The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 18, 1921, Page 4

MOTHER HOG WAS CHAMP, BUT HER TABLE WAS SMALL CANADIANS |] -TACOMA, July —18.-—~Pleree ] | coulity boasts the champion || I] mother pig. és Eighteen suckling youngsters was the sum total of the litter produced by the three-year-old Berkshire hog last woek “The table Was only set for 12 youngsters, so we had to elimi nate six,” said Deputy County Auditor James Morris. Mother Pig and her sons and daughters are doing well at their home at the Mountain View sant torium, WAYFARER Coming in Large Numbers, Seattle Caravan Says After Trip North Canadian night at “The Wayfar " er,” Friday, July 29, promises to be} one of the biggest he whole} of tl Pageant week, according to mem of the “Wayfarer Caravan, which returned Sunday from the Rorthern city. Mayor W. R. Owen, of Vancouver, Monday officially announced to the of his city the fact that the t will be produced here and | Greed upon them its importance as & tourist asset for the eutire Pacific Rorthwest. | He requested as many residents of DRY LAW DRIVE 50,000 Officials Help Pro- hibition Commissioner BY RALPH F, COUCH WASHINGTON, July 18 — The greatest drive against liquor since the United States went on a dry | British Columbia as possible bel basis is in full swing today. An “Present on Canadian night. Jarmy of approximately 50,000 law | Wagar 1. Webster, general man-jenforcement officials is co-operating with Federal Prohibition Commis sioner Haynes in administering the Volstead law. With a score of government agen cles and departments assisting In ¢n- forcement of the dry laws and con gress considering amendments to Gladys Kerri Walla} make the Volstead law more nearly in Senneta cancion’ trees a field) 100 per cent tight, the next elx 44 contestants to take the part of| months will be the most arid the Columbia gn Walla Walla | country has yet experienced if Com tht, Tuesday, July 26, which is a) reget Haynes puts into effect all {| Dis plans. Cate FA Worthington ot| Liquor, halted at the borders of city will play Miss Columbia, |the United States, now is piling up Whe reserved seat rale for the |!" stations of the United States cus opened this morning in the| toms service. Rum runner stock is building. Fitth ave. and Uni-| ens seized faster than the govern st, and the box office wil| ment can legally dispowe of it Ma arn ety pm. unt after the rareant | Two Sailors Held for Stealing Watch » Unreserved seats will be sold Two sallors, H. P. Morris and P. 6 p.m. at the stadium entrance the evenings of the performances. ‘Dress rehearsals of all the cast,/o. Nutt, were arrested in Leech! and musicians in every scene| park Sunday night, accused of stea)- ‘of “The Wayfarer,” has extend & special invitation to the premier British Columbia to be present as honor guest of the pageant on nm night. Reports indicate a large delegation M come from Victoria. 1@i ow teal ea a UL. ‘will be heid in the stadium| ing a watch and $10 from W. F. scene only will rehearse this|been given ths watch and money by d a line a block long before the —_ Ladder Falls; Man Which to sit while they held their Two policemen kept order while | Was seriously injured when he fell ticket sold to the opening per-| Dahlgren, who lives at 4034 Bag. - and fell over backwards. He is in (TTICEN pee « Ph sweets accorded west-bound shippers OVLAUAUUNAVNETHRAGELAAOESAAUAEUOSAL TALENT and Thursday evenings at/ McCue, 1156 Stuart building. The McCue. They are being held for in- office opened, at § a. m, Monday. after having arrived early, in Seriously Injured throng accumulated 15 feet from a ladder at }400 Lane , Saturday night, went to ley ave. was repairing the building city hospital suffering with concus EN WASHINGTON CANDY manufac hanma by tho transcontinental freight bu t Hardware G p. ™. Those taking part in tHe) sailors told detectives that they had Persons waiting to buy tickets! vestigation. had drought chal 4 stools hope of getting tickets quickly. Fred Dahigren, 65, millwright When the box office opened, mai, at $:15 a. m. Monday, Flynn, 93d ave. and Corliss st.| when the ladder became unbalanced sion of the brain and internal in- turers protest rate reduction on Druggists pang SIXTH AVENUE and PIKE STREET DEMONSTRATION OF THE SIMPLEX IRONER Monday—Tuesday—Wednesday = The washboard no longer appeals to you as a prac- tical appliance after having used an Electric Wash- = er. It is likely, though, you have only solved half == your problems, =. The hand or flat iron is in the same class with the washboard—entirely out-of-date in an efficiently managed household. It is a time and labor waster, when compared with thg medern Simplex way of rapid and easy ironing on a Spiex]roner The SIMPLEX operates four times as fast as the most expert hand operator, and turns out far better work at less expense. The cost for an average fam- ily ironing never exceeds 4c. Come in. See for yourself what the wonderful SIMPLEX IRONER can do for you. = iia HUVUNUUEUETUOGUPGHGRTEUAGUEGUUEUUGAEAERAGUAGUESTUOUERAGEUGUUAEUACUAGEAGEOUUAUUAEUTAAUAR AEA To Most of the. Seattle Policemen A food deal of public oritlel Dear Cops from THE SEATTLE STAR Chief Seattle MISSIVES FROM A FRIENDLY OLD SPIRIT) his been directed In the last week or more at your department because of the brutality and cal lousness of a FEW of your aumbers. ing just how many or how fe’ practices, but I venture the opinion that tt is not many. Yor I believe that tndividuall: humane men. The brutes are public in mind. in criticising the brutes, keeps the The public has sno way of judg w have been concerted tn the odious ly most of you are good-natured, clean, the exception, And I think that the distinetion pretty clearly one SEATTLE. To Motorists and Picnickers Dear Frienda: Farmers have complained to me that some city peo ple have amall respect for property rights in the country—that they enter orchards, fields and garde themselves freely to fruit and fn patches without permiasion and help vegetables, If some one entered your city back yard and took vegetables growing there you would not mince words. You wouldn't cal) 1 it a lark, You would call it stealing. It Is no lens a theft and no less reprehensible when a field or orchard is pilfered. And farm women have complained to me that motortsts too often mar the beauty of country lanes and roadwides by leaving a trail of paper, botties and tin cans where they have picknicked. CHIEF SEATTLE To the Grand Opera House Poor Old Skeleton: Don't you wish your owners, whoever they are, would tear you down? You have stood thera, a blackened, menacing shell, for—tet’s ree, how many years? All about you are fine, modern buildings. You must feel ashamed as you remember the contact with the old days when you were the pride of the city And when world renowned stars trod your boards. It must hi ave been mortifying when other and greater theatres supplanted you and they converted you Into a cheap variety theatre, * © * And the a merciful end of it, they have ruin, Too bad, old pal! n you burned, And instead of making left you Uru the years--a gaunt, black CHIEF SEATTLE. To the Weather Man Dear George: Thank you f tip about shutting off the rain, This i# my idea of perfect weather nates of the East and South, lor your prompt action tn taking my . a couple of weeks ago, I weep for the poor unfortu- gasping in the stifling heat, If they only knew about our soft, balmy salt summer breezes and our cool, refreshing nights! « Groat weather, this, Mr. Salisbury! CHIEF SEATTLE. P. S—If it should rain before this letter appears, I take back al the nice things I sald about you in the above. —C. 8 To Everyone Who Some Day Hopes to Become Wealthy ; There is a great thrift lesson {n that local story that “broke” the other day about the humble restaurant man who was by way of sud- dently inheriting $6,000,000, Abcording to the newspaper accounts this $6,000,000 was practically a selfmade fortune Man ave it a bit of a shove at the start, but thereafter it bowled merrily along on its own account, and nobody was or scheme to pile tt up. called upon to worry or fret or sweat Ninety-cight years ago somebody invested $14,000 In a New York bank. Then they forgot about it, or died, or something, and the nest egg was left an orphan in a big city, Quietly it set about growing lke @ mushroom, and now, 98 piece of change, increased mor years later, we find it a venerable old @ than 4,000 per cent! Ninety-cight years ts a long time to wait for a fortune, But a young man just mare of his days, and make him thi That, “blowing” It. half a chance. Young man, next time you something foolish, think of the To the Street Car Honored -Sirs: A citizen w His savings will good at his first at 45 or 60 that will enable him to bh > today can have a fortune good, cary time the rent fe's pretty well worth living. nk that . Providing he has the will to me his surplus, instead of earn him his fortune, if he gives them feet tempted to spend your money on missionary work that $14,000 did! - CHIEF SERATTLE Management ho rides frequently the elevated Tne to the west end of the city tells me that he has counted 18 good-ntzed ghts along the rightof-way which bave been burning night and day for a month or mors, He sus has not noticed. What's the idea? globes cost moncy? pects there are many others which he Don't you figure that julce and CHIEF SEATTLE, —— To the Boss Dear Boss: Perhaps you havent noticed ft, but vacation time fs getting kinda ripe on the bough. The old bay is simmering these days, and my Uttle cance is around Foul Weather Bluff and down Hood Canal. wife puts her No. 3%s down on thia, the little Elizabeth is w the barn. All she needs is a peck of eats and a drink of wat fairly aching to poke tts sleek nose Of course, if the ts in and it's “Clear the Track” for the road sround the Obymple peninsula and a trip down to see the old vacation, Boss? folks below Tacoma. How about that CHIEF SEATTLE. To All Tobacco Store Clerks in the City Dear Necessaries: All but one of you have missed me a lot re cently. I dont get around as often as I used to, The truth is, I ran” in on a strange young chap the other day, and I bought a bit of tobaceo. That fellow smiled questions about various brands 0 graciously and answered my fool in his show case so pleamntly that I just can't stay away from him I search my mind now to think of new smoking needs instead of trying to chalk off the things I can do without. And I always go to this clerk. If he ever scowls I'll hunt up some of the rest of you. But I Yours for more smiles, fear this man's got me dead tp rights. CHIEF SEATTLE ————— To Two Seattleites Dear Friends on the Party Line: I've been Matening te you—both of you. Once in a while you're inclined to be catty. ‘When the other fellow’s on And once in a while you sigh. the wire, you bang up the receiver. And the other fellow, hears you, and says to himself, or perhaps to his friend, for your special benefit, “Let him slam around awhile; it'll do him good. All that racket won't make ME get off the line.” Then he’s catty, too. Let's get together on this—you and the other fellow and myself.’ If he's on the line we won't step in and holler. Mne i don’t hog the receiver And if we're on the for more than a reasonable amount of time he WON'T holler. I'd say more only I'm wanted on the phone. Regards, CHIEF SEATTLE. To Some Early Morning Speedsters Dangerous Drivers: This morning as I came to work I saw one of you speeding down Second av beardiess (and I am tempted t over on one side, a cigaret ha ONLY ONE HAND ON THE STEE gency arise, you would be in ‘you were breaking the speed G@rive with both hands on the . at 35 miles an hour. You were a © my brainless) youth, sitting humped nging limply from your lower lip, and ING WHEEL. Should an emer. no position to control your car. And law. it up straight, take notice, and wheel. Safety first CHIEF SEATTLE, To Many Soda Fountain Men, Seattle and Elsewhere Dear Soda Jerkers: for a nickel. Before the war coca cola (hig glasses of It) sold And that was a big price; you made lots of money on it. Now a good share of you still stick to the 10-cent price that you estab. lished during the war; that’s U.S. A. nine cents for you and one for the But others, I notice, have dropped to six cents, a nickel for the drink and a penny for war tax. Aren't those of you who cling to the dime rate likely to make your patrons suspicious that yo you are, well, a bit forgétful o are profi—that iF something? CHIBF SEATTLE, To the Home Builders of Seattle Dear Ones: Blessings on thee. You are making your city beautiful. I've just one complaint to whisper in the ears of some of you. Your over-ambition is planting seeds of wrath in the souls of pros: pective neighbors. Your 5 a. m. hammering ia causing words which seethe with brimstone. swear louder than you. What, parison to the robbery of gentl And I ask you also, dear Se: And when at night, pert drop a bucket of paint from a 10-foot ladder, the 11 p. m., you are others who I ask you, is a bucket of paint in com. le slumber? attleites, to think it over, Build your homes-—but if you do the hammering yourselves—hamm neighborhood ts at least supposed to be awake. py ae Here's to your energy, and your neighbor who pleads for his right of sleep, Yo, Ho, G With Gobs Thursda One thousand girls wanted to dance with the gobs! A call has been sent out from the Inter-Club council and th Seattle Chamber of Commerce, who are fostering the big dane to be held at 9 p/m. Thursday at the Leschi park pavilion, for Sincerely, CHIEF SEATTLE. irls! Dance 1,000 nice, companionable Se- attle girls to help entertain. the 1,000 blucjackets who will be guests of honor, Women's organizations are urged to send big delegations, to make the dance as successful as the one held Saturday night, when 500 gobs danced at Leschi. ie y v Wanted: A Divorce! Being the Adventures of a Girl Reporter, Posing as Mrs. Casper Cassidy, Who Seeks to Break the Mar- riage Ties With Her Husband. By Wanda Von Kettler Three lawyers #o far. And I Wag ready to begin on the fourth in the happy endeavor to rid myself of the Canaidy person whose imaginary existence had almont blow somed into a real wl ity during the pont two days. | fio I enfled from) the eighth floor to the third in the Alawka@ bUIGINE | cectice, and there confided |" «camper @rage me around brutally | the sorrows of ain. by the wret’'s ted bin, “When T appointed Marie?) start to go out he jerks me back | life to & 1AW¥Er trom the door and hurts my arm-—| whe ag “ine /and I can’t ntand to be manhandled, | uid, ; midnens went applying for my fourth divorce, and being called a kid who didn’t know hor own mind. Lawyers really should |be careful, eee When entering the office T had |} lexplained that Casper and I couldn't) agree, but it dawned on me at this| ume that my reasons for desiring #| logul farewen hadn't made af great impression, So I strengthened my | plea--it's easy enough to get a di-| vores after one has had plenty of Desirable Lengths in Silks and Woolens | At Astonishing Reductions for Quick iI Disposal 865 pieces of Woolens in desirable lengths, suit- able for dresses, skirts, suits, coats and many shorter pieces for children’s wear. Lengths from | | one-half to four yards. and I ought to have a divoree on|}) ny 1 7 vaif way back, He ine, A7OUnde of personal, indignities /}/ | Serge, broadcloth, velour, tricotine, gaberdine, men’s wear tweed, cheviot, silvertone in plain colors, plaids, stripes, checks, black and colors. was one of those gy decided r’ ne wee et ever was a eole og gs Son e poll a Ls pet end e} : Miss von Kettler tneir foreheads |ary roy amon’, these icing tales | 489 pieces of Silks of every description—plain and fancy taffeta, crepe de Chine, satin, foulard, charmeuse, peau de cygne, China silk, pongee, Fan- ta-si, sports silks and tussah, in stripes, plaids, during college days, and beoome| coca money in Gasper's combination shiny-topped when still youthfully 10'| oF tite work, seal estate and haber- | checks, figures and brocades in lengths from one- half to five yards. —First Floor clined, dashery. Casper was to pay the fee. Said this lawyer to me, as be *¢) $199 ang costa. And I was to come! gray-suitea" at hie desk 894 T/hacy early in the week with the slumped into a chair, “80 you W8D"/ ring} decision about drawing up the | [| a divorce?” papers 7 ‘Then, reaching for a writing pad, Pong was leaving, this lawyer on |) “g down | the third floor of the Alaska build- he added, “Supposing we tale Ing scratched the bald section of his | a tew of the detatis head thoughtfully. Now if he'd Just kept to his “Cassidy,” he mused, “om — word and taken down @ few ol Camidy —1I wonder if 1 didn't them—but he didn't, He wrote know your husband in the | a young book while manufac | grmy—" tured the facts. He shot off the And I replied, enca site | Special Price Basement Money Savings of extreme interest are of- , fered women who wish to dress smart- questions like blu balls of fire the hall, that povsibly he did, | * : f= Roman candle, and I ind thought that possibly | ly with the leas £8 S Sia oun dane ” y + eapenditere, “Now when were you married?” he asked, “and your name before you were married was what? And) how much money did Casper carn,| and where are his people? And how old is he and how long aid you know him before you were married and where did you meet? Fifteen minutes worth! Fifteen minutes worth of stutter ing and quizsing for something which waan't And he finished up by asking why Thad marrieg Casper. Just as if I'd ever thought of thatt What woman ever thinks of why she married a man. She married him that's enough, eee Anyway, this lawyer on the third) floor of the Alaska building seemed) to think I ought to have @ reason, | ro I sald ft was his eves. “He has wonderful brown eves,” 1) exclaimed, “and slick black hair—) and he's tall—and handsome—and | hawn't an ounce of sense in his head.” I was quite pleased with that. Cas per had always existed to me pre-| viously with the clearness of sleepy | steam coming out of a distant tea, kettle, But now I knew his makeup, | and rejoiced that I had made & man of bim « “Does your husband,.", continued the lawyer, “know you're consider- ing a divorce? “No,” I replied, feeling truthful, “he doosn't.” . “Chanegs are,” the, nm suggested, cheerfully, “that he'll oppos, and say you're just @ kid who doesn’t koow her own mind.” @ lawyer who ts ready to roll up his! sleeves and begin, and she almost | loma Casper on the spot, | TOMORROW—Mra. 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