The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 16, 1920, Page 8

opfum flats. @ bad third. Most of tho stuff is THAN EVER IN N. YORK Agents Make Business of! Working Up Trade Among School Children BY HERBERT COREY NEW YORK, Dec. 16.—More dope & being used and sold in New York ity than at any other time in its his | tery. That is inside stuff, which may @F may not be supported by official Statistics. Tho people who pedidle it @re authority for the statement. “We are getting the best prices we @ver got and aro selling all wo can et,” they say. « IN IS FAVORITE, INE SECOND Heroin is the favorite drug now- @a@ays, cocaine second, and morphine @old on the lower East Side. The ope-seliers have agents who make a Business of “working up trade” Among school children. ‘The poor Kids have no idea they are tm Periling their lives and sanity @fe avid for a sensation. Pretty seon They become agents themselves. The | trade is a progressive one. Righer-up do not take the Themselves, their agents say “They are wise guys. They're in the business for what there is in it ‘We poor dopes stick to it because we can't quit.” Topfioor Mats are preferred by the smokers, because the unmis | bie odor of the burning “hop” tn! BN advertisement of the whereabouts | (St the joint. The most successful | however, are in loft| Dulldings, which are, of course, un @ecupied at night, save by a corrupt @4 watchman. Entrance is obtained Thru a back door which communi stuft | gates with a saloon or restaurant. ‘Otherwise the policemen on the beat | Might become unduly suspicious. HARD TO GET INTO THE CHINESE PLACES “The Chinks smoke it themselves,” maid the dope-peddier, “but not many White folks go to Chinatown now.) @days. The Chinese come in from} ‘Upstate and over in Jersey on Satur. | @ay night and smoke themselves | ‘Black before returning to their work 79m Monday morning. But it is hard | ‘for a hopfiend to get in a China| They | |? The men| = Bumps Show | Girl Way to a Fortune! FLORA SHEFFIELD “Bosh!” Said Flora, But Now She Believes in Bumps NEW YORK. “Dee. 16.—Piora Sheffield ia oneof the best little be- evers in bumps in these parta. And, why not? She started out as a winsome Mt.) town piace unless he is well known “to the Mongolians. Anyhow, China-| fown has changed. It’s about as! ‘lively as a wake in a deaf and dumb asylum nowadays | " The supposition at the dope Habit is growing because whisky has Mm taken away rests on inference | My. As a matter of fact whisky hax been taken away from New York. of the stuff sold nowadays & bronze statue, it is} as easily purchasable as postage ! Dopes are increasing be- ‘cause until The Seattle Star started ‘the present nation-wide crusade, no : effort has ever been made | put an end to the traffic, and be-| the rule is that once a dope al- | Ways a dope. The business would Reem to offer quite as ripe a field) for the activities of reformers ax is | American Sunday | MEMPHIS WILL : DON ITS “DOPE LINE” MEMPHIS, Tenn, Dec. 15.—The “dope line” established by the city Memphis wil} end January 1 ‘There is terror among Memphis slaves, For three years the Memphis Bealth and police departments have confirmed drug users pure drugs 5 cents a grain, against 75 cents a “Brain charged by underground “dope ers” for drugs adulterated with ik, talcum or aconite, The city sold each addict only} @hough morphine, heroin or eocaine allay the exquisite torture of drug hunger. Too many fiends bought both from the city and the peddlers. ‘Hence, the systetm designed to keep ‘them under treatment for their habit | failed, Health Superintendent J. J. Dur. Fett has instructed Dr. J. R. Drake, thief of the “dope line,” to cut down Bs | drug allowances from now unti! Jan Wary 1, and after that time to dis-| pense none Three hundred men and women Who stand each morning in line at the drug dispensary are in panic. | ‘They are piteously begging Memphis | to continue to give them drugs. ‘There are white men and negroes and white women in the line. There | are more women than when, and| most of the women are white. Beside | beggars in rags are well-gowned women, And all of them are trembling now that the city's supply of “joy pow-| der” is to be cut off. They beg and ery and curse and rail alternate! Dispensary attendants ar fing their drug supplies, becaus flaves of “dope” cannot pu they will steal, ase “We have failed,” eaid Dr. Drake, Subjects of legislation, inctuding a because the drug addicts lacked wili| State “whites lave” law, strengthen. | power, As soon au we cut their dosey|ing the state dry" law, the here, striving to tree them from their | state law, strengthen bondage to drugs, they flock to the | cons discussed V | peddlers.” Mexican General Claimed by Death| MEXICO CITY, Dee. 16,—Gen.| Benjamin Hill, secretary of war un der President Obregon, died here yes terday. Gen. Hill was prominently | connected with the Obregon revolt, | and during the provisional presiden cy of De La Huerta, commanded the Mexico City garrison, He was 44 years old. His iliness was brict. Negro Repudiates Theft Confession CHICAGO, Dec. 16.—Edward Val- entine, negro, who told police he par- ticipated in a $3,500,000 mall robbery at Council Bluffs, Ia, several weeks Ago, repudiated the “confession” yeu terday, explaining he made the con fession “to get some weep.” | _ court Wednesday, when they plead. | In China, 20,000,000 persons are | « being fed on a famine ration by re Net societ Nearly 10 per cent of the deaths | im the United States in 1919 were. from tuberculosia corrode . but it earries the punch, and it | f State “White Slave” Law county-city building. Fined $400 Each for Canada 7 Weve he “lets up on liquor sellers,” tle English girl, When in her earty | teens she had her head felt for/ bumps—just as a prank | “You'll win your fortune across} the sea,” said the phrenologist. | “Your bumps sy £0. Your father will not live to see you famous.” “Bosh,” sald Vlora. And she went back to boarding school, Soon after her futher died, and her mother and brother decided to move! to America and leave Fiora behind | in England, This was the first/ burp! Later on, however, Flom followed across the sea and joined her brother | in @ stock company, She turned out} an apparent failure—it looked like | another bump-——so joined another com parry, Gradually she was bumped tnto/ leading parts and her acting in f “Three Live Ghosts.” now playing on Broadway, bumped her into “elec. | trie ght" stardom, which will come next year when she is to appear in a play by Zelda Sears. “Bure, L believe in bumps,” says Flora. GROCERS’ DANCE. PLANS SHAPING Charity Ball Friday Night to. Be Big Affair More than 700 retail food dealers are working for the benefit and masquerade ball at the Crystal Pool Friday night, under the auspices of the Seattle Retail Grocers’ associa | tion and the Northwest products com. mittee of the Chamber of Commerce. The general public is invited and Mother Ryther’s home will benefit by | the ball which will combine dancing with uniue display features. Special prizes will be given for the best in dividual and group costumes and the} prize ewarded. Mani © city are to show splays and there will | be * nounce the commit LEGISLATION IS DISCUSSED Proposed at Hearing the joint meeting of | ors and representa- King county, in the tives from Practically the entire delegation of 1 legislators was present, beaides | 1 visiting senators and repre-| Seattle Invited to Corfu Rabbit Drive) Attaching a guarantee of 1,000 rab- | bits for each person participating, a| eltizens’ committee of Corfu, Grant county, i# inviting the public to bring guns and participate in the war on| rabbits in that community December 31 and January 1, Smuggling In Booze! Jacob Smith and Nicholas Mor sin were fined $400 each in 4 guilty to smuggling in liquor from | NEW YORK—Anonymous note hreatens life of Leroy W. Ross, Inited States district attorney, un- Gift Sweaters at $5.95 = . INY girls will be delighted with one of these Wash Cloth Dolls —of white Terry cloth, painted —called Raggedy Ann—also Billy Bumps, of silk in different colors—neatly em- broidered—at 75¢ to $1.95. SECOND FLOOR—THE BON MARCHE Whoopee ! Giddap! Rocking Horses Redaced When you were very young, remember how you longed for a rock- ing horse? Isn't there some very young person of your acquaintance who is longing for such a pres- ent this year? $5.00 Rocking Horses reduced to.....83.75 $6.00 Rocking Horses reduced to... ..$4.50 $7.50 Rocking Horses reduced to.....$5.63 $9.00 Rocking Horses reduced to.....$6.75 $12.50 Rocking Horses reduced to... ..$9.38 $17.50 Rocking Horses reduced to. ..$13.13 $20.00 Rocking Horses reduced to...$15.00 $22.50 Rocking Horses reduced to...$16.88 $30.00 Rocking Horses reduced to. ..$22.50 TOYLAND— BASEMENT UNION STREET SIDE “Weller” Art Pottery Gifts of Distinction ROM the “Weller” potteries of Zanesville, Ohio, we just received a large shipment of “Forestcraft,” “Woodcraft” and “Flemish” Art Pottery. Beautiful for gifts. Here you will find: Jardinieres at $1.75 to $12.50 Handled Baskets at $1.75 to’$5.00 Vases at $1.75 to $15.00 Apiece Jardinieres and Pedestals $11.50 to $35 Fern Dishes at $2.00 to $5.00 Each BOURTH FLOOR—THE BON MARCHE Slip-over and Tuxedo styles in many novelty weaves and a variety of attractive colorings. “Glad” Gifts for Your Girls Colored Silk Umbrellas $5.50 Every little girl is “just wild” for a Silk Umbrella—and we've some lovely ones for $5.50—in red, blue, brown, green—with fancy handles. LACK Cotton Taffeta Umbrellas—rain proof, with Paragon frame. Just what the little girls need to carry over them to school—$2.00 to $3.00, UPPER MAIN FLOOR—THE PON MARCHE preranldididinentoranee tee ae saat STORE HOURS—10 A. M. TO 6 P. M.—TILL CHRISTMAS TheBonMarché YOUR CHRISTMAS STOKE Your Boy for Christmas buying. at $2.65—zsizes 26 to 36. IRLS’ Bath Robes of Beacon cloth —satin trimmed—with cord at waist and neck—conventional designs —all color combinations—$4.95, BROOND FLOOK—THE,DON MARCH® IRLS’ Cape Gloves—brown, gray and tan—pique sewn—$2.25 to $2.50. UPPER MAIN FLOOR—THE BON MARCHE $1.95 en’s Fast Color Shirts Just What He Wants for Christmas OYS’ Blouses in light and dark pat- terns—won’t Johnny be “tickled” to find one of these in his Christmas stocking? Well tailored of good madras, percale, gingham, chambray, sateen and satin stripes—$1.50 to $2.50. Made of fine percales and the new Tuxedo crepe. ~ In a splendid assortment of staple and fancy patterns. All made with soft cuffs. Sizes 14 to 17 1-2. A Timely Saving for Thrifty Shoppers MEN'S SHOP-—LOWER MAIN FLOOR your selection. other well-framed pictures. for photographs. THE BON MARCHE RGAIN BASEMENT Ba Be a Saving Santa Claus!! Suitable Gifts for Boys’ Jersey Sweaters $2.65 A special and timely buy enables us to offer these excellent sweaters In time > \. AVE you discovered all the interesting shops on this Holiday Lane? one is a small specialty shop where attractive merchandise is displayed for Good Jersey Sweaters in school colors and other color combinations—extra value OYS' Leather Belts—in black or tan, sizes 24 to 32—made with tongue buckle or fancy initial buckle—priced at 75¢ to $2.00. OYS’ Flannel Blouses, excellent for the cold weather—in navy, gray and khaki colors—cut full and have one breast pocket. Sizes 6 to 16, at $2.50 to $4.00. LANNEL Shirts, sizes 12% to 14 years, at $3.50, $4.00, $5.00, UPPER MAIN FLOOR—THE BON MARCHE Christmas Service At The Bon Marche Quick service is the aim of the Parcel Post and Express Office on the Fourth Floor. First of all, you may have your gifts wrapped for giving or for maik ing, and then a step or two away the pack- stamped and mailed to States. Helps, Too Chambray Gingham 19¢ Yard Make the children wash dresses for Christ- mas—here’s the Cham- bray Gingham to make them of—27 inches wide, lengths to 10 and gray. FABRIC FLOOR—(THIRD) Each —There is the Art Shop, where you will find a collection of Maxfield Parrish and —Here, too, is gift furniture—cedar chests, tapestry runners and picture frames —Just down a few stairs is a shop where you can buy all the fancy wrappings for your gifts—string, paper, labels, cards and boxes. SECOND FLOOR~-T HE BON MARCHE Smart Spats at $1.69 Women’s 10-button Spats in choc- olate, slate, taupe and fawn, with fish-eye buttons, come in all sizes from 3 to 6, Buy Your Christmas Gifts in The Bargain Basement Silk Waists at $2.95 Georgette and Crepe de Chine Waists in suit shades and light colors, are unus- ually fine values at this price. And they will make most acceptable gifts. Christmas Savings Men’s Angora Wool Coat Sweaters in green and brown mixtures. Splendid bargains and dandy $8 00 a Christmas gifts at......... Men’s Fiber Silk Socks, in black and colors. Sizes from 91% to 55 : Cc to 11%. The pair........0.6 Men’s Heavy Cotton Union Suits in ecru, are slightly fleeced. $1 65 . ° Sizes 36 to 44. The suit... Men’s Cashmere Socks in 4 brown, sizes 10 to 1114. The pair 9c Women’s fine quality Lawn Handker- chiefs, hemstitched, have nicely, embroid- ered floral designs in one corner. Four different patterns in a ... $1.00 box, at AN excellent assortment of practical gift suggestions is ready for you in the Bargain Basement—all bought at special prices and sold at savings made possible by the elimination of Free Deliveries, Charge Accounts and C. O. D.’s, Free Alterations and Expensive Fixtures. The prices tell the whole story! Five Migs Styles in Smart Winter Coats at $22.50 Many are full silk lined and quite a number have Sealette collars. Others have big, wrappy shawl collars of self material braided in allover patterns or heavily stitched with silk floss, The materials are mostly velours witha sprinkling of polo cloths and broad- cloths. Colors are browns in a number of rich shades—Pekin, heather and navy. While nearly all are full silk lined, some are full mercerized or half silk lined. All sizes from 16 to 44—but not in each size or color. Silk Gowns at $3.95 to $5.95 Crepe de Chine and Wash Satin Gowns in flesh color, are trimmed with lace, embroidery, fine tucks and gaily colored floral embroidery. There are many styles, some with tailored tops. Coverall Aprons $2.89 Choose these for gifts that are good looking and practical as well. They’re of unbleached muslin, brightly embroidered on pockets, sleeves, waist and belt, Christmas Savings Men’s Wool-and-cotton-mixed Sweaters in cardinal and heather, $2 95 e Sizes 36 to 44............ Women’s Lawn Handkerchiefs em- broidered with floral designs in colors— come four different styles 65 c in-box, Oto... esiocbesspuee Fleece-lined Union Boys’ and Girls Suits in gray or white, and in sizes 4 to 16 years. The suit $ ] e ] 5 Seconds of the well-known “Black Cat” Silk Hosiery for women have mock seams in the back and come in black, white and cordovan. The pair. . 59c Women’s full-fashioned pure thread Silk Hose in black only, is shown in sizes 814 to 10, The $1.39 DOLE pkenepdeiieenseeboudin ages may be weighed, © all parts of the United” Personal Service’ yards. Pink, blue, tan