The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 15, 1921, Page 7

SEPTEMBER 15, THE SEATTLE STAR ° We were both fond of shows and restaurant meals and 5 dancing, but we thought a whole lot more of rents, light bills} © and furniture problems of the future, so we mutually. agreed L | to cut out shows, etc., and just indulge in them once in a while as a luxury. | I started my “hope chest” and he his banking account. Un-| fortunately the war intervened and I am now alone earning my own living in a good pro ion. I did not read “Square Shooter's” | with, she's good enough to meet his letter; but T gs n “Al's” ret f she's not, then cut her © nines of utr ther and find one who tI. he man on |" lots of them, and not “ob: seaned with a view to matrimony,” | either. 1 FREDERICK & NELSON | FIFTH AVENUE AND PINE STREET Deckle-Edge Stationery | Readers Clamor to Answer “Al,” Who Is Somewhat of a Philosopher, and Propounds His Own Theory of Modern Life. BY CYNTHIA GREY Every time Correspondent “Al” comes back he creates a Back-Lace Corsets For Various Figure Types TIRE | SALE We have been for- tunate in securing a huge stock of high grade tires at a ridic- ulously low price — that is why we can offer these tires at such low prices. High-Grade, First- Class Standard Cords 30x33 NS Cord 15.00 92x84 NS Cord 17.00 Six4 WS Cord 18.00 $2x4 NS Cord23.50 38x4 NS Cord 24.50 34x4 Alb Cord 25.00 as Tam a} shows and| during the #0 out alone, stranger here, I go to around the stores both daytime and in the evening, and have yet to meet my firet “ineu as girls call them. If a girl drew neatly and quistly and eonducts her nelf properly I do not think she need fear the unwelcome attentions at all ‘The girl who wears abbreviated wkirte and waists, roli-top hose, ear muffs and a dressing table com |plexion deserves all she gets, as 1) think she invites such things by her | appearance, Tam not @ “kill joy” or unattrac- tive old maid, but, as “Al” says, | there's a limit to all things, I am fond of reasonably short skirts, 1| wear bobbed hair and I powder my nose (in my own room), but I do not} ogle at strangers and try to attract the attentions of strange men. | However, T nave a plea to put up |for a certain set of girls who un \fortunately are unable to comply |with “Al's appeal for “one night a | week at home.” | What about the little girl who ts |not living at home? Who probably shares just a tiny bedroom with an jother girl and has not the privilege of using a drawing room or recep: | tion room for her male friends? There | are many such girls in the city who, veritable backfire. Following are a few echoes: Dear Miss Grey: I was so glad to see in tonight's paper that “Al” is back and I am looking forward to more of his witty retaliations to the protests of my own sex. lam glad he has broached the subject, as it has long been a puzzle to me how the young couples who frequent the shows, jeabarets and dance halls are managing to put their “spare” dollars away to start housekeeping on. ‘A few years ago | |was anticipating sharing a “little gray house in the West.” NOTICE! ‘The Prices on Overtand and Willy+Knight Automobiles Deliv. ered in Seattle were misquoted in Wedneraiay’s Star— the Correct Prices are as Follows Willys-Overland Pacific Co. 12th at Pine Phone East 0660 Overland $ 767 -. 767 Cou 1,044 Sedan, 4-door.. 1,099 Willys-Knight people here, would be quite content to spend more than one evening a week at home, Why can’t the man Jak hen to his home and meet his |people? Surely al) girls would not |be so silly as to imagine a man had |“verlous intentions” just because he lasked her to his home once in @ BY STAR PUBLISHING CO. Many of your nentiments are do idedly my own, “Al,” but you must be fair to the sensible girls and not count them in with the “gigglers,” hose vocabulary is limited to 100 ords or less, = “OVER THERE,” cee Dear Cynthia Grey: Being a steady reader of the star and having found special interesta in your col umns, I would like to say a few words in answer to Searchingly Al I'm afraid that Al don't look for the good, in a girl he sees on Second ave. [having been @ steamboat man on’ the Pacific le has the best taste for dress compared with other cities, and as You say that it kills a ten-spot or even fifteen, to take a girl out to a respectable place for dinner and then go to @ show or some other place of amusement. Well, I'll tell you right now that I’ve never spent over $5 for any night of enjoyment (of which there have been many) since I've been stepping out, and I dare say that I have as good a time as anybody. You say that you have been turned own on invitations to take lady nds to the Coliseum, Liberty, ete, and the poor lamb im fleeced to a if they had their own homes and | high-priced show so as to keep the favor of his lady love, and that on Saturday nights you must take her to a dance when you want to take her for a ytroll or stay at home, and that you take her to a dance and openly admit that you want her all to yourself and not Wave any of her friends come up and speak to her, and the Atlantic} coasts, I'd Ike to tell Al that Se-| far as stepping them out goes, I, guess I've done my share of that, too. | FOR THE AVERAGE FIG- URE, a Back-lace Corset, as pictured, of pink bro- | cade, with elastic top, free hip and hook-and-eye be- | low and above clasp, to give freedom of diaphragm. 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Scrim Curtains To Sell at 95@ the Pair N EXCEPTIONALLY low price for curtains that so satisfactorily drape bedroom and living-room windows. White only, and crisply sheer in texture, with two-inch hem. Low-priced - at 95¢ pair. 72 Curtain and Valance Sets At $2.75 Each Lace-edged Scrim Side Curtains with matching valance edged with ball fringe—214-yard length. In white, cream and beige—$2.75 set. 100 Axminster Rugs Size 36x61 inches. AT $5.50 EACH —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE The Ohio For Quick Operation 1B Wer quick work of . the Ohio means and ®o her laughing at you ov the other fellow’s shoulder, Why, I could assure you that if you took |#} particular notice of that laugh that |you would find it merely a smile of love for you. As for the extrava-| gant amusements and dinners men tioned above that you and your \friends have undergone, may be it's because you haven't told them that you're not made of money, and that | you are trying to save a bit to get a start in a future double life, and! if she loves you I'm sure that she/| | would be willing to stay at home a/}| |fow nights a week instead of a few ||| nights a year. But according to| your st ents in these columns you are getting quite a salary—you | can go out a couple of nights spend: || |ing $10 or $15 each night and have ||} only squashed about half of 4our| salary for the week. If I were get ting that much money a week I'd sure have quite a bank account (wavings for that little home). Now, Al, I want to ask if you have| ever really suggested to stay at home and sing or invite a few friends over for the evening, or are you the sort | that has @ bark that's worse than | your bite, who'll say these things | but in your own heart fou think of |the old saying that “Two's company |) and three’s @ crowd,” or of that $60 |]! & week you are earning, that you'd | |lke to save? | Now, Mr. Searchingly Al, ft 1s my belief that if there were a few more of us who would make it a point not |to spend over $5 for a good time and ja fow less who are pessimists and | can only find the bad in a girl and |don’t know the meaning of the word |love, we could surely find the mate [that God put on this earth for us |to love and cherish and live with. | FOUNDEDLY A, D. lL. } In Black Suede With Patent Trimmings $8.95 —a smart new Walking Oxford with the added charm of novelty, this low-heel model on grace- ful last, with Goodyear welt sole. ALSO IN BROWN SUEDE with calf trimmings in the same shade. Sizes 3 to 8; widths AA to D. $8.95 38x5 Rib Cord35.00 35x5 Rib Cord 37.50 37x5 Rib Cord 40.00 Distance is nothing to us in the accomplishment of this with our facilities and connections in the great American * Fashion Center. Excellent value at the fire is kindled the oven is ready fos breakfast muffins — and, naturally, the kitchen is comfortably warm as well. And betore breakfast is ready (in fifteen minutes, to be exact) there is an abundance of hot. water for all household uses. The Ohio pictured, with water coil and ¢on- nection—$98.00. —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE FALL DRESSES SUITS and COATS Coming to us only yesterday under these circum- stances, they do not hesitate to declare them- selves the most beautiful and graceful of all at IN ALL THESE DRESSES Without exception, there is seen a charm and grace exploiting the very latest Fashion notes. IN ALL SIZES, 16 to 44 some that I have yet to meet. I C @ A TS jhave a fellow lavish money on her. ces ete, The Silk Shop straight line, tailored stitch- J. D. ZAHRT ing, huge nestling collars and (Upstairs) —Westlake and Pine Special Cut Price cal of the early fall and win- Sale of Silks ter styling for daytime wear —materials and colors true to For Friday and Saturday Only About 2,000 yards of _ and fancy silks Women’s Walking Oxfords, $7.50 Regulation walking model in sturdy brown calfskin, with perforated vamp and weit sole. An Oxford that will be chosen for wear with the smart woo! stockings, Sizes 2% to 7; widths AA to D. Price $7.50 pair. —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE eee My Dear Miss Grey: In answer ito our friend who signs himself “AL” | “So you are back on the job? 1 jrather admire your stubbornness. 1! have read all your interesting gos- | \sips and think your stories are a wee bit one-sided and stretched. — You know, Al, I'm just awful curi ous tO see you and would like to be- come acquainted with you. At last we have found that “perfection wears |trousers,” but I'm from Missouri. The trouble with you is you've sowed your “wild oats” and are now ready ito settle down to a quict, trusting |girl who will overlook your past life, fete, The girls you refer to as dis regarding your pocketbook must be I always tell a fellow when T think he is going beyond his means, In regard to clothing. We have to go by the styles or we would be termed “old-fashioned” and “slow,” I will admit that many good girls are disguised within their up-todate dressing. Yes, you boys all have sprouting wings, to your estimation, but to me, there are a bunch of little devils among you, some not even worthy of walking down the street with. So, dear friend, you are not quite as anxious as myself or a great many of my fair friends of my sex to meet our ideal. SEARCHING. Seeking Memb At an open-house Wednesday night, the Seattle of the American Institute of ing started fts fall campaign for members Thursday night. sentatives from every bank in the city were present. Addresses made by J. A. Swalwell and G Maine. OLYMPIA.—Governor Hart as- sures Bremerton and Charleston business men that navy yard high- way, Bremerton to Port Orchard bay, will be rushed to completion. Gee, but Boldt's Bread is good! Advertisement. 30x34 Rib or NS 7.00 31x4 Rib or NS10.00 32x4 Alb or 4S11.00 33x4 Aid or NS11.50 34x4 Bib or NS12.50 32x44 Rib or NS14.25 33x44 Rib or NS14.50 34x44 Rib of NS14.75 35x5 Ribor NS17.50 37x5 Rib or NS18.50 Bring or ship us your ofa casings; all work guaranteed. All service free with purchase of new tires. No deposit required on mail orders. PIKE STREET the Fall dictum. IN ALL SIZES, 16 TO 44. in broken lines, including stripes, checks, sports satins, plain and fancy linin IN THE SUITS silk shittings, crepe de chines an heavy pongees. There is the assurance of the new models in lines and Values up to $3.50 per yard, to close out quickly at Per fabrics, smartly built up with $ | 2 Yard finished tailoring and silk &4 lining, all of the type that other cleverly tailored wom- Also one lot of heavy 56-inch suitings go at $1.29 per yard. 86-inch silk-finished costume velvets in en turn to see. IN ALL SIZES, 16 to 44, TIRE SHOP navy, brown, black, wine, green and plum— W. 0. STANDRING very special at $1.95 per yard. Prop’r au inal re eee eel " One odd lot of 40-inch aco de an ne i i sf i Coat o! ‘ine j 4 a) 7 } j . t i 1026 PIKE ST. ol’ tal att 4 B29 ee ee Ee oe ac ySci + wae 4 Elliott 0446 Buy Your Silks Here, and Save silks, extra New Wall Suit devel oped in goldtone, long tailored effect, full sttk lined; $16 Convenient terms on any Victrola are cordially ex. tended by this store. Enjoy your Victrola while paying for it, $25 to $1500 FUR COATS AND NECKPIECES PRICED THE “SWEET SIXTEEN” WAY Sherman [@lay & Go. tassels, all wilk lined; ail sizes; $16. 1023 Second Ave., Cor. Spring, Rialto Block