Sugar Bow! and Creamer for $2.50. Ten dollar ones, elaborately cut, are $5.00. Orange Bowls that were $5.50 are now $2.75. A fine Reading Lamp, entirely of cut glass, is now $15.00 in- stead of $30.00. A $5.00 Vase is $2.50. The Water Sets, consisting of a Table Tankard and half a dozen Tumblers to match, are $7.50 “instead of $15,00, EXTRA! Solid Gold Baby Rings, set with semi-precious stones— turquoise, emerald, ruby, sapphire and pearl. Specially priced ve FDC THREE - DOLLAR Cel- ery Boat can be bought for $1.50. A $9.00 Sand- wich Tray is $4.50. For Milady’s dressing ta- ble there are $12.00 Powder and Puff Boxes for $6.00; $12.00 Jewel Cases for the same price. Twenty-five dol- lar Glove Boxes for $12.50, and $4.00 Perfume Bottles for $2.00. All are sterling silver mounted. Six-dollar Mayonnaise Sets are now $3,00, Footed Com- ports are $2.25 instead of $4.50, and Cut Glass Salt and Peppers, with sterling silver tops, are $1.00 a pair, i GOLD Cuff But- tons are priced at $2.50 a pair. Sterling Silver Cuff Links, much used with soft- cuff shirts, are $1.35 a pair. Solid gold Pocket Knives are priced at five dollars. Solid gold Cigarette Cases are of- fered at $100 apiece, and many other durable gifts for men are displayed at attrac- tive prices. OLID GOLD Bracelet Watch with the famous Hampden movement. Small case, with gold dial. Ideal gift at twenty-two dollars and fifty cents. Twenty-year gold-filled Bracelet Watches are also specially priced at $14.75. Elgin Bracelet Watches are $19.50. Very small and, -of course, very dependable. The new octa- gon-shaped Watches in 20- year gold-filled cases are twenty dollars apiece, IAMOND - SET Bracelet Watches, the diamonds set around the dial in a plat- inum top. Beautiful watches, of course—$165,00, Octa- gon-shaped Wrist Watches, set with diamonds, are $117, while a tiny gold Watch set with diamonds is $95.00. The array of diamond-set Watches is wonderful, and the prices are far lower than can be found anywhere else, OLID GOLD Lavallieres, set with a cameo, very popular they are, too, and the price is far lower than the value. The price is $6.75. And Solid Gold __Lavallieres, set with a small amethyst, at five dollars apiece. And for nine dollars and eighty - five cents you can buy a solid A gold Lavalliere set with a_ real dia- mond. Small, but real! OLID GOLD Cameo Pins are also specially priced. They're $6.85 apiece. We expect to sell dozens at this price, for there are none in town to compare tor less than ten or twelve dollars. ILVERWARE of unques- tioned quality can be bought to advantage. Here’s a four-piece Coffee Set spe- cially priced at $18.75. A Tea Set of four pieces can be bought for $11.25. Others at corresponding savings, The finest at $75.00 and in solid silver for $209. Sheffield Silver Sandwich Trays are priced at $2.50. And Meat Platters, Trays, Sugar Troughs, Baking Dishes, are all attractively priced. EN’S Wrist Watches are now $10.75 instead of $15.00, and the $25.00 Elgin Watches are $18.75. Men's Hamilton Watches in 25-year gold-filled cases, with 21- jewel movement, are priced at $37.50. A group of Elgin and Waltham Watches, also for men, are priced at $18.75. They are furnished in hunt- ing case. Solid gold Watches with 17 jewels, in 14-karat case, can be bought for $35. And they bear the famous “Elgin” sign. An extra fancy Elgin in solid gold hunting case, set with a fine diamond, is offered at $85.00. ETH THOMAS Eight-day Mantel Clock in ma- hogany case, strikes the hours on cathedral gong—a Clock that will last a lifetime. Spe- cially priced at nine seventy- five. The Famous Seth Thomas Chime Clocks (shown in the illustration), have the added charm of a set of soft-toned gongs. At the quarter, the half and the hour the clock gives a very faithful repro- duction of the Chimes of Westminster Abbey. The spe- cial price is $29.50, that follows is full of happy suggestions—the values last long after the giver has gone. All of these, and | are pronounced—the quality in each instance is like more, are offered at prices that, on the average, are | Caesar’s wife, “above suspicion.” Hence it will not not matched anywhere else hereabouts. The menu | be necessary to urge anybody to buy. ARVING SETS of excel. lent steel with sterling silver ferrules and mother of pearl handles. Handsome, practical gifts they make, and at an attractive price— $5.75. Nut Sets, consisting of mahogany-finished Bowl, Crackers and Picks, are spe- cially priced at $1.95. tomorrow and as long as HE market price for such Silverware as this is considerably higher. The value could not be duplicated today, and it will be many years before it is likely to be. Six knives, six forks, six teaspoons, six dessert spoons, | six tablespoons and a butter knife and sugar shell. As shown in the illustration, the set is packed in oak or ma- hogany-finished chest, and priced at $8.75 the set. Dison and Platinum Bar Pins—some of them set with sapphires; some long, some short. There are row upon row shown in the windows. The prices range from $60.00 to hundreds of dollars. And as stated, each one is marked with a low price, and you can see a rep- resentative showing in the window. There are three important things to remember: First is to shop early; the second is to shop early; the third is to shop early! The afternoon crowds are best for you and for us! so great that it is difficult to wait on everybody with customary deliberateness. The mornings are Bumett Bros. 909 Second Avenue JESESSTES STFSREST ARSE FHSSReSS RASTER SC4FS SAFSSFAETSESS HPseccevsorverse weed @08r 24 FSercevseEe= = 3 Bie g-a |G Zz. 222.28,

Other pages from this issue: