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The Sea Ry mati, out of ofty, tte per month; # $6.66, in the State of Washingten, He serves his party best who sert $480 Cor € montha or 99.00 per year, arr ttle Star (z= by The Mar Pubtiahing Oo. Months, $1.60; @ monthe $9.70; yearn Mein Outside of state, The per mente, dd elty, Ie per week. ses the country best.—R. B. Haye: | for everybody! | are 60,000,000 persons in the United States | have limited or no access to Rood pooks. are 75,000 blind, tneluding American sob who lest their sight in the war-—and (here are for them in the new Braille type that they ‘all learned to read, leas than 200 books. os imately 6,000,000 of the 15,000,000 newty made citizens in the United States can neither read aoe write the language of their adopted country, low much better Americans do you think they make had they free access to books written for their needs? Think of the children of the land! Imagine without Anderson's Fairy Tales, Treasure | Alice in Wondermnd, Black Beauty, Robin | ‘and all those tales so dear to the hearts Uttle folks. fm 12 of the 39 counties In our own state ion there ix not a single library. Of these things when you see the exhibition Jobby of the public library this week, and) ® not begrudge the fifty cents each good et Seattle is asked to contribute for “Books body: ton Society of Certified Public ts went on record last week as g a state income tax law similar to al law. It takes an accountant to te the federal income tax law. Free Education education is the cormerstone of America. A to govern Itself, must be literate. Its educa } be intrusted to private enterprise education must be free—free to tell the truth Rot condemn new ideas at the command Sparrow political oligarchy. It must bring up and girl in the twentieth century and not | eighteenth principal of an important New York high has just resicned because, as he ,explaing, ot accustomed to concealing either facts or own opinions.” As a principal under the con- the board of education he did not feel free tepica on which pupils and teachers | him. fe principal expressly states that he is not a But he could not see the justice of the F @f Associate Superintendent Tildsley forbidding : of the fuct that at a straw ballot in 250 boys hdd voted for Debs. The order too late, anyway, to be obeyed official in the New York school system has he wants to be able to look at bis watch iknow exactly what every pupil in every of the city is doing at that precise ‘ Rome sent its legions to Greece the latter qwas apparently defeated. But in the end ci conquered Rome. to do the same to us? Sam will not hold the world’s P trend with Cuba holding a near mo- booze and sugar. ever, Be Calm, Ladies fe on the track of lengthening human life, Dr. Eugene Lyman Fisk, in the July ise Tale Review. When human beings are able two thousand years, be asks, will woman Be an enigma? His answer is that Nature might | Dave no further biological use for woman. Means, according to Dr. Fisk, woman would for a painless death, or would be de fo some other part of the universe “to be and charm,” or posgibly science would dis ‘ how to obliterate sex differentiation outright. | ] allows no expectation that the of jon Might produce a maniess world instead of a | ‘There is no cumulative evidence tending | this probability, he says. | Fisk ts too logical. Logic has never abolished Seal when the illogical js feminine. As for Perpetual youth and then abolishing Ladies, be calm. it couldn't be done. Man remain civilized without woman. Man's is not biological, Nature's may be; man improved on Nature. is @ necessity to man because of her gen- ther instinctive culture, her companionship, f charm, her intuitive guidance, her solace in | her loyalty, her inspiration, her affection, ‘Sbility to pierce the outer veil and see into the of those she loves. Finally, man demands dust because she is woman Nature tries to obliterate woman, Nature will a8 awful fight on her hands! difference between melon and lemon 4m the arrangement of the letters or the te of the company. ‘The department of justice is unable to lo- Bergdoll. Doubless he is masquerading @ profiteer. Some planks in a platform suggest their es in. the making of a political coffin. | There will be no moving picture of Hard- B campaign. He doesn’t intend to move. | proportioned ves freedom from ten superior features, distinguishing the NEW | peop | let the kiddies stare at | and fruit, and | others. The The Crankshaft—with three generously ings and scientifically exact tion and allows snappy acceleration—one of Jonah’s Whale i ‘This olf earth has been #o theroty explored tn modern times that little of its wild Me remains unknown, Once in a while one hegre of strange prehistoric monsters supposed to survive somewhere in the wilds Afri But few take much stock tn such reports. Once, any tale a returned traveler might tell was be Neved, For none could deny it. But now the un explored territory is known to be very Umited, That it contains much that is novel is doubted. The seat Th 's different! Recently a new monster of the deep was caught by Captain Charles MH. Thompson off Miami, Mla It ts the first of its kind recorded. At least that is the verdict of the scientists sent to “preserve tt for the Smithsonian Institute, at Washington, D. © It in as large as a fairsized whale. They call it} the whaleshark. The nature of its bones showed | it was young, and that there must be large specimens of {ts kind. | The whaleshark never had been seen before he caune it lives at a great depth, Some injury perbaps from « volcanic eruption, brought it to) the surface and kept it from diving. Harpooned, it dragged boats about for « day and @ half before @ yacht finally towed It to Miam!, Fla. | Whales have 4 narrow throat This new mon ster, on the other hand, could swallow a barrel whole, Perhaps this ia the great fish which gobbled up Jonah. ] | According to Burton's story yesterday, El | well, the whist king, was a regular lady killer. Handled a lot of queens in his day. | \Celebrating the 4th—Right Independence day wit be celebrated tn Seattle} , hot sporadically, mot by a fraction of the but by the entire community. Seattle is going to declare ite patriotism and loyalty by showing its communion of interest to| an ideal, Differences, for the day, will be wiped out, ancient animosities forgotten, the hatchet buried M Seattle is going to celebrate the greatest day in the national history with one heart and one soul and one mind. } There is too much dissension tn everyday life:| it i pleasant and salutary, now and then, to see| & country, or @ city, or a hamlet, join in a whole hearted, single-minded, get-together celebration—and j that is what a community celebration means | Monday the committee in charge urges every one to participate in the festival, attend the exercises at city hall square, spend the afternoon and evening at Woodland park, wateh the pageant, take @ part in it, play baseball and the fireworks The celebration of Independence day this year tn OUR celebration; it's a community affair; let's all piteh in and make it a succeag. march in the parnde, One year age today, Washington had the satisfaction of seeing the rest of the country get acclimated to the sahara. Human Side of Plants No one can thoroly enjoy plants until he or she knows them intimately. Then it is that wonderful dincoveries are made For instance, Hoya! Dixon polnts eat in his book, | “The Human Side of Plants,” there are plants that walk, eat insects, that fish, that mimic, defend themselves, keep a standing army, employ an aerial squadron, keep servants and live stock, rob and plunder and murter, that are athletes, , that ride on animals, that predict the weather, tell! the time of day, keep a diary, build airships, byild islands, produce light, that ere, that carry) life insurance, that sleep, that hide their blossoms finally, that carry on courtship» | and actually marry | In other words, plants are Ike human beings. ‘They live. They obey the laws of nature just as men and women and children do. They are a part of life. Among the plants that walk are the eusrant bush, white clover, sweet potato and Wandering| Jew | Venus’ Fly, which flourishes in North Carolina, ig noted for its ability to devour insecta. The bladderwort, or Utricularia, lives Jareely on) sea food, tiny minnows and other water life Many plants send their seedchildren out into the} world by meane of « delicately molded airship. | Among these are the dandelion, milkweed, daisy and airships are marvelous works” of creation. ‘ants are truly wonderful things. Study them. The profiteer is not similar to a burglar. | The burglar takes chances. | Long green whitewashes many black records. When the delegates are uninstructed, the bidding is livelier. When it comes to vetoing bills Mayor Cald-| well is the Babe Ruth of the mayoralty| league. There is a sucker born every minute, and a new oil company formed the nert. ' We ha ieee e have a | Muffy, so TOOT THE SEATT BURIED TAQ TREASURE e------ — — « BY ROGER W. BABSON There tn an old story of an Ital fan who worked in hia olive or. chard day by day, pruning, die ging and in the fall, picking the fruit Hin three rong young sons were lazy and never helped their father, who was growing old, There came @& day when he could no longer work and soon afterward the tired old body wns laid to rest in the earth he had loved and worked In so long. His three sons were amazed at the reading of hin wilh “1 be queath to my three sons my olive hart 4d equal shares in the ‘oanu that Wes buried therein.” They exclaimed over it and agreed that they must dig for the treasure wt it be stolert, They dug up the .sofl around and between all the trees, They could not find the treasure, But thelr crop was greater than ever before, The olive trees bore such & harvest that each son received from thelr sale @ sum that seemed & fortune While they had worked they had learned much, and they suddenly maw what the treasure really was Moreover, digging up the orchard had brought them more than money; it had brought them happl ness and health, They saw what ae and wise father they hai and were proud to be his sons Year after year they continued to tig and the orchard never failed to yield tte treasurea, Their neigh bors, who did net dig around their trees, continued to have the poor crops as before. 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I make all @xaminations and Giagnone each case an My offices have bee: tablished for more than & quarter of » century, and under my personal management since July 15, | 1901, I do not compete with cheap, | transient, advertising geniets. My prices are the lowest, eon vistent with first-class work, EDWIN J. BROWN, D. D. & Seattle's Lendl The Trustees and Officers of the Puget Sound Savings & Loan Association take pleasure in announcing * a Dividend at the rate of FIVE PER CENT PER ANNUM on the Savings of our Members for the six months period ending June 30th. During the past nineteen years we have never paid less than the above rate on the Savings of our Members. aut lentil You are muted to become a Member now. and all Funds Left Here on or Before July 15th will Earn Full Six Months Dividend on January Ist. Resources Over~ Four Million Dollars | 15c 15¢ 15¢ 15¢ 15¢ ic Leading Demtist = | TRY STAR WANT ADS — SOUND Today's Best Tet the calendar, Five pay month! days this eee And today ts the anni July the Thirst | “ee iNT EXTRAORDINARY Now that the girls’ bea has closed, we beg to announce the ersary of | | ANNOUNCE y content “Handsome is that handsome oes.” George looks like a winner On that score, too. He in working handsomely for | Matt Starwich for #heriff. But when he meets Bob Hodg ) says “How do things look’ And the other candidate for sheriff waye “Fine. I get half the votes in the county.” And George, wearing a claw-ham |mer sult and a claw-hammer smile, replies. “That's handsome, I'll do jeverything I-can for you.” eee | SPEAKING OF CONTESTS Somebody should start a candi, dates’ lying contest Matt and Joe Warren both attend ed the El rnerste at Olympia Saturday last | Matt came back and reported “Things look fine, Everybody down there was cheering for Matt Starwich. Joe Warren was wan ing around awful lonesome.” And Joe came back and reported “Things look fine. Everybody down there was cheering for Joe Warren Matt Starwich was wan dering around awful lonesome.” ere ZOUNDS! ‘TIS TRUE! “Rat” Steen reports that while he was walking home from th city to \Green Lake the other oar paseed him. ht, @ street o- Braina are only skin deep; that's |why so many people serntch their head when in the act of thinking owe If Carpentier doesn't get in and do some fighting pretty soon the people will come to believe he is a born champion . o- During the war the clown prince of Germany was the German peo pie's idol, HE 18 STILL IDLE. see Tt doesn't take a woman half as long to make up her mind as it does to make up her face eee By tying a little Jor sugar we soon would be Jeommunicate with Mars Hote on the p | Show the bow: | Mont Reautiful Man content We place in nomébnation, without hesitancy, George Olson, a member of the bar, and well known bon vivant, a fair-haired Norseman, ot one who would be fairhaired if het’ had any THORSDAY, IOV 1, 1978. | VERMINGN THE HAIR | ‘The presence of lee in the hatr is not only @ingusting, and the cause of severe itching and diseom- lfort to the infested person, but may even be the means of spreading dim such as typhos condition in not #0 difficult with in the case of boys as it @ in girls, In the former a close repping of the hair, followed by thoro scrubbing and washing of the scalp, usually suffices, Fiven in girls, it is usually not se difficult to get rid of the active lice arily. That may be accom by the free application of any antiseptic, or by simple pro- longed soaking in water. However, if the embryos in the nite are not also destroyed, the relief is only temporary | The best and surest method ts the application of common kerosene oil or crude petroleum. The hair te soaked at night with the oll, and strips of rag, dipped th the oll are pl 1 up with the hair into a chig- non, over which a bathing cap Is applied. The soaking 1s repeated, morning jand evening, on the next day. On |the following morning the head ts | washed with soap and water. If these directions are faithfully learried out, one may feel confident destruction of all the em bryos, and thus of complete cure | ‘The nits, however, still remain wiherent to the hairs in large num- bere, acting as unpleasant remind- ers of the past. Many methods have been recommended for their rem \al; probably the best is the diligent use of the old-fashioned tooth-comb dipped in warm vinegar, It may not be out of place to emphasize the importance of the fact that. pediculosia capitis (vermin in the hair), oceurs in the children of all classes, and in the most fash- lonable and expensive of schools. cane | Th of the Q—I have trouble with my ear drums. Do I need to have an opera tion? A. The ear is a very delicate mech- |anism and you should be sure to | trust yourself only to a good physi- |clan, preferably one who specializes |in diseases of the ear, Have your physician give you the name of some good ear specialist whom you can | consult, Q—Piease advise thru your cok | umm if cancer is contagious or catch ing? | A—It is not. If you will Send me | your name and address I will be glad to send you an interesting booklet en- titled “Cancer, Fagts Every Adult | Should Know.” Dering last February, German exported to the United States com | modities valued at $3,881,000, a — veneers AVING:S: ‘& ‘LOAN ‘ASSOCIATION: we : WHERE PIKE STREET CROSSES THIRD.

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