The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 20, 1919, Page 15

—By CONDO| — MisteR TRUG, L WANT YOU To Meer MY ¢ = wire. ss UL, P ZocBeokey ayy! 219 a NBA Sllversand Lake, Wednesday. | Jean dear: Mra. Kymbal went to New York/ » to be gone for the week end. left Eric and me without a bar- It was our evening. | you sey I tried an experiment, Joanie. I/ “If you like. Or you can read, or ‘was tired of wrestling with problems. | smoke, or talk to me, or all three.” Again he looked puzzled but at o'clock he came in, with a . oF even| whimsical smile, and took the chair talk, I wanted to relax, and to have / at the other side of the table. We him. do the same. It would be, 1 talked a little, and there were long ‘fancied, a test of myself and of him.|rather comfortable silences—for a For ever since that letter of yours,| while. Then I felt him growing rest- * dedr, about the “professional” quality | less. ities as against the sim-| “Oh—come on; let's go out on the the small town, I have|lake. The world's all silver with that I am the small town | moonlight. I want to—to TALK to after all. If “small town”! you, Dorothy, to tell you things, And . everyday humanity, | there's a chap tn the hotel orchestra with plain wants and temperate am-| who plays the ‘Moonlight Sonata’ ‘bitions—that's me! This “profes-|like a thousand angels—I'll get him) ‘ onal” high-pitch living 1s wearing. | to bring his violin down to the arbor | ‘Why, we have a professional hostess and—" | Bow, Mrs. Kymbal! ~ . | “It's too late tonight,” I interrupt- Well, I knew I could lure Eric|ed gently, but with a storm of dis- Wallis into something interesting If| appointment in my heart. “Tomor- I donned my best frock, led him to|/row night, perhaps. I'm a little the dance room and threw myself tired.” into gales of vivacity and tricks of} Joan—he guessed what I was up charm. But I did not want that. I/to. He played the game, too. The wanted to see if our souls were enough novelty took him AT FIRST. May: in harmony to be satisfied with just | be he, too, was willing to test me out ‘Proximity, just a “plain evening at|as a fireside companion. But, dear. home.” For most lives—married| he wearted of it, and I didn't 1 Joan—are made up, are they | don't think he LIKES firesides ex- aot, of evenings at home, and simple | cept as novelties. “‘Hittle talks, and readings and sewings,| This much I know, that if it means and putting out the lights and gotng| marriage, either I shall have to ‘upstairs to bed? (See how your let-| school myself to the keyed-up life ter echoes and re-echoes thru my|and be a “professional” in emotion, mind, dear!) jin ability to entertain, in constant He glanced up in surprise. “Where do I come in?” “The entrance is just to the right of the landing,” I smiled. } x am I to play solitaire while | Well, he asked me what I was) going to do after dinner. | “Iam going,” said I, “into that little cosy reading room at the head of the stairs, with the lamp and the) chintz curtains and chairs, and sit| by the table and embroider an edge | upon my georgette collar.” freshness and piquancy, or bore him to death Can I learn always to be on big- town dress parade I, who revel in the pictures you have been drawing me lately of your small-town hap- piness? Your devoted DOLLY. Peter Meets a Cousin BY THORNTON (Copyright, 1919, b ETER RABBIT, scampering thru | the Green Forest, in search of feathered friends who had come down | from the Far North to spend the winter, suddenly spied a bird which was a stranger to him. He was just a little smaller than Welcome Robin, and at first glance seemed to be dressed in strawberry red. However, | loser look showed that there were egray markings on his head, un der his wings and on his legs. His tail was brown. His wings were | brown, marked with black and slate. His bill was thick and rather short. “Who are you?” demanded Peter, | vety bluntly and impolitely | “I'm Piny the Pine Grosbeak,” re plied the stranger, seemingly not at all put out by Peter's bluntness. Oh,” naid Peter, “Are you related | to Rosebreast the Grosbeak, who! nested last summer in the Old Or-| chard?” “{ certainly am,” replied Piny. “He ie my own cousin. I've n r seen | him, because he never ventures up| where I live, and I don't go down | where he spends the winter, but all) members of the Grosbeak family are | uring. “Rosebreast ia very lovel ery fond of him,” said Peter, lare the best of friends.” P| .' B and I'm| “We 4 friends,” replied Piny. As he id this he turned, and Peter no- iced that his tail was forked in mead of being square acrons, Piny whistled, and almost at once was joined by another bird, which, in| shape, was just like him, but which | was dressed in slaty gray and olive yellw, instead of the bright red he himself wore. newcomer as Mrs. Grosbeak. “Beautiful weather, isn’t it?” said she. “I love the snow. With no snow about, | wouldn't feel at home. Why, last spring I even built my nest before the snow was gone in of a Summer Friend. | W. BURGESS y T. W. Burgess) there « trees or Peter any cedar trees or ash macs near here? astened to tell her just where » would find these trees, and then very timidly asked what wanted of them. “They hold their berries ter,” replied Mra, Grost ly, “and those berries make very | good eating. I rather thought there Must be some around here. If there | are enough of them we certainly | shall stay a while.” “I hope you will,” replied Peter. “You know, if it were not for you | folks who come down from the Far | North, the Green Forest would be | rather a lonely place in winter.” all win prompt Inthe Rea World Kirkland Growing Rapidly |: A great many local people who! have visited and become interested | in Kirkland property this summer, | “Then I know we are going to be | due to the new paved Lake Washing: | from outside sections having become ton boulevard to Seattle and proved transportation fa been very much surprised and im pressed at the development which | has taken place recently In this rap- idly growing and closein suburban | district. While Kirkland and the country tributary haye enjoyed a steady growth for a number of years, | im Piny introduced the|the tremendous increase in building,| and small farming sections t# even| pi population, public imy ete., which has taken p' the past two years, has made nd one of Seattle's most suburhs. ements, within Kirk popular While there have been a number| Capitol Hill district, have been re-| Kirkland to Beattle making it pos the Par North, Can you tell me u of new bulldings erccted ja the busl-/cently opened up, the necessary! sible for a man with @ very modest ‘lities, have|of the |has bi Jeled and water and light systems ex THE SEATTLE STAR—SATURDAY, SEPT, 20, 1919. 1 DOINGS OF THE DUFFS “Tom, | Don YT Bawieves This DRESS Loows QUITE RIGHT POR AN AFFAIR Like. wr're GOING TH TMG, DoYouP? Guess mr ~—) Li PUT ON A DIFFERENT Ou®. 7 \ wer Novi HAVE. Time To CHANGE IT AS) Have To SHAVE | OT Tom's W 1 DoN'y “Think “Was Looks VERY GOOD BITweR- DO You GveESS VLE PUT ON MY LACE . “Trimmed DRESS Wuy, The Owe You HAD ON FIRST WAS ALL RIGHT ~ ‘ardrobe Is Quite Limited. TW’ MAN 1S HERE WHO HOLOS TH’ MORTGAGE AN’ HE SAS IF YOU DONT PAY! | Just A 1T OPF HELL OISPOSSESS Ee NUTE us TOOAY / Fs What Is a Little Mortaaae Nowadays? FOR HEAVENS SAKE! WHAT ARE YOU GOIN’ T’ Do wr THOSE _/ FRECKLES WHAT DRS THIS SPELL, KEEPING UP WITH. THE JONESES— MY DEAR UNK, FROM NOW] WHY Y ETHELBERT SIMPKINS, IM BEGINNIN' JO THINK YOURE A ON Tt AN. AGITATOR! IM STRONG For TH’ - LABOR IN’ CLASS; AND INCIDENTALLY MYSELF! otyoe e GbE, t Ly OUGHTA KNOWED Ware FOR! ‘SWoCKT' DONT You WNOW WHAT POOR FISH YOU COULDNT AGITATE A GRASS HOPPER! fT WOULD TAKE MORE THAN ‘YOU TO , START & STRIKE: TIME WILL TELL ONK! 1 PEBLI GOT THE ABILITY ALL RIGHT! OTTO AUTO "HAVE OTTO AUTO HIT A ROCK AND BOUNCE OUT OF WIS CAR, THEN NT WiLL ONLY CE A MATTER OF MNUTES BEFORE THE ‘S sto | eee oon EISENBERG a A CHANCE TO dreds of new ar constructed jare now filling the demand suburban home sites of a size im- possible of attainme: the demand for this character ter at this time | pe than ever before in the history of| ing crafts for higher wages, caused | than ever roperty being jour large cities the demands for ad nea ot this year has been | supply, new people|iand have been cle ness section, ditional space impossible to into producing farm: Interested in the town result dvertising which this district | asf atively short time, ferent sources. It {x believed that|idea of the great new buildings which are now| pro’ planned will at least take care of ala portion of the demand for locations | miles from the highway constructed of many new enterprises. have been The development in the residential| property, and it is yp 1p ble; several miles of |apare time been graded and grav-|in th side hundred acres of |fortunat property, known as the ‘ more fe and also streets ha city dixiriet in transp< commuta tended. Several new home scent WHA~OOP! ~ WELL, THIS 1S Different building com | panies and individuals hi erecting bungalows of a |type which are proving popular and n receiving from many dit-|town proper, one gets but a faint ed little suburban farms which | ma half to two and one-half | sites ve these places in their Probably no other out King stow You Wow AY SPECIAL SEAT WORKS IM SUCH A CASE |street Improvements made and hun-| salary to live in Kirkland, and for|growing more popular with this reason hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of home property have been sold, and the locality tractive homes been and for nt in the city,| Uncertainty of future building due to the strike of the car- rs and some of the other build accessible | ot | costs, }a dull week in:real estate as far as cal and industrial buildings, hotels and apartment houses are concerned, to realtors, There was ared and made | iw in a compar: | according during the week, prospective inves- tors in buildings involving any large Joutlay, holding off purchases of s, announcements of pla or Good roads | letting of contracts until the wage thru thia| demands are settled and costs deter- yossible for peo: | number of im home building movement is ffocted, the building movement uing with the exception of county is f the builders who are erect sition facilith houses to sell who are bolding fare from|off on account of the prospect of Increased costs, | Wearing that tho stnke means a hold position | less cont jon SILLY - YOu MIGHTTA KNOWN HE WOULONT TAKE THOSE Boe WELL -NA DONT WEED T LAFF ~T KAOW WHAT FUR AW RIGHT \FNou KNOW T AUCH = WAT Ethelbert Evidently Went Right to Work -ONE HOUR LATER. MUSTO LSGINIS, STARTIN’ AT Fo O'CLOCK IM OW STK! Fo’ 6 40 HOUR WEEK, A 507* RASE— MY wareproge Is JusT As Much OF A TRIAL AS Yours ~ . peLP me DECIDE WHICH OW NES -HES GONNA TAKE. THEM BuT HE OT HAVE ar Him BY Guenee No fto’ WASHIN'’; AN’ ALL DE COMPANY 4H WANTS IN: DE KITCHEN! DAT MUSTO ETHELBERT SHO! et 4 SMART Bor! WORKS ON" SAME ACCENT AS A ACK-IN-TH- BOK, OLY WHERE JOHN JUMPS OUT, those |desiring to own either a little farm lor a modern home, within easy ac pss of Seattle. House Shortage Is Serious delay and possible decrease in home building, those seeking homes to buy are turning their attention more to securing the older |houses that are on the market, and ‘Thousands of acres of unimproved | sales and leases of sites for commer-|this demand has kept realtors en- | gaged in the sale of homes very busy | There seems to be no let up in the demand for living quarters; in fact, Passing thru the} practically nothing doing in this line| the buying movement seems to be greater than ever before, as more Jand more people become convinced that they cannot rent the kind of a home they require and decide to buy and own their own home, With the existing shortage of {apartments and houses to rent, there seems to be no alternative left for many but to buy or build a home, The condition hits the neweomer hardest and one result of the short- age is that many new pe Jing to locate in Seattle every week for their old homes or other cities, WW !- GUESS THis 19 SPRINGING A PRETTY GOOD COMEBACK ‘To Your PLAN, EH GERSON t ‘Little Farm Gardens in Demand § the choicest farms yet offered. Its closeness to transportation makes it The announcement of the opeaing of Alderwood Manor, division No. 6, discloses the wonderful development and remarkable demand for little five-acre farms in the great poultry district just to the north of Seattle. Plots 1 to 5, comprising upward of 7,000 nd of a total value ap- proximating $1,500,000, have already been sold to 1,200 individual holders, who are planning every improvement of their little five-acre farms, To date more than 100 attractive homes have been built at Alderwood Manor, each with its modern poultry buildings, Many who started last spring are already established on a profit-making basis. Hundreds of others are only awaiting the clearing of the land when they, too, will build. Seven logging engine crews are work- ing full capacity, stripping the rich land of its huge stumps and fallen trees, carpenters, masons and paint- ers following closely in thelr wake, very desirable. “In five years Alderwood Manor townsite will have a population of at — least 3,000 pevple,” is the prediction of W. A. Irwin, in charge of the land department of the Puget Mill coms acres basing my figures on what has ak — ready been accomplished, justify me in making this statement. The new — departmental which we started worl last week, is but the beginning of the model town planned as the market center of the great poultry community, Architect Mat Umbrecht, who designed’ new structure, had in mind a type of building that would harmonize with” the spirit of the community, It is of the old English period, built of brick, and will cost when completed $165, Next month the second annual Al derwood Manor fair will be held in. the educational building at the dem: The new plot, opened today, Hes!onstration farm. Products of home immediately adjoining the $150,000 | gar and kitchen and a special” demonstration farm at Alderwood | poultry and egg exhibit, will be the Manor station, and embraces some of , sai y us any. “Plans already approved, and ~~ Bs store building, om