The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 8, 1921, Page 24

4 Display Is Held at Auto Show With No Interruption | 3 by Club or Church | Lieut. Gov. William HH. Coyte and/ Mher high officials of the Auto Show | Poked with apprehension and alarm | fast night for the expected visit of a| fommittee of prominent club women And ministers of the gospel who had Mised their voices in Against the ‘“abominabie” thow. They looked tn vain. The committee did not put in an Appearance. The “abomination,” however, attracted a considerable Grewd of other interested personas, Including several hundred young, middie aged and elderty men, who packed the gullery and lined up in golid mass formation on the main Moor several fathoms deep to view contesting ankles. COMMENTS OF WOMEN CONFUSE OFFICIALS There were possibly a doren wom @n in the press of spectators who kept up a running fire of comment, to the great confusion and embar. | Faasment of the judges, who, bare-| loud protest ankle Headed, occupied the front row standing. * “Sit down!’ wailed a short, fat Gentleman in the rear. “They oughta Pick shorter men for judges.” “They're too young, anyway, “agreed a lady onlooker. “What do they know about art? Oh, my dear, | fook at that ankle! Oh, gracious me! too fat, by far! And the judges| @re giving her a grade of 85 per| cent.” | ‘The crowd gathered closer into the | @orner of the big pavilion where the Contest was beipg staged. One by one j Re clad young @@trants appeared before the multi-| Pie and posed for one minute each | @i_a staze before which a curtain Was hung tn such a manner that the contestant was visible only from the | foot up to a short distance above the knee. “PRETTY HOSE, BUT | SUCH LARGE FEET’ | “Some of them have awfully pretty Bose,” said a woman, “but such large Meet. Did you ever see anything like it?” Her escort deigned not to answer. | _ “Why, I've got as good looking | ankles that that myself,” whispered @ young person, looking up into the/| eyes of a large man beside her. | “I'll say you have, dearte,” he Agreed, without taking his eyes from the stage. “Oh!” she exclaimed, peevishly. | “Let's get out of this crowd. It's) too stuffy here.” ' “We can't get out.” he rejoined boooy” the crowd Bniszoned, breathicssly, as a particu- Marly weil shaped and vulgar pair of ‘ankies came numbly into view, turned twice around, displaying dix Bracefully plump and disgustingly Altogether there were 15 entries Tt was a close, contest. Miss Meve Smith, of Lee hotel, won by two! Daisy Burgess. is listed for entry in the final to be judged at the end of Searing, Lieut. Gov. Coyle, W. ‘W. Connor and George Allen. night's judges were R. H. A. Rook, G. M. Price, Max ind Charies “Gin” Rickey. Show officials declared last night that the only voice of denunciation J. a of the Seattle Federation of the Wom ‘en's Christian Temperance union, wwho called them on the phone to express hope that “the contemptible previousty Phoned The Star that, as the rep- Fesentative of 800 women, she would visit the show last night What she intended to do further to stop the contest she did not say. " Mrs. Jackson Silbaugh, another ef the many club women who joined | im the protest raised yesterday by| Mrs. H. B. Sinton, had not yet| arisen this morning when phoned | by The Star to learn why the ex-| pected committee did not appear at the show last night. “I don’t know anything about it,” Mr. Silbaugh confessed. “Weren't > apy of them there?” Places Blame for Hymns on Divinity BUFFALA, April 8—Divine guid anct is claimed by Mrs. P. G. H.| Bathrick of Niagara Falls in com-| "econ the words and music for thir. A hymns she has written. Tho| & she has been confined to her bed| e, with paralysis for 17 years, she in| able to try out the tunes on an auto- ZY, 7 ae, “| denly stopped her, |Rival Organizations in Da-; Animals Ar | | BOZEMAN, Mont, April 8—Snuft| CHICAGO, April $.—We'l believe to make any self-respecting bovine | anything now! Otto Ruchwits, at join the ranks of the bullshevik!.| tendant at the aquarium of the Illi Vor book farmers here at the agri | nols state game and fish department, cultural college have contrived a/ has just given all the fish ¢ plan to make a bull work the tread-/ annual bath, Took ‘em out, soaped mill that supplies power to work the | ‘em, serubbed ‘em, ‘n’ everything new-fangled milking machine. | °Germ dispenser,” he says. Short Skirt Leads to J * * * * * * * Girl Swats Critic on * Nose | | | A pretty maid, wearing— “Your skirts are too short,” the! A skirt 16 Inches from the! policewoman told her. ground— oman A policewoman getting an eyetuin| ,/ ite OM Ganges the poticew squarely on. the nose, A remark, a slap and JAIL! The policewoman arrested her and She was earns | | } | | Such was the chapters in the sad,|took her to jail sad story of Miss Perl Gill, late of with assault and battery. | Salt Lake City. It happened in Los) “I noticed that they were wearing Angeles, Cal. Miss Gill had taken|short skirts in Los Angeles and @ position as instructor at a public|never dreamed that mine would dancing establishment. cauxe any comment.” she remarked. | While dancing, a policewoman wud. Her skirts were exactly 16 Inches from the floor it was discovered. — | kota politics. | The league program, it is expected, | Will be modified so what is left will | consist of operating the @ank of | North Dakota as a ruraf! credits insti tution and continuing experiments jwith the state flour mill @t Drake and the state-owned elevator at and Forks. Townley has been shorn of much of his power in both North Dakota | and Minnesota. | BISMARCK, N. D., March 8——The| "1, stinnesota the tendency is for | two combatting forces in North Da |i. working People's Nonpartisan | kota politics — the Nonpartisan | Political league, the political wing of league and the Independent Voters’|the Minnesota State Federation of association—have undertaken oppos | Labor, to take over the political lead lership of farmers and organized ing educational campaigns. workérs heretofore held by Townley The drive of the [VA's will con tinue until the 1929 elections. The labor league joined with the Nonpartisan league tn the primary A. $2,000,000 fund is being raised ~ Ripa Se by the NP’s for a similar purpose. and general election campaigns last year. Both times the two league ‘The legislative seasion here ad-| od. TE den, Journed last week with fist fights.|— material weakening in Minnesota IVA’S AND NP’S IN NEW DRIVES kota to Educate ’Em_ | were defeated. The result has been |Phruout the 60-day session the two| of the Nonpartisan league parties snapped, snarled and bit | On the athbe fiaed, labor sien have! Nothing was done! The IVA'S! become more strongly convinced that controlled the house. The NP’s had| they must have a compact, fighting the senate, with the governor and his | political organization { veto power. | Both houses investigated the Bank | of North Dakota, a Nonpartisan league creation. ‘The house found tt indulging in all sorts of bad banking Practices, The senate found it con For this reason their league has | grown stronger. Tincture of Ginger | Gucted along excellent ines Fights for Its Life Leading IVA forces in the educa Tincture of Jamaica ginger is J. W. Brinton and | about to make a fight for life. BE. A.| nton formerly was Roberts, Seattle druggist, who claims Townley, Nonpar jers along the o Nobody has been able to get near ft, | occasions recently she laid two in a Kenzie, for years boas of North Da- | NEW YORK, April & due to too ma That was when a 12 foot sea lion was discovered basking on some rocks off shore, But villag ast neo it daily now ny raising in the—re freshmenta, altho many have tried ail ROBBER'S BRAIN | CALLED ‘CURED’ Sentence Suspended; but | He Steals Again PITTSBURG, April 8. — Martin | Hendel, convicted of robbery some | | | Staten in| land folks thought firwt tt might be | Biddie, THE SEATTLE STAR DOYLESTOWN, Pa, April yen owned by Mra, oh, near here, has heard so muc ni about “oowleas milk” and other new fangled food inventions that e#he starting out to prove that, after « you can't beat the origin days whe laid 90 emgn. day SO GERTIE MAY KNOW DETROIT, Apri! &—On an ad hesive plaster, product of her la bor in a New Jersey factory, Gertrude MoGillicuddy wrote her name and address, Edward Ral ney of Detroit bought the plaster for hin sore side the other day He «pied the name. So did his wife. What's the use? tence pending results of the opera tion. In 118 And on two | ——___O__ OEE All Upset! Why? Just Read the News We Get | April & | KANBAS CITY, Mo, COLUMBIA, 8. April §.—Rail k | Poor pay in the United Btates postal) roaa freight rate of $550 to whip a h| service doesn't bother Pete, He * HM, ry morning 7 nies Ey the sacks, the ton « VITAM ‘Now Come: 108 ANG loffers us the gre! is at Postal Station C, waiting 1 Easton, knows who owns him. "LATEST THING } in Powerful Drops camel from Madison, N. C, to @ elr. cus in Marianha, Fla, sounded high D. Cutting, circus man. Bo he 1 to Ko "8, O, D.” The ship of om his route, guarding | th wert is now carrying him over n disuppears, Nobody | land, and Cutting says he's enjoying | the 649-mile ride immensely. 'She’s a Century Old But Gives Gay Party PORTSMOUTH, Eng. April Grannie Gliding, inmate of the work house for 17 years, celebrated her |100th birthday with a party. A ward companion, 88, danced and sang “I Am Sweet Seventeen.” doesn't receive pay, anyhow, But ev. yromptly at 9 the mon to G td He ace a INE JAG $s Food and Drink and vegetables. Thus man can eat four or five Jounces of vitamines and do @ day's |hard work. The Mrs. can buy. the groceries and carry them in a pock 8, April §—Sclence vitamic” jag. And it time ago, was saved from going to ‘The operation waa performed and | doesn't conflict with the Voltead | othook. Workmen can carry their primon by several surgeons who tes | Hendel was released from the hos: | law. |lunch to work in thelr vest pockets. tiffed that by operating on the man’s| pital as cured. Several weeks ago| Dr. Harry Barringer Cox, physicist| He has vitamines in liquid and head they could cure his alleged| he was arrested charged with steal-/and inventor, «ponsors the new Jag.|cellular form. They taste like wine, mania for stealing. ‘They said that|ing an overcoat. The jury returned | Me's 67, a native of Zanesville, O.,|he says, Hendel's trouble was caused by a|a verdict of guilty and Judge Hay-|and liver in Los Angeles. And thru vitaznines, the stomach section of the skull pressing against |maker sentenced him to the peniten the brain. The court suspended ren tary Dr. Cox vitamnines, t ya he has segregated | Dr. Cox easence of life in fruit can distill ite own alcohol, saya, Satisfaction market conditions from week to week, so that today Fahey-Brockman’s UPSTAIRS Prices Can Save You One-Third Over Last Fall SPRING SUITS «° OVERCOATS | ~ $20 $40 with our usual UPSTAIRS saving of $10 as well tisan league president. Waters was one of Townley’s lieutenants. ¢ the preparation has been on sale for | 50 years, obtained in superior court an order against Pollee Both lost their places in the good | Thursday graces of the league and hooked up| Chief Searing to show cause April 16 | with the opposition. |why he should not be enjoined from | The [VA's have called a state con-| disturbing the sales, He claims city vention for March t Devil's Lake, Ordinances attacking his ginger vio- Reports are that league leaders |late the state and federal constitu have joined forces with Alex Me-|tion, In addition to the injunction _ - —\he wants $450 from the city to com pensate for lost earnings, the police having stopped the sales three months ago. C7 Ao Jap Waanen Hanker | to Select Hubbies | TOKYO, April 8.—The rapid atrides | | which Japan is making toward adopt ing Western elvilization find expr |sion in an agitation to let women have more to say about the selection | of husbands. Today such matters | are left in the hands of parents, who | | select husbands for thelr daughters. | Airplane Thief Is | Showing His Work KANSAS CITY, April 8.—The air plane thief has appeared here. B. M. Tuxhorn parked his plane in an jempty lot, No trace has been found of it, fAHEY- This is very important, men. Fahey-Brockman’s unalterable UPSTAIRS policy eliminates all need Give the Public 100 Per Cent Value All the Time— Not Just Some of the Time FAHEY-BROCKMAN BUILDING (Entire Two Top Floors) Third and Pike Up-stairs Clothiers Note particularly that you can get a brand new this season’s style spring suit or overcoat at Fahey-Brockman’s right now. You don’t have to wait until the season is over. of out-of-season “sales” which regular customers. Our idea is a prompt of | The Fahey-Brockman . 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