The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 6, 1920, Page 9

ARE YOU LONESOME FOR KIDDIES) IN THE HOUSE? DO YOU WANT ] O BORROW SOME MIGHTY INE SPECIMENS? BY CYNTHIA GREY egies emotions chase each other up and down my spinal as daily I break the seals of the letters sent me, for I know not what story may await me concealed within those thin walls of paper—love, hgppiness, sorrow, or sometimes yen tragedy, sprinkled amid the more commonplace calls for B general information. _ Each time I hear my telephone tingaling, I experience the ie sort of thrill. I have just answered it. The voice of a Kindly physician greeted me on the other end of the wire, ape echoed his story of sadness and bravery—the story of Roce oes little sport. The doctor, in turn, wishes me to story to you: wy pa years back they were a happy family, a sweet little other and an umbitious, adoring father, with their brood of three beautiful kiddies. ’ boarding places, and leave anything for her own keep. — the father is in @ sanitarium, a victim of tubercu- The mother goes daily to a downtown office where she eo lines of figures to earn bread for herself and} ies. She receives a pretty fair salary for her work, but | ply won't supply the demand of first-class beng She is slowly, but cheerfully, waging a losing fight with that old . monster, High-Cost-of-Living. _to put her kiddies where they will receive ‘even witen a more exacting-world sees them othérwise Yet she cannot bring hersel/ poor food and un- tary care and allowed to “just grow up”; neither can she rt with them for keeps. To a mother's fond eyes, her offspring is ever gag ty * believe me, folks, when I say frankly that these three ch . dren are not only beautiful, they are adorable and normal in _every respect. And that is as it should be—they come of ex- 3 ‘sartiage ences. parentage. The mother is of the highest type of |, having held an excellent position before her nd consequently can furnish the best of refer- The two eldest are boys, aged eight and four years, and the Baby is a girl two years old. 1 wish to get in touch with refined, nent residents of Seattle, who can and will take these kiddies for at least three ‘years and treat them as they would their own kin, The} mother would rather that all three would remain together; but if not, she would like some place where the two boys may Eprits me, stating cireumstan A Case of Gross Neglect Seat for beg of you act and then another home for the baby. She will con- i towards their support. «Lf you are possessed of a home, means, and a desire to help mother to help herself will you call me at Main 600, or and giving references? WH AT. do YOU think? Write thia Grey, care of Seattle Star. ~ Dear “Distracted Expectant Mother": Will you please send me your name and address that I may answer you private- ly? Every communication is confidential. I will be waiting. CYNTHIA GREY. discuss it very carefully. The question is this: child's duty to an a little mother to wh Dear Miss Grey: I am bringing to | family grown children with| Problem that has burdened my | families of their own, all making | oe than a year, and 1] sptendia salaries, and to put this question be-/their own homes. The mother has jan invalid daughter, and since the | death of her husband the mother has | worked hard to make both ends meet, |but it is hard work and never once ax she complained or spoken un | kindly of her children because they | tailed to help out. The mother w6nld she would ask for help, but I can seo that she is breaking down very fast. What it «a 1 mother? The show they will bring their little dnes and ask grandma to take care of m, and of course she does it. But | they don't say, “Come, mother, and | make your home with us, and you'll ‘Any child, accompanied not need to work so hard.” by a@ parent, may have eir teeth cleaned free of charge. Come in the morning be- tween 9 and 12 o'clock. The kiddies’ teeth are often overlooked until The invaltd daughter can be up a doctor bill once in awhile. Should @ mother, when she can’t |made to se6 their duty? 1 think if |this mother has made any mistake it's being too kind, and not demand. starve before | | When the children want to go to a! around and walt on herself, yet has | | work any more, be forced to go to a poor farm, or should the children be | Coa eee) | Seattle Style No. 148—The Star’s snapshots of LAS dressed women on Seattle streets ’ Brown and white checked gingham makes the dress in to-| thing?” I exclaimed, ‘fore your readers and ask them to| day’s fashion picture. Three wide tucks are used in the | THE SEATTLE STAR io Woltalt cant afford to iniss —Photo by Cress-Dale. skirt and white organdie with green and brown cae 2 agg | form the vest for the waist made in the Eton jacket style. A | color scheme harmoniously. | If the Indy pletured bere will call I refer has a| brown straw hat and brown bow-tied oxfords carry out the| at The Star's editorial rooms nome OWN | preelve two tickets fo the Orpheum vaedeville show af the Moore theatre. Menduy's fastion pletere was of Miso ” Hanson, 407 1th } ave, N. ling assistance from her children. DISTURBED. It seems imeredible that children should be so neglectful of mother, especially when she (9 atriv- ing #0 bravely to make the beat of a bad situation aa this little mother is Her childre lect her—they muat be thoughtless and careless, and certainly @ bit self- teh. surely give them a jolt. If they were made to sce their mother’s problem aa you ace it, I fect aure they would do j the right thing by her, ee | He Brought Friend; | Now She's Peeved Dear Mins Grey: What do you think of @ gentleman who will bring his roommate along with him when he has an engagement with me to call and spend the evening, and then their | mnot knowingly meg- | Some disinterested party showld | + make matters worse by letting him remain during the whole evening? When he saw I was insulted he tried to impress me as to how sorry he waa, I thought perhaps he did not care much about ma What do you think, and was he wrong in bringing his friend or not? PUZZLED. Your friend would have showed more consideration for you had he jasked permission to bring hia room mate along. On the other hand, you lshiuld give him the ldoubt, until Re has proven beyond that doubt that he is unworthy of further thought. It is able that | he asked hia friend od the impulee of the moment, not dreaming that you would fect hurt, You should word off super-sensitiveness and dis- tolerance. We all make . but 1 love Boidt's French | pastry "—Adv. it’s too late. They need care early. You brin them in first — they’ know where to come later. Make us your Family Dentists. All work guaranteed. Lady attendants. A General Clearing Sale That Includes BOB SUGGESTS THAT Owtng to my prolonged fit of | weeping, my @yes were red and the lids were awfully swollen by ) the eo my husband came home. mbination with niy starting new bob, they certainly made @ sight of me. “1 thought you'd feel just that way,” he said sternly, and that waa jall the comment Hob ever made upon the loss of my hair, I wanted | hint to way that he missed the feel lof it, but it t* often hin little pet trick to hurt me just @ iitue more~ |when I am already enduring about }as much as T can stand, That in the greatest mistake Bob makes in managing a wife. He | thinks I learn by a husband's in difference and neglect. Perhaps some women do, but hiw hardness arouses rebellion within me, or makes me “not care at all! all of our opinions set in opposite directions and we are in grave dan eer Of wrecking the ship of matt mony Fortunately, a serioms affair, not of our own création, took the bob. bing incident out of our minds for that evening. “Ann's father has come to Rob announced at the dinner table. “Ob la! la! I munnured. “Now that his daughter haa married one of the Lorimer boys, Mr, Best re. members that he still has @ legal interest in her, I supponel “Exactly! 1 guess we will bave keep paying the fellow to «tay away from her to the end of his days.” “The man can spend faster than you can write cheeks, according to Ann's mother,” I remarked. | “Ben #0, we can’t let him make | ae row,” explained Rob. “You know how the public dotes on such sean. jdals. I guess the man will have to |be put on @ regular allowance, handled by the bank trustees.” We sent for Ann's mother becaune Bob did not care to discuss the mat- ter with his father, or before any member of the fafnily. Mra. Best also had heard from her ex-husband. “Of coukse he bas come back, pri- marily, to get a share of Ann's in come,” she said very madly. “As a secondary interest, ho wants me to marry him again™ “He proposed such an tmponsthle rememberfng ‘Then | On Fr BR ODN AS SINSZO ODN BRU Or RR RN rae ON) 1 OF OR FT THE BOOK OF ANN MRS. BEST REMARRY HER EX-HUSBAND how abominably he had treated her. “You. He proponed it very calm ly. Having Ured of the women in hin procession of heart affairs, he assures me that I am the only woman he has ever loved in all bis lifer 1 felt Mike laughing, the man's Presumption and egotism were #0 astounding. 1 suppose my thought must have been reflected in my face, for Mrs. Best raised inquiring brows, “Out with it, Jane dear,” she said, “1 was recalling what I read the otter day about D’Annunzio,” I ex- plained, “Now that he is an old man with bis crowded romantic past behind him, now that love has lost {ita mvor, he insista that he is all ‘pure spirit’ “Mr, Boat would take himself just that way. On very much that same ground, he offers himself to me |egain, He actually seems to think that I ought to consider him more desirable, on account of his expert- ences, than he was when I first mar. ried him!* “Will you remarry him, Mrs. Bent™ Bob asked with business-like abruptnoss, Hits question stared me Could my husband, simply because he was & man, approve of Mr, Best’ ‘—u ments? Evidently he could actually tolerate the notion that the old rep robate was justified in considering himeelf a fit match for his distin- guished wife, “Would you, Bob, think tt best for me to do no?” she asked. “Certainly, if the sacrifice f net too tremendous,” Bob answered I could have sereamed, the man's point of view was so utterly differ. ent from the woman's. “Oh, Mra. Best!* I protested. “You can't consider taking your husband back after the insults he has heaped upea you’ (To Re Continued, 7 PREVENTING SMOKE ‘The socket in the frame for the riddle to turn in, seems @ perfect place to hold grease, By filling this socket with salt all his «unpleasantness of = amudgy grease*ls done away with. ‘The salt absorbs the grease, but Goes not intarfere with the griddle turning In the socket. A Sale Ey OP OD a ~ “AP AWNnrs7 Oy So Big ItGrows , In Magnitude | Every Day Cherry Chat of 10 Stores Cherry's Great Credit Clearance Sale now going forward with such @ flourish of impurtant offerings seems like the pro- vérbial snowball, to gather in size as it rolls along. The entire stock is right up to the minute in timeliness and stylishness — every garment a eredit to Cherry's and those so fortunate to secure them. And remember—you may buy mn Cherry's easy monthly terms, [ nts Wisse waec—vern | 207 RIALTO @64 Predertok a@ Nelson Bldg 2ND AVE. Madison & spring Why Itch and Burn With Skin D There Is 2 Way to Get Rid of the Torturous Suffering ‘Those who rely upon local treat ment such as ointments, salves, lo- tions, washes, etc, which are applied to the surface of the skin, will never be free from agonizing skin diseases, because they are going about the treatment just backward. They are treating the results of the disorder, and not the disease itself. They are attempting to boll water by applyitg the heat in the wrong place. These terrifying skin irritations, eczema, tetter, boils, pimples, ete., have their origin in @ disordered con- dition of the bleod. They come from a colony of tiny germs which get into the blood and multiply by the million, Do not expect to be cured of form of skin disease by the use lotions, salves, ointments or other cal treatment, as such remedies not possibly reach the source of trouble, which is the biood, When any of these symptoms ap- pear on any part of your be@y, you should take prompt steps to rid the blood of the germs which cause them, And the one remedy which has BO. equal as @ bi0ed cleanser is 8. 6. B which is sold by druggists every where. F Bégin taking 8. 8. 8 today, and write a compiete ‘history of your case to our Chief Medical Adviser, who will give you special instruc tions without charge. Write at to Medical Director, 613 Swift latory, Atlanta, Ga. BARTELL 6 DRUG STORES: | The acceptance of inferior drugs or drug sundries is negligence in selecting the proper s Bartell store stands for Quality, the one big factor that must be considered. Satisfaction p Pepe Campbell Carrying Cases Yours for a Good Time A KODAK - Every outing will be more FOR THERMOS AND UNIVERSAL BOTTLES A Campbell Protects Container and Contents benefit of a} | | Wh complete if a Kodak goes along with you. It isn’t nec- essary to take a big, cumber- some machine along. We have the one best suited for any particular need. Just come to any Bartell store and let us assist in your selection, We'll tell you eal what you need, Kodaks . 22.02. .20..-- ~~. 89.49 to $124. 48 Brownies wes..seeeseeeeee-esee+-+ 82-86 to $19.95 Any size of model you wish. A good negative is worthy of good finishing—the kind we do. Unusual results always if we do it. ‘ You'll be surprised and you'll come again. 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Our grandmother made up a mixture of Sage Tea and Buiphur to keep her locks dark and Deautiful, and thousands of women and men who v that even color, that beautiful dark shade of hair Which is so attractive, use only this @ld-time recipe Nowadays we get this famous mix ture improved by the addition of Other ingredients by asking at any Grug store for a bottle of “Wyeth'’s Sage and Sulphur Compound,” which @arkens the hair #0 naturally, #0 @venly, that nobody can possibly tell ft has been applied. You just dampen & sponge or soft brush with it and @raw this through your hair,’ taking one smali stfand at a time. 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STORE NO. 4 6349 Ballard Avenue STORE NO. 5 Second Avenue at Union Street Your cholee may be easily made from Clocks in our large assortment. All sizes from small the regular large size get-u-up, None but the best such as “Westclox” kind and other reputable makes. Small or large numerals, plain .or ra- dium face, 1 or 8-day alarm. In fact we have the very one you want. Alarm Clocks priced at $1.75 and up. mantel design to 6—BARTELL DRUG STORES LOCATED AT—6 STORE NO. 2 610 Second Ave. Near Alaska Bldg. STORE NO. 6 Westlake Avenue at Pine Street