The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 17, 1921, Page 2

of “Department of Labor Show Many Increases : VASHIN IGTON, Sept. Movement in food prices ts / again, it was shown in| made pudlic today by the went of labor. ri gost of food tporesees | 3 per cent in Aucust as compared | July, the department an-| 11. An | Gost, however, on August 15, 25 per cent under the for the same date tn 1920. | Prices are still 53 per cent) their Sgure on August 15, P » N. YY, with § per p 148 in the Increases reported ugust ‘by the 51 important Oanvassed by the department. | ‘wus second with 7 per cent) Q f New York, Boston, Wateiptiia and Fall River, Mass., Penext with 6 per cent. Salt , ‘Portland, Ore., Seattle | aver, @ach showed 1 per t while Los Angeles showed a ent increase, and San Fran- B per cent. } 48 articles of food used cout tdex, 27 showed an th price during Augus' showéd a decrpase and) 9 chafige in prite. led the Increase with 24 t fresh eggs, 13 per cent; cheese and cabbage, 11 butter, 10 per cent; lard, Svgar, 6 canned to ham and oranges, 4; Tolled oats, oleomar- plate “beef, chuck other articles increased T per cent to 3 per cent. follow: Bananas, 3; leg 3; canned salmon, flour, ‘and raisins, 2 per cent; sir 4 found steak and rib E cent; bread, baked cote, evaporated milk ant ‘fakes did © not Bett quiry as this comedies When they what it Hood” is pay that frome tervals hi Your eyes will fill with hap scene in “The Old Nest,” ARCHIE A. RUGGLES singing “MOTHER O’ MINE” Old Favérite, Coming Back Alan a'Dale, in “Robin H The booking presentation of DeKoven's “Robin Hood" by the management of the Metropolitan theatre for one week, commencing Sunday night, causes in- rical discerners choose a revival at time when modern musical vise that they give the public theatrical support, adequate presentations of “Robin Hood” at In- and always will be. ‘They say they have no opinions of change in| their own; opinions of the people who buy the SECOND a ran You have ward pe ful picture all wee lon meee’ th home after traveling the paths of Love, Ambition and Temptation! ters here today. While ronsideration, | shortly, it it ernment. formal agreeme tween Hughes the island, poses. Baxter, who plays ” of Ralph Dunbar's and robbed, U. to why these keen theat- Rullroad ave. are so plentiful. questioned on the point, condition, wants, and when “Robin mentioned they generally wherever there is whole foot! beau ¢ always been welcome that they only reflect the people love —with— Mary Alden, Gullen Landis and Helene Chadwick EAST, WEST—HOME’S BEST! Hughes Sends dum to Japan WASHINGTON, United States goyernment has eub mitted a new proposal to Japan for Settlement of the Yap question, it was learned in aughoritative quar The Japanese reply t in Found lying in Rr Lee said he had large amount of cash. B to make @ statement, owing to his tickets, and thet aa ple love music that Is esteemed an highly after 30 years a It was when first its harmonigs went over the ‘His, and as long as folks love fal ladies and herolo men, and enjoy the loveliest vistas that scenic art has gyer produced, so long will Robin Hood.” Sept. 17 This proposal was made py Score | tary of State Hughes in a memoran. | dum to the Japanese government, | The move ts believed to have been in response to the compromise pro- posal made gome time ago by the Japanese government to the United States for a eettioment of the diftt cult Yap question. the exact nature of the Hughes proposal is not yet known, | it i understood that the Japanese overnment hag given it favorable | ‘The sending of the new proposal |Mop his wings as I wanted him to. by Hughes is understood to have been almost concurrent with an in principle be and Ambassador Shidehara, the Japanese envoy here, for a settioment of America's objec tions to the Japanese mandate over This understanding tp eaid to be based on Japan's willingness to rec ognize the United States’ right, and other nations’, to use Ya, landing station and for Found on Street; Doped and Robbed! e street, doped Lae, 30, Japanese, Was brought to cfty hospital at 3 a. m. Saturday, Lee was found by Pa trolmen K. L. Webb and T. Guegin, under the Washington st. trestle, on Ttobbed of a was unable this wonder- ct Sy held over Lat da: hada 10LD NEST”! yy tears when you see the last ecstatic scene in which Mother’s brood comes STRAND ORCHESTRA §. K. Wineland playing “Litde Grey Home in the West”. Ray Henderson -Lobr Memoran- fe expecter has not already been communicated to the American gov: |@ long as the peo- THE SEATTLE STAR Robin Hood”’,|Ul, §, GIVES NEW |F ails to M ake Puck Dance’ YAP PROPOSAL Pappetcers Have All the Luck With the. Marionettes He Wiggles Ear. for Wanda The Seattle's puppets ta action-——Photo by Price & Carter, Sta a| staff photographers. By Wanda von Kettler | Introducing Puck, who refused to coast states and Canada, and wi be known as the | Puppeta” Introducing Columbine, Pierrot, th Mad Hatter, Peter Rabbit and a dozen others, who belong to the pup pet theatrical troupe. The troupe at present makes tts headquarters at the Corniah school, and is composed of wood and wire | with them, their own lighting equipment. The are booked, these puppets and th four puppeteers who secompan players, ranging from 10 to 22/1, present “Aladdin,” “Peter Rabbit” Inobes tn height. and a delightfully «mallalzed animal circus, The work they do ts recognized ag acadle) Not of course, that the tiny among the flne arts of the present other Pur |columbine scorns Harlequin and | day. loves Pierrot without assistance: She| And yet, tt seemed to me yeaterday and all her co-stars are led by a com: |afternoon when I saw the puppets pany of puppeteera—a company of| whirling and dancing about on their young people stringing of puppeta. For puppets are worked by strings. They are tiny dolls, dressed in numerous styles of elaborate array, with wonderfully limber arms and legs. They perform on a stage 9 by § feet In wize, and are made to bow to dance, ‘to strut about, to wigg!s their shouldera, with the asnistance of strings maneuvered from above by the puppeteers, who understand the |miniature mage, ple things to handle. A jerk here & Jerk thero—it looked #0 eaxy—— “Suppose you try,” suggested to me; COULD ONLY MAKE HIM WIGGLE HIS EARS sumer Night's Dream,” with dazzling green body, his to govern the movements of the little people. The group at the Cor |10 strings attached to Puck whic! nish school have been studyin tor |seamingty were meant for me two years under the direction of | handle. Mrn. Maurice Browne, who firet th) put Puck wouldn't dance troduced puppets into America from| Mead he wiggled bik ears. And Grace Barnes, tnatructor of expres sion, They have learned first to panto mime their plays themselves, to pre. | gent Midsummer Nighta Dream, | Alice in Won: here—just a jerk best instructors of dramatic art, fou peta do. They have climbed, then, | tle puppeteer. to the “bridge” behind the puppet FIGHT Cu ING stage, and lowered the little ma nettes gently by the strings to the flooring beneath. Above, unseen by the audience, the puppeteers recite the words of the play and manipulate strings. On the stage below the tiny people dramatize the whole affair. During the coming winter this pup- Revision Meeting pet company, the only one of its kind this side of Chicago, will play BEFORE AND AFTER CHILOBIRT Sire Wiens Tole Her Lr of civil service classifications, ia night in the city Tetber than of persons employed. This was th flan outlined before the committe This method was advocated by rep- | jnformation league. homes because of the high taxes: The next open meeting of the re (night, when the engineering and Fire departmenty will be considered 30 YEARS WED, in the news- papers and de- cided to try it. Now I feel ‘fine, | take care of my eo boys and do my | own work. I recommend your medi- | cine to anyone whe is mling. You ma blish ny testimonsal if you, thin | Fe will help others.” —-Mra. CARRIE Witttass, Dverpeck, Obi Ohio, For more than forty years lode EB. Month to Think It Over After 30 years of married life Mrs. Edward I. Holt endeavored Friday te obtain @ divorce decree in Judge J Tf. Ronald's court and was told by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com- mn St =S. A VE 7 OonwLY= Travel by sfeamer TACO MA Claims a “interested other women" in penx ar Braet, no to Victoria on Eastern ‘Bankers BELLINGHAM- ANACORTES AND MILL PORTS of September. Lpbsdded atlas POINTS expected to-foin the delegation. jen or ay, a. m—ireight only. NEAH BAY & WAY PORTS Amt WEOUES SURO ET PUGET SOUND NAVIGAT 1ON CO DLMAN DOCK» FCOT MARION § PHONE 1 SS THE BODY of Mrs Marie Pomervy, here for burial. at 1531 Grand View place, | Mrs. Pomeroy lived death occurred. Bonney- Watson wil have charge of the funeral, before audiences thruout the Weet| “Grace Barnes | Thetr own stage they will carry | their own soenery and them, In many small theatres, ac | commodating tn nize to the players, that they’d he sim Mins Barnes “just come up here | and I'll let you make Puck dance.” And she handed the Sprite to mo— the beautiful eprite Puck of “Mid geury Now the puppeteers themselves | wings and the brilliant jewels on mast be well versed im the 49t/ nin tom of the stage before attempting) As I leaned over the “bridge” above the puppet stage I discovered to In Europe four years ago. and Plea | iearned then from Miss Barnes that in apite of my idea of “Just a jerk there-—-so very | eaay~—even in Germany, where pup- pet theatricals are taught by the defland, and Columbine years are considered necemmary in —Just as they would have their pup-| whieh to train a finished, truly artis CITY SALARIES Strong Opposition Shows at Strong opposition to cutting mt aries developed at the second open Meeting of the committes on revision held council Rainier valley residents declared that many of them are loning their vision committee will be held Monday WANTS DIVORCE Sent Home by Court for a just as em ght as any man ever pound is now recognized as the stand- | \ived. He didn’t abuse me—he isn’t ard remedy { for auch ailments, that kind of a man.” = The case has been postponed on- | B S 1 . tll October 17. In the meantime the t dd | |couple, both past 60 years of age, Oa iG Te u es: |have been told to “think tt over.” Finished Marriage Alleging that her husband became | to Visit Seattle A delegation of prominent Eastern | financiers will make a stopover in| |Seattlo, en route in their speclal : |train to the national convention of INS AIL CONNECTIONS ‘MPC L RA ACCU MINRES | tho American Bankers’ association, to be heldvat Los Angeles the latter part A number of Seattle bankers are of Seattle, who died in San Diego Friday afternoon, is to be brought Seattle, She was*visiting her husband, an at- tache of the naval reserves, when ber 7 nu y | o al | i” h r & lower expenses by chopping wages, reduce the number |fesentatives of the Tax Reduction Council of Seattle and the Voters’ Arwaye the eine Liberty Gu ———— CITY GOVERNMENT FAILS; CHANGE IS IN GREAT DEMAND BY H. G. RUNKEL Seattle tax payers should be con. vinced by this time that our present political form of city government is obsolete and has broken down. we find that there are over in the United States suc y operating under the com and manager form of| mission harter, to say nothing of the large European c dreds that have for hun- years employed efficient is there any reason ot Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound has Judge to return home for just a tle taxpayer should been restoring women to health who ‘enth and try to patch up the ," endeavoring to suffered from irregularities, displace- trouble patch wp a political form of city ments, backache, headaches, bear-| Mrs. Molt alleged that her hus-| charter that leaks Uke a sieve? ing-down pains, nervousness or ‘‘the | band tells her nothing of his business | Yes, there are plenty of objections blues. ’’Today there is hardly atownor |“ffairs, keeps secret the amount of} to a city manager form, and also the hamlet in the United States wherein | money and property in his posses-| commission form, but either one of some woman does not reside who has sion, and tyranniezd over her. these systems, when efficiently been made well by it. That is why She testified, however, that “he {| handled, will be many times more economical than our present system. Will any voter or taxpayer ques tion the economy or efficiency of a city managed and operated along the following lines: First—City to be divided into not loss than 25 wards, each containing approximately the same number of voters, Second—Each yoter to vote (at the primaries) for a candidate living tn |his ward. Any ten registered voters in the ward, could endorse by pett ing the highest number of yotes, in ench ward, tobe ward candidates at the generg! election. Third—The ward candidate, recely- jing the largest number of votes at the general election in each ward, | to be ward councilman for not over |three years, at no pay Tor they might reecive $5 per meeting as an }inducement to insure attendance | These ward councilmen might be | elected for one, two and three years | 80 that they might be rotated. Fourth—Each of the 25 or more ward councilmen to meet and vote lon clty manager salary. (This should be between $12,000 and $25,000 per |year) | Fitth—Each of the ward council- }men to nominate one man for city manager who has proved ability and | qualification for the position, to be | selected from anywhere in the United States. Sixth—City manager to be selected by a vote of at least 51 per cent of all the ward counclimen. Seventh—Let the manager take the position unhampered, under suit able bonds, Allow him to hire ex- perts for every department as he countable for all departenany heads selected. Highth—AN matters of policy or new expenditure to be submitted to the ward councilmen at their weekly Wm. B. Thompson, A. M., Ph. 1 to Banish Constipation, Do it yourself without drugs, elec- tricity or appliances of any kind. 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You owe it jto yourself to take advantage of this | offer Dr. Wm. B. Thompson, 3211-G West Washington st., LosoAngeles, | Cal—Advertisement ‘ sees fit, and hold him strigtly ac: | A FAST, FIGHTING STORY WITH— M MOORE ‘BEATING THE GAME” A crook play with a new twist! THE LATEST NEWS! LARRY SEMON in his best comedy “The Bell Hop” is here NOW! Larry injects a lot of,new stunts and fun makers in this novel story of hotel life! —as Fancy Charlie, expert safe cracks- man, who doesn’t know he is cleaning up the home of a mas- ter crook until he opens the safe, and finds a set of burglar tools! DISCOVERED—They form a pact to make a'real killing — hon- estly! evening meetings. The could be changed at any ume OF a vote of 51 per cent of the ward coup- cilmen. In this way a manager would retain the position as long as he would give an efficient and eco- nomical administration. The Seattle taxpayers are demand- ing, and are ready right now, to be freed from’ politicians. They waht thelr city business managed by a city manager, selected by a large number of ward councilmen, and | they to be selected by the people and not by self-appointed politicians, Sprained Ankle Is Fatal to Boy of 12 Bayant H. Moul, 12, died Friday as @ result of a sprained. ankle which caused a swelling large enough to stop circulation in the main arterial channel, | thereby bringing about lesion of the brain. The boy was the son of Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Moul, 1224 Washington LAST RITES FOR Alexander W. Wells, who died Thursday at Provi- dence hospital, will be held Monday at 9 a. m., at the Immaculate Con- ption church, with burial in Cal- AMUSEMENTS LOEW'S PALACE HIP New Patrick & Ott 4 Harmony Queen fb Fdwards PANTAGES Matinees, 2:30. Nights, 7 and @ SAMMY LEE WILT Hts Wats en Thin Week—Matinee Today “The Love of Su Shong”